Fertility in Libya, 2018

Libya
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.58 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.8 years old. In total, 135,914 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.58
Births
135,914
Births per 1,000 people
19.8
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
6,849,054
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
15-196.81.3%1,970
20-2459.911.6%15,923
25-29140.327.2%35,876
30-34154.429.9%40,631
35-39102.519.9%28,260
40-4445.38.8%11,741
45-496.71.3%1,471
50-540.30.1%42