Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 1997

Lebanon
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.67 children per woman in 1997 — 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, 90,682 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
90,682
Births per 1,000 people
22.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
4,108,405
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%8
15-1928.45.3%5,795
20-24124.023.2%22,666
25-29160.330.0%27,841
30-34124.823.4%20,717
35-3969.112.9%10,319
40-4421.54.0%2,782
45-495.31.0%529
50-540.40.1%23