Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2027

Western Asia
2027
Total fertility rate: 2.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia is projected at 2.48 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 6,030,870 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
6,030,870
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
323,975,623
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%5,333
15-1932.16.5%433,421
20-24113.222.8%1,399,679
25-29139.328.0%1,747,310
30-34114.823.1%1,386,205
35-3968.213.7%769,293
40-4424.95.0%252,774
45-493.90.8%35,350
50-540.20.0%1,494