Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 2008

Syrian Arab Republic
2008
Total fertility rate: 3.48
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 3.48 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 659,145 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.48
Births
659,145
Births per 1,000 people
30.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
21,636,564
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
10-140.60.1%714
15-1952.87.5%61,592
20-24159.622.8%185,203
25-29186.126.6%188,425
30-34158.822.7%133,370
35-3999.514.2%67,735
40-4435.75.1%19,460
45-496.00.9%2,557
50-540.30.0%90