Fertility in Morocco, 2005

Morocco
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.61
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 Morocco was 2.61 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 662,341 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
662,341
Births per 1,000 people
21.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
30,358,144
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
10-140.20.0%290
15-1932.26.2%51,827
20-24107.520.5%163,425
25-29132.625.3%177,602
30-34124.623.8%144,706
35-3982.615.8%84,874
40-4436.77.0%34,268
45-496.71.3%5,153
50-540.30.1%196