Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2002

Western Asia
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.22
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 3.22 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 4,909,117 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.22
Births
4,909,117
Births per 1,000 people
25.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
195,367,728
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
10-141.40.2%14,481
15-1951.38.0%503,208
20-24159.224.7%1,414,562
25-29172.526.8%1,339,111
30-34134.020.8%920,557
35-3984.013.0%512,804
40-4432.65.1%166,590
45-498.51.3%35,983
50-540.50.1%1,839