Fertility & birth rates in Libya and Suriname

Fertility rate in Libya vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Libya vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	7.51	6.59
1961	7.56	6.58
1962	7.61	6.57
1963	7.69	6.51
1964	7.75	6.43
1965	7.82	6.32
1966	7.89	6.2
1967	7.93	6.04
1968	7.97	5.86
1969	8.01	5.7
1970	8.05	5.53
1971	8.1	5.36
1972	8.07	5.18
1973	8.05	5.01
1974	8.02	4.81
1975	7.98	4.63
1976	7.93	4.45
1977	7.87	4.26
1978	7.79	4.08
1979	7.68	3.93
1980	7.54	3.79
1981	7.37	3.75
1982	7.16	3.82
1983	6.91	3.87
1984	6.62	3.8
1985	6.33	3.71
1986	6.02	3.61
1987	5.72	3.53
1988	5.41	3.46
1989	5.09	3.39
1990	4.78	3.23
1991	4.46	3.09
1992	4.16	3.01
1993	3.88	2.94
1994	3.65	2.9
1995	3.44	2.9
1996	3.26	2.92
1997	3.13	2.95
1998	3.04	2.99
1999	2.97	3.02
2000	2.91	3.05
2001	2.87	3.06
2002	2.83	2.96
2003	2.8	2.84
2004	2.77	2.74
2005	2.77	2.71
2006	2.7	2.73
2007	2.65	2.74
2008	2.6	2.73
2009	2.56	2.71
2010	2.6	2.69
2011	2.65	2.67
2012	2.68	2.67
2013	2.72	2.65
2014	2.75	2.62
2015	2.71	2.57
2016	2.67	2.5
2017	2.63	2.43
2018	2.58	2.38
2019	2.54	2.35
2020	2.51	2.31
2021	2.46	2.3
2022	2.4	2.27
2023	2.36	2.25
2024	2.3	2.23
2025	2.25	2.21
2026	2.21	2.19
2027	2.18	2.16
2028	2.14	2.14
2029	2.11	2.13
2030	2.08	2.11
2031	2.06	2.09
2032	2.03	2.08
2033	2.01	2.06
2034	1.99	2.05
2035	1.97	2.04
2036	1.95	2.02
2037	1.94	2.01
2038	1.92	2
2039	1.91	1.99
2040	1.9	1.98
2041	1.89	1.97
2042	1.88	1.96
2043	1.87	1.95
2044	1.86	1.94
2045	1.85	1.93
2046	1.84	1.92
2047	1.83	1.91
2048	1.83	1.9
2049	1.82	1.9
2050	1.82	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Libya	Suriname
1960	43.6%	44.5%
1961	44.2%	44.6%
1962	44.8%	45.1%
1963	45.5%	46.1%
1964	46.1%	46.8%
1965	47%	47.4%
1966	48.4%	48%
1967	49.5%	48.5%
1968	50.3%	48.8%
1969	50.7%	48.9%
1970	50.9%	48.8%
1971	50.9%	48.5%
1972	50.9%	47.8%
1973	50.2%	46.8%
1974	49.3%	46%
1975	48.9%	45.1%
1976	48.6%	44.3%
1977	48.2%	43.4%
1978	48%	42.6%
1979	47.9%	41.8%
1980	47.7%	41%
1981	47.5%	40.1%
1982	47.3%	39.5%
1983	46.8%	39%
1984	46.1%	38.6%
1985	45.5%	38.3%
1986	44.8%	38%
1987	44.1%	37.8%
1988	43.4%	37.7%
1989	42.6%	37.5%
1990	41.7%	37.4%
1991	40.7%	37.3%
1992	39.7%	37.2%
1993	38.6%	37.1%
1994	37.4%	37%
1995	36.3%	36.7%
1996	35.2%	36.1%
1997	34.2%	35.3%
1998	33.3%	34.5%
1999	32.5%	33.7%
2000	32%	33%
2001	31.7%	32.3%
2002	31.5%	31.8%
2003	31.3%	31.3%
2004	31.2%	31%
2005	31.1%	30.9%
2006	30.9%	30.8%
2007	30.6%	30.7%
2008	30.3%	30.6%
2009	30.1%	30.5%
2010	29.9%	30.3%
2011	30.7%	30%
2012	31.5%	29.8%
2013	31.3%	29.4%
2014	31.1%	29.1%
2015	31%	28.7%
2016	30.9%	28.3%
2017	30.6%	27.9%
2018	30.3%	27.5%
2019	29.9%	27.2%
2020	29.5%	26.8%
2021	29%	26.5%
2022	28.5%	26.3%
2023	28%	25.9%
2024	27.4%	25.6%
2025	26.8%	25.3%
2026	26.2%	25%
2027	25.6%	24.8%
2028	25.1%	24.5%
2029	24.5%	24.2%
2030	23.9%	23.9%
2031	23.4%	23.6%
2032	23%	23.4%
2033	22.5%	23.2%
2034	22.1%	23%
2035	21.8%	22.8%
2036	21.5%	22.6%
2037	21.3%	22.4%
2038	21%	22.2%
2039	20.9%	22%
2040	20.7%	21.8%
2041	20.6%	21.6%
2042	20.5%	21.4%
2043	20.4%	21.3%
