Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in State of Palestine, 2002

State of Palestine
2002
Total fertility rate: 5.22
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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of State of Palestine was 5.22 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 124,385 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.22
Births
124,385
Births per 1,000 people
37.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
3,322,364
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
10-140.30.0%73
15-1981.77.8%15,005
20-24260.725.0%39,054
25-29266.525.5%32,468
30-34216.920.8%21,388
35-39150.614.4%12,126
40-4461.45.9%3,989
45-495.40.5%279
50-540.00.0%0