Fertility & birth rates in Liberia and Palestine

Fertility rate in Liberia vs Palestine chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Liberia was 3.95 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Liberia vs Palestine population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Liberia	Palestine
1960	6.39	-
1961	6.45	-
1962	6.5	-
1963	6.56	-
1964	6.59	-
1965	6.62	-
1966	6.63	-
1967	6.65	-
1968	6.66	-
1969	6.64	-
1970	6.58	-
1971	6.54	-
1972	6.6	-
1973	6.65	-
1974	6.69	-
1975	6.74	-
1976	6.79	-
1977	6.84	-
1978	6.88	-
1979	6.92	-
1980	6.87	-
1981	6.83	-
1982	6.79	-
1983	6.76	-
1984	6.73	-
1985	6.69	-
1986	6.64	-
1987	6.57	-
1988	6.51	-
1989	6.43	-
1990	6.37	6.81
1991	6.32	6.75
1992	6.28	6.65
1993	6.25	6.5
1994	6.21	6.33
1995	6.17	6.16
1996	6.13	5.99
1997	6.08	5.82
1998	6.02	5.69
1999	5.95	5.58
2000	5.88	5.46
2001	5.77	5.34
2002	5.65	5.22
2003	5.55	5.06
2004	5.51	4.97
2005	5.52	4.87
2006	5.53	4.74
2007	5.46	4.63
2008	5.33	4.51
2009	5.17	4.44
2010	5.06	4.43
2011	4.97	4.31
2012	4.88	4.15
2013	4.75	4.05
2014	4.62	4
2015	4.52	3.98
2016	4.46	3.89
2017	4.4	3.77
2018	4.34	3.67
2019	4.26	3.59
2020	4.17	3.51
2021	4.09	3.44
2022	4.02	3.38
2023	3.95	3.31
2024	3.86	3.25
2025	3.79	3.19
2026	3.71	3.13
2027	3.64	3.07
2028	3.57	3.02
2029	3.51	2.97
2030	3.43	2.93
2031	3.38	2.89
2032	3.31	2.85
2033	3.25	2.81
2034	3.2	2.78
2035	3.15	2.75
2036	3.11	2.71
2037	3.06	2.68
2038	3.02	2.65
2039	2.98	2.62
2040	2.94	2.59
2041	2.91	2.56
2042	2.87	2.53
2043	2.83	2.51
2044	2.8	2.48
2045	2.77	2.45
2046	2.73	2.43
2047	2.7	2.41
2048	2.68	2.38
2049	2.65	2.36
2050	2.62	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Liberia	Palestine
1960	41.1%	-
1961	41.1%	-
1962	41.2%	-
1963	41.4%	-
1964	41.7%	-
1965	42%	-
1966	42.2%	-
1967	42.4%	-
1968	42.6%	-
1969	42.8%	-
1970	42.9%	-
1971	43%	-
1972	43.2%	-
1973	43.3%	-
1974	43.4%	-
1975	43.5%	-
1976	43.6%	-
1977	43.7%	-
1978	43.8%	-
1979	43.9%	-
1980	44%	-
1981	44.1%	-
1982	44.2%	-
1983	44.2%	-
1984	44.2%	-
1985	44.2%	-
1986	44.3%	-
1987	44.3%	-
1988	44.2%	-
1989	44.1%	-
1990	44.1%	49.1%
1991	44.2%	49.1%
1992	44.1%	49%
1993	43.9%	49%
1994	43.8%	48.9%
1995	43.6%	48.8%
1996	43.4%	48.6%
1997	43.3%	48.4%
1998	43.2%	48.1%
1999	43.1%	47.8%
2000	43%	47.4%
2001	43%	47.1%
2002	42.9%	46.6%
2003	42.9%	46.1%
2004	42.9%	45.6%
2005	43%	45%
2006	43.1%	44.3%
2007	43.2%	43.7%
2008	43.2%	43%
2009	43.1%	42.4%
2010	43.1%	41.9%
2011	42.7%	41.5%
2012	42.4%	41.1%
2013	42.5%	40.7%
2014	42.5%	40.4%
2015	42.4%	40.1%
2016	42.3%	39.9%
2017	42.1%	39.7%
2018	42%	39.6%
2019	41.7%	39.5%
2020	41.4%	39.3%
2021	41%	39%
2022	40.5%	38.7%
2023	40%	38.4%
2024	39.5%	38%
2025	39.1%	37.6%
2026	38.6%	37%
2027	38.1%	36.5%
2028	37.7%	35.9%
2029	37.2%	35.3%
2030	36.9%	34.7%
2031	36.5%	34%
2032	36.2%	33.4%
2033	35.8%	32.8%
2034	35.5%	32.3%
2035	35.2%	31.8%
2036	34.9%	31.4%
2037	34.5%	31%
2038	34.2%	30.6%
2039	33.9%	30.3%
2040	33.6%	30%
2041	33.2%	29.7%
2042	32.9%	29.4%
2043	32.6%	29.2%
2044	32.3%	28.9%
2045	32%	28.6%
2046	31.6%	28.4%
2047	31.3%	28.1%
2048	31%	27.8%
2049	30.7%	27.5%
2050	30.4%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.5% of the population in Liberia and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Liberia and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Liberia vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.41% in Liberia and +2.64% in Palestine. 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
