Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs South Sudan 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 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lebanon vs South Sudan 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	South Sudan
1960	5.88	7.16
1961	5.89	7.18
1962	5.9	7.2
1963	5.91	7.2
1964	5.85	7.22
1965	5.77	7.22
1966	5.68	7.25
1967	5.57	7.26
1968	5.45	7.26
1969	5.32	7.28
1970	5.19	7.29
1971	5.05	7.3
1972	4.91	7.31
1973	4.79	7.31
1974	4.65	7.31
1975	4.52	7.33
1976	4.39	7.33
1977	4.28	7.33
1978	4.18	7.33
1979	4.08	7.32
1980	4.01	7.33
1981	3.95	7.33
1982	3.86	7.34
1983	3.73	7.34
1984	3.66	7.35
1985	3.53	7.36
1986	3.47	7.38
1987	3.42	7.39
1988	3.39	7.38
1989	3.36	7.37
1990	3.27	7.38
1991	3.16	7.38
1992	3.05	7.37
1993	2.94	7.36
1994	2.82	7.35
1995	2.73	7.34
1996	2.7	7.32
1997	2.67	7.2
1998	2.65	7.08
1999	2.63	6.94
2000	2.6	6.8
2001	2.58	6.65
2002	2.52	6.52
2003	2.46	6.35
2004	2.38	6.19
2005	2.29	6.02
2006	2.24	5.85
2007	2.2	5.7
2008	2.17	5.57
2009	2.19	5.45
2010	2.26	5.32
2011	2.32	5.19
2012	2.35	5.06
2013	2.36	4.94
2014	2.38	4.82
2015	2.38	4.7
2016	2.39	4.58
2017	2.37	4.48
2018	2.35	4.37
2019	2.33	4.26
2020	2.31	4.16
2021	2.28	4.05
2022	2.26	3.96
2023	2.24	3.86
2024	2.23	3.79
2025	2.21	3.71
2026	2.19	3.63
2027	2.17	3.56
2028	2.15	3.49
2029	2.13	3.43
2030	2.11	3.37
2031	2.1	3.31
2032	2.09	3.26
2033	2.07	3.2
2034	2.06	3.15
2035	2.05	3.1
2036	2.03	3.06
2037	2.02	3.01
2038	2.01	2.96
2039	2	2.92
2040	1.98	2.88
2041	1.97	2.84
2042	1.97	2.8
2043	1.96	2.76
2044	1.95	2.73
2045	1.94	2.69
2046	1.93	2.66
2047	1.92	2.63
2048	1.92	2.6
2049	1.91	2.58
2050	1.9	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	South Sudan
1960	42.4%	42.5%
1961	43.1%	42.6%
1962	43.6%	42.6%
1963	44.1%	42.8%
1964	44.4%	43%
1965	44.4%	43.3%
1966	44.2%	43.5%
1967	43.9%	43.8%
1968	43.6%	44%
1969	43.3%	44.3%
1970	42.9%	44.5%
1971	42.5%	44.7%
1972	42.1%	44.8%
1973	41.7%	45%
1974	41.3%	45.1%
1975	40.9%	45.2%
1976	40.6%	45.3%
1977	40.3%	45.4%
1978	39.8%	45.5%
1979	39.4%	45.7%
1980	39%	45.8%
1981	38.7%	46%
1982	38.4%	46.2%
1983	38.2%	46.3%
1984	38%	46.5%
1985	37.7%	46.6%
1986	37.5%	46.7%
1987	37.3%	46.9%
1988	37.1%	46.2%
1989	36.9%	45.4%
1990	36.7%	45.4%
1991	36.5%	45.5%
1992	36.2%	45.6%
1993	35.8%	45.7%
1994	35.3%	45.8%
1995	34.8%	45.8%
1996	34.2%	46%
1997	33.6%	46%
1998	33.1%	45.8%
1999	32.5%	45.6%
2000	31.9%	45.5%
2001	31.4%	45.5%
2002	30.8%	45.7%
2003	30.2%	45.9%
2004	29.6%	45.8%
2005	28.9%	45.3%
2006	28.3%	44.8%
2007	27.7%	44.3%
2008	27.2%	43.8%
2009	26.8%	43.4%
2010	26.4%	42.8%
2011	26.1%	42.2%
2012	25.9%	41.9%
2013	25.7%	41.9%
2014	25.6%	42.5%
2015	25.8%	43.1%
2016	26.4%	43.7%
2017	26.9%	45%
2018	27.5%	44.9%
2019	27.9%	43.6%
2020	27.9%	42.4%
2021	27.6%	41.6%
2022	27.2%	40.9%
2023	26.7%	39.9%
2024	26.2%	38.9%
2025	25.6%	38%
2026	25%	37.1%
2027	24.3%	36.2%
2028	23.7%	35.5%
2029	23.2%	35%
2030	22.7%	34.7%
2031	22.3%	34.5%
2032	22%	34.4%
2033	21.8%	34.3%
2034	21.8%	34.3%
2035	21.8%	34.2%
2036	21.7%	34.1%
2037	21.6%	34%
2038	21.6%	33.8%
2039	21.5%	33.7%
2040	21.5%	33.4%
2041	21.4%	33.2%
2042	21.3%	32.9%
2043	21.2%	32.5%
2044	21.1%	32.2%
2045	21%	31.8%
2046	20.9%	31.4%
2047	20.7%	31%
2048	20.5%	30.5%
2049	20.3%	30.1%
