Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1953

Syrian Arab Republic
1953
Total fertility rate: 7.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 7.63 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (342 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 181,737 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.63
Births
181,737
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,852,829
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
10-145.70.4%1,150
15-19118.67.8%21,705
20-24273.017.9%44,195
25-29341.922.4%45,771
30-34330.121.7%34,513
35-39261.017.1%20,551
40-44144.99.5%10,822
45-4946.53.1%2,870
50-542.80.2%162