Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1957

Libya
1957
Total fertility rate: 7.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 7.35 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (387 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 67,882 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.35
Births
67,882
Births per 1,000 people
51.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
1,328,854
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%219
15-1983.45.7%5,113
20-24314.021.3%17,436
25-29386.926.3%19,153
30-34321.621.9%14,014
35-39225.515.3%8,079
40-44108.97.4%3,186
45-4927.01.8%653
50-541.60.1%32