Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 1993

Western Asia
1993
Total fertility rate: 4.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 4.01 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 4,818,521 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.01
Births
4,818,521
Births per 1,000 people
30.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
159,381,138
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
10-142.50.3%22,433
15-1971.18.9%563,084
20-24203.325.3%1,431,901
25-29206.025.7%1,288,101
30-34153.819.1%830,982
35-39101.512.6%454,819
40-4450.16.2%184,240
45-4914.11.8%40,802
50-540.90.1%2,158