Fertility & birth rates in China and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in China vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 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 China 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
	China	Saint Lucia
1960	4.45	6.77
1961	3.86	6.84
1962	6.09	6.82
1963	7.51	6.72
1964	6.67	6.76
1965	6.61	6.69
1966	6.31	6.61
1967	5.81	6.51
1968	6.51	6.39
1969	6.18	6.25
1970	6.09	6.1
1971	5.52	5.95
1972	5.11	5.81
1973	4.73	5.69
1974	4.17	5.57
1975	3.57	5.36
1976	3.24	5.16
1977	2.84	4.97
1978	2.72	4.83
1979	2.75	4.58
1980	2.74	4.41
1981	2.79	4.28
1982	2.97	4.17
1983	2.56	4.08
1984	2.61	4.02
1985	2.63	3.97
1986	2.72	3.8
1987	2.76	3.61
1988	2.54	3.44
1989	2.52	3.31
1990	2.51	3.24
1991	1.93	3.19
1992	1.78	3.11
1993	1.69	3
1994	1.63	3.03
1995	1.59	3.03
1996	1.55	2.71
1997	1.53	2.74
1998	1.52	2.4
1999	1.53	2.5
2000	1.63	2.21
2001	1.56	2.13
2002	1.57	2.03
2003	1.57	1.94
2004	1.61	1.86
2005	1.62	1.81
2006	1.64	1.77
2007	1.67	1.7
2008	1.7	1.7
2009	1.71	1.74
2010	1.69	1.67
2011	1.67	1.5
2012	1.8	1.5
2013	1.71	1.5
2014	1.77	1.49
2015	1.67	1.47
2016	1.77	1.46
2017	1.8	1.45
2018	1.54	1.44
2019	1.5	1.42
2020	1.24	1.41
2021	1.12	1.4
2022	1.03	1.39
2023	1	1.38
2024	1.01	1.38
2025	1.02	1.38
2026	1.03	1.37
2027	1.04	1.37
2028	1.05	1.36
2029	1.05	1.36
2030	1.06	1.37
2031	1.07	1.37
2032	1.08	1.37
2033	1.08	1.37
2034	1.09	1.37
2035	1.1	1.38
2036	1.1	1.38
2037	1.11	1.38
2038	1.12	1.38
2039	1.12	1.38
2040	1.13	1.39
2041	1.13	1.39
2042	1.14	1.4
2043	1.15	1.4
2044	1.15	1.4
2045	1.16	1.41
2046	1.16	1.41
2047	1.17	1.41
2048	1.17	1.41
2049	1.18	1.42
2050	1.18	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Saint Lucia
1960	40.3%	47.1%
1961	40%	48.1%
1962	40%	48.9%
1963	40.6%	49.6%
1964	41.2%	50.1%
1965	41.5%	50.5%
1966	41.5%	50.4%
1967	41.3%	50%
1968	41%	49.8%
1969	41%	50%
1970	40.8%	50.2%
1971	40.7%	50.4%
1972	40.4%	50.4%
1973	40.1%	50.2%
1974	40.2%	49.9%
1975	40.2%	49.5%
1976	40.3%	48.9%
1977	39.8%	47.9%
1978	38.6%	46.6%
1979	37.2%	45.5%
1980	36.1%	44.8%
1981	35.1%	44.3%
1982	34.3%	43.9%
1983	33.3%	43.5%
1984	32.2%	43.3%
1985	31.2%	43.1%
1986	30.4%	42.8%
1987	29.8%	42.6%
1988	29.3%	41.7%
1989	28.9%	40.2%
1990	28.8%	38.9%
1991	28.6%	38.1%
1992	28.4%	37.7%
1993	28.2%	37.3%
1994	27.8%	37%
1995	27.4%	36.7%
1996	27%	36.2%
1997	26.3%	35.7%
1998	25.7%	34.7%
1999	25.2%	33.5%
2000	24.5%	32.4%
2001	23.8%	31.4%
2002	22.9%	30.7%
2003	22%	30%
2004	21.2%	29.2%
2005	20.3%	28.4%
2006	19.6%	27.6%
2007	19.2%	26.8%
2008	18.9%	25.9%
2009	18.6%	25.1%
2010	18.5%	24.3%
2011	18.3%	23.5%
2012	18.3%	22.7%
2013	18.3%	22.1%
2014	18.3%	21.5%
2015	18.3%	20.9%
2016	18.3%	20.3%
2017	18.4%	19.9%
2018	18.3%	19.5%
2019	18.2%	19.1%
2020	18%	18.7%
2021	17.6%	18.5%
2022	17.1%	18.2%
2023	16.6%	17.9%
2024	16%	17.5%
2025	15.4%	17.2%
2026	14.8%	17.1%
2027	14.1%	16.9%
2028	13.5%	16.8%
2029	12.8%	16.6%
2030	12.1%	16.5%
2031	11.5%	16.3%
2032	10.8%	16.1%
2033	10.3%	15.9%
2034	9.83%	15.7%
2035	9.53%	15.6%
2036	9.37%	15.4%
2037	9.31%	15.2%
2038	9.31%	15%
2039	9.34%	14.8%
2040	9.38%	14.6%
2041	9.43%	14.4%
2042	9.49%	14.2%
2043	9.56%	14.1%
2044	9.63%	13.9%
2045	9.71%	13.7%
2046	9.78%	13.6%
2047	9.85%	13.4%
2048	9.9%	13.3%
2049	9.93%	13.1%
