Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 1954

Western Asia
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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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 Western Asia was 6.23 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (303 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 2,496,933 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.23
Births
2,496,933
Births per 1,000 people
45.1
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
55,340,929
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
10-149.00.7%24,966
15-19118.99.5%322,533
20-24277.422.3%663,589
25-29303.224.3%641,299
30-34254.220.4%440,122
35-39177.714.3%260,756
40-4484.66.8%117,526
45-4920.21.6%24,875
50-541.20.1%1,261