Fertility in State of Palestine, 2008

State of Palestine
2008
Total fertility rate: 4.51
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 State of Palestine was 4.51 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (253 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 129,753 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.51
Births
129,753
Births per 1,000 people
33.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
3,829,040
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
10-140.00.0%5
15-1946.85.2%10,841
20-24214.723.8%40,434
25-29253.328.1%37,678
30-34201.122.3%23,810
35-39132.314.7%12,750
40-4449.85.5%3,990
45-493.80.4%244
50-540.00.0%0