Fertility in Iraq, 2021

Iraq
2021
Total fertility rate: 3.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Iraq was 3.36 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (177 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 1,139,167 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.36
Births
1,139,167
Births per 1,000 people
26.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
43,071,210
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
10-141.50.2%3,672
15-1960.49.0%130,685
20-24162.524.2%321,362
25-29177.226.4%313,353
30-34138.920.7%208,474
35-3990.113.4%115,639
40-4436.65.4%41,013
45-494.90.7%4,827
50-540.20.0%141