Fertility in Libya, 2017

Libya
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.63 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.8 years old. In total, 138,217 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
138,217
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
6,738,770
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%1,991
20-2461.611.7%16,087
25-29142.627.1%36,595
30-34156.629.8%41,419
35-39104.719.9%28,965
40-4446.48.8%11,748
45-496.61.2%1,378
50-540.20.0%36