Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Lebanon

Total fertility rate in Lebanon in 2024 — 2.23 births. Ranked 90 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 62.1%.

2024 2.23 births −0.54% vs 2023
World rank 90of 217
Period maximum 5.91 births1963
Period minimum 2.17 births2008

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Lebanon, 1960–20242345619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.88 births1962: 5.9 births1964: 5.85 births1966: 5.68 births1968: 5.45 births1970: 5.19 births1972: 4.91 births1974: 4.65 births1976: 4.39 births1978: 4.18 births1980: 4.01 births1982: 3.86 births1984: 3.66 births1986: 3.47 births1988: 3.39 births1990: 3.27 births1992: 3.05 births1994: 2.82 births1996: 2.7 births1998: 2.65 births2000: 2.6 births2002: 2.52 births2004: 2.38 births2006: 2.24 births2008: 2.17 births2010: 2.26 births2012: 2.35 births2014: 2.38 births2016: 2.39 births2018: 2.35 births2020: 2.31 births2022: 2.26 births2024: 2.23 births
Change over the period: −3.65 (−62.11%) Average annual rate: -1.5 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lebanon

Lebanon 2.23 births
World 2.19 births
Western Asia computed 2.48 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.23 −0.01 −0.54%
2023 2.24 −0.02 −1.06%
2022 2.26 −0.02 −0.88%
2021 2.28 −0.02 −1.08%
2020 2.31 −0.02 −0.82%
2019 2.33 −0.02 −0.85%
2018 2.35 −0.02 −1.05%
2017 2.37 −0.02 −0.75%
2016 2.39 +0.01 +0.34%
2015 2.38 +0.01 +0.29%
2014 2.38 +0.01 +0.59%
2013 2.36 +0.02 +0.68%
2012 2.35 +0.03 +1.08%
2011 2.32 +0.06 +2.84%
2010 2.26 +0.07 +2.97%
2009 2.19 +0.02 +0.87%
2008 2.17 −0.03 −1.32%
2007 2.2 −0.04 −1.92%
2006 2.24 −0.05 −2.05%
2005 2.29 −0.09 −3.66%
2004 2.38 −0.08 −3.22%
2003 2.46 −0.07 −2.62%
2002 2.52 −0.05 −2.06%
2001 2.58 −0.02 −0.92%
2000 2.6 −0.03 −1.18%
1999 2.63 −0.02 −0.64%
1998 2.65 −0.02 −0.71%
1997 2.67 −0.03 −1.15%
1996 2.7 −0.03 −0.99%
1995 2.73 −0.1 −3.47%
1994 2.82 −0.11 −3.88%
1993 2.94 −0.12 −3.77%
1992 3.05 −0.11 −3.48%
1991 3.16 −0.11 −3.24%
1990 3.27 −0.1 −2.82%
1989 3.36 −0.03 −0.85%
1988 3.39 −0.03 −0.82%
1987 3.42 −0.05 −1.33%
1986 3.47 −0.07 −1.9%
1985 3.53 −0.13 −3.42%
1984 3.66 −0.08 −2.04%
1983 3.73 −0.12 −3.14%
1982 3.86 −0.1 −2.48%
1981 3.95 −0.06 −1.45%
1980 4.01 −0.07 −1.62%
1979 4.08 −0.1 −2.37%
1978 4.18 −0.1 −2.41%
1977 4.28 −0.12 −2.62%
1976 4.39 −0.13 −2.81%
1975 4.52 −0.13 −2.86%
1974 4.65 −0.14 −2.84%
1973 4.79 −0.12 −2.48%
1972 4.91 −0.14 −2.73%
1971 5.05 −0.14 −2.66%
1970 5.19 −0.13 −2.41%
1969 5.32 −0.13 −2.42%
1968 5.45 −0.12 −2.17%
1967 5.57 −0.11 −1.9%
1966 5.68 −0.09 −1.58%
1965 5.77 −0.08 −1.42%
1964 5.85 −0.05 −0.91%
1963 5.91 +0 +0.05%
1962 5.9 +0.01 +0.19%
1961 5.89 +0.01 +0.24%
1960 5.88

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.