Fertility in Israel, 2001

Israel
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Israel was 2.87 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 132,988 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.87
Births
132,988
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
6,259,982
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
10-140.00.0%8
15-1916.82.9%4,413
20-24114.219.9%29,372
25-29177.530.9%44,341
30-34158.927.6%34,108
35-3984.814.7%16,430
40-4420.93.6%3,997
45-491.60.3%306
50-540.10.0%12