Fertility & birth rates in Libya and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Libya vs Switzerland 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 1.33 in Switzerland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	Switzerland
1960	7.51	2.44
1961	7.56	2.52
1962	7.61	2.58
1963	7.69	2.65
1964	7.75	2.66
1965	7.82	2.59
1966	7.89	2.5
1967	7.93	2.39
1968	7.97	2.29
1969	8.01	2.19
1970	8.05	2.1
1971	8.1	2.04
1972	8.07	1.91
1973	8.05	1.81
1974	8.02	1.73
1975	7.98	1.61
1976	7.93	1.55
1977	7.87	1.53
1978	7.79	1.51
1979	7.68	1.52
1980	7.54	1.55
1981	7.37	1.55
1982	7.16	1.56
1983	6.91	1.52
1984	6.62	1.53
1985	6.33	1.52
1986	6.02	1.53
1987	5.72	1.52
1988	5.41	1.57
1989	5.09	1.56
1990	4.78	1.58
1991	4.46	1.58
1992	4.16	1.58
1993	3.88	1.51
1994	3.65	1.49
1995	3.44	1.48
1996	3.26	1.5
1997	3.13	1.48
1998	3.04	1.47
1999	2.97	1.48
2000	2.91	1.5
2001	2.87	1.38
2002	2.83	1.39
2003	2.8	1.39
2004	2.77	1.42
2005	2.77	1.42
2006	2.7	1.44
2007	2.65	1.46
2008	2.6	1.48
2009	2.56	1.5
2010	2.6	1.52
2011	2.65	1.52
2012	2.68	1.52
2013	2.72	1.52
2014	2.75	1.54
2015	2.71	1.54
2016	2.67	1.54
2017	2.63	1.52
2018	2.58	1.52
2019	2.54	1.48
2020	2.51	1.46
2021	2.46	1.52
2022	2.4	1.39
2023	2.36	1.33
2024	2.3	1.33
2025	2.25	1.34
2026	2.21	1.34
2027	2.18	1.35
2028	2.14	1.35
2029	2.11	1.35
2030	2.08	1.35
2031	2.06	1.36
2032	2.03	1.36
2033	2.01	1.37
2034	1.99	1.37
2035	1.97	1.37
2036	1.95	1.38
2037	1.94	1.38
2038	1.92	1.38
2039	1.91	1.38
2040	1.9	1.39
2041	1.89	1.39
2042	1.88	1.39
2043	1.87	1.4
2044	1.86	1.4
2045	1.85	1.4
2046	1.84	1.4
2047	1.83	1.41
2048	1.83	1.41
2049	1.82	1.41
2050	1.82	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Libya	Switzerland
1960	43.6%	24%
1961	44.2%	24%
1962	44.8%	24.1%
1963	45.5%	24.1%
1964	46.1%	24.1%
1965	47%	24.1%
1966	48.4%	24.2%
1967	49.5%	24.1%
1968	50.3%	24%
1969	50.7%	23.8%
1970	50.9%	23.8%
1971	50.9%	23.7%
1972	50.9%	23.5%
1973	50.2%	23.2%
1974	49.3%	22.8%
1975	48.9%	22.4%
1976	48.6%	22%
1977	48.2%	21.4%
1978	48%	20.9%
1979	47.9%	20.3%
1980	47.7%	19.7%
1981	47.5%	19.2%
1982	47.3%	18.8%
1983	46.8%	18.3%
1984	46.1%	18%
1985	45.5%	17.6%
1986	44.8%	17.4%
1987	44.1%	17.2%
1988	43.4%	17.1%
1989	42.6%	17%
1990	41.7%	17.1%
1991	40.7%	17.2%
1992	39.7%	17.3%
1993	38.6%	17.5%
1994	37.4%	17.6%
1995	36.3%	17.6%
1996	35.2%	17.7%
1997	34.2%	17.6%
1998	33.3%	17.6%
1999	32.5%	17.5%
2000	32%	17.4%
2001	31.7%	17.1%
2002	31.5%	16.8%
2003	31.3%	16.6%
2004	31.2%	16.4%
2005	31.1%	16.1%
2006	30.9%	15.9%
2007	30.6%	15.6%
2008	30.3%	15.4%
2009	30.1%	15.3%
2010	29.9%	15.2%
2011	30.7%	15.1%
2012	31.5%	15%
2013	31.3%	14.9%
2014	31.1%	14.9%
2015	31%	14.9%
2016	30.9%	14.9%
2017	30.6%	14.9%
2018	30.3%	15%
2019	29.9%	15%
2020	29.5%	15.1%
2021	29%	15.1%
2022	28.5%	15.1%
2023	28%	15%
2024	27.4%	15%
2025	26.8%	14.9%
2026	26.2%	14.8%
2027	25.6%	14.7%
2028	25.1%	14.6%
2029	24.5%	14.5%
2030	23.9%	14.3%
2031	23.4%	14.1%
2032	23%	14%
2033	22.5%	13.8%
2034	22.1%	13.6%
2035	21.8%	13.5%
2036	21.5%	13.3%
2037	21.3%	13.2%
2038	21%	13.1%
2039	20.9%	13%
2040	20.7%	12.9%
2041	20.6%	12.8%
