Fertility & birth rates in Libya and South Korea

Fertility rate in Libya vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Libya vs South Korea 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	South Korea
1960	7.51	5.99
1961	7.56	5.8
1962	7.61	5.56
1963	7.69	5.33
1964	7.75	5.07
1965	7.82	4.89
1966	7.89	4.78
1967	7.93	4.62
1968	7.97	4.51
1969	8.01	4.45
1970	8.05	4.53
1971	8.1	4.54
1972	8.07	4.12
1973	8.05	4.07
1974	8.02	3.77
1975	7.98	3.43
1976	7.93	3
1977	7.87	2.99
1978	7.79	2.64
1979	7.68	2.9
1980	7.54	2.82
1981	7.37	2.57
1982	7.16	2.39
1983	6.91	2.06
1984	6.62	1.74
1985	6.33	1.66
1986	6.02	1.58
1987	5.72	1.53
1988	5.41	1.55
1989	5.09	1.56
1990	4.78	1.57
1991	4.46	1.71
1992	4.16	1.76
1993	3.88	1.65
1994	3.65	1.66
1995	3.44	1.63
1996	3.26	1.57
1997	3.13	1.54
1998	3.04	1.46
1999	2.97	1.43
2000	2.91	1.48
2001	2.87	1.31
2002	2.83	1.18
2003	2.8	1.19
2004	2.77	1.16
2005	2.77	1.09
2006	2.7	1.13
2007	2.65	1.26
2008	2.6	1.19
2009	2.56	1.15
2010	2.6	1.23
2011	2.65	1.24
2012	2.68	1.3
2013	2.72	1.19
2014	2.75	1.21
2015	2.71	1.24
2016	2.67	1.17
2017	2.63	1.05
2018	2.58	0.98
2019	2.54	0.92
2020	2.51	0.84
2021	2.46	0.81
2022	2.4	0.78
2023	2.36	0.72
2024	2.3	0.73
2025	2.25	0.75
2026	2.21	0.76
2027	2.18	0.78
2028	2.14	0.79
2029	2.11	0.8
2030	2.08	0.82
2031	2.06	0.83
2032	2.03	0.84
2033	2.01	0.85
2034	1.99	0.86
2035	1.97	0.88
2036	1.95	0.89
2037	1.94	0.9
2038	1.92	0.91
2039	1.91	0.92
2040	1.9	0.93
2041	1.89	0.95
2042	1.88	0.96
2043	1.87	0.96
2044	1.86	0.97
2045	1.85	0.98
2046	1.84	0.99
2047	1.83	1
2048	1.83	1.01
2049	1.82	1.02
2050	1.82	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Libya	South Korea
1960	43.6%	41.3%
1961	44.2%	41.8%
1962	44.8%	42.3%
1963	45.5%	42.7%
1964	46.1%	43.1%
1965	47%	43.3%
1966	48.4%	43.5%
1967	49.5%	43.3%
1968	50.3%	43.1%
1969	50.7%	42.7%
1970	50.9%	42.1%
1971	50.9%	41.5%
1972	50.9%	41%
1973	50.2%	40.3%
1974	49.3%	39.5%
1975	48.9%	38.5%
1976	48.6%	37.5%
1977	48.2%	36.5%
1978	48%	35.6%
1979	47.9%	34.8%
1980	47.7%	34%
1981	47.5%	33.3%
1982	47.3%	32.7%
1983	46.8%	32%
1984	46.1%	31.2%
1985	45.5%	30.2%
1986	44.8%	29.2%
1987	44.1%	28.2%
1988	43.4%	27.3%
1989	42.6%	26.5%
1990	41.7%	25.8%
1991	40.7%	25.2%
1992	39.7%	24.7%
1993	38.6%	24.2%
1994	37.4%	23.7%
1995	36.3%	23.1%
1996	35.2%	22.5%
1997	34.2%	22%
1998	33.3%	21.6%
1999	32.5%	21.2%
2000	32%	21%
2001	31.7%	20.8%
2002	31.5%	20.5%
2003	31.3%	20.1%
2004	31.2%	19.7%
2005	31.1%	19.2%
2006	30.9%	18.7%
2007	30.6%	18.1%
2008	30.3%	17.5%
2009	30.1%	16.9%
2010	29.9%	16.4%
2011	30.7%	15.8%
2012	31.5%	15.2%
2013	31.3%	14.7%
2014	31.1%	14.2%
2015	31%	13.8%
2016	30.9%	13.4%
2017	30.6%	13%
2018	30.3%	12.7%
2019	29.9%	12.4%
2020	29.5%	12.1%
2021	29%	11.8%
2022	28.5%	11.4%
2023	28%	11%
2024	27.4%	10.6%
2025	26.8%	10.2%
2026	26.2%	9.82%
2027	25.6%	9.42%
2028	25.1%	9.06%
2029	24.5%	8.75%
2030	23.9%	8.43%
2031	23.4%	8.15%
2032	23%	7.94%
2033	22.5%	7.79%
2034	22.1%	7.7%
2035	21.8%	7.66%
2036	21.5%	7.65%
2037	21.3%	7.66%
2038	21%	7.68%
2039	20.9%	7.71%
2040	20.7%	7.73%
2041	20.6%	7.75%
2042	20.5%	7.76%
2043	20.4%	7.77%
2044	20.3%	7.78%
2045	20.2%	7.79%
2046	20.1%	7.8%
2047	20%	7.81%
2048	19.9%	7.82%
2049	19.8%	7.82%
