Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1973

Lebanon
1973
Total fertility rate: 4.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 4.79 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (254 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 83,276 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.79
Births
83,276
Births per 1,000 people
32.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
2,572,935
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
10-142.60.3%423
15-1971.07.4%10,008
20-24235.924.7%27,381
25-29253.826.6%19,662
30-34196.820.6%13,364
35-39130.313.6%8,577
40-4450.05.2%3,062
45-4914.41.5%758
50-541.00.1%38