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How many babies are born in Libya?

119 thousand babies born in Libya in 2026. That is 0.09% of all births worldwide, and the 103rd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Libya: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Libya’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~16K ~400K 41.2 Modelled estimate
1000 ~19K ~500K 38.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~21K ~500K 41.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~11.4K ~230K 49.4 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~25.4K ~514K 49.4 Historical reconstruction
1950 55.6K 1.13M 49.1 UN estimate
2000 115K 5.31M 21.7 UN estimate
2023 124K 7.31M 17.0 UN estimate
2026 119K 7.54M 15.8 UN projection
2050 116K 9.26M 12.6 UN projection
2075 104K 9.88M 10.5 UN projection
2100 90.2K 9.78M 9.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Libya among estimates through 2023 were in 2011, at about 158K. That is roughly 9.6 times the estimated ~16.5K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.21 children per woman, fertility in Libya is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Libya each year?

An estimated 119 thousand babies are born in Libya in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 326 a day and 0.09% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Libya?

Libya has an estimated 15.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.21 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.