Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and Thailand

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs Thailand 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 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lebanon vs Thailand 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	Thailand
1960	5.88	6.33
1961	5.89	6.32
1962	5.9	6.33
1963	5.91	6.34
1964	5.85	6.31
1965	5.77	6.26
1966	5.68	6.18
1967	5.57	6.08
1968	5.45	5.93
1969	5.32	5.7
1970	5.19	5.45
1971	5.05	5.25
1972	4.91	5.08
1973	4.79	4.85
1974	4.65	4.6
1975	4.52	4.36
1976	4.39	4.12
1977	4.28	3.87
1978	4.18	3.62
1979	4.08	3.45
1980	4.01	3.29
1981	3.95	3.13
1982	3.86	2.94
1983	3.73	2.76
1984	3.66	2.58
1985	3.53	2.45
1986	3.47	2.36
1987	3.42	2.26
1988	3.39	2.17
1989	3.36	2.14
1990	3.27	2.07
1991	3.16	2.04
1992	3.05	2.01
1993	2.94	1.97
1994	2.82	1.93
1995	2.73	1.89
1996	2.7	1.87
1997	2.67	1.85
1998	2.65	1.82
1999	2.63	1.77
2000	2.6	1.73
2001	2.58	1.71
2002	2.52	1.69
2003	2.46	1.67
2004	2.38	1.67
2005	2.29	1.64
2006	2.24	1.63
2007	2.2	1.62
2008	2.17	1.59
2009	2.19	1.57
2010	2.26	1.56
2011	2.32	1.57
2012	2.35	1.56
2013	2.36	1.53
2014	2.38	1.48
2015	2.38	1.45
2016	2.39	1.4
2017	2.37	1.36
2018	2.35	1.32
2019	2.33	1.29
2020	2.31	1.26
2021	2.28	1.23
2022	2.26	1.22
2023	2.24	1.21
2024	2.23	1.2
2025	2.21	1.19
2026	2.19	1.19
2027	2.17	1.19
2028	2.15	1.19
2029	2.13	1.19
2030	2.11	1.2
2031	2.1	1.2
2032	2.09	1.21
2033	2.07	1.21
2034	2.06	1.22
2035	2.05	1.22
2036	2.03	1.23
2037	2.02	1.23
2038	2.01	1.24
2039	2	1.24
2040	1.98	1.25
2041	1.97	1.25
2042	1.97	1.26
2043	1.96	1.26
2044	1.95	1.26
2045	1.94	1.27
2046	1.93	1.27
2047	1.92	1.28
2048	1.92	1.28
2049	1.91	1.28
2050	1.9	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	Thailand
1960	42.4%	44.3%
1961	43.1%	44.6%
1962	43.6%	44.8%
1963	44.1%	45.1%
1964	44.4%	45.3%
1965	44.4%	45.4%
1966	44.2%	45.4%
1967	43.9%	45.3%
1968	43.6%	45.2%
1969	43.3%	45%
1970	42.9%	44.8%
1971	42.5%	44.4%
1972	42.1%	44%
1973	41.7%	43.5%
1974	41.3%	43%
1975	40.9%	42.4%
1976	40.6%	41.8%
1977	40.3%	41.1%
1978	39.8%	40.3%
1979	39.4%	39.5%
1980	39%	38.7%
1981	38.7%	37.8%
1982	38.4%	37%
1983	38.2%	36%
1984	38%	35.1%
1985	37.7%	34.1%
1986	37.5%	33.2%
1987	37.3%	32.4%
1988	37.1%	31.5%
1989	36.9%	30.7%
1990	36.7%	30%
1991	36.5%	29.2%
1992	36.2%	28.5%
1993	35.8%	28%
1994	35.3%	27.4%
1995	34.8%	26.9%
1996	34.2%	26.4%
1997	33.6%	25.9%
1998	33.1%	25.4%
1999	32.5%	24.9%
2000	31.9%	24.4%
2001	31.4%	23.9%
2002	30.8%	23.4%
2003	30.2%	23%
2004	29.6%	22.6%
2005	28.9%	22.2%
2006	28.3%	21.7%
2007	27.7%	21.3%
2008	27.2%	20.9%
2009	26.8%	20.6%
2010	26.4%	20.1%
2011	26.1%	19.7%
2012	25.9%	19.2%
2013	25.7%	18.8%
2014	25.6%	18.5%
2015	25.8%	18.1%
2016	26.4%	17.7%
2017	26.9%	17.3%
2018	27.5%	16.9%
2019	27.9%	16.6%
2020	27.9%	16.2%
2021	27.6%	15.8%
2022	27.2%	15.4%
2023	26.7%	15.1%
2024	26.2%	14.7%
2025	25.6%	14.4%
2026	25%	14.1%
2027	24.3%	13.7%
2028	23.7%	13.4%
2029	23.2%	13.1%
2030	22.7%	12.9%
2031	22.3%	12.7%
2032	22%	12.5%
2033	21.8%	12.3%
2034	21.8%	12.2%
2035	21.8%	12.1%
2036	21.7%	12%
2037	21.6%	11.9%
2038	21.6%	11.9%
2039	21.5%	11.8%
2040	21.5%	11.8%
2041	21.4%	11.8%
2042	21.3%	11.8%
2043	21.2%	11.7%
2044	21.1%	11.7%
2045	21%	11.7%
2046	20.9%	11.7%
2047	20.7%	11.6%
