Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1957

Syrian Arab Republic
1957
Total fertility rate: 7.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 7.56 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (338 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 203,963 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.56
Births
203,963
Births per 1,000 people
47.7
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
4,277,740
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%1,289
15-19119.37.9%23,322
20-24275.518.2%48,374
25-29338.222.3%51,603
30-34325.421.5%40,585
35-39257.117.0%24,723
40-44146.99.7%10,683
45-4945.33.0%3,233
50-542.70.2%154