Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Birth rate, crude

Libya
16.5 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
16.5 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Libya rank
91st
Saudi Arabia rank
91st

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Libya
  • Saudi Arabia
20304050196019922024

How they compare

Libya currently reports 16.5 per 1,000 people against 16.5 per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Libya ranks 91st and Saudi Arabia ranks 91st of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 3 and Saudi Arabia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1960s 49.85 per 1,000 people 50.45 per 1,000 people 0.596 per 1,000 people Saudi Arabia
1970s 45.76 per 1,000 people 47.89 per 1,000 people 2.14 per 1,000 people Saudi Arabia
1980s 35.83 per 1,000 people 43.97 per 1,000 people 8.15 per 1,000 people Saudi Arabia
1990s 23.21 per 1,000 people 32.99 per 1,000 people 9.78 per 1,000 people Saudi Arabia
2000s 23.07 per 1,000 people 22.66 per 1,000 people 0.406 per 1,000 people Libya
2010s 21.9 per 1,000 people 19.7 per 1,000 people 2.2 per 1,000 people Libya
2020s 17.59 per 1,000 people 16.13 per 1,000 people 1.46 per 1,000 people Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Libya or Saudi Arabia?
Libya, at 16.5 per 1,000 people against 16.5 per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Libya and Saudi Arabia?
0 per 1,000 people, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Saudi Arabia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Libya and Saudi Arabia rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Libya ranks 91st and Saudi Arabia ranks 91st of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Birth rate, crude. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/birth-rate-crude-per-1-000-people/libya/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/birth-rate-crude-per-1-000-people/libya/saudi-arabia/">Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Birth rate, crude</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,195 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.