Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2006

Western Asia
2006
Total fertility rate: 3.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 3.09 children per woman in 2006 — 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 28.6 years old. In total, 5,210,046 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.09
Births
5,210,046
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
213,577,592
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%12,353
15-1951.88.4%538,135
20-24153.324.8%1,484,350
25-29170.227.5%1,487,250
30-34130.121.1%981,806
35-3975.712.3%503,433
40-4429.24.7%171,185
45-496.21.0%29,998
50-540.40.1%1,537