Fertility & birth rates in Ecuador and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Ecuador vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ecuador was 1.82 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 Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Saint Vincent
1960	6.72	7.25
1961	6.7	7.16
1962	6.68	7.03
1963	6.65	6.92
1964	6.61	6.83
1965	6.56	6.74
1966	6.51	6.64
1967	6.44	6.53
1968	6.35	6.42
1969	6.25	6.28
1970	6.14	6.12
1971	6.01	5.95
1972	5.87	5.77
1973	5.73	5.59
1974	5.58	5.38
1975	5.43	5.17
1976	5.28	4.95
1977	5.13	4.75
1978	4.99	4.55
1979	4.86	4.29
1980	4.73	3.92
1981	4.61	3.85
1982	4.5	3.74
1983	4.39	3.56
1984	4.31	3.28
1985	4.14	3.08
1986	4	2.92
1987	3.87	2.82
1988	3.79	2.75
1989	3.74	2.73
1990	3.68	2.73
1991	3.63	2.75
1992	3.58	2.76
1993	3.49	2.74
1994	3.42	2.68
1995	3.38	2.61
1996	3.35	2.53
1997	3.29	2.43
1998	3.23	2.35
1999	3.17	2.31
2000	3.1	2.31
2001	3.04	2.3
2002	2.97	2.22
2003	2.91	2.14
2004	2.85	2.09
2005	2.8	2.07
2006	2.75	2.03
2007	2.7	2.06
2008	2.69	2.15
2009	2.68	2.17
2010	2.62	2.14
2011	2.61	2.08
2012	2.51	2.11
2013	2.36	2.11
2014	2.27	2.14
2015	2.21	2.13
2016	2.12	2.06
2017	2.13	1.94
2018	2.11	1.9
2019	2.04	1.86
2020	1.97	1.83
2021	1.91	1.81
2022	1.86	1.79
2023	1.82	1.78
2024	1.81	1.76
2025	1.79	1.75
2026	1.78	1.73
2027	1.77	1.72
2028	1.76	1.71
2029	1.75	1.71
2030	1.75	1.7
2031	1.74	1.7
2032	1.73	1.69
2033	1.73	1.69
2034	1.72	1.68
2035	1.72	1.68
2036	1.72	1.68
2037	1.71	1.68
2038	1.71	1.67
2039	1.71	1.67
2040	1.71	1.67
2041	1.7	1.67
2042	1.7	1.67
2043	1.7	1.67
2044	1.69	1.66
2045	1.69	1.66
2046	1.69	1.66
2047	1.69	1.66
2048	1.69	1.66
2049	1.68	1.66
2050	1.68	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ecuador	Saint Vincent
1960	43.9%	49%
1961	44.1%	48.8%
1962	44.3%	48.6%
1963	44.4%	48.2%
1964	44.4%	47.7%
1965	44.4%	47.4%
1966	44.4%	47.1%
1967	44.4%	46.8%
1968	44.3%	46.6%
1969	44.3%	46.4%
1970	44.2%	46.2%
1971	44.2%	46%
1972	44.1%	45.8%
1973	43.9%	45.7%
1974	43.8%	45.5%
1975	43.6%	45.3%
1976	43.4%	45%
1977	43.2%	44.7%
1978	43%	44.4%
1979	42.7%	44.1%
1980	42.4%	43.5%
1981	42.1%	42.6%
1982	41.8%	41.7%
1983	41.4%	41%
1984	41.1%	40.4%
1985	40.7%	39.9%
1986	40.3%	39.4%
1987	39.9%	38.9%
1988	39.5%	38.4%
1989	39.1%	38%
1990	38.7%	37.5%
1991	38.4%	36.8%
1992	38.1%	36%
1993	37.7%	35.1%
1994	37.4%	34.4%
1995	37.1%	33.7%
1996	36.8%	33.1%
1997	36.4%	32.5%
1998	36.1%	32%
1999	35.7%	31.6%
2000	35.4%	31.4%
2001	35%	31%
2002	34.7%	30.3%
2003	34.3%	29.7%
2004	33.9%	29%
2005	33.5%	28.4%
2006	33%	27.8%
2007	32.6%	27.2%
2008	32.1%	26.7%
2009	31.7%	26.1%
2010	31.3%	25.7%
2011	30.9%	25.2%
2012	30.5%	24.8%
2013	30.1%	24.4%
2014	29.6%	24%
2015	29%	23.7%
2016	28.5%	23.4%
2017	28%	23%
2018	27.4%	22.7%
2019	26.9%	22.5%
2020	26.4%	22.2%
2021	26%	22.1%
2022	25.5%	21.9%
2023	25%	21.6%
2024	24.5%	21.3%
2025	23.9%	20.9%
2026	23.3%	20.4%
2027	22.8%	20%
2028	22.3%	19.5%
2029	21.9%	19%
2030	21.6%	18.6%
2031	21.2%	18.1%
2032	20.9%	17.8%
2033	20.6%	17.5%
2034	20.3%	17.3%
2035	20%	17.1%
2036	19.7%	17%
2037	19.5%	16.9%
2038	19.3%	16.9%
2039	19.1%	16.9%
2040	18.9%	16.9%
2041	18.8%	16.9%
2042	18.6%	16.9%
2043	18.4%	16.9%
2044	18.2%	17%
2045	18%	17%
2046	17.8%	17%
2047	17.6%	17%
2048	17.4%	16.9%
2049	17.2%	16.9%
