Fertility & birth rates in Grenada and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fertility rate in Grenada vs Saint Kitts and Nevis chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Grenada was 1.49 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.51 in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Grenada vs Saint Kitts and Nevis population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Grenada	Saint Kitts
1960	6.74	6.54
1961	6.63	6.27
1962	6.44	6.06
1963	6.2	6.12
1964	5.91	6.08
1965	5.6	6.01
1966	5.3	5.78
1967	5.04	5.46
1968	4.84	5.17
1969	4.69	4.97
1970	4.46	4.73
1971	4.31	4.51
1972	4.18	4.16
1973	4.05	3.97
1974	3.92	3.81
1975	3.75	3.68
1976	3.6	3.59
1977	3.46	3.48
1978	3.35	3.29
1979	3.34	3.23
1980	3.3	3.26
1981	2.99	3.3
1982	3.15	3.18
1983	3.31	3.1
1984	3.22	2.88
1985	3.48	2.82
1986	3.58	2.68
1987	3.58	2.62
1988	3.19	2.62
1989	3.23	2.69
1990	3.06	2.73
1991	3.11	2.6
1992	2.97	2.43
1993	2.81	2.38
1994	2.79	2.31
1995	2.82	2.3
1996	2.85	2.26
1997	2.8	2.3
1998	2.49	2.31
1999	2.39	2.26
2000	2.44	2.13
2001	2.42	2.08
2002	2.38	2.04
2003	2.33	2
2004	2.29	1.96
2005	2.24	1.93
2006	2.19	1.9
2007	2.15	1.87
2008	2.12	1.83
2009	2.08	1.8
2010	2.04	1.76
2011	2.01	1.74
2012	1.97	1.71
2013	1.91	1.68
2014	1.8	1.67
2015	1.72	1.64
2016	1.62	1.63
2017	1.44	1.61
2018	1.53	1.59
2019	1.54	1.57
2020	1.53	1.55
2021	1.52	1.53
2022	1.5	1.51
2023	1.49	1.51
2024	1.47	1.53
2025	1.46	1.51
2026	1.45	1.5
2027	1.44	1.49
2028	1.44	1.49
2029	1.44	1.49
2030	1.44	1.48
2031	1.44	1.48
2032	1.44	1.48
2033	1.44	1.48
2034	1.44	1.48
2035	1.45	1.48
2036	1.45	1.48
2037	1.45	1.49
2038	1.45	1.49
2039	1.46	1.49
2040	1.46	1.49
2041	1.46	1.49
2042	1.46	1.49
2043	1.47	1.5
2044	1.47	1.5
2045	1.47	1.5
2046	1.47	1.5
2047	1.47	1.5
2048	1.47	1.5
2049	1.48	1.5
2050	1.48	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Grenada	Saint Kitts
1960	47.3%	45.6%
1961	47.2%	45.7%
1962	47.2%	45.8%
1963	47.1%	46%
1964	46.9%	46.1%
1965	47%	46.3%
1966	47.5%	46.6%
1967	47.6%	47%
1968	47.5%	47.4%
1969	47.2%	47.7%
1970	46.8%	47.2%
1971	46.2%	45.8%
1972	45.5%	44.3%
1973	44.7%	42.9%
1974	43.9%	41.6%
1975	43.1%	40.5%
1976	42.3%	39.6%
1977	41.5%	38.8%
1978	40.8%	38.2%
1979	40%	37.6%
1980	39.4%	36.9%
1981	38.6%	36.2%
1982	37.5%	35.6%
1983	36.5%	35.1%
1984	35.6%	34.7%
1985	34.8%	34.5%
1986	34.1%	34.3%
1987	33.6%	34.2%
1988	33.2%	34.1%
1989	33%	34.1%
1990	32.8%	34.2%
1991	32.8%	34.1%
1992	32.9%	33.6%
1993	33.1%	32.9%
1994	33.3%	32.3%
1995	33.5%	31.7%
1996	33.6%	31.1%
1997	33.6%	30.6%
1998	33.5%	30.1%
1999	33.3%	29.7%
2000	32.9%	29.3%
2001	32.1%	28.8%
2002	31%	28.1%
2003	29.8%	27.4%
2004	28.7%	26.6%
2005	27.7%	26%
2006	26.7%	25.3%
2007	25.9%	24.8%
2008	25.2%	24.4%
2009	24.6%	24%
2010	24%	23.3%
2011	23.6%	22.7%
2012	23.3%	22.2%
2013	23%	21.7%
2014	22.7%	21.1%
2015	22.4%	20.6%
2016	22.1%	20.2%
2017	21.8%	19.9%
2018	21.5%	19.6%
2019	21.2%	19.3%
2020	20.9%	19.1%
2021	20.6%	18.8%
2022	20.2%	18.6%
2023	19.8%	18.3%
2024	19.4%	18.2%
2025	19%	18.3%
2026	18.6%	18.4%
2027	18.1%	18.2%
2028	17.7%	17.9%
2029	17.3%	17.7%
2030	17%	17.5%
2031	16.7%	17.2%
2032	16.5%	17%
2033	16.4%	16.8%
2034	16.2%	16.5%
2035	16%	16.3%
2036	15.8%	16.1%
2037	15.6%	15.9%
2038	15.4%	15.7%
2039	15.2%	15.5%
2040	15%	15.4%
2041	14.9%	15.2%
2042	14.8%	15.1%
2043	14.6%	15%
2044	14.5%	14.8%
2045	14.4%	14.7%
2046	14.3%	14.6%
2047	14.1%	14.5%
2048	14%	14.5%
2049	13.9%	14.4%
2050	13.8%	14.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.4% of the population in Grenada and 18.2% in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2024, compared to 32.8% and 34.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Grenada and Saint Kitts and Nevis compared.

