Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1980

Syrian Arab Republic
1980
Total fertility rate: 7.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 7.12 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (335 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 391,785 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.12
Births
391,785
Births per 1,000 people
43.7
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
3.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
8,957,662
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
10-144.70.3%2,707
15-19110.27.8%52,006
20-24285.720.1%106,264
25-29335.123.6%96,652
30-34297.220.9%67,800
35-39229.516.2%41,280
40-44122.38.6%19,791
45-4934.52.4%5,034
50-542.10.1%251