Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Libya, 2011

Libya
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.65 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (160 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.8 years old. In total, 157,980 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
157,980
Births per 1,000 people
24.9
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
6,343,203
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
15-197.01.3%2,070
20-2461.811.6%19,469
25-29144.727.2%46,254
30-34159.630.0%50,115
35-39105.019.7%28,620
40-4447.79.0%10,379
45-496.61.2%1,047
50-540.20.0%27