Fertility in State of Palestine, 2021

State of Palestine
2021
Total fertility rate: 3.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of State of Palestine was 3.44 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 146,355 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.44
Births
146,355
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
5,185,336
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
15-1937.95.5%10,086
20-24181.426.3%43,435
25-29204.229.6%46,544
30-34146.721.3%28,659
35-3991.213.2%14,135
40-4426.73.9%3,319
45-491.70.3%175
50-540.00.0%0