Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1956

Syrian Arab Republic
1956
Total fertility rate: 7.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 7.59 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (341 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 198,668 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.59
Births
198,668
Births per 1,000 people
47.8
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
4,160,632
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
10-145.90.4%1,281
15-19119.17.8%22,851
20-24274.018.0%47,266
25-29340.722.4%50,401
30-34328.221.5%39,236
35-39259.317.0%23,755
40-44146.39.6%10,465
45-4946.83.1%3,259
50-542.70.2%156