Fertility in Iraq, 2009

Iraq
2009
Total fertility rate: 4.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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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-5 -1   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Iraq was 4.38 children per woman in 2009 — 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 28.9 years old. In total, 1,019,814 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.38
Births
1,019,814
Births per 1,000 people
33.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
30,058,206
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
10-142.10.2%3,807
15-1980.89.2%130,920
20-24202.123.1%274,170
25-29220.825.2%261,108
30-34183.220.9%191,245
35-39126.914.5%114,912
40-4452.26.0%39,074
45-498.10.9%4,483
50-540.20.0%94