Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Yemen, 2003

Yemen
2003
Total fertility rate: 5.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Yemen was 5.84 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 844,736 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.84
Births
844,736
Births per 1,000 people
39.4
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
21,456,379
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
10-145.40.5%8,210
15-19106.29.1%134,734
20-24233.820.0%232,502
25-29263.522.6%198,684
30-34236.120.2%139,871
35-39178.515.3%83,013
40-4496.88.3%34,659
45-4944.83.8%12,376
50-543.10.3%685