Fertility & birth rates in Lebanon and United States

Fertility rate in Lebanon vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Lebanon vs the United States 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	United States
1960	5.88	3.65
1961	5.89	3.62
1962	5.9	3.46
1963	5.91	3.32
1964	5.85	3.19
1965	5.77	2.91
1966	5.68	2.72
1967	5.57	2.56
1968	5.45	2.46
1969	5.32	2.46
1970	5.19	2.48
1971	5.05	2.27
1972	4.91	2.01
1973	4.79	1.88
1974	4.65	1.84
1975	4.52	1.77
1976	4.39	1.74
1977	4.28	1.79
1978	4.18	1.76
1979	4.08	1.81
1980	4.01	1.84
1981	3.95	1.81
1982	3.86	1.83
1983	3.73	1.8
1984	3.66	1.81
1985	3.53	1.84
1986	3.47	1.84
1987	3.42	1.87
1988	3.39	1.93
1989	3.36	2.01
1990	3.27	2.08
1991	3.16	2.06
1992	3.05	2.05
1993	2.94	2.02
1994	2.82	2
1995	2.73	1.98
1996	2.7	1.98
1997	2.67	1.97
1998	2.65	2
1999	2.63	2.01
2000	2.6	2.06
2001	2.58	2.03
2002	2.52	2.02
2003	2.46	2.05
2004	2.38	2.05
2005	2.29	2.06
2006	2.24	2.11
2007	2.2	2.12
2008	2.17	2.07
2009	2.19	2
2010	2.26	1.93
2011	2.32	1.89
2012	2.35	1.88
2013	2.36	1.86
2014	2.38	1.86
2015	2.38	1.84
2016	2.39	1.82
2017	2.37	1.77
2018	2.35	1.73
2019	2.33	1.71
2020	2.31	1.64
2021	2.28	1.66
2022	2.26	1.66
2023	2.24	1.62
2024	2.23	1.62
2025	2.21	1.62
2026	2.19	1.62
2027	2.17	1.62
2028	2.15	1.62
2029	2.13	1.62
2030	2.11	1.62
2031	2.1	1.62
2032	2.09	1.62
2033	2.07	1.63
2034	2.06	1.62
2035	2.05	1.63
2036	2.03	1.63
2037	2.02	1.63
2038	2.01	1.63
2039	2	1.63
2040	1.98	1.63
2041	1.97	1.63
2042	1.97	1.63
2043	1.96	1.63
2044	1.95	1.63
2045	1.94	1.64
2046	1.93	1.64
2047	1.92	1.63
2048	1.92	1.64
2049	1.91	1.63
2050	1.9	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	United States
1960	42.4%	31.3%
1961	43.1%	31.4%
1962	43.6%	31.3%
1963	44.1%	31.1%
1964	44.4%	30.9%
1965	44.4%	30.7%
1966	44.2%	30.4%
1967	43.9%	30%
1968	43.6%	29.5%
1969	43.3%	29%
1970	42.9%	28.6%
1971	42.5%	28%
1972	42.1%	27.4%
1973	41.7%	26.6%
1974	41.3%	25.9%
1975	40.9%	25.2%
1976	40.6%	24.4%
1977	40.3%	23.8%
1978	39.8%	23.2%
1979	39.4%	22.8%
1980	39%	22.4%
1981	38.7%	22.1%
1982	38.4%	22%
1983	38.2%	21.8%
1984	38%	21.7%
1985	37.7%	21.5%
1986	37.5%	21.3%
1987	37.3%	21.3%
1988	37.1%	21.3%
1989	36.9%	21.5%
1990	36.7%	21.6%
1991	36.5%	21.7%
1992	36.2%	21.8%
1993	35.8%	21.9%
1994	35.3%	21.9%
1995	34.8%	21.8%
1996	34.2%	21.7%
1997	33.6%	21.5%
1998	33.1%	21.4%
1999	32.5%	21.3%
2000	31.9%	21.2%
2001	31.4%	21%
2002	30.8%	20.9%
2003	30.2%	20.7%
2004	29.6%	20.5%
2005	28.9%	20.3%
2006	28.3%	20.2%
2007	27.7%	20%
2008	27.2%	19.9%
2009	26.8%	19.8%
2010	26.4%	19.7%
2011	26.1%	19.6%
2012	25.9%	19.5%
2013	25.7%	19.4%
2014	25.6%	19.3%
2015	25.8%	19.2%
2016	26.4%	19.1%
2017	26.9%	18.9%
2018	27.5%	18.8%
2019	27.9%	18.6%
2020	27.9%	18.4%
2021	27.6%	18.1%
2022	27.2%	17.9%
2023	26.7%	17.6%
2024	26.2%	17.3%
2025	25.6%	17.1%
2026	25%	16.9%
2027	24.3%	16.7%
2028	23.7%	16.6%
2029	23.2%	16.4%
2030	22.7%	16.3%
2031	22.3%	16.1%
2032	22%	16%
2033	21.8%	16%
2034	21.8%	15.9%
2035	21.8%	15.9%
2036	21.7%	15.9%
2037	21.6%	15.9%
2038	21.6%	15.9%
2039	21.5%	15.9%
2040	21.5%	15.9%
2041	21.4%	16%
2042	21.3%	16%
2043	21.2%	16%
2044	21.1%	16%
2045	21%	16%
2046	20.9%	16%
2047	20.7%	16%
2048	20.5%	16%
2049	20.3%	15.9%
