Fertility in Israel, 2005

Israel
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Israel was 2.79 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 139,012 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
139,012
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
6,728,206
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%5
15-1915.02.7%4,050
20-24104.818.7%27,998
25-29168.530.1%44,334
30-34157.528.1%39,024
35-3989.616.0%18,797
40-4422.74.0%4,425
45-491.90.3%371
50-540.10.0%11