Fertility & birth rates in Iran and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Iran vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iran was 1.7 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.38 in Saint Lucia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Iran vs Saint Lucia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Saint Lucia
1960	7.52	6.77
1961	7.46	6.84
1962	7.4	6.82
1963	7.32	6.72
1964	7.24	6.76
1965	7.22	6.69
1966	7.21	6.61
1967	7.19	6.51
1968	7.12	6.39
1969	7.01	6.25
1970	6.8	6.1
1971	6.55	5.95
1972	6.26	5.81
1973	6.06	5.69
1974	5.97	5.57
1975	5.95	5.36
1976	6.07	5.16
1977	6.18	4.97
1978	6.34	4.83
1979	6.55	4.58
1980	6.63	4.41
1981	6.62	4.28
1982	6.59	4.17
1983	6.53	4.08
1984	6.43	4.02
1985	6.24	3.97
1986	6.01	3.8
1987	5.72	3.61
1988	5.43	3.44
1989	5.17	3.31
1990	4.93	3.24
1991	4.57	3.19
1992	4.1	3.11
1993	3.67	3
1994	3.24	3.03
1995	2.85	3.03
1996	2.54	2.71
1997	2.32	2.74
1998	2.19	2.4
1999	2.09	2.5
2000	2	2.21
2001	1.92	2.13
2002	1.84	2.03
2003	1.8	1.94
2004	1.78	1.86
2005	1.76	1.81
2006	1.76	1.77
2007	1.75	1.7
2008	1.74	1.7
2009	1.74	1.74
2010	1.75	1.67
2011	1.79	1.5
2012	1.85	1.5
2013	1.91	1.5
2014	1.98	1.49
2015	2.02	1.47
2016	2.05	1.46
2017	2.02	1.45
2018	1.92	1.44
2019	1.77	1.42
2020	1.7	1.41
2021	1.71	1.4
2022	1.7	1.39
2023	1.7	1.38
2024	1.68	1.38
2025	1.67	1.38
2026	1.66	1.37
2027	1.65	1.37
2028	1.64	1.36
2029	1.64	1.36
2030	1.63	1.37
2031	1.63	1.37
2032	1.63	1.37
2033	1.63	1.37
2034	1.63	1.37
2035	1.63	1.38
2036	1.63	1.38
2037	1.63	1.38
2038	1.63	1.38
2039	1.63	1.38
2040	1.63	1.39
2041	1.63	1.39
2042	1.63	1.4
2043	1.63	1.4
2044	1.63	1.4
2045	1.63	1.41
2046	1.63	1.41
2047	1.63	1.41
2048	1.63	1.41
2049	1.63	1.42
2050	1.63	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iran	Saint Lucia
1960	43.5%	47.1%
1961	44.1%	48.1%
1962	44.6%	48.9%
1963	44.9%	49.6%
1964	45%	50.1%
1965	45%	50.5%
1966	44.9%	50.4%
1967	44.8%	50%
1968	44.8%	49.8%
1969	44.7%	50%
1970	44.6%	50.2%
1971	44.4%	50.4%
1972	44.2%	50.4%
1973	43.8%	50.2%
1974	43.5%	49.9%
1975	43.2%	49.5%
1976	43%	48.9%
1977	42.9%	47.9%
1978	43%	46.6%
1979	43.1%	45.5%
1980	43.3%	44.8%
1981	42.9%	44.3%
1982	42.7%	43.9%
1983	43%	43.5%
1984	43.3%	43.3%
1985	43.5%	43.1%
1986	43.7%	42.8%
1987	43.9%	42.6%
1988	44%	41.7%
1989	44.2%	40.2%
1990	44.1%	38.9%
1991	43.9%	38.1%
1992	43.6%	37.7%
1993	43.6%	37.3%
1994	43.2%	37%
1995	42.1%	36.7%
1996	40.7%	36.2%
1997	39.1%	35.7%
1998	37.3%	34.7%
1999	35.4%	33.5%
2000	33.6%	32.4%
2001	31.7%	31.4%
2002	30.1%	30.7%
2003	28.7%	30%
2004	27.4%	29.2%
2005	26.2%	28.4%
2006	25.3%	27.6%
2007	24.6%	26.8%
2008	24%	25.9%
2009	23.7%	25.1%
2010	23.4%	24.3%
2011	23.3%	23.5%
2012	23.3%	22.7%
2013	23.3%	22.1%
2014	23.4%	21.5%
2015	23.6%	20.9%
2016	23.8%	20.3%
2017	23.9%	19.9%
2018	24%	19.5%
2019	23.9%	19.1%
2020	23.8%	18.7%
2021	23.6%	18.5%
2022	23.2%	18.2%
2023	22.8%	17.9%
2024	22.4%	17.5%
2025	22%	17.2%
2026	21.6%	17.1%
2027	21.1%	16.9%
2028	20.5%	16.8%
2029	19.9%	16.6%
2030	19.3%	16.5%
2031	18.6%	16.3%
2032	18%	16.1%
2033	17.4%	15.9%
2034	17%	15.7%
2035	16.7%	15.6%
2036	16.4%	15.4%
2037	16.2%	15.2%
2038	15.9%	15%
2039	15.8%	14.8%
2040	15.6%	14.6%
2041	15.5%	14.4%
2042	15.4%	14.2%
2043	15.3%	14.1%
2044	15.3%	13.9%
2045	15.2%	13.7%
2046	15.2%	13.6%
2047	15.2%	13.4%
2048	15.2%	13.3%
2049	15.1%	13.1%
