Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and Suriname

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lebanon vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	5.88	6.59
1961	5.89	6.58
1962	5.9	6.57
1963	5.91	6.51
1964	5.85	6.43
1965	5.77	6.32
1966	5.68	6.2
1967	5.57	6.04
1968	5.45	5.86
1969	5.32	5.7
1970	5.19	5.53
1971	5.05	5.36
1972	4.91	5.18
1973	4.79	5.01
1974	4.65	4.81
1975	4.52	4.63
1976	4.39	4.45
1977	4.28	4.26
1978	4.18	4.08
1979	4.08	3.93
1980	4.01	3.79
1981	3.95	3.75
1982	3.86	3.82
1983	3.73	3.87
1984	3.66	3.8
1985	3.53	3.71
1986	3.47	3.61
1987	3.42	3.53
1988	3.39	3.46
1989	3.36	3.39
1990	3.27	3.23
1991	3.16	3.09
1992	3.05	3.01
1993	2.94	2.94
1994	2.82	2.9
1995	2.73	2.9
1996	2.7	2.92
1997	2.67	2.95
1998	2.65	2.99
1999	2.63	3.02
2000	2.6	3.05
2001	2.58	3.06
2002	2.52	2.96
2003	2.46	2.84
2004	2.38	2.74
2005	2.29	2.71
2006	2.24	2.73
2007	2.2	2.74
2008	2.17	2.73
2009	2.19	2.71
2010	2.26	2.69
2011	2.32	2.67
2012	2.35	2.67
2013	2.36	2.65
2014	2.38	2.62
2015	2.38	2.57
2016	2.39	2.5
2017	2.37	2.43
2018	2.35	2.38
2019	2.33	2.35
2020	2.31	2.31
2021	2.28	2.3
2022	2.26	2.27
2023	2.24	2.25
2024	2.23	2.23
2025	2.21	2.21
2026	2.19	2.19
2027	2.17	2.16
2028	2.15	2.14
2029	2.13	2.13
2030	2.11	2.11
2031	2.1	2.09
2032	2.09	2.08
2033	2.07	2.06
2034	2.06	2.05
2035	2.05	2.04
2036	2.03	2.02
2037	2.02	2.01
2038	2.01	2
2039	2	1.99
2040	1.98	1.98
2041	1.97	1.97
2042	1.97	1.96
2043	1.96	1.95
2044	1.95	1.94
2045	1.94	1.93
2046	1.93	1.92
2047	1.92	1.91
2048	1.92	1.9
2049	1.91	1.9
2050	1.9	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	Suriname
1960	42.4%	44.5%
1961	43.1%	44.6%
1962	43.6%	45.1%
1963	44.1%	46.1%
1964	44.4%	46.8%
1965	44.4%	47.4%
1966	44.2%	48%
1967	43.9%	48.5%
1968	43.6%	48.8%
1969	43.3%	48.9%
1970	42.9%	48.8%
1971	42.5%	48.5%
1972	42.1%	47.8%
1973	41.7%	46.8%
1974	41.3%	46%
1975	40.9%	45.1%
1976	40.6%	44.3%
1977	40.3%	43.4%
1978	39.8%	42.6%
1979	39.4%	41.8%
1980	39%	41%
1981	38.7%	40.1%
1982	38.4%	39.5%
1983	38.2%	39%
1984	38%	38.6%
1985	37.7%	38.3%
1986	37.5%	38%
1987	37.3%	37.8%
1988	37.1%	37.7%
1989	36.9%	37.5%
1990	36.7%	37.4%
1991	36.5%	37.3%
1992	36.2%	37.2%
1993	35.8%	37.1%
1994	35.3%	37%
1995	34.8%	36.7%
1996	34.2%	36.1%
1997	33.6%	35.3%
1998	33.1%	34.5%
1999	32.5%	33.7%
2000	31.9%	33%
2001	31.4%	32.3%
2002	30.8%	31.8%
2003	30.2%	31.3%
2004	29.6%	31%
2005	28.9%	30.9%
2006	28.3%	30.8%
2007	27.7%	30.7%
2008	27.2%	30.6%
2009	26.8%	30.5%
2010	26.4%	30.3%
2011	26.1%	30%
2012	25.9%	29.8%
2013	25.7%	29.4%
2014	25.6%	29.1%
2015	25.8%	28.7%
2016	26.4%	28.3%
2017	26.9%	27.9%
2018	27.5%	27.5%
2019	27.9%	27.2%
2020	27.9%	26.8%
2021	27.6%	26.5%
2022	27.2%	26.3%
2023	26.7%	25.9%
2024	26.2%	25.6%
2025	25.6%	25.3%
2026	25%	25%
2027	24.3%	24.8%
2028	23.7%	24.5%
2029	23.2%	24.2%
2030	22.7%	23.9%
2031	22.3%	23.6%
2032	22%	23.4%
2033	21.8%	23.2%
2034	21.8%	23%
2035	21.8%	22.8%
2036	21.7%	22.6%
