Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1971

Syrian Arab Republic
1971
Total fertility rate: 7.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 7.60 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (343 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 304,873 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.60
Births
304,873
Births per 1,000 people
46.2
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
3.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
6,598,094
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
10-145.30.4%2,233
15-19119.17.8%39,727
20-24297.119.6%77,652
25-29343.422.6%68,497
30-34314.120.7%54,439
35-39251.016.5%38,930
40-44142.39.4%18,661
45-4943.32.9%4,515
50-542.70.2%218