Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Gabon vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Gabon was 3.65 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 Gabon 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
	Gabon	Saint Vincent
1960	4.42	7.25
1961	4.5	7.16
1962	4.59	7.03
1963	4.65	6.92
1964	4.71	6.83
1965	4.79	6.74
1966	4.86	6.64
1967	4.92	6.53
1968	4.98	6.42
1969	5.05	6.28
1970	5.1	6.12
1971	5.16	5.95
1972	5.24	5.77
1973	5.29	5.59
1974	5.33	5.38
1975	5.39	5.17
1976	5.46	4.95
1977	5.52	4.75
1978	5.57	4.55
1979	5.61	4.29
1980	5.66	3.92
1981	5.73	3.85
1982	5.74	3.74
1983	5.76	3.56
1984	5.73	3.28
1985	5.71	3.08
1986	5.69	2.92
1987	5.67	2.82
1988	5.62	2.75
1989	5.55	2.73
1990	5.46	2.73
1991	5.37	2.75
1992	5.29	2.76
1993	5.19	2.74
1994	5.04	2.68
1995	4.88	2.61
1996	4.74	2.53
1997	4.66	2.43
1998	4.58	2.35
1999	4.5	2.31
2000	4.47	2.31
2001	4.42	2.3
2002	4.36	2.22
2003	4.3	2.14
2004	4.25	2.09
2005	4.21	2.07
2006	4.17	2.03
2007	4.14	2.06
2008	4.12	2.15
2009	4.14	2.17
2010	4.15	2.14
2011	4.15	2.08
2012	4.09	2.11
2013	4.02	2.11
2014	3.95	2.14
2015	3.92	2.13
2016	3.92	2.06
2017	3.91	1.94
2018	3.91	1.9
2019	3.88	1.86
2020	3.83	1.83
2021	3.78	1.81
2022	3.71	1.79
2023	3.65	1.78
2024	3.59	1.76
2025	3.54	1.75
2026	3.49	1.73
2027	3.43	1.72
2028	3.37	1.71
2029	3.33	1.71
2030	3.29	1.7
2031	3.24	1.7
2032	3.2	1.69
2033	3.16	1.69
2034	3.12	1.68
2035	3.08	1.68
2036	3.04	1.68
2037	3.01	1.68
2038	2.97	1.67
2039	2.94	1.67
2040	2.91	1.67
2041	2.88	1.67
2042	2.84	1.67
2043	2.81	1.67
2044	2.78	1.66
2045	2.75	1.66
2046	2.73	1.66
2047	2.7	1.66
2048	2.67	1.66
2049	2.64	1.66
2050	2.62	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	Saint Vincent
1960	31.4%	49%
1961	31.8%	48.8%
1962	32.2%	48.6%
1963	32.6%	48.2%
1964	33%	47.7%
1965	33.5%	47.4%
1966	33.9%	47.1%
1967	34.3%	46.8%
1968	34.7%	46.6%
1969	35.1%	46.4%
1970	35.4%	46.2%
1971	35.8%	46%
1972	36.3%	45.8%
1973	36.7%	45.7%
1974	37.1%	45.5%
1975	37.6%	45.3%
1976	38%	45%
1977	38.4%	44.7%
1978	38.8%	44.4%
1979	39.2%	44.1%
1980	39.6%	43.5%
1981	39.9%	42.6%
1982	40.3%	41.7%
1983	40.7%	41%
1984	41%	40.4%
1985	41.4%	39.9%
1986	41.6%	39.4%
1987	41.9%	38.9%
1988	42.1%	38.4%
1989	42.3%	38%
1990	42.4%	37.5%
1991	42.5%	36.8%
1992	42.5%	36%
1993	42.5%	35.1%
1994	42.4%	34.4%
1995	42.3%	33.7%
1996	42%	33.1%
1997	41.8%	32.5%
1998	41.5%	32%
1999	41.2%	31.6%
2000	40.8%	31.4%
2001	40.5%	31%
2002	40.1%	30.3%
2003	39.7%	29.7%
2004	39.4%	29%
2005	39%	28.4%
2006	38.6%	27.8%
2007	38.2%	27.2%
2008	37.9%	26.7%
2009	37.6%	26.1%
2010	37.3%	25.7%
2011	37.1%	25.2%
2012	37%	24.8%
2013	36.8%	24.4%
2014	36.7%	24%
2015	36.6%	23.7%
2016	36.6%	23.4%
2017	36.6%	23%
2018	36.7%	22.7%
2019	36.8%	22.5%
2020	36.8%	22.2%
2021	36.8%	22.1%
2022	36.8%	21.9%
2023	36.7%	21.6%
2024	36.5%	21.3%
2025	36.2%	20.9%
2026	35.9%	20.4%
2027	35.6%	20%
2028	35.3%	19.5%
2029	34.9%	19%
2030	34.6%	18.6%
2031	34.2%	18.1%
2032	33.8%	17.8%
2033	33.4%	17.5%
2034	33%	17.3%
2035	32.7%	17.1%
2036	32.3%	17%
2037	32%	16.9%
2038	31.8%	16.9%
2039	31.5%	16.9%
2040	31.3%	16.9%
2041	31.1%	16.9%
