Fertility & birth rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Saint Kitts and Nevis chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1.49 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	Saint Kitts
1960	3.96	6.54
1961	3.89	6.27
1962	3.81	6.06
1963	3.7	6.12
1964	3.6	6.08
1965	3.53	6.01
1966	3.39	5.78
1967	3.22	5.46
1968	3.08	5.17
1969	2.95	4.97
1970	2.79	4.73
1971	2.75	4.51
1972	2.67	4.16
1973	2.54	3.97
1974	2.45	3.81
1975	2.39	3.68
1976	2.31	3.59
1977	2.2	3.48
1978	2.08	3.29
1979	1.99	3.23
1980	1.98	3.26
1981	2.02	3.3
1982	2.05	3.18
1983	2.05	3.1
1984	2.02	2.88
1985	1.96	2.82
1986	1.91	2.68
1987	1.88	2.62
1988	1.85	2.62
1989	1.79	2.69
1990	1.79	2.73
1991	1.78	2.6
1992	1.76	2.43
1993	1.73	2.38
1994	1.7	2.31
1995	1.67	2.3
1996	1.65	2.26
1997	1.69	2.3
1998	1.56	2.31
1999	1.37	2.26
2000	1.28	2.13
2001	1.23	2.08
2002	1.23	2.04
2003	1.22	2
2004	1.22	1.96
2005	1.2	1.93
2006	1.18	1.9
2007	1.19	1.87
2008	1.21	1.83
2009	1.27	1.8
2010	1.26	1.76
2011	1.21	1.74
2012	1.25	1.71
2013	1.28	1.68
2014	1.26	1.67
2015	1.32	1.64
2016	1.36	1.63
2017	1.42	1.61
2018	1.5	1.59
2019	1.51	1.57
2020	1.52	1.55
2021	1.49	1.53
2022	1.48	1.51
2023	1.49	1.51
2024	1.49	1.53
2025	1.5	1.51
2026	1.5	1.5
2027	1.51	1.49
2028	1.51	1.49
2029	1.51	1.49
2030	1.52	1.48
2031	1.52	1.48
2032	1.52	1.48
2033	1.53	1.48
2034	1.53	1.48
2035	1.53	1.48
2036	1.54	1.48
2037	1.54	1.49
2038	1.54	1.49
2039	1.54	1.49
2040	1.55	1.49
2041	1.55	1.49
2042	1.55	1.49
2043	1.56	1.5
2044	1.56	1.5
2045	1.56	1.5
2046	1.56	1.5
2047	1.57	1.5
2048	1.57	1.5
2049	1.57	1.5
2050	1.57	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bosnia	Saint Kitts
1960	38.2%	45.6%
1961	38.5%	45.7%
1962	38.6%	45.8%
1963	38.6%	46%
1964	38.4%	46.1%
1965	38.1%	46.3%
1966	37.8%	46.6%
1967	37.3%	47%
1968	36.7%	47.4%
1969	36%	47.7%
1970	35.2%	47.2%
1971	34.4%	45.8%
1972	33.7%	44.3%
1973	33%	42.9%
1974	32.2%	41.6%
1975	31.5%	40.5%
1976	30.7%	39.6%
1977	30%	38.8%
1978	29.3%	38.2%
1979	28.7%	37.6%
1980	28.1%	36.9%
1981	27.5%	36.2%
1982	26.9%	35.6%
1983	26.5%	35.1%
1984	26.2%	34.7%
1985	25.9%	34.5%
1986	25.7%	34.3%
1987	25.4%	34.2%
1988	25.1%	34.1%
1989	24.9%	34.1%
1990	24.6%	34.2%
1991	24.3%	34.1%
1992	24.7%	33.6%
1993	25.5%	32.9%
1994	25.5%	32.3%
1995	24.8%	31.7%
1996	23.5%	31.1%
1997	22.4%	30.6%
1998	21.5%	30.1%
1999	20.7%	29.7%
2000	19.9%	29.3%
2001	19.1%	28.8%
2002	18.4%	28.1%
2003	17.8%	27.4%
2004	17.3%	26.6%
2005	16.9%	26%
2006	16.4%	25.3%
2007	16.1%	24.8%
2008	15.8%	24.4%
2009	15.7%	24%
2010	15.6%	23.3%
2011	15.4%	22.7%
2012	15.1%	22.2%
2013	14.8%	21.7%
2014	14.5%	21.1%
2015	14.3%	20.6%
2016	14.1%	20.2%
2017	14%	19.9%
2018	13.8%	19.6%
2019	13.7%	19.3%
2020	13.6%	19.1%
2021	13.5%	18.8%
2022	13.4%	18.6%
2023	13.2%	18.3%
2024	13%	18.2%
2025	12.8%	18.3%
2026	12.7%	18.4%
2027	12.6%	18.2%
2028	12.5%	17.9%
2029	12.4%	17.7%
2030	12.4%	17.5%
2031	12.3%	17.2%
2032	12.2%	17%
2033	12.1%	16.8%
2034	12%	16.5%
2035	12%	16.3%
2036	11.9%	16.1%
2037	11.9%	15.9%
2038	11.9%	15.7%
2039	11.9%	15.5%
2040	11.9%	15.4%
2041	11.9%	15.2%
2042	11.9%	15.1%
2043	11.9%	15%
2044	11.9%	14.8%
2045	11.9%	14.7%
2046	11.8%	14.6%
2047	11.8%	14.5%
2048	11.8%	14.5%
2049	11.7%	14.4%
2050	11.7%	14.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 18.2% in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2024, compared to 24.6% and 34.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saint Kitts and Nevis compared.