	Liberia	Palestine
1960	25,713	-
1961	26,670	-
1962	27,679	-
1963	28,708	-
1964	29,592	-
1965	30,618	-
1966	31,454	-
1967	32,519	-
1968	33,536	-
1969	34,677	-
1970	35,196	-
1971	36,015	-
1972	37,860	-
1973	39,694	-
1974	41,499	-
1975	43,478	-
1976	45,528	-
1977	47,582	-
1978	49,813	-
1979	52,125	-
1980	53,452	-
1981	55,003	-
1982	56,127	-
1983	57,562	-
1984	59,460	-
1985	59,988	-
1986	61,924	-
1987	62,147	-
1988	62,703	-
1989	63,238	-
1990	52,770	76,163
1991	47,426	79,444
1992	50,204	82,865
1993	51,609	86,434
1994	52,101	90,156
1995	53,407	94,037
1996	56,392	98,085
1997	61,444	102,307
1998	72,146	103,566
1999	78,130	104,823
2000	83,143	106,367
2001	86,217	107,320
2002	88,643	108,560
2003	87,534	109,162
2004	91,755	110,045
2005	96,478	110,569
2006	104,099	111,728
2007	109,165	112,453
2008	112,032	108,395
2009	113,429	111,724
2010	114,249	117,674
2011	115,496	119,021
2012	121,973	119,185
2013	120,138	120,503
2014	116,667	120,724
2015	115,479	126,189
2016	118,852	126,698
2017	119,376	125,688
2018	120,231	124,791
2019	120,635	124,508
2020	120,632	122,416
2021	121,038	120,396
2022	123,747	123,987
2023	125,730	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Liberia vs Palestine

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 628 deaths per 100,000 live births in Liberia, compared to 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Liberia	Palestine
1985	1,749	102
1986	1,678	96
1987	1,655	87
1988	1,647	85
1989	1,633	82
1990	2,146	78
1991	1,627	75
1992	1,643	73
1993	1,709	69
1994	1,811	66
1995	1,530	64
1996	1,438	61
1997	1,043	60
1998	962	59
1999	852	58
2000	786	59
2001	720	60
2002	700	58
2003	759	56
2004	645	55
2005	619	52
2006	647	51
2007	659	49
2008	663	49
2009	674	48
2010	712	42
2011	726	39
2012	728	36
2013	725	32
2014	801	29
2015	784	26
2016	690	23
2017	703	21
2018	707	19
2019	689	18
2020	664	20
2021	667	29
2022	634	17
2023	628	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.29% in Liberia and 2.63% in Palestine. 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
	Liberia	Palestine
1960	31.3%	-
1961	31.3%	-
1962	31.3%	-
1963	31.2%	-
1964	31.1%	-
1965	30.8%	-
1966	30.6%	-
1967	30.2%	-
1968	29.8%	-
1969	29.3%	-
1970	28.8%	-
1971	28.3%	-
1972	27.8%	-
1973	27.4%	-
1974	26.9%	-
1975	26.5%	10.8%
1976	26%	10.2%
1977	25.6%	9.55%
1978	25.3%	8.98%
1979	24.9%	8.45%
1980	24.6%	7.95%
1981	24.3%	7.48%
1982	24.1%	7.04%
1983	24%	6.63%
1984	24.1%	6.25%
1985	24.3%	5.89%
1986	24.7%	5.56%
1987	25.2%	5.25%
1988	25.8%	4.97%
1989	26.4%	4.72%
1990	26.8%	4.49%
1991	27%	4.28%
1992	26.9%	4.09%
1993	26.6%	3.92%
1994	25.9%	3.77%
1995	25.1%	3.62%
1996	24.1%	3.49%
1997	23%	3.36%
1998	21.8%	3.24%
1999	20.5%	3.13%
2000	19.2%	3.03%
2001	17.9%	2.94%
2002	16.7%	2.85%
2003	15.4%	2.77%
2004	14.3%	2.68%
2005	13.3%	2.6%
2006	12.5%	2.52%
2007	11.8%	2.43%
2008	11.3%	2.35%
2009	10.8%	2.28%
2010	10.4%	2.2%
2011	10.1%	2.12%
2012	9.82%	2.04%
2013	9.54%	1.97%
2014	9.5%	2.2%
2015	9.08%	1.83%
2016	8.83%	1.76%
2017	8.6%	1.69%
2018	8.4%	1.63%
2019	8.19%	1.57%
2020	7.97%	1.52%
2021	7.74%	1.47%
2022	7.51%	1.42%
2023	7.29%	2.63%