Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Libya

Total fertility rate in Libya in 2024 — 2.3 births. Ranked 85 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 69.4%.

2024 2.3 births −2.42% vs 2023
World rank 85of 217
Period maximum 8.1 births1971
Period minimum 2.3 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Libya, 1960–202402.557.51019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.51 births1962: 7.61 births1964: 7.75 births1966: 7.89 births1968: 7.97 births1970: 8.05 births1972: 8.07 births1974: 8.02 births1976: 7.93 births1978: 7.79 births1980: 7.54 births1982: 7.16 births1984: 6.62 births1986: 6.02 births1988: 5.41 births1990: 4.78 births1992: 4.16 births1994: 3.65 births1996: 3.26 births1998: 3.04 births2000: 2.91 births2002: 2.83 births2004: 2.77 births2006: 2.7 births2008: 2.6 births2010: 2.6 births2012: 2.68 births2014: 2.75 births2016: 2.67 births2018: 2.58 births2020: 2.51 births2022: 2.4 births2024: 2.3 births
Change over the period: −5.21 (−69.4%) Average annual rate: -1.83 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Libya 2.3 births
World 2.19 births
Northern Africa computed 2.89 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.3 −0.06 −2.42%
2023 2.36 −0.05 −1.96%
2022 2.4 −0.06 −2.44%
2021 2.46 −0.04 −1.79%
2020 2.51 −0.03 −1.26%
2019 2.54 −0.04 −1.63%
2018 2.58 −0.04 −1.71%
2017 2.63 −0.05 −1.76%
2016 2.67 −0.04 −1.4%
2015 2.71 −0.04 −1.56%
2014 2.75 +0.04 +1.4%
2013 2.72 +0.04 +1.34%
2012 2.68 +0.03 +1.28%
2011 2.65 +0.04 +1.65%
2010 2.6 +0.05 +1.84%
2009 2.56 −0.04 −1.65%
2008 2.6 −0.05 −1.85%
2007 2.65 −0.05 −1.89%
2006 2.7 −0.07 −2.39%
2005 2.77 −0.01 −0.29%
2004 2.77 −0.02 −0.86%
2003 2.8 −0.03 −1.2%
2002 2.83 −0.04 −1.22%
2001 2.87 −0.04 −1.38%
2000 2.91 −0.07 −2.22%
1999 2.97 −0.07 −2.33%
1998 3.04 −0.09 −2.84%
1997 3.13 −0.12 −3.81%
1996 3.26 −0.19 −5.4%
1995 3.44 −0.21 −5.67%
1994 3.65 −0.23 −6.03%
1993 3.88 −0.28 −6.7%
1992 4.16 −0.3 −6.7%
1991 4.46 −0.32 −6.6%
1990 4.78 −0.32 −6.19%
1989 5.09 −0.32 −5.9%
1988 5.41 −0.31 −5.39%
1987 5.72 −0.3 −5.05%
1986 6.02 −0.31 −4.84%
1985 6.33 −0.29 −4.44%
1984 6.62 −0.29 −4.17%
1983 6.91 −0.25 −3.52%
1982 7.16 −0.21 −2.84%
1981 7.37 −0.17 −2.28%
1980 7.54 −0.14 −1.78%
1979 7.68 −0.11 −1.4%
1978 7.79 −0.08 −1.05%
1977 7.87 −0.06 −0.76%
1976 7.93 −0.04 −0.56%
1975 7.98 −0.04 −0.54%
1974 8.02 −0.03 −0.34%
1973 8.05 −0.03 −0.32%
1972 8.07 −0.02 −0.28%
1971 8.1 +0.05 +0.6%
1970 8.05 +0.04 +0.46%
1969 8.01 +0.04 +0.46%
1968 7.97 +0.04 +0.53%
1967 7.93 +0.04 +0.52%
1966 7.89 +0.07 +0.87%
1965 7.82 +0.07 +0.92%
1964 7.75 +0.07 +0.87%
1963 7.69 +0.07 +0.99%
1962 7.61 +0.05 +0.71%
1961 7.56 +0.05 +0.63%
1960 7.51

Northern Africa, 2024

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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.