Fertility in Lebanon, 2008

Lebanon
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.17 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 87,636 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.17
Births
87,636
Births per 1,000 people
17.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
4,925,354
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
15-1920.84.8%4,863
20-2488.720.4%20,010
25-29137.131.5%28,657
30-34113.426.1%21,138
35-3956.012.9%9,820
40-4416.13.7%2,696
45-492.80.6%427
50-540.20.0%22