Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 1973

Western Asia
1973
Total fertility rate: 5.73
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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 5.73 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 3,667,639 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.73
Births
3,667,639
Births per 1,000 people
39.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
93,918,003
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
10-144.70.4%25,744
15-19106.59.3%489,011
20-24277.024.2%1,054,515
25-29288.625.2%882,113
30-34223.719.5%621,973
35-39154.413.5%398,220
40-4472.26.3%161,287
45-4917.61.5%33,165
50-541.10.1%1,599