Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1971

Lebanon
1971
Total fertility rate: 5.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 5.05 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 80,618 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.05
Births
80,618
Births per 1,000 people
33.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
2,446,314
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
10-143.20.3%485
15-1974.97.5%10,003
20-24245.824.4%24,239
25-29265.326.4%19,016
30-34206.520.5%13,959
35-39138.113.7%8,877
40-4454.95.5%3,248
45-4915.71.6%755
50-541.10.1%35