Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2003

Western Asia
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 3.15 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (171 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 4,939,259 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.15
Births
4,939,259
Births per 1,000 people
24.7
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
199,681,720
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
10-141.30.2%13,864
15-1950.78.0%505,234
20-24156.324.7%1,423,432
25-29170.527.0%1,360,158
30-34132.821.0%932,181
35-3980.612.8%502,893
40-4431.24.9%165,685
45-497.81.2%34,020
50-540.50.1%1,789