Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs Seychelles 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 2.02 in the Seychelles in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lebanon vs the Seychelles 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	Seychelles
1960	5.88	5.31
1961	5.89	5.42
1962	5.9	5.51
1963	5.91	5.61
1964	5.85	5.69
1965	5.77	5.72
1966	5.68	6.13
1967	5.57	5.9
1968	5.45	5.61
1969	5.32	5.48
1970	5.19	5.31
1971	5.05	5.69
1972	4.91	5.16
1973	4.79	4.78
1974	4.65	5.1
1975	4.52	4.75
1976	4.39	4.09
1977	4.28	3.75
1978	4.18	3.92
1979	4.08	3.66
1980	4.01	3.79
1981	3.95	3.67
1982	3.86	3.13
1983	3.73	3.22
1984	3.66	3.24
1985	3.53	3.09
1986	3.47	3.07
1987	3.42	2.92
1988	3.39	2.79
1989	3.36	2.67
1990	3.27	2.61
1991	3.16	2.69
1992	3.05	2.53
1993	2.94	2.58
1994	2.82	2.6
1995	2.73	2.36
1996	2.7	2.31
1997	2.67	2.1
1998	2.65	2.04
1999	2.63	2.04
2000	2.6	2.08
2001	2.58	1.98
2002	2.52	2.04
2003	2.46	2.06
2004	2.38	2.01
2005	2.29	2.2
2006	2.24	2.11
2007	2.2	2.24
2008	2.17	2.33
2009	2.19	2.38
2010	2.26	2.16
2011	2.32	2.33
2012	2.35	2.37
2013	2.36	2.26
2014	2.38	2.25
2015	2.38	2.31
2016	2.39	2.39
2017	2.37	2.41
2018	2.35	2.41
2019	2.33	2.36
2020	2.31	2.29
2021	2.28	2.46
2022	2.26	2.01
2023	2.24	2.02
2024	2.23	2
2025	2.21	1.97
2026	2.19	1.95
2027	2.17	1.93
2028	2.15	1.91
2029	2.13	1.89
2030	2.11	1.88
2031	2.1	1.86
2032	2.09	1.85
2033	2.07	1.84
2034	2.06	1.83
2035	2.05	1.82
2036	2.03	1.81
2037	2.02	1.8
2038	2.01	1.79
2039	2	1.79
2040	1.98	1.78
2041	1.97	1.78
2042	1.97	1.77
2043	1.96	1.77
2044	1.95	1.76
2045	1.94	1.75
2046	1.93	1.75
2047	1.92	1.75
2048	1.92	1.74
2049	1.91	1.74
2050	1.9	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	Seychelles
1960	42.4%	38.6%
1961	43.1%	39.1%
1962	43.6%	39.7%
1963	44.1%	40.3%
1964	44.4%	40.9%
1965	44.4%	41.5%
1966	44.2%	42.1%
1967	43.9%	42.7%
1968	43.6%	43.1%
1969	43.3%	43.4%
1970	42.9%	43.6%
1971	42.5%	43.4%
1972	42.1%	43%
1973	41.7%	42.5%
1974	41.3%	41.9%
1975	40.9%	41.2%
1976	40.6%	40.5%
1977	40.3%	39.7%
1978	39.8%	38.8%
1979	39.4%	37.9%
1980	39%	37.1%
1981	38.7%	36.4%
1982	38.4%	35.7%
1983	38.2%	35.2%
1984	38%	34.8%
1985	37.7%	34.4%
1986	37.5%	34.1%
1987	37.3%	33.8%
1988	37.1%	33.4%
1989	36.9%	32.9%
1990	36.7%	32.4%
1991	36.5%	31.9%
1992	36.2%	31.5%
1993	35.8%	31%
1994	35.3%	30.6%
1995	34.8%	30.3%
1996	34.2%	29.8%
1997	33.6%	29.3%
1998	33.1%	28.8%
1999	32.5%	28.2%
2000	31.9%	27.6%
2001	31.4%	27%
2002	30.8%	26.5%
2003	30.2%	26%
2004	29.6%	25.5%
2005	28.9%	25%
2006	28.3%	24.5%
2007	27.7%	24%
2008	27.2%	23.5%
2009	26.8%	22.9%
2010	26.4%	22.5%
2011	26.1%	22.2%
2012	25.9%	22%
2013	25.7%	21.8%
2014	25.6%	21.6%
2015	25.8%	21.4%
2016	26.4%	21.2%
2017	26.9%	21%
2018	27.5%	20.9%
2019	27.9%	20.7%
2020	27.9%	20.6%
2021	27.6%	20.4%
2022	27.2%	20.3%
2023	26.7%	20.1%
2024	26.2%	20%
2025	25.6%	19.8%
2026	25%	19.6%
2027	24.3%	19.4%
2028	23.7%	19.3%
2029	23.2%	19.2%
2030	22.7%	19.2%
2031	22.3%	19.1%
2032	22%	19%
2033	21.8%	18.8%
2034	21.8%	18.7%
2035	21.8%	18.5%
2036	21.7%	18.3%
2037	21.6%	18.1%
2038	21.6%	18%
2039	21.5%	17.8%
2040	21.5%	17.6%
2041	21.4%	17.4%
2042	21.3%	17.3%
2043	21.2%	17.1%
2044	21.1%	16.9%
2045	21%	16.8%
2046	20.9%	16.7%
