Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1998

Libya
1998
Total fertility rate: 3.04
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Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 3.04 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.6 years old. In total, 110,914 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.04
Births
110,914
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
32.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
5,140,704
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
15-1912.52.0%3,766
20-2470.211.5%19,044
25-29142.423.3%31,875
30-34165.427.1%29,379
35-39125.620.6%17,575
40-4472.511.9%7,572
45-4920.33.3%1,623
50-541.30.2%81