Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1978

Libya
1978
Total fertility rate: 7.79
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Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 7.79 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (411 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 138,026 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.79
Births
138,026
Births per 1,000 people
45.2
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
3.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
3,052,526
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%619
15-1986.55.6%14,629
20-24327.121.1%40,550
25-29410.726.5%35,639
30-34340.822.0%23,795
35-39237.715.3%15,072
40-44115.77.5%6,365
45-4928.51.8%1,293
50-541.70.1%66