Fertility in Western Asia, 2005

Western Asia
2005
Total fertility rate: 3.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 3.09 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 5,093,830 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.09
Births
5,093,830
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
208,672,640
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
10-141.10.2%12,203
15-1951.18.2%523,603
20-24154.725.0%1,468,879
25-29169.027.3%1,431,286
30-34131.121.2%963,252
35-3976.112.3%495,374
40-4429.34.7%166,681
45-496.61.1%30,927
50-540.40.1%1,645