Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Yemen, 1998

Yemen
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Yemen was 6.64 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (291 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 772,368 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.64
Births
772,368
Births per 1,000 people
41.9
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
18,446,013
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
10-147.60.6%9,710
15-19117.38.8%120,018
20-24270.620.4%212,642
25-29291.121.9%180,196
30-34263.419.8%127,746
35-39198.915.0%74,215
40-44114.58.6%33,033
45-4959.54.5%13,837
50-544.40.3%970