2050	9.94%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in China vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China 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
	China	Saint Lucia
1960	-3,048,510	3,202
1961	2,496,047	3,173
1962	17,969,132	3,124
1963	22,742,225	3,048
1964	19,302,532	3,074
1965	20,296,950	3,042
1966	19,282,187	3,028
1967	19,263,662	3,113
1968	21,206,083	3,154
1969	20,760,332	3,143
1970	21,137,076	3,093
1971	19,622,980	3,046
1972	19,102,585	3,028
1973	18,423,727	3,033
1974	15,738,118	3,106
1975	14,378,237	3,126
1976	11,782,472	3,166
1977	11,378,068	3,240
1978	11,473,980	3,340
1979	11,250,148	3,301
1980	11,647,260	3,275
1981	14,461,027	3,306
1982	15,815,318	3,360
1983	13,599,789	3,443
1984	13,561,671	3,526
1985	14,987,830	3,591
1986	16,609,920	3,496
1987	18,005,821	3,351
1988	17,328,640	3,229
1989	16,824,495	3,146
1990	16,335,313	3,061
1991	14,937,124	3,009
1992	13,548,601	2,981
1993	13,493,138	2,899
1994	13,360,470	2,976
1995	12,711,220	3,019
1996	12,686,872	2,649
1997	12,374,554	2,709
1998	11,351,286	2,294
1999	10,247,372	2,389
2000	9,570,849	1,967
2001	8,839,358	1,860
2002	8,258,580	1,774
2003	7,743,284	1,694
2004	7,607,960	1,615
2005	7,678,911	1,553
2006	6,922,185	1,511
2007	6,813,465	1,422
2008	6,729,247	1,369
2009	6,483,236	1,349
2010	6,407,607	1,176
2011	8,245,065	934
2012	10,075,174	916
2013	8,043,116	892
2014	9,205,180	852
2015	6,788,911	841
2016	9,062,269	767
2017	7,790,880	724
2018	5,302,433	694
2019	4,673,713	609
2020	2,046,095	562
2021	480,203	-15
2022	-847,305	530
2023	-2,087,851	475

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in China, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Saint Lucia
1985	125	56
1986	120	57
1987	114	69
1988	108	71
1989	104	66
1990	102	72
1991	92	71
1992	86	58
1993	80	58
1994	76	60
1995	71	60
1996	67	72
1997	63	89
1998	60	89
1999	58	88
2000	56	83
2001	52	70
2002	50	62
2003	47	56
2004	45	54
2005	42	55
2006	40	53
2007	38	55
2008	38	55
2009	35	51
2010	34	56
2011	33	56
2012	32	55
2013	30	53
2014	28	49
2015	26	46
2016	25	46
2017	24	43
2018	22	41
2019	21	43
2020	20	43
2021	21	94
2022	18	48
2023	16	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China 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
	China	Saint Lucia
1960	-	13.4%
1961	-	12.9%
1962	-	12.3%
1963	-	11.6%
1964	-	11%
1965	-	10.3%
1966	-	9.62%
1967	-	8.96%
1968	-	8.32%
1969	11.9%	7.7%
1970	11.3%	7.1%
1971	10.7%	6.54%
1972	10.2%	6.02%
1973	9.61%	5.53%
1974	9.05%	5.08%
1975	8.5%	4.67%
1976	7.97%	4.3%
1977	7.47%	3.97%
1978	7.01%	3.68%
1979	6.62%	3.42%
1980	6.28%	3.2%
1981	6%	3%
1982	5.78%	2.83%
1983	5.61%	2.68%
1984	5.5%	2.55%
1985	5.43%	2.44%
1986	5.4%	2.35%
1987	5.4%	2.27%
1988	5.4%	2.2%
1989	5.39%	2.14%
1990	5.37%	2.09%
1991	5.31%	2.05%
1992	5.22%	2.01%
1993	5.08%	1.98%
1994	4.93%	1.95%
1995	4.75%	1.92%
1996	4.56%	1.9%
1997	4.36%	1.88%
1998	4.14%	1.87%
1999	3.91%	1.86%
2000	3.67%	1.85%
2001	3.42%	1.84%
2002	3.15%	1.83%
2003	2.89%	1.83%
2004	2.64%	1.83%
2005	2.4%	1.83%
2006	2.19%	1.82%
2007	2.01%	1.82%
2008	1.85%	1.82%
2009	1.71%	1.81%
2010	1.58%	1.8%
2011	1.46%	1.79%
2012	1.35%	1.78%
2013	1.25%	1.77%
2014	1.15%	1.75%
2015	1.07%	1.74%
2016	0.99%	1.72%
2017	0.92%	1.7%
2018	0.86%	1.67%
2019	0.8%	1.65%
2020	0.75%	1.63%
2021	0.7%	1.6%
2022	0.66%	1.58%
2023	0.62%	1.55%