Fertility in Syrian Arab Republic, 2018

Syrian Arab Republic
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Syrian Arab Republic was 2.93 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (163 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 370,649 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.93
Births
370,649
Births per 1,000 people
18.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
19,577,845
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%463
15-1941.27.1%46,352
20-24134.523.1%102,073
25-29162.627.9%84,827
30-34134.623.1%75,805
35-3978.613.5%44,986
40-4426.24.5%14,206
45-493.90.7%1,865
50-540.20.0%70