Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Saint Kitts and Nevis chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.51 in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Saint Kitts and Nevis population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Saint Kitts
1960	5.09	6.54
1961	5.16	6.27
1962	5.13	6.06
1963	5.06	6.12
1964	4.97	6.08
1965	4.88	6.01
1966	4.79	5.78
1967	4.69	5.46
1968	4.56	5.17
1969	4.38	4.97
1970	4.21	4.73
1971	4.06	4.51
1972	3.89	4.16
1973	3.73	3.97
1974	3.57	3.81
1975	3.42	3.68
1976	3.3	3.59
1977	3.17	3.48
1978	3.05	3.29
1979	2.94	3.23
1980	2.84	3.26
1981	2.77	3.3
1982	2.71	3.18
1983	2.65	3.1
1984	2.59	2.88
1985	2.55	2.82
1986	2.53	2.68
1987	2.52	2.62
1988	2.52	2.62
1989	2.52	2.69
1990	2.52	2.73
1991	2.51	2.6
1992	2.71	2.43
1993	2.61	2.38
1994	2.47	2.31
1995	2.42	2.3
1996	2.35	2.26
1997	2.29	2.3
1998	2.23	2.31
1999	2.13	2.26
2000	2.06	2.13
2001	2.02	2.08
2002	1.98	2.04
2003	1.97	2
2004	1.98	1.96
2005	2.01	1.93
2006	2.02	1.9
2007	2.04	1.87
2008	2	1.83
2009	2.01	1.8
2010	1.84	1.76
2011	1.79	1.74
2012	1.76	1.71
2013	1.74	1.68
2014	1.69	1.67
2015	1.57	1.64
2016	1.5	1.63
2017	1.42	1.61
2018	1.4	1.59
2019	1.4	1.57
2020	1.39	1.55
2021	1.38	1.53
2022	1.38	1.51
2023	1.37	1.51
2024	1.37	1.53
2025	1.36	1.51
2026	1.36	1.5
2027	1.35	1.49
2028	1.35	1.49
2029	1.35	1.49
2030	1.35	1.48
2031	1.36	1.48
2032	1.36	1.48
2033	1.36	1.48
2034	1.37	1.48
2035	1.37	1.48
2036	1.37	1.48
2037	1.38	1.49
2038	1.38	1.49
2039	1.38	1.49
2040	1.39	1.49
2041	1.39	1.49
2042	1.39	1.49
2043	1.39	1.5
2044	1.4	1.5
2045	1.4	1.5
2046	1.4	1.5
2047	1.4	1.5
2048	1.41	1.5
2049	1.41	1.5
2050	1.41	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Saint Kitts
1960	41.1%	45.6%
1961	41%	45.7%
1962	40.9%	45.8%
1963	40.8%	46%
1964	40.7%	46.1%
1965	40.7%	46.3%
1966	40.6%	46.6%
1967	40.6%	47%
1968	40.4%	47.4%
1969	40.3%	47.7%
1970	40.1%	47.2%
1971	40%	45.8%
1972	39.9%	44.3%
1973	39.7%	42.9%
1974	39.4%	41.6%
1975	39%	40.5%
1976	38.4%	39.6%
1977	37.8%	38.8%
1978	37%	38.2%
1979	36.1%	37.6%
1980	35.3%	36.9%
1981	34.4%	36.2%
1982	33.6%	35.6%
1983	32.8%	35.1%
1984	32%	34.7%
1985	31.2%	34.5%
1986	30.6%	34.3%
1987	30%	34.2%
1988	29.5%	34.1%
1989	29.2%	34.1%
1990	28.9%	34.2%
1991	28.7%	34.1%
1992	28.6%	33.6%
1993	28.6%	32.9%
1994	28.6%	32.3%
1995	28.5%	31.7%
1996	28.5%	31.1%
1997	28.4%	30.6%
1998	28.2%	30.1%
1999	28.1%	29.7%
2000	27.8%	29.3%
2001	27.5%	28.8%
2002	27.2%	28.1%
2003	26.8%	27.4%
2004	26.3%	26.6%
2005	25.9%	26%
2006	25.4%	25.3%
2007	24.9%	24.8%
2008	24.3%	24.4%
2009	23.8%	24%
2010	23.3%	23.3%
2011	22.8%	22.7%
2012	22.4%	22.2%
2013	22%	21.7%
2014	21.6%	21.1%
2015	21.3%	20.6%
2016	20.9%	20.2%
2017	20.6%	19.9%
2018	20.2%	19.6%
2019	19.8%	19.3%
2020	19.5%	19.1%
2021	19.1%	18.8%
2022	18.8%	18.6%
2023	18.3%	18.3%
2024	17.9%	18.2%
2025	17.5%	18.3%
2026	17.2%	18.4%
2027	16.9%	18.2%
2028	16.7%	17.9%
2029	16.4%	17.7%
2030	16.2%	17.5%
2031	16%	17.2%
2032	15.9%	17%
2033	15.8%	16.8%
2034	15.7%	16.5%
2035	15.6%	16.3%
2036	15.5%	16.1%
2037	15.4%	15.9%
2038	15.3%	15.7%
2039	15.3%	15.5%
2040	15.2%	15.4%
2041	15.1%	15.2%
2042	15%	15.1%
2043	14.9%	15%
2044	14.9%	14.8%
2045	14.8%	14.7%
2046	14.7%	14.6%
2047	14.7%	14.5%
2048	14.6%	14.5%
2049	14.5%	14.4%
2050	14.4%	14.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 18.2% in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 34.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Saint Kitts and Nevis compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Saint Kitts and Nevis by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +0.26% in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bahamas	Saint Kitts
1960	3,351	1,562
1961	3,577	1,466
1962	3,748	1,373
1963	3,901	1,360
1964	4,037	1,305
1965	4,193	1,228
1966	4,339	1,103
1967	4,502	951
1968	4,622	812
1969	4,688	708
1970	4,726	611
1971	4,690	615
1972	4,583	619
1973	4,467	646
1974	4,352	670
1975	4,249	688
1976	4,167	703
1977	4,069	697
1978	3,987	654
1979	3,899	643
1980	3,845	652
1981	3,851	684
1982	3,863	672
1983	3,888	664
1984	3,892	598
1985	3,918	574
1986	3,998	520
1987	4,090	486
1988	4,198	471
1989	4,323	476
1990	4,432	471
1991	4,498	411
1992	5,064	369
1993	4,877	373
1994	4,558	370
1995	4,434	382
1996	4,265	379
1997	4,107	405
1998	3,949	415
1999	3,688	413
2000	3,487	376
2001	3,377	369
2002	3,249	365
2003	3,181	369
2004	3,165	365
2005	3,220	361
2006	3,205	355
2007	3,243	341
2008	3,134	322
2009	3,163	300
2010	2,662	274
2011	2,558	250
2012	2,485	246
2013	2,432	227
2014	2,259	213
2015	1,840	197
2016	1,569	185
2017	1,289	169
2018	1,173	150
2019	740	135
2020	631	98
2021	-93	-20
2022	947	14
2023	854	84

