Fertility in State of Palestine, 2017

State of Palestine
2017
Total fertility rate: 3.77
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 3.77 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 149,076 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.77
Births
149,076
Births per 1,000 people
31.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
4,742,742
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
15-1943.55.7%10,897
20-24195.825.9%46,948
25-29221.529.2%46,941
30-34161.821.4%27,192
35-39101.813.4%13,592
40-4430.84.1%3,315
45-492.10.3%188
50-540.00.0%0