Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs Saint Vincent 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 1.78 in Saint Vincent in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lebanon vs Saint Vincent 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	Saint Vincent
1960	5.88	7.25
1961	5.89	7.16
1962	5.9	7.03
1963	5.91	6.92
1964	5.85	6.83
1965	5.77	6.74
1966	5.68	6.64
1967	5.57	6.53
1968	5.45	6.42
1969	5.32	6.28
1970	5.19	6.12
1971	5.05	5.95
1972	4.91	5.77
1973	4.79	5.59
1974	4.65	5.38
1975	4.52	5.17
1976	4.39	4.95
1977	4.28	4.75
1978	4.18	4.55
1979	4.08	4.29
1980	4.01	3.92
1981	3.95	3.85
1982	3.86	3.74
1983	3.73	3.56
1984	3.66	3.28
1985	3.53	3.08
1986	3.47	2.92
1987	3.42	2.82
1988	3.39	2.75
1989	3.36	2.73
1990	3.27	2.73
1991	3.16	2.75
1992	3.05	2.76
1993	2.94	2.74
1994	2.82	2.68
1995	2.73	2.61
1996	2.7	2.53
1997	2.67	2.43
1998	2.65	2.35
1999	2.63	2.31
2000	2.6	2.31
2001	2.58	2.3
2002	2.52	2.22
2003	2.46	2.14
2004	2.38	2.09
2005	2.29	2.07
2006	2.24	2.03
2007	2.2	2.06
2008	2.17	2.15
2009	2.19	2.17
2010	2.26	2.14
2011	2.32	2.08
2012	2.35	2.11
2013	2.36	2.11
2014	2.38	2.14
2015	2.38	2.13
2016	2.39	2.06
2017	2.37	1.94
2018	2.35	1.9
2019	2.33	1.86
2020	2.31	1.83
2021	2.28	1.81
2022	2.26	1.79
2023	2.24	1.78
2024	2.23	1.76
2025	2.21	1.75
2026	2.19	1.73
2027	2.17	1.72
2028	2.15	1.71
2029	2.13	1.71
2030	2.11	1.7
2031	2.1	1.7
2032	2.09	1.69
2033	2.07	1.69
2034	2.06	1.68
2035	2.05	1.68
2036	2.03	1.68
2037	2.02	1.68
2038	2.01	1.67
2039	2	1.67
2040	1.98	1.67
2041	1.97	1.67
2042	1.97	1.67
2043	1.96	1.67
2044	1.95	1.66
2045	1.94	1.66
2046	1.93	1.66
2047	1.92	1.66
2048	1.92	1.66
2049	1.91	1.66
2050	1.9	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	Saint Vincent
1960	42.4%	49%
1961	43.1%	48.8%
1962	43.6%	48.6%
1963	44.1%	48.2%
1964	44.4%	47.7%
1965	44.4%	47.4%
1966	44.2%	47.1%
1967	43.9%	46.8%
1968	43.6%	46.6%
1969	43.3%	46.4%
1970	42.9%	46.2%
1971	42.5%	46%
1972	42.1%	45.8%
1973	41.7%	45.7%
1974	41.3%	45.5%
1975	40.9%	45.3%
1976	40.6%	45%
1977	40.3%	44.7%
1978	39.8%	44.4%
1979	39.4%	44.1%
1980	39%	43.5%
1981	38.7%	42.6%
1982	38.4%	41.7%
1983	38.2%	41%
1984	38%	40.4%
1985	37.7%	39.9%
1986	37.5%	39.4%
1987	37.3%	38.9%
1988	37.1%	38.4%
1989	36.9%	38%
1990	36.7%	37.5%
1991	36.5%	36.8%
1992	36.2%	36%
1993	35.8%	35.1%
1994	35.3%	34.4%
1995	34.8%	33.7%
1996	34.2%	33.1%
1997	33.6%	32.5%
1998	33.1%	32%
1999	32.5%	31.6%
2000	31.9%	31.4%
2001	31.4%	31%
2002	30.8%	30.3%
2003	30.2%	29.7%
2004	29.6%	29%
2005	28.9%	28.4%
2006	28.3%	27.8%
2007	27.7%	27.2%
2008	27.2%	26.7%
2009	26.8%	26.1%
2010	26.4%	25.7%
2011	26.1%	25.2%
2012	25.9%	24.8%
2013	25.7%	24.4%
2014	25.6%	24%
2015	25.8%	23.7%
2016	26.4%	23.4%
2017	26.9%	23%
2018	27.5%	22.7%
2019	27.9%	22.5%
2020	27.9%	22.2%
2021	27.6%	22.1%
2022	27.2%	21.9%
2023	26.7%	21.6%
2024	26.2%	21.3%
2025	25.6%	20.9%
2026	25%	20.4%
2027	24.3%	20%
2028	23.7%	19.5%
2029	23.2%	19%
2030	22.7%	18.6%
2031	22.3%	18.1%
2032	22%	17.8%
2033	21.8%	17.5%
2034	21.8%	17.3%
2035	21.8%	17.1%
2036	21.7%	17%
2037	21.6%	16.9%
2038	21.6%	16.9%
2039	21.5%	16.9%
2040	21.5%	16.9%
2041	21.4%	16.9%
2042	21.3%	16.9%
2043	21.2%	16.9%
2044	21.1%	17%
2045	21%	17%
