Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Yemen, 1996

Yemen
1996
Total fertility rate: 7.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Yemen was 7.00 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (302 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 747,746 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.00
Births
747,746
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
17,313,177
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
10-149.20.7%10,906
15-19124.58.9%115,636
20-24284.120.3%205,372
25-29301.521.5%172,665
30-34273.619.6%121,366
35-39212.915.2%72,846
40-44122.98.8%32,625
45-4965.54.7%15,277
50-545.00.4%1,054