Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Tunisia, 1982

Tunisia
1982
Total fertility rate: 4.89
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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Tunisia was 4.89 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 229,698 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.89
Births
229,698
Births per 1,000 people
33.2
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
6,908,642
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
10-140.20.0%61
15-1933.93.5%13,184
20-24191.919.6%61,606
25-29271.227.7%70,181
30-34236.824.2%46,955
35-39154.915.9%24,939
40-4465.76.7%9,650
45-4921.32.2%2,943
50-541.50.2%178