Fertility in Libya, 2015

Libya
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 2.71 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (161 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.8 years old. In total, 143,183 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
143,183
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
6,531,819
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
15-197.41.4%2,038
20-2465.012.0%16,711
25-29146.727.0%38,341
30-34160.529.5%43,562
35-39108.720.0%29,693
40-4448.68.9%11,590
45-496.51.2%1,221
50-540.20.0%27