Fertility in Lebanon, 2005

Lebanon
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.29 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 87,200 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.29
Births
87,200
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
4,671,102
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
15-1921.64.7%4,953
20-2494.820.7%20,389
25-29144.531.6%27,865
30-34117.625.7%20,846
35-3958.612.8%9,908
40-4417.33.8%2,751
45-493.30.7%461
50-540.20.0%26