Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 2006

Lebanon
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.24 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 86,801 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.24
Births
86,801
Births per 1,000 people
18.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
4,751,136
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
15-1921.24.7%4,908
20-2492.620.6%20,183
25-29141.731.6%28,015
30-34115.725.8%20,703
35-3957.512.8%9,801
40-4416.83.8%2,720
45-493.10.7%447
50-540.20.0%23