Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 2017

Syrian Arab Republic
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 2.97 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 376,524 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.97
Births
376,524
Births per 1,000 people
19.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
19,224,668
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
10-140.40.1%472
15-1941.47.0%44,941
20-24136.523.1%97,595
25-29164.227.8%89,932
30-34136.423.1%80,192
35-3980.113.6%46,908
40-4426.94.6%14,482
45-494.00.7%1,928
50-540.20.0%72