Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Lebanon

Fertility rate in Australia vs Lebanon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.24 in Lebanon in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Lebanon population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Lebanon
1960	3.45	5.88
1961	3.54	5.89
1962	3.44	5.9
1963	3.33	5.91
1964	3.15	5.85
1965	2.98	5.77
1966	2.88	5.68
1967	2.85	5.57
1968	2.89	5.45
1969	2.89	5.32
1970	2.86	5.19
1971	2.96	5.05
1972	2.74	4.91
1973	2.49	4.79
1974	2.4	4.65
1975	2.15	4.52
1976	2.06	4.39
1977	2.01	4.28
1978	1.95	4.18
1979	1.91	4.08
1980	1.89	4.01
1981	1.94	3.95
1982	1.93	3.86
1983	1.92	3.73
1984	1.84	3.66
1985	1.92	3.53
1986	1.87	3.47
1987	1.85	3.42
1988	1.83	3.39
1989	1.84	3.36
1990	1.9	3.27
1991	1.85	3.16
1992	1.89	3.05
1993	1.86	2.94
1994	1.84	2.82
1995	1.82	2.73
1996	1.8	2.7
1997	1.78	2.67
1998	1.76	2.65
1999	1.76	2.63
2000	1.76	2.6
2001	1.74	2.58
2002	1.76	2.52
2003	1.75	2.46
2004	1.77	2.38
2005	1.81	2.29
2006	1.91	2.24
2007	1.96	2.2
2008	1.98	2.17
2009	1.97	2.19
2010	1.93	2.26
2011	1.93	2.32
2012	1.92	2.35
2013	1.86	2.36
2014	1.83	2.38
2015	1.81	2.38
2016	1.75	2.39
2017	1.74	2.37
2018	1.74	2.35
2019	1.66	2.33
2020	1.58	2.31
2021	1.7	2.28
2022	1.63	2.26
2023	1.5	2.24
2024	1.5	2.23
2025	1.5	2.21
2026	1.5	2.19
2027	1.5	2.17
2028	1.51	2.15
2029	1.5	2.13
2030	1.51	2.11
2031	1.5	2.1
2032	1.5	2.09
2033	1.5	2.07
2034	1.5	2.06
2035	1.5	2.05
2036	1.5	2.03
2037	1.5	2.02
2038	1.5	2.01
2039	1.5	2
2040	1.5	1.98
2041	1.5	1.97
2042	1.5	1.97
2043	1.5	1.96
2044	1.5	1.95
2045	1.5	1.94
2046	1.5	1.93
2047	1.5	1.92
2048	1.5	1.92
2049	1.5	1.91
2050	1.5	1.9

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Lebanon
1960	30.2%	42.4%
1961	30.2%	43.1%
1962	30.1%	43.6%
1963	29.9%	44.1%
1964	29.8%	44.4%
1965	29.6%	44.4%
1966	29.5%	44.2%
1967	29.3%	43.9%
1968	29.1%	43.6%
1969	28.9%	43.3%
1970	28.8%	42.9%
1971	28.7%	42.5%
1972	28.5%	42.1%
1973	28.2%	41.7%
1974	27.9%	41.3%
1975	27.5%	40.9%
1976	27%	40.6%
1977	26.5%	40.3%
1978	26.1%	39.8%
1979	25.6%	39.4%
1980	25.3%	39%
1981	25%	38.7%
1982	24.7%	38.4%
1983	24.4%	38.2%
1984	24%	38%
1985	23.6%	37.7%
1986	23.1%	37.5%
1987	22.7%	37.3%
1988	22.4%	37.1%
1989	22.2%	36.9%
1990	22%	36.7%
1991	21.9%	36.5%
1992	21.8%	36.2%
1993	21.7%	35.8%
1994	21.7%	35.3%
1995	21.5%	34.8%
1996	21.4%	34.2%
1997	21.2%	33.6%
1998	21.1%	33.1%
1999	20.9%	32.5%
2000	20.8%	31.9%
2001	20.6%	31.4%
2002	20.4%	30.8%
2003	20.2%	30.2%
2004	20%	29.6%
2005	19.8%	28.9%
2006	19.6%	28.3%
2007	19.4%	27.7%
2008	19.3%	27.2%
2009	19.2%	26.8%
2010	19.1%	26.4%
2011	19%	26.1%
2012	18.9%	25.9%
2013	18.9%	25.7%
2014	18.9%	25.6%
2015	18.9%	25.8%
2016	18.9%	26.4%
2017	18.8%	26.9%
2018	18.8%	27.5%
2019	18.7%	27.9%
2020	18.6%	27.9%
2021	18.4%	27.6%
2022	18.2%	27.2%
2023	18%	26.7%
2024	17.8%	26.2%
2025	17.7%	25.6%
2026	17.5%	25%
2027	17.4%	24.3%
2028	17.2%	23.7%
2029	17%	23.2%
2030	16.9%	22.7%
2031	16.7%	22.3%
2032	16.6%	22%
2033	16.5%	21.8%
2034	16.4%	21.8%
2035	16.3%	21.8%
2036	16.2%	21.7%
2037	16.1%	21.6%
2038	16%	21.6%
2039	15.9%	21.5%
2040	15.9%	21.5%
2041	15.8%	21.4%
2042	15.8%	21.3%
2043	15.7%	21.2%
2044	15.7%	21.1%
2045	15.7%	21%
2046	15.7%	20.9%
2047	15.7%	20.7%
2048	15.7%	20.5%
2049	15.7%	20.3%
2050	15.7%	20%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 26.2% in Lebanon in 2024, compared to 22% and 36.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Lebanon compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Lebanon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +1.22% in Lebanon. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Australia	Lebanon
1960	141,816	52,515
1961	150,955	53,995
1962	143,943	55,585
1963	140,161	57,054
1964	128,420	57,808
1965	122,990	58,195
1966	126,996	58,546
1967	126,249	58,957
1968	132,099	59,247
1969	143,477	59,829
1970	145,081	60,593
1971	165,593	61,278
1972	155,488	62,216
1973	136,476	63,420
1974	128,996	64,425
1975	123,648	55,423
1976	115,070	11,138
1977	117,793	60,232
1978	116,299	60,829
1979	116,112	61,184
1980	117,536	63,053
1981	125,356	65,084
1982	126,030	41,602
1983	130,844	66,056
1984	123,077	66,785
1985	143,674	66,368
1986	123,342	67,162
1987	128,484	69,058
1988	127,298	70,444
1989	127,789	74,577
1990	143,347	73,629
1991	138,273	79,274
1992	139,829	77,447
1993	137,551	75,278
1994	131,761	73,069
1995	131,436	71,016
1996	125,751	71,286
1997	121,592	71,486
1998	120,949	71,889
1999	118,517	72,437
2000	119,882	72,642
2001	117,575	73,160
2002	116,971	72,648
2003	118,325	71,232
2004	115,610	69,675
2005	129,132	67,778
2006	132,931	65,932
2007	154,124	66,965
2008	155,119	67,132
2009	160,518	69,004
2010	158,628	72,605
2011	156,380	75,523
2012	161,408	77,248
2013	159,584	80,218
2014	154,940	92,285
2015	150,041	97,385
2016	152,403	91,551
2017	150,015	84,172
2018	157,269	77,165
2019	136,808	70,486
2020	133,376	59,903
2021	138,701	46,614
2022	111,862	60,909
2023	103,945	58,786

