Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1956

Lebanon
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 5.81 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (296 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 64,505 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.81
Births
64,505
Births per 1,000 people
40.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
1,599,148
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
10-145.70.5%411
15-1993.08.0%6,411
20-24288.324.7%19,017
25-29295.725.4%18,099
30-34231.619.9%11,635
35-39162.614.0%5,568
40-4469.25.9%2,701
45-4917.71.5%627
50-541.10.1%33