Fertility in State of Palestine, 2016

State of Palestine
2016
Total fertility rate: 3.89
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of State of Palestine was 3.89 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 149,516 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.89
Births
149,516
Births per 1,000 people
32.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
4,632,739
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%0
15-1946.05.9%11,409
20-24199.725.6%47,613
25-29227.729.2%46,489
30-34167.421.4%26,973
35-39104.813.4%13,455
40-4432.64.2%3,382
45-492.30.3%193
50-540.00.0%0