Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Asia, 2042

Western Asia
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Asia is projected at 2.24 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 6,252,406 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.24
Births
6,252,406
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
388,735,675
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
10-140.20.0%3,207
15-1926.75.9%377,424
20-2494.921.1%1,288,961
25-29123.627.6%1,777,117
30-34110.424.6%1,586,675
35-3966.514.8%886,800
40-4423.45.2%296,892
45-493.00.7%33,970
50-540.10.0%1,354