Fertility in Libya, 1980

Libya
1980
Total fertility rate: 7.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 7.54 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (398 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 151,886 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.54
Births
151,886
Births per 1,000 people
44.4
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.2%
Net reproduction rate
3.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
3,424,378
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
10-143.20.2%678
15-1984.65.6%15,434
20-24319.621.2%47,301
25-29397.626.4%39,770
30-34330.721.9%25,247
35-39230.215.3%15,377
40-44111.67.4%6,643
45-4927.71.8%1,368
50-541.70.1%68