Fertility & birth rates in Libya and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Libya vs Montenegro chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Libya was 2.36 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Libya vs Montenegro population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	Montenegro
1960	7.51	3.53
1961	7.56	3.49
1962	7.61	3.44
1963	7.69	3.38
1964	7.75	3.28
1965	7.82	3.19
1966	7.89	3.09
1967	7.93	2.91
1968	7.97	2.8
1969	8.01	2.79
1970	8.05	2.69
1971	8.1	2.67
1972	8.07	2.61
1973	8.05	2.51
1974	8.02	2.43
1975	7.98	2.38
1976	7.93	2.35
1977	7.87	2.31
1978	7.79	2.25
1979	7.68	2.2
1980	7.54	2.22
1981	7.37	2.19
1982	7.16	2.19
1983	6.91	2.17
1984	6.62	2.14
1985	6.33	2.13
1986	6.02	2.09
1987	5.72	2.07
1988	5.41	2.01
1989	5.09	1.94
1990	4.78	1.95
1991	4.46	2.02
1992	4.16	2.01
1993	3.88	1.96
1994	3.65	1.94
1995	3.44	1.96
1996	3.26	1.92
1997	3.13	1.89
1998	3.04	1.89
1999	2.97	1.88
2000	2.91	1.9
2001	2.87	1.86
2002	2.83	1.81
2003	2.8	1.8
2004	2.77	1.73
2005	2.77	1.69
2006	2.7	1.73
2007	2.65	1.8
2008	2.6	1.89
2009	2.56	1.98
2010	2.6	1.7
2011	2.65	1.65
2012	2.68	1.72
2013	2.72	1.73
2014	2.75	1.75
2015	2.71	1.7
2016	2.67	1.8
2017	2.63	1.8
2018	2.58	1.8
2019	2.54	1.8
2020	2.51	1.75
2021	2.46	1.75
2022	2.4	1.8
2023	2.36	1.74
2024	2.3	1.74
2025	2.25	1.73
2026	2.21	1.73
2027	2.18	1.73
2028	2.14	1.73
2029	2.11	1.72
2030	2.08	1.72
2031	2.06	1.72
2032	2.03	1.71
2033	2.01	1.71
2034	1.99	1.71
2035	1.97	1.7
2036	1.95	1.7
2037	1.94	1.7
2038	1.92	1.69
2039	1.91	1.69
2040	1.9	1.69
2041	1.89	1.69
2042	1.88	1.68
2043	1.87	1.68
2044	1.86	1.68
2045	1.85	1.68
2046	1.84	1.68
2047	1.83	1.67
2048	1.83	1.67
2049	1.82	1.67
2050	1.82	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Libya	Montenegro
1960	43.6%	36.1%
1961	44.2%	36.3%
1962	44.8%	36.4%
1963	45.5%	36.2%
1964	46.1%	35.9%
1965	47%	35.5%
1966	48.4%	35.1%
1967	49.5%	34.5%
1968	50.3%	33.9%
1969	50.7%	33.3%
1970	50.9%	32.6%
1971	50.9%	32%
1972	50.9%	31.4%
1973	50.2%	30.9%
1974	49.3%	30.4%
1975	48.9%	29.9%
1976	48.6%	29.5%
1977	48.2%	29%
1978	48%	28.5%
1979	47.9%	28.1%
1980	47.7%	27.8%
1981	47.5%	27.5%
1982	47.3%	27.1%
1983	46.8%	26.9%
1984	46.1%	26.6%
1985	45.5%	26.4%
1986	44.8%	26.2%
1987	44.1%	26%
1988	43.4%	25.9%
1989	42.6%	25.7%
1990	41.7%	25.6%
1991	40.7%	25.4%
1992	39.7%	25.1%
1993	38.6%	24.7%
1994	37.4%	24.4%
1995	36.3%	24%
1996	35.2%	23.6%
1997	34.2%	23.2%
1998	33.3%	22.8%
1999	32.5%	22.4%
2000	32%	21.9%
2001	31.7%	21.5%
2002	31.5%	21.2%
2003	31.3%	20.9%
2004	31.2%	20.6%
2005	31.1%	20.4%
2006	30.9%	20.1%
2007	30.6%	19.9%
2008	30.3%	19.6%
2009	30.1%	19.4%
2010	29.9%	19.2%
2011	30.7%	19%
2012	31.5%	18.8%
2013	31.3%	18.7%
2014	31.1%	18.6%
2015	31%	18.6%
2016	30.9%	18.6%
2017	30.6%	18.5%
2018	30.3%	18.4%
2019	29.9%	18.4%
2020	29.5%	18.4%
2021	29%	18.5%
2022	28.5%	18.5%
2023	28%	18.3%
2024	27.4%	18.1%
2025	26.8%	17.9%
2026	26.2%	17.7%
2027	25.6%	17.5%
2028	25.1%	17.2%
2029	24.5%	17%
2030	23.9%	16.8%
2031	23.4%	16.6%
2032	23%	16.3%
2033	22.5%	16.2%
2034	22.1%	16%
2035	21.8%	15.8%
2036	21.5%	15.7%
2037	21.3%	15.5%
2038	21%	15.4%
2039	20.9%	15.3%
2040	20.7%	15.2%
2041	20.6%	15.1%
2042	20.5%	15.1%
2043	20.4%	15%
2044	20.3%	15%
2045	20.2%	15%
2046	20.1%	14.9%
2047	20%	14.9%
2048	19.9%	14.9%
2049	19.8%	14.9%