Natural population change in Grenada vs Saint Kitts and Nevis by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in Grenada and +0.26% in Saint Kitts and Nevis. 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
	Grenada	Saint Kitts
1960	3,678	1,562
1961	3,703	1,466
1962	3,674	1,373
1963	3,601	1,360
1964	3,508	1,305
1965	3,399	1,228
1966	3,278	1,103
1967	3,158	951
1968	3,040	812
1969	2,948	708
1970	2,793	611
1971	2,705	615
1972	2,578	619
1973	2,464	646
1974	2,360	670
1975	2,224	688
1976	2,092	703
1977	1,974	697
1978	1,882	654
1979	1,871	643
1980	1,840	652
1981	1,625	684
1982	1,798	672
1983	1,817	664
1984	1,975	598
1985	2,215	574
1986	2,324	520
1987	2,345	486
1988	2,044	471
1989	2,084	476
1990	1,931	471
1991	1,953	411
1992	1,811	369
1993	1,641	373
1994	1,596	370
1995	1,580	382
1996	1,559	379
1997	1,480	405
1998	1,204	415
1999	1,092	413
2000	1,105	376
2001	1,082	369
2002	1,077	365
2003	1,074	369
2004	1,034	365
2005	1,075	361
2006	1,068	355
2007	1,059	341
2008	1,046	322
2009	1,024	300
2010	989	274
2011	954	250
2012	925	246
2013	878	227
2014	772	213
2015	684	197
2016	579	185
2017	402	169
2018	470	150
2019	462	135
2020	433	98
2021	343	-20
2022	371	14
2023	334	84

Maternal mortality chart: Grenada vs Saint Kitts and Nevis

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in Grenada, compared to 74 deaths in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Grenada	Saint Kitts
1985	71	290
1986	68	285
1987	68	302
1988	61	308
1989	64	316
1990	61	302
1991	59	280
1992	56	255
1993	53	225
1994	55	205
1995	54	204
1996	51	194
1997	50	194
1998	50	193
1999	48	164
2000	46	143
2001	45	131
2002	42	115
2003	42	111
2004	48	104
2005	40	102
2006	39	99
2007	40	96
2008	41	95
2009	41	93
2010	43	92
2011	44	90
2012	44	88
2013	44	82
2014	45	82
2015	46	76
2016	44	75
2017	45	74
2018	46	78
2019	48	74
2020	51	80
2021	52	111
2022	50	99
2023	48	74

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Grenada and 1.63% in Saint Kitts and Nevis. 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
	Grenada	Saint Kitts
1960	9.5%	-
1961	8.83%	-
1962	8.15%	-
1963	7.5%	-
1964	6.91%	-
1965	6.39%	-
1966	5.95%	-
1967	5.59%	-
1968	5.3%	-
1969	5.06%	-
1970	4.87%	-
1971	4.71%	-
1972	4.58%	-
1973	4.47%	6.16%
1974	4.36%	6.03%
1975	4.25%	5.91%
1976	4.15%	5.78%
1977	4.03%	5.64%
1978	3.9%	5.48%
1979	3.77%	5.29%
1980	3.62%	5.06%
1981	3.46%	4.81%
1982	3.3%	4.53%
1983	3.15%	4.26%
1984	2.99%	4%
1985	2.85%	3.76%
1986	2.71%	3.56%
1987	2.58%	3.39%
1988	2.46%	3.24%
1989	2.35%	3.12%
1990	2.24%	3.03%
1991	2.13%	2.96%
1992	2.04%	2.9%
1993	1.95%	2.85%
1994	1.87%	2.8%
1995	1.79%	2.76%
1996	1.73%	2.7%
1997	1.67%	2.64%
1998	1.62%	2.56%
1999	1.58%	2.48%
2000	1.55%	2.39%
2001	1.52%	2.29%
2002	1.5%	2.2%
2003	1.49%	2.11%
2004	1.49%	2.03%
2005	1.48%	1.97%
2006	1.49%	1.92%
2007	1.5%	1.89%
2008	1.51%	1.88%
2009	1.54%	1.87%
2010	1.57%	1.88%
2011	1.6%	1.89%
2012	1.64%	1.91%
2013	1.68%	1.93%
2014	1.72%	1.95%
2015	1.75%	1.94%
2016	1.79%	1.93%
2017	1.81%	1.9%
2018	1.83%	1.86%
2019	1.85%	1.82%
2020	1.87%	1.77%
2021	1.87%	1.72%
2022	1.85%	1.68%
2023	1.83%	1.63%