Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1961

Syrian Arab Republic
1961
Total fertility rate: 7.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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 7.50 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (330 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 227,818 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.50
Births
227,818
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
4,815,466
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
10-146.00.4%1,659
15-19120.68.0%25,894
20-24285.519.0%53,704
25-29329.921.9%55,541
30-34318.721.2%45,875
35-39251.616.7%29,159
40-44145.29.7%12,834
45-4943.22.9%2,967
50-542.80.2%186