Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1957

Lebanon
1957
Total fertility rate: 5.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 5.81 children per woman in 1957 — 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, 65,897 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.81
Births
65,897
Births per 1,000 people
40.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
1,645,925
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
10-145.60.5%424
15-1992.98.0%6,412
20-24287.824.7%19,198
25-29295.725.4%18,433
30-34231.619.9%12,239
35-39163.414.0%5,987
40-4468.15.8%2,513
45-4917.81.5%660
50-541.10.1%33