Fertility in Lebanon, 2016

Lebanon
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 2.39 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 121,382 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.39
Births
121,382
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
6,323,060
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%5,937
20-2499.720.8%25,963
25-29151.231.6%40,189
30-34122.525.6%30,768
35-3961.912.9%14,173
40-4418.63.9%3,880
45-492.30.5%451
50-540.10.0%22