Fertility in Western Asia, 2026

Western Asia
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia is projected at 2.50 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 5,996,330 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.50
Births
5,996,330
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
319,131,725
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
10-140.40.1%5,521
15-1932.76.5%433,639
20-24114.522.9%1,402,940
25-29140.428.0%1,739,339
30-34115.423.0%1,370,187
35-3968.413.7%759,179
40-4424.95.0%248,909
45-494.00.8%35,112
50-540.20.0%1,490