Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1968

Syrian Arab Republic
1968
Total fertility rate: 7.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 7.57 children per woman in 1968 — 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 30.3 years old. In total, 277,830 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.57
Births
277,830
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
3.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
5,978,742
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
10-145.50.4%2,054
15-19122.88.1%35,791
20-24295.719.5%67,221
25-29337.622.3%62,758
30-34315.420.9%52,617
35-39248.916.5%36,459
40-44141.49.3%16,843
45-4942.62.8%3,904
50-542.60.2%182