Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Tunisia, 1976

Tunisia
1976
Total fertility rate: 5.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Tunisia was 5.87 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.8 years old. In total, 232,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.87
Births
232,849
Births per 1,000 people
38.8
Mean age of mothers
30.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
5,996,994
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
10-140.30.0%110
15-1941.33.5%13,369
20-24244.320.8%64,948
25-29300.425.6%63,566
30-34241.220.6%43,579
35-39201.517.2%29,203
40-44110.09.4%14,267
45-4932.52.8%3,610
50-542.10.2%197