Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1987

Libya
1987
Total fertility rate: 5.72
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Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 5.72 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.9 years old. In total, 128,372 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.72
Births
128,372
Births per 1,000 people
31.1
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
4,129,739
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
10-140.10.0%31
15-1922.62.0%4,907
20-24170.714.9%29,425
25-29279.224.4%37,708
30-34287.225.1%28,888
35-39225.719.8%17,736
40-44124.410.9%7,920
45-4930.92.7%1,669
50-541.80.2%87