Natural population change in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Saint Kitts and Nevis by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	Saint Kitts
1960	76,840	1,562
1961	77,601	1,466
1962	77,582	1,373
1963	75,380	1,360
1964	74,151	1,305
1965	72,896	1,228
1966	70,085	1,103
1967	65,618	951
1968	61,422	812
1969	58,454	708
1970	54,455	611
1971	54,352	615
1972	54,072	619
1973	52,989	646
1974	53,600	670
1975	53,629	688
1976	52,107	703
1977	48,643	697
1978	44,800	654
1979	42,157	643
1980	42,911	652
1981	45,423	684
1982	47,023	672
1983	47,135	664
1984	46,413	598
1985	44,983	574
1986	42,884	520
1987	41,172	486
1988	39,058	471
1989	36,802	476
1990	34,993	471
1991	33,692	411
1992	-17,883	369
1993	-27,199	373
1994	4,895	370
1995	5,926	382
1996	13,327	379
1997	19,311	405
1998	18,492	415
1999	13,568	413
2000	11,722	376
2001	10,424	369
2002	10,972	365
2003	10,781	369
2004	9,549	365
2005	6,546	361
2006	2,714	355
2007	1,557	341
2008	161	322
2009	652	300
2010	-1,895	274
2011	-5,354	250
2012	-6,761	246
2013	-8,367	227
2014	-11,009	213
2015	-11,942	197
2016	-13,009	185
2017	-12,810	169
2018	-10,761	150
2019	-15,192	135
2020	-22,502	98
2021	-33,670	-20
2022	-20,197	14
2023	-18,292	84

Maternal mortality chart: Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina, compared to 74 deaths in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bosnia	Saint Kitts
1985	35	290
1986	33	285
1987	31	302
1988	29	308
1989	26	316
1990	25	302
1991	23	280
1992	30	255
1993	26	225
1994	22	205
1995	19	204
1996	17	194
1997	16	194
1998	14	193
1999	13	164
2000	11	143
2001	11	131
2002	10	115
2003	10	111
2004	10	104
2005	9	102
2006	9	99
2007	9	96
2008	8	95
2009	8	93
2010	8	92
2011	7	90
2012	7	88
2013	7	82
2014	7	82
2015	7	76
2016	7	75
2017	7	74
2018	7	78
2019	6	74
2020	7	80
2021	13	111
2022	12	99
2023	6	74

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	Saint Kitts
1973	-	6.16%
1974	-	6.03%
1975	-	5.91%
1976	-	5.78%
1977	-	5.64%
1978	-	5.48%
1979	-	5.29%
1980	-	5.06%
1981	-	4.81%
1982	-	4.53%
1983	-	4.26%
1984	2.94%	4%
1985	2.7%	3.76%
1986	2.49%	3.56%
1987	2.3%	3.39%
1988	2.12%	3.24%
1989	1.96%	3.12%
1990	1.82%	3.03%
1991	1.69%	2.96%
1992	5.78%	2.9%
1993	5.87%	2.85%
1994	1.4%	2.8%
1995	1.94%	2.76%
1996	1.24%	2.7%
1997	1.17%	2.64%
1998	1.09%	2.56%
1999	1.02%	2.48%
2000	0.95%	2.39%
2001	0.89%	2.29%
2002	0.84%	2.2%
2003	0.8%	2.11%
2004	0.76%	2.03%
2005	0.74%	1.97%
2006	0.72%	1.92%
2007	0.71%	1.89%
2008	0.7%	1.88%
2009	0.69%	1.87%
2010	0.68%	1.88%
2011	0.68%	1.89%
2012	0.67%	1.91%
2013	0.67%	1.93%
2014	0.67%	1.95%
2015	0.67%	1.94%
2016	0.68%	1.93%
2017	0.68%	1.9%
2018	0.68%	1.86%
2019	0.67%	1.82%
2020	0.66%	1.77%
2021	0.64%	1.72%
2022	0.62%	1.68%
2023	0.6%	1.63%