Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1968

Lebanon
1968
Total fertility rate: 5.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 5.45 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 78,034 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.45
Births
78,034
Births per 1,000 people
34.4
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
2,266,368
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
10-144.10.4%575
15-1978.27.2%9,131
20-24267.424.7%20,858
25-29283.026.1%19,382
30-34221.020.4%14,708
35-39149.713.8%9,299
40-4462.75.8%3,376
45-4917.51.6%678
50-540.90.1%31