2048	20.5%	11.6%
2049	20.3%	11.6%
2050	20%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +0.18% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	52,515	774,190
1961	53,995	801,140
1962	55,585	828,741
1963	57,054	860,728
1964	57,808	885,137
1965	58,195	909,000
1966	58,546	929,469
1967	58,957	944,980
1968	59,247	953,806
1969	59,829	948,314
1970	60,593	937,116
1971	61,278	936,215
1972	62,216	940,420
1973	63,420	933,540
1974	64,425	923,151
1975	55,423	911,980
1976	11,138	894,072
1977	60,232	871,232
1978	60,829	847,799
1979	61,184	843,434
1980	63,053	845,575
1981	65,084	839,297
1982	41,602	817,951
1983	66,056	794,239
1984	66,785	779,856
1985	66,368	776,935
1986	67,162	783,430
1987	69,058	774,498
1988	70,444	765,252
1989	74,577	774,563
1990	73,629	760,808
1991	79,274	760,508
1992	77,447	754,999
1993	75,278	737,696
1994	73,069	712,589
1995	71,016	682,703
1996	71,286	661,397
1997	71,486	644,834
1998	71,889	617,318
1999	72,437	578,073
2000	72,642	543,884
2001	73,160	524,230
2002	72,648	504,299
2003	71,232	488,003
2004	69,675	466,542
2005	67,778	456,378
2006	65,932	441,211
2007	66,965	425,362
2008	67,132	401,730
2009	69,004	382,636
2010	72,605	370,466
2011	75,523	365,670
2012	77,248	351,485
2013	80,218	325,059
2014	92,285	294,628
2015	97,385	266,362
2016	91,551	226,255
2017	84,172	194,695
2018	77,165	159,383
2019	70,486	116,867
2020	59,903	84,107
2021	46,614	57,382
2022	60,909	-61,046
2023	58,786	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs Thailand

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 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	Thailand
1985	59	88
1986	58	78
1987	65	72
1988	65	67
1989	49	64
1990	48	60
1991	38	59
1992	36	58
1993	33	57
1994	30	54
1995	29	52
1996	28	49
1997	27	48
1998	26	47
1999	25	48
2000	24	49
2001	22	47
2002	21	44
2003	19	42
2004	18	44
2005	17	40
2006	17	38
2007	16	38
2008	15	37
2009	15	37
2010	15	37
2011	15	37
2012	14	36
2013	13	35
2014	14	34
2015	15	34
2016	15	34
2017	15	34
2018	15	34
2019	15	34
2020	27	36
2021	54	38
2022	15	112
2023	15	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 0.92% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	7.48%	14.7%
1961	7.24%	14.2%
1962	7.01%	13.7%
1963	6.8%	13.2%
1964	6.62%	12.8%
1965	6.46%	12.3%
1966	6.33%	11.8%
1967	6.22%	11.4%
1968	6.14%	10.9%
1969	6.07%	10.4%
1970	6.01%	9.95%
1971	5.98%	9.47%
1972	5.93%	9.01%
1973	5.88%	8.56%
1974	5.81%	8.14%
1975	5.73%	7.73%
1976	18.6%	7.35%
1977	7.51%	7%
1978	7.54%	6.67%
1979	7.6%	6.36%
1980	7.39%	6.07%
1981	7.16%	5.79%
1982	12.2%	5.53%
1983	5.39%	5.28%
1984	5.18%	5.03%
1985	4.96%	4.8%
1986	4.74%	4.57%
1987	5.75%	4.34%
1988	5.53%	4.12%
1989	3.34%	3.91%
1990	3.18%	3.69%
1991	3.03%	3.49%
1992	2.88%	3.3%
1993	2.75%	3.12%
1994	2.63%	2.96%
1995	2.52%	2.81%
1996	2.4%	2.67%
1997	2.3%	2.53%
1998	2.19%	2.41%
1999	2.09%	2.29%
2000	1.99%	2.18%
2001	1.89%	2.08%
2002	1.78%	1.98%
2003	1.69%	1.89%
2004	1.6%	1.81%
2005	1.52%	1.73%
2006	1.44%	1.66%
2007	1.38%	1.59%
2008	1.33%	1.53%
2009	1.3%	1.47%
2010	1.27%	1.42%
2011	1.25%	1.37%
2012	1.24%	1.32%
2013	1.24%	1.27%
2014	1.25%	1.23%
2015	1.27%	1.19%
2016	1.31%	1.15%
2017	1.35%	1.11%
2018	1.4%	1.08%
2019	1.47%	1.04%
2020	1.55%	1.01%
2021	1.63%	0.98%
2022	1.73%	0.95%
2023	1.83%	0.92%