Fertility in Iraq, 2016

Iraq
2016
Total fertility rate: 3.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Iraq was 3.84 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 1,146,998 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.84
Births
1,146,998
Births per 1,000 people
29.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
38,469,627
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
10-142.20.3%4,715
15-1971.19.2%141,630
20-24181.523.6%323,540
25-29198.225.8%300,330
30-34158.620.6%205,895
35-39106.513.8%121,079
40-4444.55.8%44,333
45-496.40.8%5,323
50-540.20.0%152