Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lebanon, 2012

Lebanon
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.34 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 99,282 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
99,282
Births per 1,000 people
19.0
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
5,235,742
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
15-1922.84.8%4,994
20-2497.420.7%22,662
25-29148.331.6%32,751
30-34120.725.7%24,431
35-3960.412.9%10,944
40-4418.13.8%3,098
45-492.30.5%383
50-540.10.0%17