Fertility in Libya, 2008

Libya
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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 2.60 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.0 years old. In total, 146,142 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.60
Births
146,142
Births per 1,000 people
23.4
Mean age of mothers
32.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
6,235,430
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
15-196.21.2%1,905
20-2456.710.8%17,985
25-29141.327.0%45,077
30-34159.330.4%46,318
35-39103.719.8%25,244
40-4447.79.1%8,553
45-497.91.5%1,030
50-540.40.1%30