Fertility rate, total in Libya
Libya: Fertility rate, total was 2.3 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Libya, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
Libya recorded 2.3 births per woman for fertility rate, total in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Libya peaked at 8.1 births per woman in 1971 and was at its lowest, 2.3 births per woman, in 2024.
Libya ranks 85th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.77 births per woman | 7.51 births per woman | 8.01 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.95 births per woman | 7.68 births per woman | 8.1 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.42 births per woman | 5.09 births per woman | 7.54 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.68 births per woman | 2.97 births per woman | 4.78 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.74 births per woman | 2.56 births per woman | 2.91 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.65 births per woman | 2.54 births per woman | 2.75 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4 births per woman | 2.3 births per woman | 2.51 births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 82 Guyana 2.4 births per woman compare
- 83 Northern Mariana Islands 2.32 births per woman compare
- 84 Saudi Arabia 2.31 births per woman compare
- 86 Guatemala 2.29 births per woman compare
- 87 Fiji 2.27 births per woman compare
- 88 American Samoa 2.27 births per woman compare
More health data for Libya
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 69,418 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 66,591 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 70,624 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 65,956 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 70,369 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 66,833 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 69,260 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 65,669 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 64,989 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 62,426 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Libya?
- Fertility rate, total in Libya was 2.3 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1 births per woman in 1971.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Libya rank for fertility rate, total?
- Libya ranks 85th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.