Fertility in Iraq, 2023

Iraq
2023
Total fertility rate: 3.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Iraq was 3.25 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,159,682 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.25
Births
1,159,682
Births per 1,000 people
25.7
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
45,074,049
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
10-141.20.2%3,198
15-1958.08.9%131,955
20-24158.024.3%324,202
25-29172.526.5%319,411
30-34134.620.7%217,952
35-3986.513.3%117,303
40-4434.95.4%41,206
45-494.20.6%4,348
50-540.10.0%110