2050	20%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +1.65% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	52,515	42,945
1961	53,995	45,186
1962	55,585	47,406
1963	57,054	46,333
1964	57,808	64,786
1965	58,195	51,682
1966	58,546	38,523
1967	58,957	41,357
1968	59,247	44,213
1969	59,829	42,015
1970	60,593	44,776
1971	61,278	72,308
1972	62,216	74,803
1973	63,420	94,765
1974	64,425	97,181
1975	55,423	99,882
1976	11,138	102,346
1977	60,232	104,886
1978	60,829	107,352
1979	61,184	109,540
1980	63,053	112,307
1981	65,084	115,163
1982	41,602	118,641
1983	66,056	104,107
1984	66,785	90,970
1985	66,368	95,342
1986	67,162	99,502
1987	69,058	5,756
1988	70,444	-125,447
1989	74,577	83,735
1990	73,629	82,900
1991	79,274	87,873
1992	77,447	28,874
1993	75,278	32,779
1994	73,069	165,407
1995	71,016	110,417
1996	71,286	116,728
1997	71,486	121,454
1998	71,889	-12,157
1999	72,437	180,721
2000	72,642	196,055
2001	73,160	204,108
2002	72,648	212,014
2003	71,232	225,822
2004	69,675	231,877
2005	67,778	239,272
2006	65,932	246,706
2007	66,965	256,546
2008	67,132	268,268
2009	69,004	278,859
2010	72,605	287,409
2011	75,523	303,181
2012	77,248	312,974
2013	80,218	315,983
2014	92,285	227,611
2015	97,385	148,542
2016	91,551	110,553
2017	84,172	72,193
2018	77,165	168,497
2019	70,486	209,708
2020	59,903	212,332
2021	46,614	213,567
2022	60,909	211,166
2023	58,786	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs South Sudan

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 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	South Sudan
1985	59	3,845
1986	58	3,720
1987	65	8,045
1988	65	5,535
1989	49	5,103
1990	48	4,877
1991	38	4,764
1992	36	7,597
1993	33	7,537
1994	30	1,666
1995	29	4,430
1996	28	4,357
1997	27	4,172
1998	26	7,514
1999	25	2,048
2000	24	1,658
2001	22	1,580
2002	21	1,521
2003	19	1,199
2004	18	1,150
2005	17	1,074
2006	17	1,005
2007	16	933
2008	15	858
2009	15	823
2010	15	776
2011	15	770
2012	14	755
2013	13	771
2014	14	1,216
2015	15	1,436
2016	15	1,629
2017	15	1,662
2018	15	913
2019	15	745
2020	27	729
2021	54	749
2022	15	704
2023	15	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 9.87% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	7.48%	35.5%
1961	7.24%	35.2%
1962	7.01%	34.9%
1963	6.8%	34.6%
1964	6.62%	34.3%
1965	6.46%	34%
1966	6.33%	33.6%
1967	6.22%	33.3%
1968	6.14%	32.9%
1969	6.07%	32.6%
1970	6.01%	32.3%
1971	5.98%	31.9%
1972	5.93%	31.6%
1973	5.88%	31.3%
1974	5.81%	30.9%
1975	5.73%	30.6%
1976	18.6%	30.2%
1977	7.51%	29.9%
1978	7.54%	29.5%
1979	7.6%	29.2%
1980	7.39%	28.9%
1981	7.16%	28.5%
1982	12.2%	28.2%
1983	5.39%	27.8%
1984	5.18%	27.5%
1985	4.96%	27.1%
1986	4.74%	26.7%
1987	5.75%	36%
1988	5.53%	76.7%
1989	3.34%	30.7%
1990	3.18%	30.3%
1991	3.03%	29.7%
1992	2.88%	33.8%
1993	2.75%	33.1%
1994	2.63%	23%
1995	2.52%	27%
1996	2.4%	26.1%
1997	2.3%	25.2%
1998	2.19%	42.6%
1999	2.09%	19.2%
2000	1.99%	18.3%
2001	1.89%	17.4%
2002	1.78%	16.5%
2003	1.69%	15.7%
2004	1.6%	14.8%
2005	1.52%	14.1%
2006	1.44%	13.4%
2007	1.38%	12.7%
2008	1.33%	12.1%
2009	1.3%	11.5%
2010	1.27%	10.9%
2011	1.25%	10.5%
2012	1.24%	10.1%
2013	1.24%	9.92%
2014	1.25%	18.2%
2015	1.27%	23.7%
2016	1.31%	26.4%
2017	1.35%	27.8%
2018	1.4%	13.2%
2019	1.47%	9.87%
2020	1.55%	9.87%
2021	1.63%	9.87%
2022	1.73%	9.87%
2023	1.83%	9.87%