Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1996

Lebanon
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.70 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (160 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 90,364 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.70
Births
90,364
Births per 1,000 people
22.4
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
4,034,781
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
10-140.00.0%10
15-1929.05.4%5,765
20-24127.023.5%22,902
25-29160.029.6%27,547
30-34125.723.3%20,560
35-3970.613.1%10,260
40-4422.24.1%2,791
45-495.51.0%503
50-540.40.1%23