Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 1989

Western Asia
1989
Total fertility rate: 4.43
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 4.43 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 4,738,187 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.43
Births
4,738,187
Births per 1,000 people
32.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
144,819,188
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
10-143.10.3%25,417
15-1972.88.2%529,019
20-24222.325.1%1,426,860
25-29227.525.7%1,281,728
30-34168.119.0%787,871
35-39119.213.4%465,741
40-4457.46.5%178,607
45-4915.51.7%40,694
50-540.90.1%2,252