2037	21.6%	22.4%
2038	21.6%	22.2%
2039	21.5%	22%
2040	21.5%	21.8%
2041	21.4%	21.6%
2042	21.3%	21.4%
2043	21.2%	21.3%
2044	21.1%	21.1%
2045	21%	20.9%
2046	20.9%	20.7%
2047	20.7%	20.5%
2048	20.5%	20.3%
2049	20.3%	20.1%
2050	20%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	52,515	8,170
1961	53,995	8,361
1962	55,585	8,529
1963	57,054	8,838
1964	57,808	9,174
1965	58,195	9,270
1966	58,546	9,243
1967	58,957	9,104
1968	59,247	8,980
1969	59,829	8,880
1970	60,593	8,823
1971	61,278	8,814
1972	62,216	8,893
1973	63,420	8,877
1974	64,425	8,751
1975	55,423	8,587
1976	11,138	8,327
1977	60,232	7,998
1978	60,829	7,650
1979	61,184	7,312
1980	63,053	7,002
1981	65,084	7,541
1982	41,602	8,197
1983	66,056	8,797
1984	66,785	9,031
1985	66,368	9,177
1986	67,162	9,222
1987	69,058	9,319
1988	70,444	9,347
1989	74,577	9,441
1990	73,629	9,047
1991	79,274	8,637
1992	77,447	8,355
1993	75,278	8,127
1994	73,069	7,929
1995	71,016	7,968
1996	71,286	8,031
1997	71,486	8,106
1998	71,889	8,173
1999	72,437	8,236
2000	72,642	8,323
2001	73,160	8,349
2002	72,648	7,916
2003	71,232	7,396
2004	69,675	6,948
2005	67,778	7,037
2006	65,932	7,278
2007	66,965	7,468
2008	67,132	7,552
2009	69,004	7,559
2010	72,605	7,489
2011	75,523	7,401
2012	77,248	7,405
2013	80,218	7,350
2014	92,285	7,284
2015	97,385	7,150
2016	91,551	6,979
2017	84,172	6,772
2018	77,165	6,613
2019	70,486	6,564
2020	59,903	6,640
2021	46,614	5,291
2022	60,909	6,719
2023	58,786	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	Suriname
1985	59	386
1986	58	377
1987	65	372
1988	65	364
1989	49	360
1990	48	350
1991	38	347
1992	36	346
1993	33	343
1994	30	334
1995	29	331
1996	28	323
1997	27	312
1998	26	302
1999	25	291
2000	24	282
2001	22	270
2002	21	253
2003	19	238
2004	18	219
2005	17	202
2006	17	187
2007	16	173
2008	15	161
2009	15	147
2010	15	134
2011	15	126
2012	14	122
2013	13	121
2014	14	120
2015	15	115
2016	15	109
2017	15	105
2018	15	101
2019	15	97
2020	27	94
2021	54	144
2022	15	88
2023	15	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1970	6.01%	-
1971	5.98%	-
1972	5.93%	-
1973	5.88%	-
1974	5.81%	-
1975	5.73%	-
1976	18.6%	-
1977	7.51%	-
1978	7.54%	-
1979	7.6%	-
1980	7.39%	-
1981	7.16%	-
1982	12.2%	-
1983	5.39%	5.67%
1984	5.18%	5.49%
1985	4.96%	5.31%
1986	4.74%	5.13%
1987	5.75%	4.97%
1988	5.53%	4.81%
1989	3.34%	4.65%
1990	3.18%	4.49%
1991	3.03%	4.34%
1992	2.88%	4.19%
1993	2.75%	4.03%
1994	2.63%	3.88%
1995	2.52%	3.74%
1996	2.4%	3.6%
1997	2.3%	3.47%
1998	2.19%	3.34%
1999	2.09%	3.22%
2000	1.99%	3.11%
2001	1.89%	3%
2002	1.78%	2.9%
2003	1.69%	2.81%
2004	1.6%	2.72%
2005	1.52%	2.64%
2006	1.44%	2.57%
2007	1.38%	2.5%
2008	1.33%	2.44%
2009	1.3%	2.38%
2010	1.27%	2.32%
2011	1.25%	2.26%
2012	1.24%	2.21%
2013	1.24%	2.16%
2014	1.25%	2.11%
2015	1.27%	2.05%
2016	1.31%	2%
2017	1.35%	1.95%
2018	1.4%	1.9%
2019	1.47%	1.84%
2020	1.55%	1.78%
2021	1.63%	1.73%
2022	1.73%	1.68%
2023	1.83%	1.62%