Fertility & birth rates in Libya and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Libya vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	7.51	6.61
1961	7.56	6.75
1962	7.61	6.88
1963	7.69	6.81
1964	7.75	6.82
1965	7.82	6.81
1966	7.89	6.66
1967	7.93	6.57
1968	7.97	6.39
1969	8.01	6.34
1970	8.05	6.31
1971	8.1	6.28
1972	8.07	6.25
1973	8.05	6.16
1974	8.02	6.05
1975	7.98	5.92
1976	7.93	5.75
1977	7.87	5.54
1978	7.79	5.28
1979	7.68	5.16
1980	7.54	5.04
1981	7.37	4.91
1982	7.16	4.82
1983	6.91	4.71
1984	6.62	4.73
1985	6.33	4.69
1986	6.02	4.68
1987	5.72	4.53
1988	5.41	4.26
1989	5.09	4.1
1990	4.78	4.12
1991	4.46	4.19
1992	4.16	4.06
1993	3.88	3.86
1994	3.65	3.66
1995	3.44	3.57
1996	3.26	3.39
1997	3.13	3.19
1998	3.04	2.99
1999	2.97	2.83
2000	2.91	2.7
2001	2.87	2.61
2002	2.83	2.58
2003	2.8	2.5
2004	2.77	2.5
2005	2.77	2.44
2006	2.7	2.46
2007	2.65	2.57
2008	2.6	2.64
2009	2.56	2.56
2010	2.6	2.44
2011	2.65	2.35
2012	2.68	2.34
2013	2.72	2.44
2014	2.75	2.55
2015	2.71	2.58
2016	2.67	2.56
2017	2.63	2.57
2018	2.58	2.71
2019	2.54	2.87
2020	2.51	3.06
2021	2.46	3.27
2022	2.4	3.4
2023	2.36	3.5
2024	2.3	3.49
2025	2.25	3.45
2026	2.21	3.4
2027	2.18	3.36
2028	2.14	3.31
2029	2.11	3.27
2030	2.08	3.22
2031	2.06	3.18
2032	2.03	3.13
2033	2.01	3.09
2034	1.99	3.05
2035	1.97	3.01
2036	1.95	2.98
2037	1.94	2.94
2038	1.92	2.91
2039	1.91	2.87
2040	1.9	2.84
2041	1.89	2.81
2042	1.88	2.78
2043	1.87	2.75
2044	1.86	2.72
2045	1.85	2.69
2046	1.84	2.66
2047	1.83	2.63
2048	1.83	2.6
2049	1.82	2.58
2050	1.82	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Libya	Uzbekistan
1960	43.6%	39.8%
1961	44.2%	41.2%
1962	44.8%	42.4%
1963	45.5%	43.4%
1964	46.1%	44.2%
1965	47%	44.7%
1966	48.4%	44.8%
1967	49.5%	44.9%
1968	50.3%	44.8%
1969	50.7%	44.7%
1970	50.9%	44.6%
1971	50.9%	44.4%
1972	50.9%	44.3%
1973	50.2%	44%
1974	49.3%	43.7%
1975	48.9%	43.3%
1976	48.6%	42.8%
1977	48.2%	42.3%
1978	48%	41.7%
1979	47.9%	41.2%
1980	47.7%	40.8%
1981	47.5%	40.5%
1982	47.3%	40.3%
1983	46.8%	40.1%
1984	46.1%	40.1%
1985	45.5%	40.1%
1986	44.8%	40.1%
1987	44.1%	40.1%
1988	43.4%	40%
1989	42.6%	39.9%
1990	41.7%	39.9%
1991	40.7%	39.9%
1992	39.7%	39.8%
1993	38.6%	39.8%
1994	37.4%	39.7%
1995	36.3%	39.4%
1996	35.2%	39.2%
1997	34.2%	38.8%
1998	33.3%	38.2%
1999	32.5%	37.5%
2000	32%	36.7%
2001	31.7%	35.8%
2002	31.5%	34.9%
2003	31.3%	34%
2004	31.2%	33.1%
2005	31.1%	32.3%
2006	30.9%	31.4%
2007	30.6%	30.6%
2008	30.3%	29.9%
2009	30.1%	29.4%
2010	29.9%	28.9%
2011	30.7%	28.5%
2012	31.5%	28.2%
2013	31.3%	28.1%
2014	31.1%	28.1%
2015	31%	28.3%
2016	30.9%	28.5%
2017	30.6%	28.8%
2018	30.3%	29%
2019	29.9%	29.3%
2020	29.5%	29.7%
2021	29%	30.2%
2022	28.5%	30.6%
2023	28%	30.9%
2024	27.4%	31.1%
2025	26.8%	31.3%
2026	26.2%	31.5%
2027	25.6%	31.6%
2028	25.1%	31.6%
2029	24.5%	31.6%
2030	23.9%	31.4%
2031	23.4%	31.3%
2032	23%	31.1%
2033	22.5%	30.9%
2034	22.1%	30.6%
2035	21.8%	30.3%
2036	21.5%	29.8%
2037	21.3%	29.3%
2038	21%	28.8%
2039	20.9%	28.3%
2040	20.7%	28%
2041	20.6%	27.6%
2042	20.5%	27.4%
2043	20.4%	27.2%
2044	20.3%	27%
2045	20.2%	26.9%
2046	20.1%	26.8%
2047	20%	26.8%
2048	19.9%	26.7%
