Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 2000

Syrian Arab Republic
2000
Total fertility rate: 4.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 4.07 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (210 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 519,171 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.07
Births
519,171
Births per 1,000 people
31.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
16,637,888
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
10-141.10.1%1,202
15-1960.77.5%57,134
20-24182.622.4%147,962
25-29209.725.7%139,924
30-34183.422.5%100,823
35-39119.914.7%53,024
40-4445.35.6%15,877
45-4911.21.4%3,085
50-540.60.1%138