Fertility in Iraq, 2019

Iraq
2019
Total fertility rate: 3.48
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 3.48 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 1,122,563 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.48
Births
1,122,563
Births per 1,000 people
27.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
41,192,170
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
10-141.80.3%4,207
15-1963.19.1%131,743
20-24167.424.0%317,458
25-29182.626.2%306,670
30-34143.620.6%201,356
35-3994.013.5%114,596
40-4438.45.5%41,103
45-495.70.8%5,263
50-540.20.0%168