Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lebanon vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	5.88	5.35
1961	5.89	5.24
1962	5.9	5.18
1963	5.91	5.12
1964	5.85	5.06
1965	5.77	4.93
1966	5.68	4.83
1967	5.57	4.79
1968	5.45	4.66
1969	5.32	4.5
1970	5.19	4.39
1971	5.05	4.27
1972	4.91	4.16
1973	4.79	4
1974	4.65	3.86
1975	4.52	3.82
1976	4.39	3.78
1977	4.28	3.74
1978	4.18	3.81
1979	4.08	3.82
1980	4.01	3.73
1981	3.95	3.65
1982	3.86	3.32
1983	3.73	3.11
1984	3.66	3.01
1985	3.53	2.9
1986	3.47	2.74
1987	3.42	2.64
1988	3.39	2.57
1989	3.36	2.58
1990	3.27	2.54
1991	3.16	2.51
1992	3.05	2.49
1993	2.94	2.44
1994	2.82	2.4
1995	2.73	2.35
1996	2.7	2.29
1997	2.67	2.22
1998	2.65	2.14
1999	2.63	2.14
2000	2.6	2.21
2001	2.58	2.28
2002	2.52	2.31
2003	2.46	2.3
2004	2.38	2.27
2005	2.29	2.26
2006	2.24	2.29
2007	2.2	2.3
2008	2.17	2.23
2009	2.19	2.18
2010	2.26	2.13
2011	2.32	2.14
2012	2.35	2.17
2013	2.36	2.18
2014	2.38	2.13
2015	2.38	2.09
2016	2.39	2.06
2017	2.37	2.04
2018	2.35	2.03
2019	2.33	2.02
2020	2.31	2.01
2021	2.28	2
2022	2.26	1.98
2023	2.24	1.97
2024	2.23	1.95
2025	2.21	1.94
2026	2.19	1.93
2027	2.17	1.91
2028	2.15	1.9
2029	2.13	1.89
2030	2.11	1.88
2031	2.1	1.87
2032	2.09	1.86
2033	2.07	1.85
2034	2.06	1.85
2035	2.05	1.84
2036	2.03	1.83
2037	2.02	1.83
2038	2.01	1.82
2039	2	1.81
2040	1.98	1.81
2041	1.97	1.8
2042	1.97	1.8
2043	1.96	1.8
2044	1.95	1.79
2045	1.94	1.79
2046	1.93	1.79
2047	1.92	1.78
2048	1.92	1.78
2049	1.91	1.77
2050	1.9	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	Sri Lanka
1960	42.4%	41%
1961	43.1%	40.9%
1962	43.6%	40.8%
1963	44.1%	40.7%
1964	44.4%	40.6%
1965	44.4%	40.5%
1966	44.2%	40.4%
1967	43.9%	40.3%
1968	43.6%	40.1%
1969	43.3%	39.9%
1970	42.9%	39.7%
1971	42.5%	39.5%
1972	42.1%	39.2%
1973	41.7%	38.8%
1974	41.3%	38.4%
1975	40.9%	38%
1976	40.6%	37.6%
1977	40.3%	37.2%
1978	39.8%	36.9%
1979	39.4%	36.7%
1980	39%	36.4%
1981	38.7%	36.2%
1982	38.4%	36%
1983	38.2%	35.8%
1984	38%	35.5%
1985	37.7%	35.2%
1986	37.5%	34.6%
1987	37.3%	34%
1988	37.1%	33.5%
1989	36.9%	33%
1990	36.7%	32.5%
1991	36.5%	32.1%
1992	36.2%	31.4%
1993	35.8%	30.6%
1994	35.3%	29.9%
1995	34.8%	29.2%
1996	34.2%	28.6%
1997	33.6%	28.2%
1998	33.1%	27.8%
1999	32.5%	27.4%
2000	31.9%	27%
2001	31.4%	26.6%
2002	30.8%	26.3%
2003	30.2%	26.1%
2004	29.6%	26%
2005	28.9%	25.8%
2006	28.3%	25.7%
2007	27.7%	25.7%
2008	27.2%	25.6%
2009	26.8%	25.5%
2010	26.4%	25.4%
2011	26.1%	25.3%
2012	25.9%	25.2%
2013	25.7%	25%
2014	25.6%	24.9%
2015	25.8%	24.7%
2016	26.4%	24.5%
2017	26.9%	24.2%
2018	27.5%	24%
2019	27.9%	23.7%
2020	27.9%	23.3%
2021	27.6%	23%
2022	27.2%	22.7%
2023	26.7%	22.4%
2024	26.2%	22%
2025	25.6%	21.7%
2026	25%	21.4%
2027	24.3%	21.1%
2028	23.7%	20.8%
2029	23.2%	20.5%
2030	22.7%	20.2%
2031	22.3%	20%
2032	22%	19.8%
2033	21.8%	19.6%
2034	21.8%	19.4%
2035	21.8%	19.2%
2036	21.7%	19.1%
2037	21.6%	18.9%
2038	21.6%	18.8%
2039	21.5%	18.7%
2040	21.5%	18.6%
2041	21.4%	18.4%
2042	21.3%	18.3%
2043	21.2%	18.2%
2044	21.1%	18.1%
2045	21%	18%
2046	20.9%	17.9%
2047	20.7%	17.7%
