Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in State of Palestine, 2012

State of Palestine
2012
Total fertility rate: 4.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of State of Palestine was 4.15 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (244 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 140,669 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.15
Births
140,669
Births per 1,000 people
33.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
4,215,313
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%1
15-1950.76.1%12,428
20-24206.724.8%45,286
25-29243.629.2%42,383
30-34178.321.4%24,474
35-39112.513.5%12,440
40-4437.94.6%3,433
45-492.90.4%223
50-540.00.0%4