Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 2006

Libya
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.70 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.2 years old. In total, 143,111 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.70
Births
143,111
Births per 1,000 people
23.9
Mean age of mothers
32.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
5,980,211
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%1,886
20-2457.310.5%18,198
25-29141.126.0%44,138
30-34164.230.2%44,782
35-39112.720.7%24,655
40-4453.19.8%8,454
45-498.81.6%974
50-540.30.1%26