Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 2009

Syrian Arab Republic
2009
Total fertility rate: 3.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 3.42 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 642,799 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.42
Births
642,799
Births per 1,000 people
29.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
21,976,969
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%682
15-1951.37.5%58,611
20-24157.322.9%178,701
25-29183.126.7%184,108
30-34155.822.7%131,877
35-3997.014.2%66,912
40-4434.55.0%19,293
45-495.70.8%2,529
50-540.30.0%90