Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2012

Western Asia
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 2.97 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 5,823,171 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.97
Births
5,823,171
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
246,561,839
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
10-140.70.1%8,356
15-1946.67.8%513,183
20-24145.424.4%1,575,212
25-29165.227.7%1,694,233
30-34128.821.6%1,202,750
35-3976.412.8%614,385
40-4427.64.6%184,793
45-494.80.8%28,941
50-540.30.0%1,305