Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1971

Libya
1971
Total fertility rate: 8.10
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Year

-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 8.10 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (426 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 100,128 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
8.10
Births
100,128
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
3.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
2,153,534
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
10-143.00.2%450
15-1986.85.4%8,646
20-24343.121.3%25,138
25-29426.326.4%26,957
30-34354.222.0%20,629
35-39248.015.4%12,284
40-44120.07.4%4,946
45-4929.71.8%1,029
50-541.90.1%50