Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2007

Western Asia
2007
Total fertility rate: 3.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 3.06 children per woman in 2007 — 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, 5,314,152 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.06
Births
5,314,152
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
218,895,332
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
10-141.00.2%11,326
15-1950.38.2%529,947
20-24151.924.8%1,504,793
25-29169.627.7%1,534,695
30-34129.921.2%1,014,193
35-3976.012.4%517,784
40-4428.24.6%170,113
45-496.01.0%29,813
50-540.40.1%1,490