Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2014

Western Asia
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia was 2.96 children per woman in 2014 — 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, 5,964,708 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.96
Births
5,964,708
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
258,520,646
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%8,124
15-1944.87.6%497,911
20-24143.124.1%1,563,534
25-29164.727.8%1,737,367
30-34129.921.9%1,267,544
35-3976.712.9%660,822
40-4427.84.7%199,065
45-494.70.8%29,049
50-540.20.0%1,289