Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1960

Syrian Arab Republic
1960
Total fertility rate: 7.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 7.51 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (332 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 221,446 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.51
Births
221,446
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
4,673,500
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%1,501
15-19120.28.0%24,966
20-24282.318.8%52,206
25-29332.022.1%54,943
30-34319.721.3%44,563
35-39252.316.8%27,969
40-44144.99.6%12,193
45-4942.32.8%2,929
50-542.90.2%180