Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Morocco, 1968

Morocco
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.79
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Morocco was 6.79 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (313 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 658,866 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.79
Births
658,866
Births per 1,000 people
45.9
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
14,347,900
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
10-146.50.5%5,701
15-19114.68.4%79,863
20-24303.422.4%162,368
25-29313.223.1%153,991
30-34269.219.8%124,202
35-39203.915.0%85,419
40-44113.18.3%39,381
45-4931.72.3%7,628
50-541.90.1%312