2046	20.9%	17%
2047	20.7%	17%
2048	20.5%	16.9%
2049	20.3%	16.9%
2050	20%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +0.24% in Saint Vincent. 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	Saint Vincent
1960	52,515	3,029
1961	53,995	3,059
1962	55,585	3,073
1963	57,054	3,086
1964	57,808	3,130
1965	58,195	3,165
1966	58,546	3,194
1967	58,957	3,212
1968	59,247	3,218
1969	59,829	3,200
1970	60,593	3,161
1971	61,278	3,102
1972	62,216	3,033
1973	63,420	2,952
1974	64,425	2,863
1975	55,423	2,775
1976	11,138	2,694
1977	60,232	2,622
1978	60,829	2,581
1979	61,184	2,575
1980	63,053	2,362
1981	65,084	2,429
1982	41,602	2,477
1983	66,056	2,411
1984	66,785	2,248
1985	66,368	2,128
1986	67,162	2,020
1987	69,058	1,937
1988	70,444	1,876
1989	74,577	1,843
1990	73,629	1,825
1991	79,274	1,821
1992	77,447	1,849
1993	75,278	1,832
1994	73,069	1,786
1995	71,016	1,715
1996	71,286	1,610
1997	71,486	1,496
1998	71,889	1,379
1999	72,437	1,315
2000	72,642	1,279
2001	73,160	1,231
2002	72,648	1,166
2003	71,232	1,063
2004	69,675	992
2005	67,778	949
2006	65,932	881
2007	66,965	867
2008	67,132	904
2009	69,004	881
2010	72,605	796
2011	75,523	676
2012	77,248	637
2013	80,218	580
2014	92,285	580
2015	97,385	542
2016	91,551	443
2017	84,172	340
2018	77,165	271
2019	70,486	206
2020	59,903	-10
2021	46,614	-9
2022	60,909	96
2023	58,786	66

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs Saint Vincent

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 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	Saint Vincent
1985	59	77
1986	58	71
1987	65	69
1988	65	67
1989	49	70
1990	48	72
1991	38	71
1992	36	89
1993	33	76
1994	30	78
1995	29	80
1996	28	79
1997	27	78
1998	26	77
1999	25	72
2000	24	68
2001	22	64
2002	21	62
2003	19	59
2004	18	56
2005	17	55
2006	17	54
2007	16	54
2008	15	56
2009	15	56
2010	15	59
2011	15	59
2012	14	61
2013	13	73
2014	14	64
2015	15	59
2016	15	52
2017	15	58
2018	15	56
2019	15	58
2020	27	57
2021	54	105
2022	15	56
2023	15	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 1.06% in Saint Vincent. 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	Saint Vincent
1960	7.48%	-
1961	7.24%	-
1962	7.01%	-
1963	6.8%	-
1964	6.62%	-
1965	6.46%	-
1966	6.33%	-
1967	6.22%	-
1968	6.14%	-
1969	6.07%	6.03%
1970	6.01%	6.42%
1971	5.98%	6.82%
1972	5.93%	7.2%
1973	5.88%	7.52%
1974	5.81%	7.71%
1975	5.73%	7.7%
1976	18.6%	7.45%
1977	7.51%	7.03%
1978	7.54%	6.49%
1979	7.6%	5.91%
1980	7.39%	5.34%
1981	7.16%	4.82%
1982	12.2%	4.34%
1983	5.39%	3.91%
1984	5.18%	3.54%
1985	4.96%	3.22%
1986	4.74%	2.96%
1987	5.75%	2.75%
1988	5.53%	2.59%
1989	3.34%	2.47%
1990	3.18%	2.38%
1991	3.03%	2.31%
1992	2.88%	2.26%
1993	2.75%	2.24%
1994	2.63%	2.23%
1995	2.52%	2.23%
1996	2.4%	2.23%
1997	2.3%	2.24%
1998	2.19%	2.25%
1999	2.09%	2.25%
2000	1.99%	2.25%
2001	1.89%	2.25%
2002	1.78%	2.24%
2003	1.69%	2.25%
2004	1.6%	2.25%
2005	1.52%	2.26%
2006	1.44%	2.26%
2007	1.38%	2.25%
2008	1.33%	2.23%
2009	1.3%	2.19%
2010	1.27%	2.14%
2011	1.25%	2.06%
2012	1.24%	1.98%
2013	1.24%	1.88%
2014	1.25%	1.79%
2015	1.27%	1.69%
2016	1.31%	1.59%
2017	1.35%	1.49%
2018	1.4%	1.39%
2019	1.47%	1.31%
2020	1.55%	1.23%
2021	1.63%	1.17%
2022	1.73%	1.11%
2023	1.83%	1.06%