2049	19.8%	26.7%
2050	19.6%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Libya and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Libya and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Libya vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Libya and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	38,391	267,165
1961	42,167	279,841
1962	46,252	292,788
1963	50,421	293,432
1964	55,227	298,790
1965	59,134	302,264
1966	60,394	297,844
1967	61,889	298,350
1968	63,971	295,651
1969	66,782	302,833
1970	70,488	313,216
1971	74,934	323,171
1972	77,864	333,230
1973	81,256	341,807
1974	89,337	350,422
1975	94,862	357,382
1976	101,146	363,110
1977	107,769	369,572
1978	114,669	372,068
1979	121,469	387,754
1980	128,034	401,557
1981	130,233	413,897
1982	133,511	431,389
1983	122,183	454,464
1984	110,028	485,617
1985	110,194	508,893
1986	109,325	533,234
1987	107,761	537,292
1988	105,469	525,126
1989	102,823	522,323
1990	99,898	540,581
1991	96,582	557,886
1992	93,568	548,793
1993	90,553	527,557
1994	88,765	502,279
1995	87,661	493,966
1996	86,945	471,010
1997	86,899	441,631
1998	87,613	408,532
1999	88,743	385,448
2000	89,814	365,138
2001	93,370	356,483
2002	97,598	359,231
2003	102,144	355,098
2004	107,144	363,994
2005	112,823	363,462
2006	115,645	383,265
2007	116,704	426,880
2008	117,481	461,665
2009	118,102	471,839
2010	122,926	461,293
2011	121,016	454,858
2012	108,855	463,333
2013	110,772	501,742
2014	110,420	536,881
2015	108,096	552,781
2016	105,265	549,045
2017	103,891	548,372
2018	101,619	585,119
2019	97,842	618,154
2020	92,950	643,750
2021	88,005	689,325
2022	91,951	715,410
2023	75,760	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Libya vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Libya	Uzbekistan
1985	86	72
1986	82	69
1987	77	63
1988	74	58
1989	70	53
1990	67	50
1991	64	47
1992	61	46
1993	60	47
1994	59	49
1995	59	46
1996	61	44
1997	64	42
1998	67	42
1999	69	43
2000	71	42
2001	71	42
2002	69	41
2003	68	40
2004	67	39
2005	66	39
2006	66	38
2007	67	37
2008	68	35
2009	70	34
2010	71	34
2011	81	33
2012	74	33
2013	75	32
2014	77	32
2015	76	31
2016	74	31
2017	69	30
2018	66	29
2019	65	29
2020	71	29
2021	98	28
2022	60	27
2023	59	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.08% in Libya and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	12.5%
1980	7.11%	11.7%
1981	6.76%	10.9%
1982	6.42%	10.2%
1983	6.1%	9.5%
1984	5.79%	8.91%
1985	5.5%	8.4%
1986	5.21%	7.96%
1987	4.94%	7.59%
1988	4.67%	7.31%
1989	4.42%	7.13%
1990	4.19%	7.04%
1991	3.98%	7.01%
1992	3.78%	7.01%
1993	3.61%	6.99%
1994	3.46%	6.95%
1995	3.32%	6.91%
1996	3.2%	6.83%
1997	3.09%	6.72%
1998	2.99%	6.57%
1999	2.9%	6.38%
2000	2.81%	6.15%
2001	2.73%	5.88%
2002	2.65%	5.57%
2003	2.55%	5.25%
2004	2.44%	4.92%
2005	2.31%	4.57%
2006	2.17%	4.24%
2007	2.02%	3.9%
2008	1.88%	3.59%
2009	1.76%	3.29%
2010	1.66%	3.01%
2011	1.96%	2.75%
2012	1.51%	2.52%
2013	1.45%	2.32%
2014	1.39%	2.14%
2015	1.33%	1.98%
2016	1.28%	1.85%
2017	1.24%	1.73%
2018	1.19%	1.64%
2019	1.16%	1.56%
2020	1.12%	1.5%
2021	1.08%	1.44%
2022	1.05%	1.38%
2023	3.08%	1.33%