Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Tunisia, 1996

Tunisia
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Tunisia was 2.49 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 183,673 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.49
Births
183,673
Births per 1,000 people
19.8
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.7
Population
9,294,432
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
10-140.00.0%2
15-1910.92.2%5,423
20-2484.416.9%37,061
25-29146.129.3%57,561
30-34136.127.3%49,284
35-3983.216.7%25,210
40-4432.66.5%8,184
45-495.01.0%915
50-540.20.0%34