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Lebanon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 15 deaths in Lebanon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Lebanon
1985	9	59
1986	8	58
1987	9	65
1988	9	65
1989	9	49
1990	9	48
1991	9	38
1992	9	36
1993	9	33
1994	9	30
1995	9	29
1996	8	28
1997	8	27
1998	7	26
1999	7	25
2000	7	24
2001	6	22
2002	6	21
2003	5	19
2004	5	18
2005	5	17
2006	5	17
2007	5	16
2008	5	15
2009	5	15
2010	5	15
2011	6	15
2012	6	14
2013	6	13
2014	6	14
2015	6	15
2016	6	15
2017	6	15
2018	5	15
2019	5	15
2020	5	27
2021	4	54
2022	4	15
2023	2	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 1.83% in Lebanon. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Australia	Lebanon
1960	2.49%	7.48%
1961	2.43%	7.24%
1962	2.37%	7.01%
1963	2.32%	6.8%
1964	2.27%	6.62%
1965	2.24%	6.46%
1966	2.21%	6.33%
1967	2.2%	6.22%
1968	2.19%	6.14%
1969	2.18%	6.07%
1970	2.15%	6.01%
1971	2.1%	5.98%
1972	2.03%	5.93%
1973	1.94%	5.88%
1974	1.84%	5.81%
1975	1.73%	5.73%
1976	1.62%	18.6%
1977	1.52%	7.51%
1978	1.44%	7.54%
1979	1.36%	7.6%
1980	1.3%	7.39%
1981	1.26%	7.16%
1982	1.22%	12.2%
1983	1.19%	5.39%
1984	1.16%	5.18%
1985	1.13%	4.96%
1986	1.1%	4.74%
1987	1.06%	5.75%
1988	1.02%	5.53%
1989	0.97%	3.34%
1990	0.92%	3.18%
1991	0.87%	3.03%
1992	0.82%	2.88%
1993	0.77%	2.75%
1994	0.73%	2.63%
1995	0.7%	2.52%
1996	0.68%	2.4%
1997	0.66%	2.3%
1998	0.64%	2.19%
1999	0.63%	2.09%
2000	0.62%	1.99%
2001	0.61%	1.89%
2002	0.6%	1.78%
2003	0.59%	1.69%
2004	0.58%	1.6%
2005	0.57%	1.52%
2006	0.56%	1.44%
2007	0.54%	1.38%
2008	0.52%	1.33%
2009	0.5%	1.3%
2010	0.48%	1.27%
2011	0.45%	1.25%
2012	0.43%	1.24%
2013	0.41%	1.24%
2014	0.4%	1.25%
2015	0.39%	1.27%
2016	0.38%	1.31%
2017	0.38%	1.35%
2018	0.38%	1.4%
2019	0.38%	1.47%
2020	0.38%	1.55%
2021	0.37%	1.63%
2022	0.37%	1.73%
2023	0.37%	1.83%