2048	20.5%	17.6%
2049	20.3%	17.5%
2050	20%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	52,515	247,631
1961	53,995	251,087
1962	55,585	256,719
1963	57,054	262,880
1964	57,808	269,584
1965	58,195	272,422
1966	58,546	275,549
1967	58,957	284,738
1968	59,247	286,642
1969	59,829	286,218
1970	60,593	286,719
1971	61,278	281,200
1972	62,216	282,494
1973	63,420	278,577
1974	64,425	275,521
1975	55,423	282,496
1976	11,138	291,816
1977	60,232	300,038
1978	60,829	317,055
1979	61,184	329,791
1980	63,053	328,155
1981	65,084	328,096
1982	41,602	300,030
1983	66,056	277,768
1984	66,785	263,175
1985	66,368	247,836
1986	67,162	233,782
1987	69,058	226,414
1988	70,444	219,184
1989	74,577	212,401
1990	73,629	224,454
1991	79,274	218,117
1992	77,447	222,230
1993	75,278	226,257
1994	73,069	228,904
1995	71,016	221,957
1996	71,286	215,290
1997	71,486	208,193
1998	71,889	201,059
1999	72,437	206,876
2000	72,642	227,060
2001	73,160	244,377
2002	72,648	252,840
2003	71,232	252,008
2004	69,675	212,527
2005	67,778	248,683
2006	65,932	248,706
2007	66,965	248,287
2008	67,132	232,225
2009	69,004	200,175
2010	72,605	224,325
2011	75,523	224,461
2012	77,248	229,138
2013	80,218	221,021
2014	92,285	211,541
2015	97,385	201,815
2016	91,551	194,232
2017	84,172	187,993
2018	77,165	183,610
2019	70,486	172,243
2020	59,903	170,968
2021	46,614	121,858
2022	60,909	95,378
2023	58,786	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	Sri Lanka
1985	59	68
1986	58	66
1987	65	64
1988	65	62
1989	49	61
1990	48	59
1991	38	57
1992	36	54
1993	33	51
1994	30	49
1995	29	48
1996	28	47
1997	27	45
1998	26	43
1999	25	41
2000	24	39
2001	22	37
2002	21	36
2003	19	35
2004	18	37
2005	17	32
2006	17	32
2007	16	31
2008	15	30
2009	15	28
2010	15	26
2011	15	25
2012	14	24
2013	13	23
2014	14	23
2015	15	22
2016	15	22
2017	15	21
2018	15	21
2019	15	20
2020	27	23
2021	54	34
2022	15	22
2023	15	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	7.48%	9.41%
1961	7.24%	8.95%
1962	7.01%	8.66%
1963	6.8%	8.48%
1964	6.62%	8.3%
1965	6.46%	8.07%
1966	6.33%	7.81%
1967	6.22%	7.55%
1968	6.14%	7.32%
1969	6.07%	7.14%
1970	6.01%	7.02%
1971	5.98%	6.94%
1972	5.93%	6.86%
1973	5.88%	6.77%
1974	5.81%	6.62%
1975	5.73%	6.41%
1976	18.6%	6.12%
1977	7.51%	5.77%
1978	7.54%	5.38%
1979	7.6%	4.99%
1980	7.39%	4.63%
1981	7.16%	4.29%
1982	12.2%	3.98%
1983	5.39%	3.67%
1984	5.18%	3.35%
1985	4.96%	3.02%
1986	4.74%	2.74%
1987	5.75%	2.54%
1988	5.53%	2.41%
1989	3.34%	2.74%
1990	3.18%	2.33%
1991	3.03%	2.32%
1992	2.88%	2.29%
1993	2.75%	2.22%
1994	2.63%	2.14%
1995	2.52%	2.05%
1996	2.4%	1.95%
1997	2.3%	1.86%
1998	2.19%	1.76%
1999	2.09%	1.69%
2000	1.99%	1.63%
2001	1.89%	1.58%
2002	1.78%	1.55%
2003	1.69%	1.52%
2004	1.6%	2.88%
2005	1.52%	1.4%
2006	1.44%	1.33%
2007	1.38%	1.26%
2008	1.33%	1.2%
2009	1.3%	2.08%
2010	1.27%	1.12%
2011	1.25%	1.08%
2012	1.24%	1.03%
2013	1.24%	0.98%
2014	1.25%	0.92%
2015	1.27%	0.87%
2016	1.31%	0.83%
2017	1.35%	0.79%
2018	1.4%	0.76%
2019	1.47%	0.72%
2020	1.55%	0.69%
2021	1.63%	0.66%
2022	1.73%	0.64%
2023	1.83%	0.61%