2050	19.6%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Libya and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Libya and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Libya vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Libya and +0.06% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	38,391	728,010
1961	42,167	730,173
1962	46,252	712,590
1963	50,421	685,824
1964	55,227	655,501
1965	59,134	641,090
1966	60,394	623,534
1967	61,889	692,169
1968	63,971	684,487
1969	66,782	694,227
1970	70,488	747,987
1971	74,934	789,185
1972	77,864	740,469
1973	81,256	699,115
1974	89,337	673,030
1975	94,862	603,300
1976	101,146	530,558
1977	107,769	578,947
1978	114,669	499,084
1979	121,469	623,068
1980	128,034	583,294
1981	130,233	631,189
1982	133,511	605,626
1983	122,183	514,844
1984	110,028	436,384
1985	110,194	416,219
1986	109,325	395,651
1987	107,761	378,758
1988	105,469	399,297
1989	102,823	403,266
1990	99,898	411,546
1991	96,582	467,594
1992	93,568	494,352
1993	90,553	477,302
1994	88,765	473,200
1995	87,661	468,967
1996	86,945	446,142
1997	86,899	422,773
1998	87,613	393,436
1999	88,743	368,272
2000	89,814	390,167
2001	93,370	312,643
2002	97,598	247,752
2003	102,144	244,251
2004	107,144	225,988
2005	112,823	187,920
2006	115,645	203,441
2007	116,704	248,286
2008	117,481	215,841
2009	118,102	197,231
2010	122,926	213,083
2011	121,016	214,728
2012	108,855	215,859
2013	110,772	166,415
2014	110,420	167,464
2015	108,096	163,248
2016	105,265	122,923
2017	103,891	71,907
2018	101,619	30,951
2019	97,842	10,353
2020	92,950	-31,101
2021	88,005	-56,947
2022	91,951	-124,014
2023	75,760	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Libya vs South Korea

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 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Libya	South Korea
1985	86	38
1986	82	35
1987	77	34
1988	74	31
1989	70	29
1990	67	28
1991	64	28
1992	61	26
1993	60	24
1994	59	23
1995	59	22
1996	61	20
1997	64	19
1998	67	18
1999	69	17
2000	71	15
2001	71	14
2002	69	13
2003	68	13
2004	67	12
2005	66	11
2006	66	10
2007	67	10
2008	68	9
2009	70	9
2010	71	8
2011	81	8
2012	74	8
2013	75	7
2014	77	7
2015	76	6
2016	74	6
2017	69	6
2018	66	5
2019	65	5
2020	71	12
2021	98	5
2022	60	7
2023	59	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.08% in Libya and 0.28% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	27.7%	11.2%
1961	26%	10.6%
1962	24.3%	10.1%
1963	22.7%	9.67%
1964	21.2%	9.18%
1965	19.7%	8.68%
1966	18.3%	8.16%
1967	17%	7.62%
1968	15.8%	7.1%
1969	14.7%	6.59%
1970	13.6%	6.12%
1971	12.6%	5.71%
1972	11.7%	5.36%
1973	10.9%	5.07%
1974	10.2%	4.82%
1975	9.5%	4.61%
1976	8.91%	4.42%
1977	8.39%	4.23%
1978	7.92%	4.04%
1979	7.5%	3.84%
1980	7.11%	3.63%
1981	6.76%	3.4%
1982	6.42%	3.17%
1983	6.1%	2.93%
1984	5.79%	2.7%
1985	5.5%	2.46%
1986	5.21%	2.25%
1987	4.94%	2.05%
1988	4.67%	1.87%
1989	4.42%	1.71%
1990	4.19%	1.57%
1991	3.98%	1.44%
1992	3.78%	1.33%
1993	3.61%	1.23%
1994	3.46%	1.14%
1995	3.32%	1.05%
1996	3.2%	0.98%
1997	3.09%	0.91%
1998	2.99%	0.85%
1999	2.9%	0.8%
2000	2.81%	0.75%
2001	2.73%	0.71%
2002	2.65%	0.68%
2003	2.55%	0.64%
2004	2.44%	0.6%
2005	2.31%	0.56%
2006	2.17%	0.52%
2007	2.02%	0.48%
2008	1.88%	0.45%
2009	1.76%	0.43%
2010	1.66%	0.41%
2011	1.96%	0.4%
2012	1.51%	0.38%
2013	1.45%	0.37%
2014	1.39%	0.36%
2015	1.33%	0.35%
2016	1.28%	0.34%
2017	1.24%	0.33%
2018	1.19%	0.32%
2019	1.16%	0.31%
2020	1.12%	0.3%
2021	1.08%	0.29%
2022	1.05%	0.28%
2023	3.08%	0.28%