Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 2003

Syrian Arab Republic
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 3.76 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 529,103 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.76
Births
529,103
Births per 1,000 people
29.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
17,889,296
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
10-140.90.1%971
15-1954.87.3%56,061
20-24169.622.5%148,145
25-29197.026.1%144,815
30-34170.922.7%104,360
35-39110.414.6%55,414
40-4441.35.5%16,559
45-498.41.1%2,670
50-540.40.1%108