Fertility in Lebanon, 2018

Lebanon
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 2.35 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 108,255 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
108,255
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
5,984,120
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
15-1922.34.8%5,568
20-2496.920.6%23,200
25-29148.831.7%35,218
30-34120.725.7%27,264
35-3960.612.9%12,997
40-4418.23.9%3,558
45-492.30.5%427
50-540.10.0%22