Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 1997

Western Asia
1997
Total fertility rate: 3.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 3.66 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 4,922,585 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.66
Births
4,922,585
Births per 1,000 people
28.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
175,102,474
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
10-142.00.3%19,909
15-1961.98.5%546,152
20-24187.825.7%1,453,872
25-29192.326.3%1,327,131
30-34144.819.8%890,388
35-3990.412.3%469,252
40-4440.55.5%174,340
45-4911.41.6%39,343
50-540.80.1%2,201