Fertility in Libya, 2016

Libya
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.67 children per woman in 2016 — 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 31.8 years old. In total, 140,949 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
140,949
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
6,632,126
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
15-197.21.4%2,017
20-2463.411.8%16,378
25-29144.927.1%37,498
30-34158.829.7%42,544
35-39106.920.0%29,468
40-4447.68.9%11,716
45-496.51.2%1,298
50-540.20.0%32