Fertility in Libya, 2021

Libya
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.46
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.46 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.9 years old. In total, 129,689 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.46
Births
129,689
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
7,135,175
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
15-196.31.3%1,954
20-2455.911.4%15,580
25-29133.527.2%34,466
30-34148.430.2%38,266
35-3997.919.9%26,079
40-4442.58.6%11,606
45-496.91.4%1,681
50-540.30.1%58