2050	20%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.2% of the population in Lebanon and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 36.7% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lebanon and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Lebanon vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.22% in Lebanon and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	52,515	2,565,530
1961	53,995	2,571,681
1962	55,585	2,406,337
1963	57,054	2,289,826
1964	57,808	2,245,099
1965	58,195	1,943,030
1966	58,546	1,749,387
1967	58,957	1,669,181
1968	59,247	1,565,507
1969	59,829	1,702,487
1970	60,593	1,824,965
1971	61,278	1,640,519
1972	62,216	1,301,355
1973	63,420	1,165,499
1974	64,425	1,218,968
1975	55,423	1,252,644
1976	11,138	1,264,604
1977	60,232	1,431,556
1978	60,829	1,402,283
1979	61,184	1,597,894
1980	63,053	1,608,450
1981	65,084	1,652,153
1982	41,602	1,714,317
1983	66,056	1,636,544
1984	66,785	1,627,192
1985	66,368	1,689,258
1986	67,162	1,656,917
1987	69,058	1,720,252
1988	70,444	1,735,943
1989	74,577	1,875,826
1990	73,629	2,026,068
1991	79,274	1,926,543
1992	77,447	1,875,328
1993	75,278	1,717,685
1994	73,069	1,633,302
1995	71,016	1,546,031
1996	71,286	1,510,137
1997	71,486	1,501,014
1998	71,889	1,573,857
1999	72,437	1,564,050
2000	72,642	1,664,758
2001	73,160	1,595,826
2002	72,648	1,581,938
2003	71,232	1,653,615
2004	69,675	1,698,271
2005	67,778	1,684,445
2006	65,932	1,849,955
2007	66,965	1,897,757
2008	67,132	1,794,154
2009	69,004	1,717,920
2010	72,605	1,548,182
2011	75,523	1,441,697
2012	77,248	1,411,822
2013	80,218	1,322,711
2014	92,285	1,357,281
2015	97,385	1,270,126
2016	91,551	1,197,627
2017	84,172	1,028,037
2018	77,165	955,022
2019	70,486	887,476
2020	59,903	208,862
2021	46,614	199,137
2022	60,909	399,926
2023	58,786	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Lebanon vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lebanon	United States
1985	59	11
1986	58	11
1987	65	11
1988	65	12
1989	49	12
1990	48	12
1991	38	12
1992	36	11
1993	33	12
1994	30	11
1995	29	12
1996	28	11
1997	27	11
1998	26	11
1999	25	12
2000	24	12
2001	22	13
2002	21	13
2003	19	13
2004	18	13
2005	17	13
2006	17	13
2007	16	13
2008	15	14
2009	15	15
2010	15	15
2011	15	15
2012	14	16
2013	13	16
2014	14	17
2015	15	17
2016	15	18
2017	15	18
2018	15	18
2019	15	18
2020	27	22
2021	54	31
2022	15	20
2023	15	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Lebanon and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	7.48%	3.01%
1961	7.24%	2.95%
1962	7.01%	2.89%
1963	6.8%	2.83%
1964	6.62%	2.77%
1965	6.46%	2.71%
1966	6.33%	2.64%
1967	6.22%	2.57%
1968	6.14%	2.49%
1969	6.07%	2.41%
1970	6.01%	2.32%
1971	5.98%	2.24%
1972	5.93%	2.15%
1973	5.88%	2.06%
1974	5.81%	1.97%
1975	5.73%	1.88%
1976	18.6%	1.79%
1977	7.51%	1.71%
1978	7.54%	1.63%
1979	7.6%	1.56%
1980	7.39%	1.5%
1981	7.16%	1.44%
1982	12.2%	1.39%
1983	5.39%	1.34%
1984	5.18%	1.3%
1985	4.96%	1.27%
1986	4.74%	1.24%
1987	5.75%	1.21%
1988	5.53%	1.19%
1989	3.34%	1.16%
1990	3.18%	1.12%
1991	3.03%	1.09%
1992	2.88%	1.05%
1993	2.75%	1.01%
1994	2.63%	0.98%
1995	2.52%	0.95%
1996	2.4%	0.92%
1997	2.3%	0.89%
1998	2.19%	0.87%
1999	2.09%	0.86%
2000	1.99%	0.84%
2001	1.89%	0.83%
2002	1.78%	0.82%
2003	1.69%	0.81%
2004	1.6%	0.81%
2005	1.52%	0.8%
2006	1.44%	0.79%
2007	1.38%	0.77%
2008	1.33%	0.76%
2009	1.3%	0.75%
2010	1.27%	0.73%
2011	1.25%	0.72%
2012	1.24%	0.7%
2013	1.24%	0.69%
2014	1.25%	0.68%
2015	1.27%	0.68%
2016	1.31%	0.67%
2017	1.35%	0.66%
2018	1.4%	0.65%
2019	1.47%	0.65%
2020	1.55%	0.65%
2021	1.63%	0.65%
2022	1.73%	0.65%
2023	1.83%	0.65%