2050	19.6%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Libya and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Libya and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Libya vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Libya and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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
	Libya	Montenegro
1960	38,391	9,144
1961	42,167	9,278
1962	46,252	9,402
1963	50,421	9,449
1964	55,227	9,227
1965	59,134	9,010
1966	60,394	8,661
1967	61,889	7,961
1968	63,971	7,497
1969	66,782	7,449
1970	70,488	7,069
1971	74,934	7,168
1972	77,864	7,252
1973	81,256	7,096
1974	89,337	6,919
1975	94,862	6,878
1976	101,146	6,845
1977	107,769	6,650
1978	114,669	6,408
1979	121,469	6,139
1980	128,034	6,383
1981	130,233	6,275
1982	133,511	6,419
1983	122,183	6,482
1984	110,028	6,337
1985	110,194	6,283
1986	109,325	6,097
1987	107,761	5,958
1988	105,469	5,529
1989	102,823	5,129
1990	99,898	5,010
1991	96,582	5,191
1992	93,568	5,015
1993	90,553	4,638
1994	88,765	4,381
1995	87,661	4,527
1996	86,945	4,155
1997	86,899	3,597
1998	87,613	3,889
1999	88,743	3,454
2000	89,814	3,751
2001	93,370	3,462
2002	97,598	2,988
2003	102,144	2,632
2004	107,144	2,146
2005	112,823	1,536
2006	115,645	1,599
2007	116,704	1,848
2008	117,481	2,530
2009	118,102	2,783
2010	122,926	1,797
2011	121,016	1,365
2012	108,855	1,554
2013	110,772	1,557
2014	110,420	1,560
2015	108,096	1,062
2016	105,265	1,125
2017	103,891	939
2018	101,619	752
2019	97,842	627
2020	92,950	-188
2021	88,005	-2,062
2022	91,951	0
2023	75,760	686

Maternal mortality chart: Libya vs Montenegro

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Libya, compared to 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Libya	Montenegro
1985	86	11
1986	82	11
1987	77	10
1988	74	10
1989	70	10
1990	67	10
1991	64	11
1992	61	11
1993	60	11
1994	59	11
1995	59	11
1996	61	12
1997	64	12
1998	67	12
1999	69	12
2000	71	11
2001	71	11
2002	69	10
2003	68	10
2004	67	9
2005	66	8
2006	66	8
2007	67	8
2008	68	8
2009	70	8
2010	71	7
2011	81	7
2012	74	7
2013	75	7
2014	77	7
2015	76	7
2016	74	6
2017	69	7
2018	66	7
2019	65	6
2020	71	15
2021	98	15
2022	60	13
2023	59	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.08% in Libya and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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
	Libya	Montenegro
1960	27.7%	-
1961	26%	-
1962	24.3%	-
1963	22.7%	-
1964	21.2%	-
1965	19.7%	-
1966	18.3%	-
1967	17%	-
1968	15.8%	-
1969	14.7%	-
1970	13.6%	-
1971	12.6%	-
1972	11.7%	-
1973	10.9%	-
1974	10.2%	-
1975	9.5%	-
1976	8.91%	-
1977	8.39%	-
1978	7.92%	-
1979	7.5%	-
1980	7.11%	-
1981	6.76%	-
1982	6.42%	-
1983	6.1%	-
1984	5.79%	2.72%
1985	5.5%	2.48%
1986	5.21%	2.25%
1987	4.94%	2.05%
1988	4.67%	1.89%
1989	4.42%	1.75%
1990	4.19%	1.65%
1991	3.98%	1.58%
1992	3.78%	1.54%
1993	3.61%	1.52%
1994	3.46%	1.51%
1995	3.32%	1.51%
1996	3.2%	1.51%
1997	3.09%	1.51%
1998	2.99%	1.49%
1999	2.9%	1.46%
2000	2.81%	1.42%
2001	2.73%	1.37%
2002	2.65%	1.3%
2003	2.55%	1.22%
2004	2.44%	1.14%
2005	2.31%	1.06%
2006	2.17%	0.97%
2007	2.02%	0.89%
2008	1.88%	0.8%
2009	1.76%	0.73%
2010	1.66%	0.66%
2011	1.96%	0.59%
2012	1.51%	0.54%
2013	1.45%	0.49%
2014	1.39%	0.45%
2015	1.33%	0.41%
2016	1.28%	0.38%
2017	1.24%	0.36%
2018	1.19%	0.33%
2019	1.16%	0.32%
2020	1.12%	0.3%
2021	1.08%	0.28%
2022	1.05%	0.27%
2023	3.08%	0.26%