Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 2004

Lebanon
2004
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.38 children per woman in 2004 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 88,984 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
88,984
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
4,599,279
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
15-1922.54.7%5,093
20-2498.620.8%20,828
25-29149.831.5%28,201
30-34121.525.6%21,339
35-3960.812.8%10,191
40-4418.13.8%2,817
45-493.60.8%485
50-540.20.1%27