Fertility in Libya, 1990

Libya
1990
Total fertility rate: 4.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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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The total fertility rate of Libya was 4.78 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (250 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.6 years old. In total, 120,207 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.78
Births
120,207
Births per 1,000 people
27.0
Mean age of mothers
32.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
4,445,240
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
10-140.00.0%7
15-1914.21.5%3,508
20-24117.912.3%23,256
25-29223.323.4%35,035
30-34249.926.2%30,050
35-39203.821.3%18,335
40-44112.611.8%8,075
45-4931.63.3%1,844
50-541.90.2%95