Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 1997

Syrian Arab Republic
1997
Total fertility rate: 4.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 4.37 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (222 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 500,362 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.37
Births
500,362
Births per 1,000 people
32.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
15,417,542
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
10-141.50.2%1,512
15-1969.88.0%60,935
20-24187.721.4%138,152
25-29221.625.3%134,039
30-34193.722.1%94,430
35-39132.115.1%51,181
40-4453.16.1%16,257
45-4915.21.7%3,685
50-540.90.1%172