2050	17%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Ecuador and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ecuador and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Ecuador vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.15% in Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Saint Vincent
1960	130,368	3,029
1961	135,573	3,059
1962	140,943	3,073
1963	146,531	3,086
1964	152,263	3,130
1965	157,915	3,165
1966	163,317	3,194
1967	168,629	3,212
1968	173,828	3,218
1969	178,403	3,200
1970	183,517	3,161
1971	187,995	3,102
1972	192,136	3,033
1973	196,028	2,952
1974	199,276	2,863
1975	202,407	2,775
1976	205,366	2,694
1977	209,095	2,622
1978	212,497	2,581
1979	216,162	2,575
1980	220,120	2,362
1981	224,073	2,429
1982	227,606	2,477
1983	231,336	2,411
1984	236,543	2,248
1985	236,438	2,128
1986	237,084	2,020
1987	237,724	1,937
1988	241,191	1,876
1989	248,129	1,843
1990	252,919	1,825
1991	257,713	1,821
1992	259,787	1,849
1993	260,330	1,832
1994	261,788	1,786
1995	264,449	1,715
1996	267,695	1,610
1997	266,020	1,496
1998	263,927	1,379
1999	261,650	1,315
2000	259,837	1,279
2001	259,376	1,231
2002	259,446	1,166
2003	258,928	1,063
2004	257,436	992
2005	255,295	949
2006	254,184	881
2007	253,419	867
2008	257,894	904
2009	260,892	881
2010	257,404	796
2011	258,171	676
2012	249,825	637
2013	234,103	580
2014	225,790	580
2015	219,399	542
2016	208,245	443
2017	211,355	340
2018	219,513	271
2019	211,045	206
2020	156,458	-10
2021	155,146	-9
2022	179,308	96
2023	178,093	66

Maternal mortality chart: Ecuador vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 55 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ecuador, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ecuador	Saint Vincent
1985	188	77
1986	181	71
1987	131	69
1988	166	67
1989	166	70
1990	168	72
1991	177	71
1992	172	89
1993	168	76
1994	155	78
1995	146	80
1996	138	79
1997	135	78
1998	131	77
1999	128	72
2000	123	68
2001	116	64
2002	109	62
2003	102	59
2004	97	56
2005	94	55
2006	90	54
2007	86	54
2008	83	56
2009	82	56
2010	80	59
2011	77	59
2012	72	61
2013	68	73
2014	65	64
2015	64	59
2016	65	52
2017	62	58
2018	61	56
2019	62	58
2020	91	57
2021	93	105
2022	69	56
2023	55	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.31% in Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Saint Vincent
1960	17.6%	-
1961	17.1%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	16.1%	-
1964	15.7%	-
1965	15.3%	-
1966	14.9%	-
1967	14.6%	-
1968	14.3%	-
1969	14%	6.03%
1970	13.7%	6.42%
1971	13.4%	6.82%
1972	13%	7.2%
1973	12.5%	7.52%
1974	12%	7.71%
1975	11.5%	7.7%
1976	11%	7.45%
1977	10.5%	7.03%
1978	10%	6.49%
1979	9.57%	5.91%
1980	9.12%	5.34%
1981	8.68%	4.82%
1982	8.23%	4.34%
1983	7.78%	3.91%
1984	7.35%	3.54%
1985	6.95%	3.22%
1986	6.58%	2.96%
1987	6.25%	2.75%
1988	5.94%	2.59%
1989	5.66%	2.47%
1990	5.39%	2.38%
1991	5.12%	2.31%
1992	4.86%	2.26%
1993	4.6%	2.24%
1994	4.34%	2.23%
1995	4.08%	2.23%
1996	3.82%	2.23%
1997	3.57%	2.24%
1998	3.34%	2.25%
1999	3.14%	2.25%
2000	2.96%	2.25%
2001	2.81%	2.25%
2002	2.68%	2.24%
2003	2.57%	2.25%
2004	2.46%	2.25%
2005	2.37%	2.26%
2006	2.28%	2.26%
2007	2.19%	2.25%
2008	2.1%	2.23%
2009	2%	2.19%
2010	1.92%	2.14%
2011	1.83%	2.06%
2012	1.74%	1.98%
2013	1.66%	1.88%
2014	1.59%	1.79%
2015	1.53%	1.69%
2016	1.48%	1.59%
2017	1.44%	1.49%
2018	1.41%	1.39%
2019	1.38%	1.31%
2020	1.36%	1.23%
2021	1.34%	1.17%
2022	1.32%	1.11%
2023	1.31%	1.06%