Fertility in State of Palestine, 1955

State of Palestine
1955
Total fertility rate: 7.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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The total fertility rate of State of Palestine was 7.82 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (380 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 49,418 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.82
Births
49,418
Births per 1,000 people
49.6
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
996,382
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
10-143.00.2%179
15-19128.28.2%6,586
20-24301.919.3%12,329
25-29380.524.3%12,478
30-34333.121.3%9,395
35-39286.918.4%6,247
40-44103.96.6%1,814
45-4924.71.6%378
50-541.10.1%14