Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1997

Libya
1997
Total fertility rate: 3.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 3.13 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.6 years old. In total, 109,276 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.13
Births
109,276
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
32.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
5,064,639
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%0
15-1911.71.9%3,536
20-2475.011.9%19,724
25-29143.122.8%30,706
30-34168.626.9%28,750
35-39129.820.7%17,305
40-4474.411.9%7,353
45-4923.63.8%1,804
50-541.50.2%94