2047	20.7%	16.6%
2048	20.5%	16.5%
2049	20.3%	16.4%
2050	20%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +0.82% in the Seychelles. 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	Seychelles
1960	52,515	977
1961	53,995	1,040
1962	55,585	1,083
1963	57,054	1,123
1964	57,808	1,155
1965	58,195	1,165
1966	58,546	1,280
1967	58,957	1,217
1968	59,247	1,145
1969	59,829	1,119
1970	60,593	1,087
1971	61,278	1,373
1972	62,216	1,199
1973	63,420	1,166
1974	64,425	1,361
1975	55,423	1,376
1976	11,138	1,174
1977	60,232	1,125
1978	60,829	1,330
1979	61,184	1,292
1980	63,053	1,386
1981	65,084	1,358
1982	41,602	1,069
1983	66,056	1,209
1984	66,785	1,255
1985	66,368	1,259
1986	67,162	1,222
1987	69,058	1,172
1988	70,444	1,135
1989	74,577	1,030
1990	73,629	1,070
1991	79,274	1,162
1992	77,447	1,076
1993	75,278	1,091
1994	73,069	1,136
1995	71,016	1,054
1996	71,286	1,047
1997	71,486	873
1998	71,889	844
1999	72,437	901
2000	72,642	958
2001	73,160	885
2002	72,648	837
2003	71,232	828
2004	69,675	842
2005	67,778	861
2006	65,932	804
2007	66,965	867
2008	67,132	887
2009	69,004	900
2010	72,605	844
2011	75,523	936
2012	77,248	989
2013	80,218	846
2014	92,285	832
2015	97,385	888
2016	91,551	900
2017	84,172	901
2018	77,165	842
2019	70,486	811
2020	59,903	886
2021	46,614	744
2022	60,909	635
2023	58,786	683

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs Seychelles

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 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	Seychelles
1985	59	69
1986	58	65
1987	65	62
1988	65	60
1989	49	61
1990	48	53
1991	38	54
1992	36	50
1993	33	49
1994	30	45
1995	29	40
1996	28	39
1997	27	37
1998	26	41
1999	25	41
2000	24	45
2001	22	43
2002	21	45
2003	19	47
2004	18	52
2005	17	50
2006	17	51
2007	16	52
2008	15	51
2009	15	51
2010	15	50
2011	15	50
2012	14	49
2013	13	48
2014	14	46
2015	15	46
2016	15	47
2017	15	47
2018	15	49
2019	15	48
2020	27	51
2021	54	74
2022	15	89
2023	15	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 1.43% in the Seychelles. 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	Seychelles
1960	7.48%	10.5%
1961	7.24%	10.3%
1962	7.01%	10.2%
1963	6.8%	10%
1964	6.62%	9.8%
1965	6.46%	9.55%
1966	6.33%	9.26%
1967	6.22%	8.92%
1968	6.14%	8.52%
1969	6.07%	8.07%
1970	6.01%	7.58%
1971	5.98%	7.09%
1972	5.93%	6.59%
1973	5.88%	6.09%
1974	5.81%	5.59%
1975	5.73%	5.09%
1976	18.6%	4.6%
1977	7.51%	4.14%
1978	7.54%	3.72%
1979	7.6%	3.34%
1980	7.39%	3.01%
1981	7.16%	2.74%
1982	12.2%	2.51%
1983	5.39%	2.32%
1984	5.18%	2.16%
1985	4.96%	2.04%
1986	4.74%	1.93%
1987	5.75%	1.84%
1988	5.53%	1.76%
1989	3.34%	1.69%
1990	3.18%	1.63%
1991	3.03%	1.58%
1992	2.88%	1.53%
1993	2.75%	1.49%
1994	2.63%	1.46%
1995	2.52%	1.43%
1996	2.4%	1.41%
1997	2.3%	1.4%
1998	2.19%	1.39%
1999	2.09%	1.38%
2000	1.99%	1.38%
2001	1.89%	1.37%
2002	1.78%	1.37%
2003	1.69%	1.37%
2004	1.6%	1.38%
2005	1.52%	1.38%
2006	1.44%	1.38%
2007	1.38%	1.39%
2008	1.33%	1.39%
2009	1.3%	1.4%
2010	1.27%	1.41%
2011	1.25%	1.42%
2012	1.24%	1.43%
2013	1.24%	1.44%
2014	1.25%	1.45%
2015	1.27%	1.45%
2016	1.31%	1.46%
2017	1.35%	1.47%
2018	1.4%	1.48%
2019	1.47%	1.48%
2020	1.55%	1.48%
2021	1.63%	1.47%
2022	1.73%	1.45%
2023	1.83%	1.43%