Fertility in Lebanon, 2021

Lebanon
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.28
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lebanon was 2.28 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 94,769 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.28
Births
94,769
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
5,718,122
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
15-1921.44.7%5,161
20-2493.220.4%21,018
25-29144.931.7%30,530
30-34118.626.0%23,240
35-3958.612.8%11,236
40-4417.43.8%3,178
45-492.20.5%385
50-540.10.0%21