Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1958

Libya
1958
Total fertility rate: 7.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Libya was 7.40 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (390 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 70,655 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.40
Births
70,655
Births per 1,000 people
51.2
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
1,379,207
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%225
15-1984.05.7%5,256
20-24316.621.3%18,234
25-29389.926.3%19,960
30-34324.221.9%14,504
35-39227.215.3%8,475
40-44109.77.4%3,293
45-4927.21.8%675
50-541.60.1%33