2050	15.1%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22.4% of the population in Iran and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iran and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Iran vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.1% in Iran and +0.34% in Saint Lucia. 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
	Iran	Saint Lucia
1960	584,060	3,202
1961	594,674	3,173
1962	595,538	3,124
1963	620,126	3,048
1964	635,589	3,074
1965	663,029	3,042
1966	695,040	3,028
1967	727,276	3,113
1968	743,992	3,154
1969	780,660	3,143
1970	794,612	3,093
1971	805,830	3,046
1972	804,043	3,028
1973	831,880	3,033
1974	873,369	3,106
1975	929,481	3,126
1976	1,013,347	3,166
1977	1,091,542	3,240
1978	1,156,974	3,340
1979	1,294,306	3,301
1980	1,361,293	3,275
1981	1,376,830	3,306
1982	1,514,240	3,360
1983	1,573,612	3,443
1984	1,653,051	3,526
1985	1,661,750	3,591
1986	1,659,289	3,496
1987	1,639,644	3,351
1988	1,614,512	3,229
1989	1,609,739	3,146
1990	1,530,434	3,061
1991	1,495,594	3,009
1992	1,365,466	2,981
1993	1,219,658	2,899
1994	1,008,076	2,976
1995	879,648	3,019
1996	784,508	2,649
1997	726,574	2,709
1998	717,655	2,294
1999	723,237	2,389
2000	731,203	1,967
2001	743,658	1,860
2002	752,205	1,774
2003	732,600	1,694
2004	801,203	1,615
2005	837,305	1,553
2006	884,529	1,511
2007	919,254	1,422
2008	940,983	1,369
2009	958,322	1,349
2010	980,380	1,176
2011	1,023,925	934
2012	1,073,804	916
2013	1,119,533	892
2014	1,158,552	852
2015	1,178,317	841
2016	1,186,949	767
2017	1,140,549	724
2018	1,035,052	694
2019	893,063	609
2020	663,978	562
2021	645,725	-15
2022	753,525	530
2023	750,150	475

Maternal mortality chart: Iran vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iran, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iran	Saint Lucia
1985	160	56
1986	148	57
1987	136	69
1988	126	71
1989	113	66
1990	107	72
1991	94	71
1992	86	58
1993	80	58
1994	71	60
1995	65	60
1996	59	72
1997	55	89
1998	50	89
1999	46	88
2000	43	83
2001	40	70
2002	38	62
2003	37	56
2004	34	54
2005	33	55
2006	32	53
2007	31	55
2008	30	55
2009	28	51
2010	27	56
2011	26	56
2012	25	55
2013	24	53
2014	23	49
2015	22	46
2016	21	46
2017	20	43
2018	19	41
2019	18	43
2020	34	43
2021	51	94
2022	21	48
2023	16	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.18% in Iran and 1.55% in Saint Lucia. 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
	Iran	Saint Lucia
1960	-	13.4%
1961	-	12.9%
1962	-	12.3%
1963	-	11.6%
1964	-	11%
1965	-	10.3%
1966	-	9.62%
1967	-	8.96%
1968	-	8.32%
1969	-	7.7%
1970	-	7.1%
1971	18.9%	6.54%
1972	18%	6.02%
1973	17.1%	5.53%
1974	16.2%	5.08%
1975	15.3%	4.67%
1976	14.4%	4.3%
1977	13.5%	3.97%
1978	12.6%	3.68%
1979	11.7%	3.42%
1980	10.8%	3.2%
1981	10%	3%
1982	9.3%	2.83%
1983	8.67%	2.68%
1984	8.13%	2.55%
1985	7.64%	2.44%
1986	7.2%	2.35%
1987	6.8%	2.27%
1988	6.42%	2.2%
1989	6.07%	2.14%
1990	5.76%	2.09%
1991	5.48%	2.05%
1992	5.22%	2.01%
1993	5%	1.98%
1994	4.79%	1.95%
1995	4.59%	1.92%
1996	4.4%	1.9%
1997	4.21%	1.88%
1998	4.02%	1.87%
1999	3.83%	1.86%
2000	3.63%	1.85%
2001	3.42%	1.84%
2002	3.22%	1.83%
2003	3.02%	1.83%
2004	2.83%	1.83%
2005	2.65%	1.83%
2006	2.48%	1.82%
2007	2.32%	1.82%
2008	2.17%	1.82%
2009	2.04%	1.81%
2010	1.93%	1.8%
2011	1.84%	1.79%
2012	1.75%	1.78%
2013	1.68%	1.77%
2014	1.61%	1.75%
2015	1.55%	1.74%
2016	1.5%	1.72%
2017	1.45%	1.7%
2018	1.39%	1.67%
2019	1.35%	1.65%
2020	1.3%	1.63%
2021	1.26%	1.6%
2022	1.22%	1.58%
2023	1.18%	1.55%