Fertility in Lebanon, 2009

Lebanon
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.19
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.19 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 89,813 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.19
Births
89,813
Births per 1,000 people
18.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
4,992,286
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%0
15-1921.24.8%4,906
20-2489.720.4%20,505
25-29138.531.6%29,541
30-34114.126.0%21,685
35-3956.412.8%9,984
40-4416.43.7%2,762
45-492.60.6%410
50-540.20.0%21