Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1979

Lebanon
1979
Total fertility rate: 4.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 4.08 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (222 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 90,916 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.08
Births
90,916
Births per 1,000 people
31.5
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
2,882,635
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%272
15-1968.08.3%11,059
20-24202.124.8%28,836
25-29222.527.3%27,076
30-34167.820.6%13,514
35-39105.813.0%7,083
40-4437.74.6%2,436
45-4910.21.2%606
50-540.60.1%33