Fertility in Iraq, 2017

Iraq
2017
Total fertility rate: 3.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Iraq was 3.64 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 1,113,403 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.64
Births
1,113,403
Births per 1,000 people
28.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
39,337,353
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
10-142.00.3%4,503
15-1966.69.1%134,675
20-24173.423.8%314,973
25-29189.226.0%296,676
30-34150.220.6%199,367
35-3999.713.7%115,699
40-4441.25.7%42,048
45-496.20.8%5,296
50-540.20.0%164