Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1973

Libya
1973
Total fertility rate: 8.05
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Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 8.05 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (424 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 104,926 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
8.05
Births
104,926
Births per 1,000 people
45.3
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
3.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
2,314,192
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%494
15-1984.35.3%9,802
20-24341.221.3%27,594
25-29423.926.5%27,263
30-34351.922.0%20,699
35-39246.415.4%12,809
40-44119.47.5%5,145
45-4929.51.8%1,065
50-541.90.1%53