Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lebanon vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	5.88	7.16
1961	5.89	7.11
1962	5.9	7.1
1963	5.91	7.08
1964	5.85	7.06
1965	5.77	7.03
1966	5.68	6.99
1967	5.57	6.94
1968	5.45	6.89
1969	5.32	6.83
1970	5.19	6.77
1971	5.05	6.71
1972	4.91	6.65
1973	4.79	6.59
1974	4.65	6.52
1975	4.52	6.45
1976	4.39	6.37
1977	4.28	6.28
1978	4.18	6.16
1979	4.08	6.07
1980	4.01	5.96
1981	3.95	5.84
1982	3.86	5.74
1983	3.73	5.61
1984	3.66	5.49
1985	3.53	5.36
1986	3.47	5.22
1987	3.42	5.07
1988	3.39	4.93
1989	3.36	4.76
1990	3.27	4.6
1991	3.16	4.43
1992	3.05	4.27
1993	2.94	4.1
1994	2.82	3.94
1995	2.73	3.78
1996	2.7	3.62
1997	2.67	3.47
1998	2.65	3.34
1999	2.63	3.22
2000	2.6	3.12
2001	2.58	3
2002	2.52	2.89
2003	2.46	2.83
2004	2.38	2.78
2005	2.29	2.77
2006	2.24	2.73
2007	2.2	2.7
2008	2.17	2.66
2009	2.19	2.63
2010	2.26	2.6
2011	2.32	2.56
2012	2.35	2.53
2013	2.36	2.49
2014	2.38	2.46
2015	2.38	2.43
2016	2.39	2.41
2017	2.37	2.38
2018	2.35	2.35
2019	2.33	2.32
2020	2.31	2.3
2021	2.28	2.27
2022	2.26	2.24
2023	2.24	2.22
2024	2.23	2.21
2025	2.21	2.18
2026	2.19	2.16
2027	2.17	2.14
2028	2.15	2.11
2029	2.13	2.09
2030	2.11	2.07
2031	2.1	2.05
2032	2.09	2.04
2033	2.07	2.02
2034	2.06	2.01
2035	2.05	2
2036	2.03	1.98
2037	2.02	1.97
2038	2.01	1.96
2039	2	1.95
2040	1.98	1.94
2041	1.97	1.93
2042	1.97	1.92
2043	1.96	1.91
2044	1.95	1.9
2045	1.94	1.89
2046	1.93	1.89
2047	1.92	1.88
2048	1.92	1.87
2049	1.91	1.87
2050	1.9	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	Nicaragua
1960	42.4%	47.6%
1961	43.1%	47.8%
1962	43.6%	48%
1963	44.1%	48.2%
1964	44.4%	48.2%
1965	44.4%	48.1%
1966	44.2%	47.9%
1967	43.9%	47.8%
1968	43.6%	47.7%
1969	43.3%	47.6%
1970	42.9%	47.5%
1971	42.5%	47.5%
1972	42.1%	47.4%
1973	41.7%	47.4%
1974	41.3%	47.3%
1975	40.9%	47.3%
1976	40.6%	47.3%
1977	40.3%	47.2%
1978	39.8%	47.3%
1979	39.4%	47.3%
1980	39%	47.3%
1981	38.7%	47.3%
1982	38.4%	47.3%
1983	38.2%	47.2%
1984	38%	47.2%
1985	37.7%	47.1%
1986	37.5%	47%
1987	37.3%	46.9%
1988	37.1%	46.7%
1989	36.9%	46.4%
1990	36.7%	46.1%
1991	36.5%	45.7%
1992	36.2%	45.2%
1993	35.8%	44.8%
1994	35.3%	44.3%
1995	34.8%	43.7%
1996	34.2%	43.1%
1997	33.6%	42.4%
1998	33.1%	41.7%
1999	32.5%	41%
2000	31.9%	40.3%
2001	31.4%	39.6%
2002	30.8%	38.9%
2003	30.2%	38.2%
2004	29.6%	37.5%
2005	28.9%	36.8%
2006	28.3%	36.2%
2007	27.7%	35.7%
2008	27.2%	35.2%
2009	26.8%	34.7%
2010	26.4%	34.2%
2011	26.1%	33.8%
2012	25.9%	33.3%
2013	25.7%	32.9%
2014	25.6%	32.6%
2015	25.8%	32.2%
2016	26.4%	31.8%
2017	26.9%	31.5%
2018	27.5%	31.1%
2019	27.9%	30.8%
2020	27.9%	30.4%
2021	27.6%	30.1%
2022	27.2%	29.6%
2023	26.7%	29.2%
2024	26.2%	28.8%
2025	25.6%	28.3%
2026	25%	27.9%
2027	24.3%	27.4%
2028	23.7%	27%
2029	23.2%	26.6%
2030	22.7%	26.2%
2031	22.3%	25.8%
2032	22%	25.4%
2033	21.8%	25%
2034	21.8%	24.7%
2035	21.8%	24.4%
2036	21.7%	24%
2037	21.6%	23.7%
2038	21.6%	23.4%
2039	21.5%	23.1%
2040	21.5%	22.8%
2041	21.4%	22.5%
2042	21.3%	22.2%
2043	21.2%	22%
2044	21.1%	21.7%
2045	21%	21.4%
2046	20.9%	21.2%
2047	20.7%	20.9%
