Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1983

Libya
1983
Total fertility rate: 6.91
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Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 6.91 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (352 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.9 years old. In total, 144,898 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.91
Births
144,898
Births per 1,000 people
39.0
Mean age of mothers
30.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
3.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
3,718,961
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
10-141.00.1%232
15-1947.83.5%9,104
20-24256.318.6%40,220
25-29352.225.5%41,366
30-34327.623.7%28,268
35-39239.717.4%16,580
40-44124.69.0%7,490
45-4929.62.1%1,557
50-541.80.1%79