2042	20.5%	12.8%
2043	20.4%	12.7%
2044	20.3%	12.8%
2045	20.2%	12.8%
2046	20.1%	12.8%
2047	20%	12.9%
2048	19.9%	12.9%
2049	19.8%	13%
2050	19.6%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Libya and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Libya and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Libya vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Libya and +0.2% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	38,391	42,090
1961	42,167	48,365
1962	46,252	49,050
1963	50,421	52,956
1964	55,227	59,050
1965	59,134	56,222
1966	60,394	53,854
1967	61,889	52,128
1968	63,971	47,328
1969	66,782	44,182
1970	70,488	42,648
1971	74,934	38,523
1972	77,864	35,061
1973	81,256	30,906
1974	89,337	27,902
1975	94,862	22,820
1976	101,146	17,017
1977	107,769	16,959
1978	114,669	13,820
1979	121,469	14,477
1980	128,034	14,535
1981	130,233	13,979
1982	133,511	15,339
1983	122,183	12,837
1984	110,028	16,105
1985	110,194	14,882
1986	109,325	16,261
1987	107,761	15,708
1988	105,469	21,099
1989	102,823	19,941
1990	99,898	20,146
1991	96,582	23,800
1992	93,568	24,064
1993	90,553	21,509
1994	88,765	20,982
1995	87,661	19,010
1996	86,945	19,801
1997	86,899	17,722
1998	87,613	16,353
1999	88,743	16,431
2000	89,814	15,806
2001	93,370	10,845
2002	97,598	10,199
2003	102,144	8,807
2004	107,144	13,302
2005	112,823	11,899
2006	115,645	12,723
2007	116,704	13,592
2008	117,481	15,295
2009	118,102	15,487
2010	122,926	17,997
2011	121,016	18,990
2012	108,855	18,393
2013	110,772	17,797
2014	110,420	21,290
2015	108,096	19,050
2016	105,265	22,608
2017	103,891	20,284
2018	101,619	20,434
2019	97,842	18,008
2020	92,950	9,502
2021	88,005	18,279
2022	91,951	7,899
2023	75,760	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Libya vs Switzerland

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 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.08% in Libya and 0.39% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	27.7%	2.65%
1961	26%	2.6%
1962	24.3%	2.53%
1963	22.7%	2.45%
1964	21.2%	2.36%
1965	19.7%	2.26%
1966	18.3%	2.16%
1967	17%	2.07%
1968	15.8%	1.99%
1969	14.7%	1.92%
1970	13.6%	1.84%
1971	12.6%	1.76%
1972	11.7%	1.67%
1973	10.9%	1.57%
1974	10.2%	1.48%
1975	9.5%	1.38%
1976	8.91%	1.29%
1977	8.39%	1.21%
1978	7.92%	1.14%
1979	7.5%	1.09%
1980	7.11%	1.04%
1981	6.76%	1%
1982	6.42%	0.97%
1983	6.1%	0.94%
1984	5.79%	0.92%
1985	5.5%	0.9%
1986	5.21%	0.89%
1987	4.94%	0.88%
1988	4.67%	0.86%
1989	4.42%	0.84%
1990	4.19%	0.82%
1991	3.98%	0.78%
1992	3.78%	0.75%
1993	3.61%	0.71%
1994	3.46%	0.67%
1995	3.32%	0.64%
1996	3.2%	0.62%
1997	3.09%	0.6%
1998	2.99%	0.58%
1999	2.9%	0.57%
2000	2.81%	0.56%
2001	2.73%	0.55%
2002	2.65%	0.54%
2003	2.55%	0.53%
2004	2.44%	0.52%
2005	2.31%	0.51%
2006	2.17%	0.49%
2007	2.02%	0.48%
2008	1.88%	0.47%
2009	1.76%	0.46%
2010	1.66%	0.46%
2011	1.96%	0.45%
2012	1.51%	0.44%
2013	1.45%	0.44%
2014	1.39%	0.43%
2015	1.33%	0.43%
2016	1.28%	0.42%
2017	1.24%	0.41%
2018	1.19%	0.41%
2019	1.16%	0.4%
2020	1.12%	0.4%
2021	1.08%	0.4%
2022	1.05%	0.4%
2023	3.08%	0.39%