Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2011

Western Asia
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 2.95 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 5,659,917 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
5,659,917
Births per 1,000 people
23.5
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
240,727,957
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
10-140.80.1%8,520
15-1947.18.0%515,594
20-24144.924.5%1,550,723
25-29163.627.7%1,642,585
30-34127.021.5%1,151,735
35-3975.612.8%583,169
40-4427.14.6%177,265
45-494.90.8%29,001
50-540.30.0%1,314