Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 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 Fiji 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
	Fiji	Saint Vincent
1960	6.36	7.25
1961	6.28	7.16
1962	6.2	7.03
1963	6.09	6.92
1964	5.96	6.83
1965	5.76	6.74
1966	5.55	6.64
1967	5.33	6.53
1968	5.11	6.42
1969	4.91	6.28
1970	4.71	6.12
1971	4.51	5.95
1972	4.32	5.77
1973	4.16	5.59
1974	4.07	5.38
1975	4.1	5.17
1976	4.12	4.95
1977	4.11	4.75
1978	4.1	4.55
1979	4.08	4.29
1980	4.04	3.92
1981	3.99	3.85
1982	3.94	3.74
1983	3.88	3.56
1984	3.8	3.28
1985	3.66	3.08
1986	3.54	2.92
1987	3.48	2.82
1988	3.43	2.75
1989	3.4	2.73
1990	3.39	2.73
1991	3.37	2.75
1992	3.33	2.76
1993	3.29	2.74
1994	3.26	2.68
1995	3.25	2.61
1996	3.25	2.53
1997	3.19	2.43
1998	3.12	2.35
1999	3.05	2.31
2000	2.99	2.31
2001	2.97	2.3
2002	2.97	2.22
2003	2.96	2.14
2004	2.94	2.09
2005	2.92	2.07
2006	2.91	2.03
2007	2.87	2.06
2008	2.82	2.15
2009	2.76	2.17
2010	2.7	2.14
2011	2.63	2.08
2012	2.61	2.11
2013	2.6	2.11
2014	2.59	2.14
2015	2.57	2.13
2016	2.52	2.06
2017	2.46	1.94
2018	2.42	1.9
2019	2.38	1.86
2020	2.36	1.83
2021	2.33	1.81
2022	2.31	1.79
2023	2.28	1.78
2024	2.27	1.76
2025	2.25	1.75
2026	2.23	1.73
2027	2.21	1.72
2028	2.2	1.71
2029	2.18	1.71
2030	2.16	1.7
2031	2.15	1.7
2032	2.13	1.69
2033	2.12	1.69
2034	2.1	1.68
2035	2.09	1.68
2036	2.07	1.68
2037	2.06	1.68
2038	2.05	1.67
2039	2.04	1.67
2040	2.03	1.67
2041	2.01	1.67
2042	2.01	1.67
2043	1.99	1.67
2044	1.98	1.66
2045	1.97	1.66
2046	1.96	1.66
2047	1.95	1.66
2048	1.94	1.66
2049	1.94	1.66
2050	1.93	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Saint Vincent
1960	46.4%	49%
1961	46.5%	48.8%
1962	46.5%	48.6%
1963	46.5%	48.2%
1964	46.4%	47.7%
1965	46.4%	47.4%
1966	46.3%	47.1%
1967	46.1%	46.8%
1968	45.9%	46.6%
1969	45.6%	46.4%
1970	45.2%	46.2%
1971	44.7%	46%
1972	44.2%	45.8%
1973	43.5%	45.7%
1974	42.8%	45.5%
1975	42.2%	45.3%
1976	41.5%	45%
1977	40.9%	44.7%
1978	40.4%	44.4%
1979	40%	44.1%
1980	39.6%	43.5%
1981	39.3%	42.6%
1982	39.1%	41.7%
1983	39%	41%
1984	38.9%	40.4%
1985	38.9%	39.9%
1986	38.8%	39.4%
1987	38.7%	38.9%
1988	38.7%	38.4%
1989	38.7%	38%
1990	38.7%	37.5%
1991	38.5%	36.8%
1992	38.2%	36%
1993	37.9%	35.1%
1994	37.5%	34.4%
1995	37.1%	33.7%
1996	36.6%	33.1%
1997	36.1%	32.5%
1998	35.5%	32%
1999	34.9%	31.6%
2000	34.3%	31.4%
2001	33.8%	31%
2002	33.4%	30.3%
2003	33%	29.7%
2004	32.6%	29%
2005	32.2%	28.4%
2006	31.9%	27.8%
2007	31.6%	27.2%
2008	31.3%	26.7%
2009	31%	26.1%
2010	30.8%	25.7%
2011	30.5%	25.2%
2012	30.2%	24.8%
2013	30%	24.4%
2014	29.8%	24%
2015	29.6%	23.7%
2016	29.5%	23.4%
2017	29.2%	23%
2018	28.9%	22.7%
2019	28.6%	22.5%
2020	28.3%	22.2%
2021	28%	22.1%
2022	27.7%	21.9%
2023	27.4%	21.6%
2024	27.1%	21.3%
2025	26.8%	20.9%
2026	26.6%	20.4%
2027	26.3%	20%
2028	26%	19.5%
2029	25.7%	19%
2030	25.4%	18.6%
2031	25%	18.1%
2032	24.7%	17.8%
2033	24.5%	17.5%
2034	24.2%	17.3%
2035	24%	17.1%
2036	23.8%	17%
2037	23.6%	16.9%
2038	23.5%	16.9%
2039	23.3%	16.9%
2040	23.2%	16.9%
