Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Yemen, 2011

Yemen
2011
Total fertility rate: 4.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Yemen was 4.63 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (215 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 957,334 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.63
Births
957,334
Births per 1,000 people
34.7
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
27,582,897
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
10-141.60.2%2,813
15-1972.17.8%116,370
20-24196.821.2%278,131
25-29215.223.2%246,025
30-34189.220.4%164,927
35-39143.415.4%95,534
40-4475.98.2%39,834
45-4932.13.5%12,993
50-542.30.2%706