Fertility in Libya, 2005

Libya
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.76 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.3 years old. In total, 140,042 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
140,042
Births per 1,000 people
23.9
Mean age of mothers
32.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
5,858,798
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
15-196.01.1%1,865
20-2458.110.4%18,282
25-29141.725.4%43,035
30-34167.530.1%43,404
35-39117.821.2%24,013
40-4456.310.1%8,451
45-499.21.7%965
50-540.30.1%26