Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Tunisia, 1968

Tunisia
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.81
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Tunisia was 6.81 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (325 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 212,789 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.81
Births
212,789
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
4,879,898
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
10-141.50.1%442
15-1952.63.9%12,794
20-24246.418.1%50,426
25-29318.923.4%53,492
30-34325.223.9%46,492
35-39259.019.0%33,044
40-44119.08.7%12,693
45-4936.02.6%3,237
50-542.20.2%168