Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.78 in Saint Vincent in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Comoros vs Saint Vincent population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Comoros	Saint Vincent
1960	6.79	7.25
1961	6.85	7.16
1962	6.9	7.03
1963	6.92	6.92
1964	6.94	6.83
1965	6.97	6.74
1966	7	6.64
1967	7.02	6.53
1968	7.05	6.42
1969	7.07	6.28
1970	7.1	6.12
1971	7.12	5.95
1972	7.14	5.77
1973	7.17	5.59
1974	7.16	5.38
1975	7.16	5.17
1976	7.16	4.95
1977	7.15	4.75
1978	7.16	4.55
1979	7.16	4.29
1980	7.15	3.92
1981	7.14	3.85
1982	7.13	3.74
1983	7.11	3.56
1984	7.07	3.28
1985	7.02	3.08
1986	6.95	2.92
1987	6.87	2.82
1988	6.76	2.75
1989	6.65	2.73
1990	6.51	2.73
1991	6.35	2.75
1992	6.19	2.76
1993	6.02	2.74
1994	5.86	2.68
1995	5.73	2.61
1996	5.63	2.53
1997	5.51	2.43
1998	5.39	2.35
1999	5.28	2.31
2000	5.23	2.31
2001	5.2	2.3
2002	5.16	2.22
2003	5.12	2.14
2004	5.07	2.09
2005	5.01	2.07
2006	4.93	2.03
2007	4.86	2.06
2008	4.81	2.15
2009	4.78	2.17
2010	4.76	2.14
2011	4.72	2.08
2012	4.65	2.11
2013	4.57	2.11
2014	4.49	2.14
2015	4.42	2.13
2016	4.35	2.06
2017	4.28	1.94
2018	4.21	1.9
2019	4.14	1.86
2020	4.07	1.83
2021	4	1.81
2022	3.94	1.79
2023	3.88	1.78
2024	3.82	1.76
2025	3.76	1.75
2026	3.71	1.73
2027	3.65	1.72
2028	3.6	1.71
2029	3.55	1.71
2030	3.5	1.7
2031	3.44	1.7
2032	3.4	1.69
2033	3.36	1.69
2034	3.31	1.68
2035	3.27	1.68
2036	3.23	1.68
2037	3.19	1.68
2038	3.15	1.67
2039	3.11	1.67
2040	3.07	1.67
2041	3.04	1.67
2042	3	1.67
2043	2.97	1.67
2044	2.93	1.66
2045	2.9	1.66
2046	2.87	1.66
2047	2.84	1.66
2048	2.81	1.66
2049	2.78	1.66
2050	2.76	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Saint Vincent
1960	41.6%	49%
1961	42%	48.8%
1962	42.5%	48.6%
1963	43.1%	48.2%
1964	43.7%	47.7%
1965	44.1%	47.4%
1966	44.5%	47.1%
1967	44.9%	46.8%
1968	45.3%	46.6%
1969	45.6%	46.4%
1970	45.8%	46.2%
1971	45.9%	46%
1972	46%	45.8%
1973	46.2%	45.7%
1974	46.3%	45.5%
1975	46.4%	45.3%
1976	46.6%	45%
1977	46.7%	44.7%
1978	46.8%	44.4%
1979	46.9%	44.1%
1980	46.9%	43.5%
1981	46.9%	42.6%
1982	46.9%	41.7%
1983	46.9%	41%
1984	46.8%	40.4%
1985	46.9%	39.9%
1986	46.9%	39.4%
1987	46.9%	38.9%
1988	46.9%	38.4%
1989	47%	38%
1990	47%	37.5%
1991	46.9%	36.8%
1992	47.1%	36%
1993	47.5%	35.1%
1994	47.7%	34.4%
1995	47.9%	33.7%
1996	47.9%	33.1%
1997	47.9%	32.5%
1998	47.7%	32%
1999	47.4%	31.6%
2000	47%	31.4%
2001	46.7%	31%
2002	46.6%	30.3%
2003	46.3%	29.7%
2004	45.7%	29%
2005	45%	28.4%
2006	44.3%	27.8%
2007	43.6%	27.2%
2008	42.9%	26.7%
2009	42.2%	26.1%
2010	41.6%	25.7%
2011	41%	25.2%
2012	40.5%	24.8%
2013	40.2%	24.4%
2014	40%	24%
2015	39.8%	23.7%
2016	39.6%	23.4%
2017	39.3%	23%
2018	38.9%	22.7%
2019	38.6%	22.5%
2020	38.3%	22.2%
2021	38%	22.1%
2022	37.7%	21.9%
2023	37.4%	21.6%
2024	37.1%	21.3%
2025	36.9%	20.9%
2026	36.6%	20.4%
2027	36.3%	20%
2028	36%	19.5%
2029	35.7%	19%
2030	35.3%	18.6%
2031	35%	18.1%
2032	34.7%	17.8%
2033	34.4%	17.5%
2034	34%	17.3%
2035	33.7%	17.1%
2036	33.4%	17%
2037	33.1%	16.9%
2038	32.8%	16.9%
2039	32.5%	16.9%
2040	32.2%	16.9%
2041	32%	16.9%
2042	31.7%	16.9%
2043	31.5%	16.9%
