Fertility in Yemen, 2001

Yemen
2001
Total fertility rate: 6.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Yemen was 6.14 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 812,359 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.14
Births
812,359
Births per 1,000 people
40.2
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
20,226,147
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
10-146.10.5%8,727
15-19109.18.9%127,666
20-24244.319.9%220,842
25-29273.822.3%190,352
30-34248.220.2%136,380
35-39189.315.4%80,633
40-44104.38.5%34,266
45-4950.24.1%12,757
50-543.30.3%735