Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 2003

Lebanon
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.46 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 90,520 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.46
Births
90,520
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
4,525,508
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%1
15-1923.54.8%5,247
20-24102.520.9%21,211
25-29154.331.4%28,498
30-34124.625.4%21,676
35-3963.012.8%10,474
40-4419.13.9%2,890
45-493.80.8%497
50-540.30.1%27