Fertility in Iraq, 2000

Iraq
2000
Total fertility rate: 4.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Iraq was 4.92 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 881,887 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.92
Births
881,887
Births per 1,000 people
36.1
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
24,424,056
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.60.2%2,371
15-1959.36.0%76,406
20-24192.619.5%219,249
25-29240.524.4%240,182
30-34228.523.2%191,113
35-39171.217.4%112,340
40-4477.37.8%33,752
45-4914.11.4%6,262
50-540.60.1%210