Fertility in Libya, 2023

Libya
2023
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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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The total fertility rate of Libya was 2.35 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.9 years old. In total, 124,371 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
124,371
Births per 1,000 people
17.0
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
7,305,659
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
15-195.91.3%1,918
20-2452.411.2%15,137
25-29127.727.2%33,775
30-34143.130.5%36,408
35-3993.820.0%24,518
40-4439.78.5%10,839
45-496.71.4%1,713
50-540.30.1%62