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Saint Kitts and Nevis

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 74 deaths in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Saint Kitts
1985	70	290
1986	68	285
1987	66	302
1988	66	308
1989	65	316
1990	65	302
1991	67	280
1992	67	255
1993	66	225
1994	64	205
1995	63	204
1996	62	194
1997	59	194
1998	57	193
1999	54	164
2000	51	143
2001	48	131
2002	46	115
2003	57	111
2004	69	104
2005	70	102
2006	74	99
2007	78	96
2008	80	95
2009	84	93
2010	79	92
2011	74	90
2012	71	88
2013	74	82
2014	78	82
2015	83	76
2016	77	75
2017	79	74
2018	82	78
2019	82	74
2020	84	80
2021	174	111
2022	80	99
2023	76	74

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 1.63% in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bahamas	Saint Kitts
1968	2.94%	-
1969	2.99%	-
1970	3.03%	-
1971	3.07%	-
1972	3.1%	-
1973	3.13%	6.16%
1974	3.14%	6.03%
1975	3.13%	5.91%
1976	3.1%	5.78%
1977	3.07%	5.64%
1978	3.03%	5.48%
1979	2.99%	5.29%
1980	2.95%	5.06%
1981	2.91%	4.81%
1982	2.88%	4.53%
1983	2.84%	4.26%
1984	2.81%	4%
1985	2.78%	3.76%
1986	2.73%	3.56%
1987	2.65%	3.39%
1988	2.55%	3.24%
1989	2.45%	3.12%
1990	2.34%	3.03%
1991	2.23%	2.96%
1992	2.12%	2.9%
1993	2.03%	2.85%
1994	1.93%	2.8%
1995	1.84%	2.76%
1996	1.76%	2.7%
1997	1.69%	2.64%
1998	1.65%	2.56%
1999	1.62%	2.48%
2000	1.62%	2.39%
2001	1.63%	2.29%
2002	1.65%	2.2%
2003	1.67%	2.11%
2004	1.69%	2.03%
2005	1.69%	1.97%
2006	1.68%	1.92%
2007	1.65%	1.89%
2008	1.62%	1.88%
2009	1.58%	1.87%
2010	1.54%	1.88%
2011	1.5%	1.89%
2012	1.47%	1.91%
2013	1.44%	1.93%
2014	1.42%	1.95%
2015	1.39%	1.94%
2016	1.38%	1.93%
2017	1.36%	1.9%
2018	1.35%	1.86%
2019	2.35%	1.82%
2020	1.33%	1.77%
2021	1.31%	1.72%
2022	1.29%	1.68%
2023	1.27%	1.63%