Fertility in Libya, 1951

Libya
1951
Total fertility rate: 7.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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The total fertility rate of Libya was 7.03 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (370 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 56,455 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.03
Births
56,455
Births per 1,000 people
49.3
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,145,387
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
10-143.20.2%195
15-1979.25.6%4,309
20-24300.821.4%14,797
25-29370.226.3%16,326
30-34308.421.9%11,146
35-39215.115.3%6,481
40-44104.27.4%2,617
45-4925.61.8%555
50-541.60.1%29