2041	23%	16.9%
2042	22.9%	16.9%
2043	22.7%	16.9%
2044	22.6%	17%
2045	22.4%	17%
2046	22.3%	17%
2047	22.1%	17%
2048	21.9%	16.9%
2049	21.8%	16.9%
2050	21.6%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Saint Vincent
1960	13,313	3,029
1961	13,653	3,059
1962	14,429	3,073
1963	14,774	3,086
1964	14,979	3,130
1965	15,166	3,165
1966	15,111	3,194
1967	14,861	3,212
1968	14,831	3,218
1969	14,669	3,200
1970	14,538	3,161
1971	14,313	3,102
1972	13,905	3,033
1973	13,383	2,952
1974	13,557	2,863
1975	14,272	2,775
1976	14,933	2,694
1977	15,532	2,622
1978	16,196	2,581
1979	16,450	2,575
1980	16,907	2,362
1981	17,282	2,429
1982	17,681	2,477
1983	18,237	2,411
1984	18,499	2,248
1985	18,469	2,128
1986	18,024	2,020
1987	17,987	1,937
1988	18,063	1,876
1989	18,007	1,843
1990	17,748	1,825
1991	17,617	1,821
1992	17,170	1,849
1993	16,751	1,832
1994	16,424	1,786
1995	16,273	1,715
1996	16,163	1,610
1997	15,750	1,496
1998	15,464	1,379
1999	15,229	1,315
2000	14,724	1,279
2001	14,720	1,231
2002	14,468	1,166
2003	14,527	1,063
2004	14,526	992
2005	14,503	949
2006	14,555	881
2007	14,349	867
2008	14,000	904
2009	13,540	881
2010	13,227	796
2011	12,657	676
2012	11,716	637
2013	11,972	580
2014	11,680	580
2015	11,213	542
2016	10,807	443
2017	10,413	340
2018	9,779	271
2019	9,271	206
2020	8,730	-10
2021	6,777	-9
2022	8,223	96
2023	8,078	66

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Saint Vincent
1985	78	77
1986	76	71
1987	74	69
1988	71	67
1989	70	70
1990	70	72
1991	67	71
1992	64	89
1993	62	76
1994	58	78
1995	55	80
1996	53	79
1997	51	78
1998	49	77
1999	46	72
2000	47	68
2001	46	64
2002	48	62
2003	47	59
2004	46	56
2005	44	55
2006	43	54
2007	43	54
2008	42	56
2009	41	56
2010	40	59
2011	39	59
2012	42	61
2013	40	73
2014	38	64
2015	37	59
2016	38	52
2017	34	58
2018	35	56
2019	34	58
2020	34	57
2021	68	105
2022	32	56
2023	30	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Saint Vincent
1960	7.89%	-
1961	7.53%	-
1962	7.21%	-
1963	6.9%	-
1964	6.61%	-
1965	6.35%	-
1966	6.14%	-
1967	5.97%	-
1968	5.84%	-
1969	5.75%	6.03%
1970	5.69%	6.42%
1971	5.66%	6.82%
1972	5.63%	7.2%
1973	5.59%	7.52%
1974	5.52%	7.71%
1975	5.41%	7.7%
1976	5.27%	7.45%
1977	5.1%	7.03%
1978	4.9%	6.49%
1979	4.68%	5.91%
1980	4.46%	5.34%
1981	4.24%	4.82%
1982	4.03%	4.34%
1983	3.84%	3.91%
1984	3.67%	3.54%
1985	3.51%	3.22%
1986	3.37%	2.96%
1987	3.24%	2.75%
1988	3.12%	2.59%
1989	3%	2.47%
1990	2.89%	2.38%
1991	2.78%	2.31%
1992	2.68%	2.26%
1993	2.6%	2.24%
1994	2.52%	2.23%
1995	2.45%	2.23%
1996	2.39%	2.23%
1997	2.35%	2.24%
1998	2.31%	2.25%
1999	2.28%	2.25%
2000	2.27%	2.25%
2001	2.26%	2.25%
2002	2.27%	2.24%
2003	2.28%	2.25%
2004	2.31%	2.25%
2005	2.33%	2.26%
2006	2.35%	2.26%
2007	2.35%	2.25%
2008	2.32%	2.23%
2009	2.28%	2.19%
2010	2.22%	2.14%
2011	2.16%	2.06%
2012	2.1%	1.98%
2013	2.07%	1.88%
2014	2.06%	1.79%
2015	2.09%	1.69%
2016	2.16%	1.59%
2017	2.27%	1.49%
2018	2.41%	1.39%
2019	2.57%	1.31%
2020	2.72%	1.23%
2021	2.83%	1.17%
2022	2.89%	1.11%
2023	2.91%	1.06%