2044	31.2%	17%
2045	31%	17%
2046	30.8%	17%
2047	30.6%	17%
2048	30.3%	16.9%
2049	30.1%	16.9%
2050	29.9%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 47% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros and +0.24% in Saint Vincent. 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
	Comoros	Saint Vincent
1960	4,886	3,029
1961	5,027	3,059
1962	5,157	3,073
1963	5,249	3,086
1964	5,359	3,130
1965	5,465	3,165
1966	5,601	3,194
1967	5,741	3,212
1968	5,960	3,218
1969	6,189	3,200
1970	6,456	3,161
1971	6,722	3,102
1972	7,019	3,033
1973	7,328	2,952
1974	7,654	2,863
1975	7,752	2,775
1976	8,371	2,694
1977	8,750	2,622
1978	9,189	2,581
1979	9,637	2,575
1980	10,095	2,362
1981	10,569	2,429
1982	11,002	2,477
1983	11,367	2,411
1984	11,830	2,248
1985	12,202	2,128
1986	12,566	2,020
1987	12,869	1,937
1988	13,144	1,876
1989	13,374	1,843
1990	13,610	1,825
1991	13,783	1,821
1992	13,867	1,849
1993	13,667	1,832
1994	13,465	1,786
1995	13,403	1,715
1996	13,390	1,610
1997	13,254	1,496
1998	13,099	1,379
1999	13,161	1,315
2000	13,270	1,279
2001	13,598	1,231
2002	13,760	1,166
2003	14,031	1,063
2004	14,349	992
2005	14,810	949
2006	15,124	881
2007	15,393	867
2008	15,804	904
2009	16,315	881
2010	16,849	796
2011	17,313	676
2012	17,565	637
2013	17,776	580
2014	17,876	580
2015	17,961	542
2016	17,913	443
2017	17,798	340
2018	17,883	271
2019	17,936	206
2020	17,906	-10
2021	17,645	-9
2022	18,154	96
2023	18,247	66

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Saint Vincent
1985	850	77
1986	825	71
1987	811	69
1988	791	67
1989	768	70
1990	737	72
1991	704	71
1992	675	89
1993	642	76
1994	602	78
1995	571	80
1996	545	79
1997	520	78
1998	515	77
1999	486	72
2000	476	68
2001	440	64
2002	428	62
2003	400	59
2004	385	56
2005	373	55
2006	360	54
2007	352	54
2008	334	56
2009	320	56
2010	305	59
2011	291	59
2012	274	61
2013	260	73
2014	247	64
2015	237	59
2016	225	52
2017	219	58
2018	209	56
2019	202	58
2020	198	57
2021	215	105
2022	186	56
2023	179	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros and 1.06% in Saint Vincent. 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
	Comoros	Saint Vincent
1969	-	6.03%
1970	23.2%	6.42%
1971	22.5%	6.82%
1972	22%	7.2%
1973	21.4%	7.52%
1974	20.8%	7.71%
1975	20.3%	7.7%
1976	19.7%	7.45%
1977	19.1%	7.03%
1978	18.6%	6.49%
1979	18%	5.91%
1980	17.4%	5.34%
1981	16.8%	4.82%
1982	16.2%	4.34%
1983	15.7%	3.91%
1984	15.1%	3.54%
1985	14.6%	3.22%
1986	14%	2.96%
1987	13.5%	2.75%
1988	13%	2.59%
1989	12.6%	2.47%
1990	12.1%	2.38%
1991	11.6%	2.31%
1992	11.1%	2.26%
1993	10.7%	2.24%
1994	10.2%	2.23%
1995	9.78%	2.23%
1996	9.37%	2.23%
1997	9%	2.24%
1998	8.63%	2.25%
1999	8.28%	2.25%
2000	7.96%	2.25%
2001	7.65%	2.25%
2002	7.36%	2.24%
2003	7.07%	2.25%
2004	6.8%	2.25%
2005	6.55%	2.26%
2006	6.31%	2.26%
2007	6.08%	2.25%
2008	5.88%	2.23%
2009	5.69%	2.19%
2010	5.51%	2.14%
2011	5.36%	2.06%
2012	5.21%	1.98%
2013	5.08%	1.88%
2014	4.97%	1.79%
2015	4.87%	1.69%
2016	4.76%	1.59%
2017	4.66%	1.49%
2018	4.56%	1.39%
2019	4.46%	1.31%
2020	4.35%	1.23%
2021	4.24%	1.17%
2022	4.11%	1.11%
2023	3.98%	1.06%