2048	20.5%	20.7%
2049	20.3%	20.5%
2050	20%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	52,515	55,664
1961	53,995	57,499
1962	55,585	59,547
1963	57,054	61,738
1964	57,808	64,227
1965	58,195	67,056
1966	58,546	69,883
1967	58,957	72,722
1968	59,247	75,458
1969	59,829	78,237
1970	60,593	81,127
1971	61,278	84,139
1972	62,216	76,906
1973	63,420	89,662
1974	64,425	92,505
1975	55,423	95,230
1976	11,138	98,100
1977	60,232	100,498
1978	60,829	98,419
1979	61,184	96,429
1980	63,053	108,604
1981	65,084	110,421
1982	41,602	112,468
1983	66,056	110,618
1984	66,785	110,133
1985	66,368	110,949
1986	67,162	113,054
1987	69,058	112,885
1988	70,444	117,299
1989	74,577	120,128
1990	73,629	120,677
1991	79,274	121,787
1992	77,447	121,204
1993	75,278	120,469
1994	73,069	119,565
1995	71,016	118,325
1996	71,286	116,849
1997	71,486	114,415
1998	71,889	108,862
1999	72,437	110,217
2000	72,642	109,192
2001	73,160	107,109
2002	72,648	105,805
2003	71,232	106,142
2004	69,675	106,904
2005	67,778	108,984
2006	65,932	110,073
2007	66,965	110,341
2008	67,132	110,395
2009	69,004	110,213
2010	72,605	110,475
2011	75,523	110,026
2012	77,248	110,065
2013	80,218	109,032
2014	92,285	108,420
2015	97,385	107,344
2016	91,551	106,585
2017	84,172	105,468
2018	77,165	104,814
2019	70,486	102,817
2020	59,903	90,515
2021	46,614	89,213
2022	60,909	100,987
2023	58,786	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	Nicaragua
1985	59	319
1986	58	313
1987	65	316
1988	65	301
1989	49	286
1990	48	281
1991	38	273
1992	36	272
1993	33	265
1994	30	256
1995	29	251
1996	28	244
1997	27	236
1998	26	239
1999	25	228
2000	24	213
2001	22	194
2002	21	170
2003	19	154
2004	18	140
2005	17	124
2006	17	113
2007	16	106
2008	15	101
2009	15	99
2010	15	96
2011	15	93
2012	14	88
2013	13	86
2014	14	83
2015	15	81
2016	15	77
2017	15	72
2018	15	67
2019	15	69
2020	27	87
2021	54	124
2022	15	61
2023	15	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	7.48%	19.8%
1961	7.24%	19.6%
1962	7.01%	19.4%
1963	6.8%	19.2%
1964	6.62%	19%
1965	6.46%	18.7%
1966	6.33%	18.4%
1967	6.22%	18.1%
1968	6.14%	17.8%
1969	6.07%	17.4%
1970	6.01%	17.1%
1971	5.98%	16.6%
1972	5.93%	18.7%
1973	5.88%	15.6%
1974	5.81%	15%
1975	5.73%	14.4%
1976	18.6%	13.7%
1977	7.51%	12.9%
1978	7.54%	12.2%
1979	7.6%	11.5%
1980	7.39%	10.8%
1981	7.16%	10.2%
1982	12.2%	9.58%
1983	5.39%	9.07%
1984	5.18%	8.62%
1985	4.96%	8.21%
1986	4.74%	7.85%
1987	5.75%	7.53%
1988	5.53%	7.22%
1989	3.34%	6.92%
1990	3.18%	6.62%
1991	3.03%	6.31%
1992	2.88%	6%
1993	2.75%	5.69%
1994	2.63%	5.39%
1995	2.52%	5.09%
1996	2.4%	4.81%
1997	2.3%	4.54%
1998	2.19%	5.01%
1999	2.09%	4.04%
2000	1.99%	3.82%
2001	1.89%	3.62%
2002	1.78%	3.43%
2003	1.69%	3.26%
2004	1.6%	3.1%
2005	1.52%	2.95%
2006	1.44%	2.81%
2007	1.38%	2.68%
2008	1.33%	2.55%
2009	1.3%	2.44%
2010	1.27%	2.33%
2011	1.25%	2.22%
2012	1.24%	2.13%
2013	1.24%	2.03%
2014	1.25%	1.94%
2015	1.27%	1.86%
2016	1.31%	1.78%
2017	1.35%	1.71%
2018	1.4%	1.64%
2019	1.47%	1.57%
2020	1.55%	1.51%
2021	1.63%	1.45%
2022	1.73%	1.39%
2023	1.83%	1.34%