Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.38 in Saint Lucia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs Saint Lucia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belarus	Saint Lucia
1960	2.67	6.77
1961	2.59	6.84
1962	2.5	6.82
1963	2.4	6.72
1964	2.31	6.76
1965	2.27	6.69
1966	2.29	6.61
1967	2.26	6.51
1968	2.22	6.39
1969	2.26	6.25
1970	2.31	6.1
1971	2.31	5.95
1972	2.28	5.81
1973	2.25	5.69
1974	2.21	5.57
1975	2.17	5.36
1976	2.12	5.16
1977	2.08	4.97
1978	2.06	4.83
1979	2.05	4.58
1980	2.03	4.41
1981	2.02	4.28
1982	2.05	4.17
1983	2.11	4.08
1984	2.11	4.02
1985	2.09	3.97
1986	2.09	3.8
1987	2.03	3.61
1988	2.03	3.44
1989	2.03	3.31
1990	1.91	3.24
1991	1.81	3.19
1992	1.76	3.11
1993	1.62	3
1994	1.53	3.03
1995	1.41	3.03
1996	1.34	2.71
1997	1.25	2.74
1998	1.3	2.4
1999	1.31	2.5
2000	1.32	2.21
2001	1.29	2.13
2002	1.24	2.03
2003	1.23	1.94
2004	1.23	1.86
2005	1.25	1.81
2006	1.34	1.77
2007	1.43	1.7
2008	1.49	1.7
2009	1.51	1.74
2010	1.49	1.67
2011	1.52	1.5
2012	1.62	1.5
2013	1.67	1.5
2014	1.7	1.49
2015	1.72	1.47
2016	1.73	1.46
2017	1.54	1.45
2018	1.45	1.44
2019	1.38	1.42
2020	1.37	1.41
2021	1.37	1.4
2022	1.33	1.39
2023	1.21	1.38
2024	1.22	1.38
2025	1.23	1.38
2026	1.23	1.37
2027	1.24	1.37
2028	1.25	1.36
2029	1.25	1.36
2030	1.26	1.37
2031	1.27	1.37
2032	1.28	1.37
2033	1.28	1.37
2034	1.29	1.37
2035	1.3	1.38
2036	1.31	1.38
2037	1.31	1.38
2038	1.32	1.38
2039	1.32	1.38
2040	1.33	1.39
2041	1.34	1.39
2042	1.34	1.4
2043	1.35	1.4
2044	1.35	1.4
2045	1.36	1.41
2046	1.36	1.41
2047	1.37	1.41
2048	1.37	1.41
2049	1.38	1.42
2050	1.38	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Saint Lucia
1960	30.8%	47.1%
1961	31.2%	48.1%
1962	31.2%	48.9%
1963	31.1%	49.6%
1964	30.8%	50.1%
1965	30.5%	50.5%
1966	30.2%	50.4%
1967	29.9%	50%
1968	29.6%	49.8%
1969	29.3%	50%
1970	28.7%	50.2%
1971	27.9%	50.4%
1972	27.2%	50.4%
1973	26.4%	50.2%
1974	25.7%	49.9%
1975	25%	49.5%
1976	24.4%	48.9%
1977	23.9%	47.9%
1978	23.5%	46.6%
1979	23.1%	45.5%
1980	22.9%	44.8%
1981	22.8%	44.3%
1982	22.7%	43.9%
1983	22.7%	43.5%
1984	22.8%	43.3%
1985	22.9%	43.1%
1986	23%	42.8%
1987	23%	42.6%
1988	23.1%	41.7%
1989	23.1%	40.2%
1990	23.1%	38.9%
1991	23%	38.1%
1992	22.8%	37.7%
1993	22.6%	37.3%
1994	22.2%	37%
1995	21.8%	36.7%
1996	21.3%	36.2%
1997	20.7%	35.7%
1998	20%	34.7%
1999	19.3%	33.5%
2000	18.6%	32.4%
2001	17.9%	31.4%
2002	17.3%	30.7%
2003	16.6%	30%
2004	16%	29.2%
2005	15.5%	28.4%
2006	15.2%	27.6%
2007	14.9%	26.8%
2008	14.8%	25.9%
2009	14.8%	25.1%
2010	14.8%	24.3%
2011	15%	23.5%
2012	15.3%	22.7%
2013	15.6%	22.1%
2014	15.9%	21.5%
2015	16.2%	20.9%
2016	16.5%	20.3%
2017	16.7%	19.9%
2018	16.9%	19.5%
2019	17%	19.1%
2020	17%	18.7%
2021	17.1%	18.5%
2022	17%	18.2%
2023	16.7%	17.9%
2024	16.3%	17.5%
2025	15.9%	17.2%
2026	15.5%	17.1%
2027	15%	16.9%
2028	14.4%	16.8%
2029	13.8%	16.6%
2030	13.2%	16.5%
2031	12.6%	16.3%
2032	12.1%	16.1%
2033	11.7%	15.9%
2034	11.5%	15.7%
2035	11.3%	15.6%
2036	11.1%	15.4%
2037	11%	15.2%
2038	11%	15%
2039	11.1%	14.8%
2040	11.2%	14.6%
2041	11.3%	14.4%
2042	11.5%	14.2%
2043	11.6%	14.1%
2044	11.8%	13.9%
2045	12%	13.7%
2046	12.2%	13.6%
