Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in State of Palestine, 1978

State of Palestine
1978
Total fertility rate: 7.33
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of State of Palestine was 7.33 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (368 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 66,419 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.33
Births
66,419
Births per 1,000 people
47.8
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
3.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
1,389,496
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
10-141.40.1%124
15-19107.67.3%8,001
20-24288.419.7%17,246
25-29368.125.1%17,793
30-34322.722.0%12,119
35-39261.317.8%8,221
40-44100.96.9%2,613
45-4914.91.0%296
50-540.40.0%6