Fertility in Iraq, 2008

Iraq
2008
Total fertility rate: 4.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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

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The total fertility rate of Iraq was 4.37 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 974,852 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.37
Births
974,852
Births per 1,000 people
33.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
28,971,036
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
10-142.00.2%3,546
15-1979.19.0%122,428
20-24199.422.8%259,296
25-29220.925.2%251,389
30-34183.921.0%185,124
35-39128.014.6%110,834
40-4453.06.1%37,777
45-498.71.0%4,355
50-540.30.0%101