Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 1999

Libya
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.97 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (163 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.5 years old. In total, 112,999 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.97
Births
112,999
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
32.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
5,218,038
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
15-1913.22.2%3,958
20-2465.911.1%18,396
25-29142.924.0%33,285
30-34163.327.4%30,215
35-39121.620.4%17,812
40-4470.211.8%7,768
45-4918.03.0%1,494
50-541.10.2%69