Fertility in Morocco, 2008

Morocco
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Morocco was 2.61 children per woman in 2008 — 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, 690,897 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
690,897
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
31,606,767
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%259
15-1932.26.1%51,100
20-24108.320.7%168,649
25-29133.225.4%187,179
30-34122.923.5%152,332
35-3982.715.8%88,809
40-4438.27.3%37,422
45-495.81.1%4,978
50-540.20.0%169