Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Lebanon

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Lebanon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 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 Colombia 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
	Colombia	Lebanon
1960	6.74	5.88
1961	6.71	5.89
1962	6.66	5.9
1963	6.58	5.91
1964	6.48	5.85
1965	6.33	5.77
1966	6.16	5.68
1967	5.96	5.57
1968	5.74	5.45
1969	5.51	5.32
1970	5.28	5.19
1971	5.06	5.05
1972	4.86	4.91
1973	4.68	4.79
1974	4.53	4.65
1975	4.4	4.52
1976	4.29	4.39
1977	4.16	4.28
1978	4	4.18
1979	3.89	4.08
1980	3.8	4.01
1981	3.71	3.95
1982	3.62	3.86
1983	3.5	3.73
1984	3.35	3.66
1985	3.23	3.53
1986	3.15	3.47
1987	3.09	3.42
1988	3.04	3.39
1989	3.01	3.36
1990	3	3.27
1991	2.98	3.16
1992	2.98	3.05
1993	2.98	2.94
1994	2.94	2.82
1995	2.85	2.73
1996	2.77	2.7
1997	2.74	2.67
1998	2.72	2.65
1999	2.64	2.63
2000	2.57	2.6
2001	2.52	2.58
2002	2.49	2.52
2003	2.45	2.46
2004	2.38	2.38
2005	2.31	2.29
2006	2.24	2.24
2007	2.19	2.2
2008	2.15	2.17
2009	2.1	2.19
2010	2.01	2.26
2011	1.94	2.32
2012	1.9	2.35
2013	1.86	2.36
2014	1.82	2.38
2015	1.77	2.38
2016	1.72	2.39
2017	1.72	2.37
2018	1.72	2.35
2019	1.71	2.33
2020	1.69	2.31
2021	1.68	2.28
2022	1.66	2.26
2023	1.65	2.24
2024	1.63	2.23
2025	1.62	2.21
2026	1.6	2.19
2027	1.6	2.17
2028	1.59	2.15
2029	1.59	2.13
2030	1.58	2.11
2031	1.58	2.1
2032	1.57	2.09
2033	1.57	2.07
2034	1.57	2.06
2035	1.57	2.05
2036	1.57	2.03
2037	1.57	2.02
2038	1.57	2.01
2039	1.57	2
2040	1.57	1.98
2041	1.57	1.97
2042	1.57	1.97
2043	1.57	1.96
2044	1.57	1.95
2045	1.57	1.94
2046	1.57	1.93
2047	1.58	1.92
2048	1.58	1.92
2049	1.58	1.91
2050	1.58	1.9

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Lebanon
1960	46.8%	42.4%
1961	47%	43.1%
1962	47.1%	43.6%
1963	47.2%	44.1%
1964	47.3%	44.4%
1965	47.2%	44.4%
1966	47.1%	44.2%
1967	46.9%	43.9%
1968	46.7%	43.6%
1969	46.4%	43.3%
1970	46%	42.9%
1971	45.6%	42.5%
1972	45.1%	42.1%
1973	44.6%	41.7%
1974	44%	41.3%
1975	43.4%	40.9%
1976	42.8%	40.6%
1977	42.2%	40.3%
1978	41.5%	39.8%
1979	40.9%	39.4%
1980	40.3%	39%
1981	39.7%	38.7%
1982	39.1%	38.4%
1983	38.6%	38.2%
1984	38.1%	38%
1985	37.6%	37.7%
1986	37.2%	37.5%
1987	36.9%	37.3%
1988	36.5%	37.1%
1989	36.2%	36.9%
1990	35.9%	36.7%
1991	35.6%	36.5%
1992	35.3%	36.2%
1993	35%	35.8%
1994	34.7%	35.3%
1995	34.4%	34.8%
1996	34%	34.2%
1997	33.7%	33.6%
1998	33.3%	33.1%
1999	32.9%	32.5%
2000	32.5%	31.9%
2001	32.1%	31.4%
2002	31.7%	30.8%
2003	31.3%	30.2%
2004	30.9%	29.6%
2005	30.4%	28.9%
2006	29.9%	28.3%
2007	29.3%	27.7%
2008	28.7%	27.2%
2009	28.1%	26.8%
2010	27.5%	26.4%
2011	26.9%	26.1%
2012	26.3%	25.9%
2013	25.7%	25.7%
2014	25.1%	25.6%
2015	24.5%	25.8%
2016	23.9%	26.4%
2017	23.3%	26.9%
2018	22.7%	27.5%
2019	22.1%	27.9%
2020	21.7%	27.9%
2021	21.3%	27.6%
2022	21%	27.2%
2023	20.6%	26.7%
2024	20.3%	26.2%
2025	20%	25.6%
2026	19.7%	25%
2027	19.5%	24.3%
2028	19.3%	23.7%
2029	19.1%	23.2%
2030	18.8%	22.7%
2031	18.6%	22.3%
2032	18.4%	22%
2033	18.2%	21.8%
2034	18%	21.8%
2035	17.7%	21.8%
2036	17.4%	21.7%
2037	17.2%	21.6%
2038	16.9%	21.6%
2039	16.7%	21.5%
2040	16.4%	21.5%
2041	16.2%	21.4%
2042	16%	21.3%
2043	15.7%	21.2%
2044	15.5%	21.1%
2045	15.4%	21%
2046	15.2%	20.9%
2047	15%	20.7%
2048	14.8%	20.5%
2049	14.7%	20.3%
2050	14.6%	20%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 26.2% in Lebanon in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 36.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Lebanon compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Lebanon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Lebanon
1960	529,316	52,515
1961	545,627	53,995
1962	559,985	55,585
1963	572,355	57,054
1964	581,435	57,808
1965	587,677	58,195
1966	590,855	58,546
1967	591,649	58,957
1968	589,407	59,247
1969	586,559	59,829
1970	583,396	60,593
1971	582,011	61,278
1972	581,361	62,216
1973	583,608	63,420
1974	589,035	64,425
1975	598,580	55,423
1976	612,265	11,138
1977	622,814	60,232
1978	626,378	60,829
1979	635,747	61,184
1980	649,872	63,053
1981	662,195	65,084
1982	675,339	41,602
1983	674,767	66,056
1984	666,315	66,785
1985	625,379	66,368
1986	659,701	67,162
1987	659,429	69,058
1988	663,796	70,444
1989	674,102	74,577
1990	682,409	73,629
1991	690,266	79,274
1992	697,763	77,447
1993	709,287	75,278
1994	708,660	73,069
1995	694,968	71,016
1996	682,547	71,286
1997	686,073	71,486
1998	687,704	71,889
1999	668,576	72,437
2000	652,176	72,642
2001	642,933	73,160
2002	640,840	72,648
2003	642,144	71,232
2004	628,424	69,675
2005	610,618	67,778
2006	594,388	65,932
2007	583,115	66,965
2008	576,654	67,132
2009	559,017	69,004
2010	533,657	72,605
2011	511,524	75,523
2012	503,285	77,248
2013	489,069	80,218
2014	470,916	92,285
2015	446,778	97,385
2016	425,087	91,551
2017	426,538	84,172
2018	433,622	77,165
2019	441,087	70,486
2020	378,965	59,903
2021	311,122	46,614
2022	406,143	60,909
2023	422,598	58,786