2047	12.3%	13.4%
2048	12.5%	13.3%
2049	12.6%	13.1%
2050	12.7%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and +0.34% in Saint Lucia. 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
	Belarus	Saint Lucia
1960	136,399	3,202
1961	134,490	3,173
1962	124,945	3,124
1963	113,160	3,048
1964	101,618	3,074
1965	90,611	3,042
1966	84,191	3,028
1967	81,136	3,113
1968	76,782	3,154
1969	74,567	3,143
1970	75,520	3,093
1971	77,464	3,046
1972	74,036	3,028
1973	70,911	3,033
1974	71,158	3,106
1975	65,494	3,126
1976	66,677	3,166
1977	67,434	3,240
1978	67,342	3,340
1979	64,481	3,301
1980	62,101	3,275
1981	65,057	3,306
1982	65,499	3,360
1983	75,791	3,443
1984	64,415	3,526
1985	58,852	3,591
1986	74,318	3,496
1987	62,689	3,351
1988	60,840	3,229
1989	49,833	3,146
1990	32,606	3,061
1991	18,349	3,009
1992	11,238	2,981
1993	-11,263	2,899
1994	-19,431	2,976
1995	-32,621	3,019
1996	-37,591	2,649
1997	-46,540	2,709
1998	-44,316	2,294
1999	-49,131	2,389
2000	-40,916	1,967
2001	-48,650	1,860
2002	-58,207	1,774
2003	-53,882	1,694
2004	-50,597	1,615
2005	-50,252	1,553
2006	-41,301	1,511
2007	-28,683	1,422
2008	-25,726	1,369
2009	-25,662	1,349
2010	-29,400	1,176
2011	-26,493	934
2012	-11,336	916
2013	-6,610	892
2014	-2,834	852
2015	-946	841
2016	-1,894	767
2017	-17,026	724
2018	-26,429	694
2019	-32,969	609
2020	-64,703	562
2021	-67,118	-15
2022	-47,839	530
2023	-56,924	475

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Saint Lucia
1985	30	56
1986	30	57
1987	30	69
1988	32	71
1989	33	66
1990	33	72
1991	32	71
1992	32	58
1993	31	58
1994	30	60
1995	29	60
1996	28	72
1997	27	89
1998	25	89
1999	23	88
2000	20	83
2001	18	70
2002	16	62
2003	14	56
2004	12	54
2005	9	55
2006	7	53
2007	6	55
2008	4	55
2009	4	51
2010	3	56
2011	2	56
2012	2	55
2013	2	53
2014	2	49
2015	1	46
2016	1	46
2017	1	43
2018	1	41
2019	1	43
2020	2	43
2021	2	94
2022	1	48
2023	1	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 1.55% in Saint Lucia. 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
	Belarus	Saint Lucia
1960	4.49%	13.4%
1961	4.05%	12.9%
1962	3.68%	12.3%
1963	3.36%	11.6%
1964	3.1%	11%
1965	2.88%	10.3%
1966	2.7%	9.62%
1967	2.56%	8.96%
1968	2.45%	8.32%
1969	2.37%	7.7%
1970	2.3%	7.1%
1971	2.25%	6.54%
1972	2.22%	6.02%
1973	2.2%	5.53%
1974	2.19%	5.08%
1975	2.18%	4.67%
1976	2.18%	4.3%
1977	2.16%	3.97%
1978	2.14%	3.68%
1979	2.11%	3.42%
1980	2.06%	3.2%
1981	2%	3%
1982	1.94%	2.83%
1983	1.88%	2.68%
1984	1.82%	2.55%
1985	1.76%	2.44%
1986	1.7%	2.35%
1987	1.64%	2.27%
1988	1.59%	2.2%
1989	1.55%	2.14%
1990	1.52%	2.09%
1991	1.52%	2.05%
1992	1.53%	2.01%
1993	1.55%	1.98%
1994	1.57%	1.95%
1995	1.57%	1.92%
1996	1.55%	1.9%
1997	1.51%	1.88%
1998	1.45%	1.87%
1999	1.37%	1.86%
2000	1.28%	1.85%
2001	1.18%	1.84%
2002	1.1%	1.83%
2003	1.02%	1.83%
2004	0.94%	1.83%
2005	0.87%	1.83%
2006	0.8%	1.82%
2007	0.73%	1.82%
2008	0.66%	1.82%
2009	0.61%	1.81%
2010	0.56%	1.8%
2011	0.52%	1.79%
2012	0.49%	1.78%
2013	0.46%	1.77%
2014	0.43%	1.75%
2015	0.41%	1.74%
2016	0.39%	1.72%
2017	0.36%	1.7%
2018	0.34%	1.67%
2019	0.31%	1.65%
2020	0.29%	1.63%
2021	0.27%	1.6%
2022	0.26%	1.58%
2023	0.24%	1.55%