Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2004

Western Asia
2004
Total fertility rate: 3.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 3.13 children per woman in 2004 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 5,023,139 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.13
Births
5,023,139
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
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
204,065,870
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
10-141.20.2%12,621
15-1950.78.1%512,429
20-24156.224.9%1,453,058
25-29169.727.1%1,392,683
30-34132.821.2%952,909
35-3978.412.5%499,187
40-4430.24.8%166,018
45-497.21.1%32,479
50-540.50.1%1,744