Fertility in Libya, 2000

Libya
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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 2.91 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (161 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.4 years old. In total, 115,070 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.91
Births
115,070
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
32.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
5,305,022
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
15-1913.82.4%4,144
20-2462.110.7%17,793
25-29142.924.5%34,570
30-34160.727.6%31,002
35-39118.220.3%18,115
40-4468.511.8%8,022
45-4915.72.7%1,365
50-540.90.1%58