Fertility in Tunisia, 2005

Tunisia
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.95
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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Tunisia was 1.95 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 169,176 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.95
Births
169,176
Births per 1,000 people
16.5
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.2
Population
10,255,472
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%1
15-195.91.5%3,095
20-2452.313.4%27,494
25-29114.229.2%53,895
30-34120.230.7%48,334
35-3974.319.0%28,183
40-4422.25.7%7,625
45-491.90.5%544
50-540.00.0%4