Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1954

Libya
1954
Total fertility rate: 7.18
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 7.18 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (378 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 60,941 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.18
Births
60,941
Births per 1,000 people
50.4
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
1,208,177
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%204
15-1980.75.6%4,644
20-24307.221.4%15,592
25-29378.326.3%17,340
30-34314.921.9%12,573
35-39219.915.3%7,080
40-44106.67.4%2,884
45-4926.21.8%593
50-541.60.1%31