2044	20.3%	21.1%
2045	20.2%	20.9%
2046	20.1%	20.7%
2047	20%	20.5%
2048	19.9%	20.3%
2049	19.8%	20.1%
2050	19.6%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Libya and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Libya and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Libya vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Libya and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	38,391	8,170
1961	42,167	8,361
1962	46,252	8,529
1963	50,421	8,838
1964	55,227	9,174
1965	59,134	9,270
1966	60,394	9,243
1967	61,889	9,104
1968	63,971	8,980
1969	66,782	8,880
1970	70,488	8,823
1971	74,934	8,814
1972	77,864	8,893
1973	81,256	8,877
1974	89,337	8,751
1975	94,862	8,587
1976	101,146	8,327
1977	107,769	7,998
1978	114,669	7,650
1979	121,469	7,312
1980	128,034	7,002
1981	130,233	7,541
1982	133,511	8,197
1983	122,183	8,797
1984	110,028	9,031
1985	110,194	9,177
1986	109,325	9,222
1987	107,761	9,319
1988	105,469	9,347
1989	102,823	9,441
1990	99,898	9,047
1991	96,582	8,637
1992	93,568	8,355
1993	90,553	8,127
1994	88,765	7,929
1995	87,661	7,968
1996	86,945	8,031
1997	86,899	8,106
1998	87,613	8,173
1999	88,743	8,236
2000	89,814	8,323
2001	93,370	8,349
2002	97,598	7,916
2003	102,144	7,396
2004	107,144	6,948
2005	112,823	7,037
2006	115,645	7,278
2007	116,704	7,468
2008	117,481	7,552
2009	118,102	7,559
2010	122,926	7,489
2011	121,016	7,401
2012	108,855	7,405
2013	110,772	7,350
2014	110,420	7,284
2015	108,096	7,150
2016	105,265	6,979
2017	103,891	6,772
2018	101,619	6,613
2019	97,842	6,564
2020	92,950	6,640
2021	88,005	5,291
2022	91,951	6,719
2023	75,760	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Libya vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Libya	Suriname
1985	86	386
1986	82	377
1987	77	372
1988	74	364
1989	70	360
1990	67	350
1991	64	347
1992	61	346
1993	60	343
1994	59	334
1995	59	331
1996	61	323
1997	64	312
1998	67	302
1999	69	291
2000	71	282
2001	71	270
2002	69	253
2003	68	238
2004	67	219
2005	66	202
2006	66	187
2007	67	173
2008	68	161
2009	70	147
2010	71	134
2011	81	126
2012	74	122
2013	75	121
2014	77	120
2015	76	115
2016	74	109
2017	69	105
2018	66	101
2019	65	97
2020	71	94
2021	98	144
2022	60	88
2023	59	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.08% in Libya and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	5.67%
1984	5.79%	5.49%
1985	5.5%	5.31%
1986	5.21%	5.13%
1987	4.94%	4.97%
1988	4.67%	4.81%
1989	4.42%	4.65%
1990	4.19%	4.49%
1991	3.98%	4.34%
1992	3.78%	4.19%
1993	3.61%	4.03%
1994	3.46%	3.88%
1995	3.32%	3.74%
1996	3.2%	3.6%
1997	3.09%	3.47%
1998	2.99%	3.34%
1999	2.9%	3.22%
2000	2.81%	3.11%
2001	2.73%	3%
2002	2.65%	2.9%
2003	2.55%	2.81%
2004	2.44%	2.72%
2005	2.31%	2.64%
2006	2.17%	2.57%
2007	2.02%	2.5%
2008	1.88%	2.44%
2009	1.76%	2.38%
2010	1.66%	2.32%
2011	1.96%	2.26%
2012	1.51%	2.21%
2013	1.45%	2.16%
2014	1.39%	2.11%
2015	1.33%	2.05%
2016	1.28%	2%
2017	1.24%	1.95%
2018	1.19%	1.9%
2019	1.16%	1.84%
2020	1.12%	1.78%
2021	1.08%	1.73%
2022	1.05%	1.68%
2023	3.08%	1.62%