2042	31%	16.9%
2043	30.8%	16.9%
2044	30.6%	17%
2045	30.5%	17%
2046	30.3%	17%
2047	30.2%	17%
2048	30%	16.9%
2049	29.8%	16.9%
2050	29.6%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	Saint Vincent
1960	5,732	3,029
1961	6,161	3,059
1962	6,609	3,073
1963	7,001	3,086
1964	7,402	3,130
1965	7,902	3,165
1966	8,410	3,194
1967	8,883	3,212
1968	9,417	3,218
1969	9,969	3,200
1970	10,635	3,161
1971	11,357	3,102
1972	12,095	3,033
1973	12,731	2,952
1974	13,381	2,863
1975	14,162	2,775
1976	14,998	2,694
1977	15,842	2,622
1978	16,714	2,581
1979	17,553	2,575
1980	18,503	2,362
1981	19,528	2,429
1982	20,292	2,477
1983	21,162	2,411
1984	21,851	2,248
1985	22,617	2,128
1986	23,362	2,020
1987	24,212	1,937
1988	24,888	1,876
1989	25,359	1,843
1990	25,858	1,825
1991	26,334	1,821
1992	26,810	1,849
1993	27,235	1,832
1994	27,271	1,786
1995	27,290	1,715
1996	27,450	1,610
1997	28,053	1,496
1998	28,697	1,379
1999	29,330	1,315
2000	30,210	1,279
2001	30,941	1,231
2002	31,777	1,166
2003	32,633	1,063
2004	33,615	992
2005	34,766	949
2006	35,984	881
2007	37,394	867
2008	39,002	904
2009	41,037	881
2010	43,061	796
2011	44,922	676
2012	45,941	637
2013	46,829	580
2014	47,704	580
2015	48,876	542
2016	50,321	443
2017	51,455	340
2018	52,476	271
2019	53,185	206
2020	52,745	-10
2021	52,611	-9
2022	52,944	96
2023	53,167	66

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 233 deaths per 100,000 live births in Gabon, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	Saint Vincent
1985	373	77
1986	369	71
1987	366	69
1988	367	67
1989	366	70
1990	368	72
1991	369	71
1992	371	89
1993	364	76
1994	357	78
1995	341	80
1996	321	79
1997	290	78
1998	258	77
1999	216	72
2000	178	68
2001	160	64
2002	151	62
2003	134	59
2004	142	56
2005	175	55
2006	186	54
2007	173	54
2008	158	56
2009	158	56
2010	144	59
2011	149	59
2012	173	61
2013	235	73
2014	273	64
2015	239	59
2016	215	52
2017	184	58
2018	176	56
2019	179	58
2020	194	57
2021	249	105
2022	216	56
2023	233	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	Saint Vincent
1960	21.9%	-
1961	21.2%	-
1962	20.5%	-
1963	19.8%	-
1964	19.2%	-
1965	18.6%	-
1966	17.9%	-
1967	17.4%	-
1968	16.8%	-
1969	16.2%	6.03%
1970	15.7%	6.42%
1971	15.2%	6.82%
1972	14.7%	7.2%
1973	14.2%	7.52%
1974	13.7%	7.71%
1975	13.3%	7.7%
1976	12.8%	7.45%
1977	12.4%	7.03%
1978	12%	6.49%
1979	11.6%	5.91%
1980	11.2%	5.34%
1981	10.8%	4.82%
1982	10.5%	4.34%
1983	10.1%	3.91%
1984	9.81%	3.54%
1985	9.52%	3.22%
1986	9.26%	2.96%
1987	9.03%	2.75%
1988	8.82%	2.59%
1989	8.64%	2.47%
1990	8.49%	2.38%
1991	8.35%	2.31%
1992	8.24%	2.26%
1993	8.14%	2.24%
1994	8.06%	2.23%
1995	7.98%	2.23%
1996	7.89%	2.23%
1997	7.79%	2.24%
1998	7.67%	2.25%
1999	7.53%	2.25%
2000	7.37%	2.25%
2001	7.19%	2.25%
2002	7.01%	2.24%
2003	6.81%	2.25%
2004	6.6%	2.25%
2005	6.39%	2.26%
2006	6.21%	2.26%
2007	5.99%	2.25%
2008	5.77%	2.23%
2009	5.57%	2.19%
2010	5.35%	2.14%
2011	5.14%	2.06%
2012	4.94%	1.98%
2013	4.73%	1.88%
2014	4.57%	1.79%
2015	4.42%	1.69%
2016	4.24%	1.59%
2017	4.1%	1.49%
2018	3.96%	1.39%
2019	3.8%	1.31%
2020	3.62%	1.23%
2021	3.52%	1.17%
2022	3.41%	1.11%
2023	3.32%	1.06%