Fertility in Iraq, 2022

Iraq
2022
Total fertility rate: 3.29
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Iraq was 3.29 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (174 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,145,989 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.29
Births
1,145,989
Births per 1,000 people
26.0
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
44,070,551
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
10-141.30.2%3,400
15-1959.08.9%130,684
20-24159.924.2%322,223
25-29174.426.4%315,380
30-34136.420.7%212,631
35-3988.113.4%116,016
40-4435.75.4%40,966
45-494.50.7%4,564
50-540.10.0%125