Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 2003

Libya
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.80 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.4 years old. In total, 128,796 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
128,796
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
32.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
5,619,398
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
15-195.81.0%1,789
20-2458.510.4%18,089
25-29141.425.1%39,580
30-34169.730.2%39,515
35-39117.120.8%20,847
40-4458.710.4%7,927
45-4910.71.9%1,011
50-540.50.1%36