Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs New Zealand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Lebanon was 2.24 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in New Zealand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lebanon	New Zealand
1960	5.88	4.24
1961	5.89	4.31
1962	5.9	4.19
1963	5.91	4.05
1964	5.85	3.8
1965	5.77	3.54
1966	5.68	3.41
1967	5.57	3.35
1968	5.45	3.34
1969	5.32	3.28
1970	5.19	3.17
1971	5.05	3.18
1972	4.91	3
1973	4.79	2.76
1974	4.65	2.58
1975	4.52	2.37
1976	4.39	2.27
1977	4.28	2.21
1978	4.18	2.07
1979	4.08	2.12
1980	4.01	2.03
1981	3.95	2.01
1982	3.86	1.95
1983	3.73	1.92
1984	3.66	1.93
1985	3.53	1.93
1986	3.47	1.96
1987	3.42	2.03
1988	3.39	2.1
1989	3.36	2.12
1990	3.27	2.18
1991	3.16	2.09
1992	3.05	2.06
1993	2.94	2.04
1994	2.82	1.98
1995	2.73	1.98
1996	2.7	1.96
1997	2.67	1.96
1998	2.65	1.89
1999	2.63	1.97
2000	2.6	1.98
2001	2.58	1.97
2002	2.52	1.89
2003	2.46	1.93
2004	2.38	1.98
2005	2.29	1.97
2006	2.24	2.01
2007	2.2	2.18
2008	2.17	2.19
2009	2.19	2.13
2010	2.26	2.17
2011	2.32	2.09
2012	2.35	2.1
2013	2.36	2.01
2014	2.38	1.92
2015	2.38	1.99
2016	2.39	1.87
2017	2.37	1.81
2018	2.35	1.71
2019	2.33	1.72
2020	2.31	1.61
2021	2.28	1.64
2022	2.26	1.66
2023	2.24	1.56
2024	2.23	1.55
2025	2.21	1.54
2026	2.19	1.53
2027	2.17	1.53
2028	2.15	1.52
2029	2.13	1.52
2030	2.11	1.52
2031	2.1	1.52
2032	2.09	1.52
2033	2.07	1.51
2034	2.06	1.51
2035	2.05	1.51
2036	2.03	1.51
2037	2.02	1.51
2038	2.01	1.51
2039	2	1.51
2040	1.98	1.51
2041	1.97	1.51
2042	1.97	1.51
2043	1.96	1.51
2044	1.95	1.51
2045	1.94	1.51
2046	1.93	1.51
2047	1.92	1.51
2048	1.92	1.51
2049	1.91	1.51
2050	1.9	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	New Zealand
1960	42.4%	32.8%
1961	43.1%	33%
1962	43.6%	33%
1963	44.1%	32.9%
1964	44.4%	32.9%
1965	44.4%	32.7%
1966	44.2%	32.6%
1967	43.9%	32.5%
1968	43.6%	32.3%
1969	43.3%	32.2%
1970	42.9%	31.9%
1971	42.5%	31.7%
1972	42.1%	31.4%
1973	41.7%	31%
1974	41.3%	30.5%
1975	40.9%	30.1%
1976	40.6%	29.6%
1977	40.3%	29%
1978	39.8%	28.4%
1979	39.4%	27.8%
1980	39%	27.2%
1981	38.7%	26.7%
1982	38.4%	26.2%
1983	38.2%	25.6%
1984	38%	25.1%
1985	37.7%	24.6%
1986	37.5%	24.2%
1987	37.3%	23.8%
1988	37.1%	23.5%
1989	36.9%	23.3%
1990	36.7%	23.3%
1991	36.5%	23.2%
1992	36.2%	23.1%
1993	35.8%	23.1%
1994	35.3%	23.1%
1995	34.8%	23.1%
1996	34.2%	23%
1997	33.6%	23%
1998	33.1%	23%
1999	32.5%	22.9%
2000	31.9%	22.8%
2001	31.4%	22.6%
2002	30.8%	22.4%
2003	30.2%	22.1%
2004	29.6%	21.8%
2005	28.9%	21.5%
2006	28.3%	21.3%
2007	27.7%	21.1%
2008	27.2%	21%
2009	26.8%	20.9%
2010	26.4%	20.9%
2011	26.1%	20.8%
2012	25.9%	20.6%
2013	25.7%	20.4%
2014	25.6%	20.2%
2015	25.8%	19.9%
2016	26.4%	19.6%
2017	26.9%	19.5%
2018	27.5%	19.3%
2019	27.9%	19.2%
2020	27.9%	19%
2021	27.6%	18.9%
2022	27.2%	18.6%
2023	26.7%	18.4%
2024	26.2%	18.1%
2025	25.6%	17.9%
2026	25%	17.6%
2027	24.3%	17.4%
2028	23.7%	17.2%
2029	23.2%	17%
2030	22.7%	16.8%
2031	22.3%	16.6%
2032	22%	16.4%
2033	21.8%	16.3%
2034	21.8%	16.1%
2035	21.8%	16%
2036	21.7%	15.9%
2037	21.6%	15.8%
2038	21.6%	15.7%
2039	21.5%	15.6%
2040	21.5%	15.5%
2041	21.4%	15.4%
2042	21.3%	15.4%
2043	21.2%	15.4%
2044	21.1%	15.3%
2045	21%	15.3%
2046	20.9%	15.3%
2047	20.7%	15.3%
2048	20.5%	15.3%
2049	20.3%	15.2%