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Lebanon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 15 deaths in Lebanon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Lebanon
1985	143	59
1986	123	58
1987	120	65
1988	113	65
1989	106	49
1990	102	48
1991	99	38
1992	97	36
1993	94	33
1994	93	30
1995	91	29
1996	89	28
1997	90	27
1998	92	26
1999	96	25
2000	95	24
2001	94	22
2002	91	21
2003	87	19
2004	84	18
2005	82	17
2006	81	17
2007	80	16
2008	78	15
2009	77	15
2010	76	15
2011	75	15
2012	73	14
2013	72	13
2014	71	14
2015	70	15
2016	69	15
2017	68	15
2018	67	15
2019	66	15
2020	94	27
2021	147	54
2022	74	15
2023	59	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Lebanon
1960	13.4%	7.48%
1961	13%	7.24%
1962	12.6%	7.01%
1963	12.2%	6.8%
1964	11.8%	6.62%
1965	11.5%	6.46%
1966	11.1%	6.33%
1967	10.8%	6.22%
1968	10.4%	6.14%
1969	10.1%	6.07%
1970	9.72%	6.01%
1971	9.36%	5.98%
1972	8.99%	5.93%
1973	8.6%	5.88%
1974	8.2%	5.81%
1975	7.8%	5.73%
1976	7.39%	18.6%
1977	6.98%	7.51%
1978	6.58%	7.54%
1979	6.2%	7.6%
1980	5.84%	7.39%
1981	5.5%	7.16%
1982	5.17%	12.2%
1983	4.88%	5.39%
1984	4.62%	5.18%
1985	4.89%	4.96%
1986	4.17%	4.74%
1987	3.99%	5.75%
1988	3.84%	5.53%
1989	3.7%	3.34%
1990	3.57%	3.18%
1991	3.45%	3.03%
1992	3.33%	2.88%
1993	3.21%	2.75%
1994	3.1%	2.63%
1995	2.99%	2.52%
1996	2.88%	2.4%
1997	2.78%	2.3%
1998	2.68%	2.19%
1999	2.59%	2.09%
2000	2.51%	1.99%
2001	2.43%	1.89%
2002	2.35%	1.78%
2003	2.28%	1.69%
2004	2.22%	1.6%
2005	2.15%	1.52%
2006	2.09%	1.44%
2007	2.02%	1.38%
2008	1.96%	1.33%
2009	1.89%	1.3%
2010	1.83%	1.27%
2011	1.77%	1.25%
2012	1.72%	1.24%
2013	1.66%	1.24%
2014	1.61%	1.25%
2015	1.56%	1.27%
2016	1.51%	1.31%
2017	1.46%	1.35%
2018	1.41%	1.4%
2019	1.37%	1.47%
2020	1.32%	1.55%
2021	1.28%	1.63%
2022	1.24%	1.73%
2023	1.2%	1.83%