Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1956

Libya
1956
Total fertility rate: 7.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 7.29 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (384 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 65,271 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.29
Births
65,271
Births per 1,000 people
50.9
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
1,282,958
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
10-143.10.2%213
15-1982.55.6%4,957
20-24311.521.3%16,682
25-29383.826.3%18,426
30-34319.221.9%13,539
35-39223.615.3%7,704
40-44108.17.4%3,087
45-4926.71.8%631
50-541.60.1%32