2050	20%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +0.51% in New Zealand. 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
	Lebanon	New Zealand
1960	52,515	41,791
1961	53,995	43,482
1962	55,585	42,865
1963	57,054	42,027
1964	57,808	39,375
1965	58,195	36,982
1966	58,546	36,151
1967	58,957	37,974
1968	59,247	37,594
1969	59,829	38,098
1970	60,593	37,101
1971	61,278	40,000
1972	62,216	38,244
1973	63,420	35,239
1974	64,425	33,896
1975	55,423	31,355
1976	11,138	29,456
1977	60,232	28,020
1978	60,829	26,156
1979	61,184	26,675
1980	63,053	23,658
1981	65,084	25,374
1982	41,602	24,207
1983	66,056	24,315
1984	66,785	26,043
1985	66,368	24,126
1986	67,162	25,549
1987	69,058	27,603
1988	70,444	29,846
1989	74,577	30,749
1990	73,629	33,298
1991	79,274	33,518
1992	77,447	32,067
1993	75,278	31,685
1994	73,069	30,372
1995	71,016	29,828
1996	71,286	28,997
1997	71,486	30,137
1998	71,889	29,146
1999	72,437	28,916
2000	72,642	29,897
2001	73,160	27,939
2002	72,648	25,941
2003	71,232	28,150
2004	69,675	29,634
2005	67,778	30,674
2006	65,932	30,924
2007	66,965	35,480
2008	67,132	35,143
2009	69,004	33,560
2010	72,605	35,458
2011	75,523	31,302
2012	77,248	31,077
2013	80,218	29,096
2014	92,285	26,196
2015	97,385	29,408
2016	91,551	28,237
2017	84,172	26,282
2018	77,165	24,797
2019	70,486	25,344
2020	59,903	24,993
2021	46,614	23,767
2022	60,909	20,264
2023	58,786	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs New Zealand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Lebanon, compared to 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	New Zealand
1985	59	19
1986	58	18
1987	65	19
1988	65	19
1989	49	18
1990	48	18
1991	38	16
1992	36	15
1993	33	14
1994	30	13
1995	29	14
1996	28	14
1997	27	13
1998	26	12
1999	25	12
2000	24	11
2001	22	10
2002	21	11
2003	19	11
2004	18	11
2005	17	11
2006	17	10
2007	16	10
2008	15	10
2009	15	10
2010	15	10
2011	15	10
2012	14	9
2013	13	8
2014	14	7
2015	15	8
2016	15	8
2017	15	8
2018	15	7
2019	15	8
2020	27	8
2021	54	8
2022	15	23
2023	15	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 0.47% in New Zealand. 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
	Lebanon	New Zealand
1960	7.48%	2.78%
1961	7.24%	2.68%
1962	7.01%	2.58%
1963	6.8%	2.48%
1964	6.62%	2.39%
1965	6.46%	2.31%
1966	6.33%	2.25%
1967	6.22%	2.2%
1968	6.14%	2.16%
1969	6.07%	2.12%
1970	6.01%	2.08%
1971	5.98%	2.03%
1972	5.93%	1.98%
1973	5.88%	1.94%
1974	5.81%	1.88%
1975	5.73%	1.83%
1976	18.6%	1.77%
1977	7.51%	1.71%
1978	7.54%	1.66%
1979	7.6%	1.61%
1980	7.39%	1.56%
1981	7.16%	1.52%
1982	12.2%	1.48%
1983	5.39%	1.45%
1984	5.18%	1.41%
1985	4.96%	1.38%
1986	4.74%	1.34%
1987	5.75%	1.29%
1988	5.53%	1.24%
1989	3.34%	1.18%
1990	3.18%	1.12%
1991	3.03%	1.06%
1992	2.88%	1%
1993	2.75%	0.95%
1994	2.63%	0.91%
1995	2.52%	0.87%
1996	2.4%	0.84%
1997	2.3%	0.81%
1998	2.19%	0.78%
1999	2.09%	0.76%
2000	1.99%	0.74%
2001	1.89%	0.72%
2002	1.78%	0.7%
2003	1.69%	0.69%
2004	1.6%	0.67%
2005	1.52%	0.66%
2006	1.44%	0.65%
2007	1.38%	0.65%
2008	1.33%	0.64%
2009	1.3%	0.63%
2010	1.27%	0.62%
2011	1.25%	0.61%
2012	1.24%	0.6%
2013	1.24%	0.59%
2014	1.25%	0.57%
2015	1.27%	0.56%
2016	1.31%	0.55%
2017	1.35%	0.53%
2018	1.4%	0.52%
2019	1.47%	0.51%
2020	1.55%	0.5%
2021	1.63%	0.49%
2022	1.73%	0.48%
2023	1.83%	0.47%