Fertility in Lebanon, 2017

Lebanon
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 2.37 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 114,874 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
114,874
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
6,160,128
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
15-1922.64.8%5,750
20-2498.220.7%24,401
25-29150.331.6%37,758
30-34121.925.7%29,157
35-3961.312.9%13,636
40-4418.33.9%3,703
45-492.30.5%446
50-540.10.0%22