Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1978

Lebanon
1978
Total fertility rate: 4.18
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 4.18 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 89,406 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.18
Births
89,406
Births per 1,000 people
31.7
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
2,822,682
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
10-141.60.2%279
15-1968.68.2%10,913
20-24206.024.6%28,652
25-29227.727.2%26,016
30-34172.220.6%13,103
35-39109.013.0%7,252
40-4439.34.7%2,518
45-4910.81.3%639
50-540.70.1%35