Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1955

Syrian Arab Republic
1955
Total fertility rate: 7.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 7.63 children per woman in 1955 — 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, 193,683 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.63
Births
193,683
Births per 1,000 people
47.8
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
4,050,589
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
10-145.80.4%1,222
15-19119.27.8%22,492
20-24274.718.0%46,629
25-29342.522.4%49,110
30-34330.021.6%37,786
35-39260.617.1%22,751
40-44144.29.4%10,414
45-4947.23.1%3,123
50-542.70.2%159