Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Saint Kitts and Nevis chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ireland was 1.5 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 Ireland 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
	Ireland	Saint Kitts
1960	3.78	6.54
1961	3.78	6.27
1962	3.92	6.06
1963	4.01	6.12
1964	4.07	6.08
1965	4.04	6.01
1966	3.94	5.78
1967	3.84	5.46
1968	3.77	5.17
1969	3.83	4.97
1970	3.85	4.73
1971	3.93	4.51
1972	3.84	4.16
1973	3.71	3.97
1974	3.59	3.81
1975	3.37	3.68
1976	3.29	3.59
1977	3.24	3.48
1978	3.21	3.29
1979	3.21	3.23
1980	3.21	3.26
1981	3.05	3.3
1982	2.94	3.18
1983	2.74	3.1
1984	2.58	2.88
1985	2.48	2.82
1986	2.44	2.68
1987	2.32	2.62
1988	2.17	2.62
1989	2.08	2.69
1990	2.11	2.73
1991	2.08	2.6
1992	1.99	2.43
1993	1.9	2.38
1994	1.85	2.31
1995	1.84	2.3
1996	1.88	2.26
1997	1.93	2.3
1998	1.94	2.31
1999	1.9	2.26
2000	1.89	2.13
2001	1.94	2.08
2002	1.97	2.04
2003	1.96	2
2004	1.93	1.96
2005	1.86	1.93
2006	1.91	1.9
2007	2.01	1.87
2008	2.06	1.83
2009	2.06	1.8
2010	2.05	1.76
2011	2.03	1.74
2012	1.98	1.71
2013	1.93	1.68
2014	1.89	1.67
2015	1.85	1.64
2016	1.81	1.63
2017	1.77	1.61
2018	1.75	1.59
2019	1.71	1.57
2020	1.63	1.55
2021	1.78	1.53
2022	1.54	1.51
2023	1.5	1.51
2024	1.5	1.53
2025	1.5	1.51
2026	1.5	1.5
2027	1.5	1.49
2028	1.5	1.49
2029	1.5	1.49
2030	1.5	1.48
2031	1.5	1.48
2032	1.5	1.48
2033	1.5	1.48
2034	1.5	1.48
2035	1.5	1.48
2036	1.5	1.48
2037	1.5	1.49
2038	1.5	1.49
2039	1.51	1.49
2040	1.51	1.49
2041	1.5	1.49
2042	1.5	1.49
2043	1.5	1.5
2044	1.51	1.5
2045	1.51	1.5
2046	1.5	1.5
2047	1.5	1.5
2048	1.5	1.5
2049	1.5	1.5
2050	1.5	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Saint Kitts
1960	30.9%	45.6%
1961	31%	45.7%
1962	30.9%	45.8%
1963	30.9%	46%
1964	30.9%	46.1%
1965	31.1%	46.3%
1966	31.1%	46.6%
1967	31.1%	47%
1968	31.1%	47.4%
1969	31.1%	47.7%
1970	31.1%	47.2%
1971	31.2%	45.8%
1972	31.2%	44.3%
1973	31.2%	42.9%
1974	31.2%	41.6%
1975	31.1%	40.5%
1976	31%	39.6%
1977	30.9%	38.8%
1978	30.7%	38.2%
1979	30.5%	37.6%
1980	30.4%	36.9%
1981	30.3%	36.2%
1982	30.1%	35.6%
1983	29.9%	35.1%
1984	29.6%	34.7%
1985	29.3%	34.5%
1986	28.9%	34.3%
1987	28.5%	34.2%
1988	28.1%	34.1%
1989	27.6%	34.1%
1990	27.1%	34.2%
1991	26.6%	34.1%
1992	26%	33.6%
1993	25.5%	32.9%
1994	24.9%	32.3%
1995	24.2%	31.7%
1996	23.6%	31.1%
1997	23%	30.6%
1998	22.5%	30.1%
1999	22.1%	29.7%
2000	21.8%	29.3%
2001	21.4%	28.8%
2002	21.1%	28.1%
2003	21%	27.4%
2004	20.8%	26.6%
2005	20.6%	26%
2006	20.4%	25.3%
2007	20.3%	24.8%
2008	20.5%	24.4%
2009	20.7%	24%
2010	21.1%	23.3%
2011	21.4%	22.7%
2012	21.5%	22.2%
2013	21.5%	21.7%
2014	21.4%	21.1%
2015	21.3%	20.6%
2016	21.2%	20.2%
2017	20.9%	19.9%
2018	20.7%	19.6%
2019	20.4%	19.3%
2020	20.1%	19.1%
2021	19.8%	18.8%
2022	19.5%	18.6%
2023	19%	18.3%
2024	18.6%	18.2%
2025	18.1%	18.3%
2026	17.6%	18.4%
2027	17.2%	18.2%
2028	16.9%	17.9%
2029	16.6%	17.7%
2030	16.3%	17.5%
2031	16%	17.2%
2032	15.8%	17%
2033	15.6%	16.8%
2034	15.4%	16.5%
2035	15.3%	16.3%
2036	15.2%	16.1%
2037	15.1%	15.9%
2038	15.1%	15.7%
2039	15.2%	15.5%
2040	15.2%	15.4%
2041	15.3%	15.2%
2042	15.4%	15.1%
2043	15.4%	15%
2044	15.5%	14.8%
2045	15.6%	14.7%
2046	15.6%	14.6%
2047	15.7%	14.5%
2048	15.7%	14.5%
2049	15.7%	14.4%
2050	15.6%	14.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 18.2% in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 34.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Saint Kitts and Nevis compared.

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

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Saint Kitts
1960	28,286	1,562
1961	25,137	1,466
1962	28,077	1,373
1963	29,667	1,360
1964	31,532	1,305
1965	30,500	1,228
1966	26,866	1,103
1967	29,895	951
1968	27,697	812
1969	29,326	708
1970	30,756	611
1971	35,606	615
1972	34,316	619
1973	34,562	646
1974	34,199	670
1975	34,128	688
1976	33,676	703
1977	35,448	697
1978	36,288	654
1979	38,798	643
1980	40,612	652
1981	39,364	684
1982	38,344	672
1983	34,053	664
1984	31,791	598
1985	29,013	574
1986	27,963	520
1987	26,904	486
1988	22,912	471
1989	20,012	476
1990	21,787	471
1991	21,206	411
1992	20,283	369
1993	17,166	373
1994	17,234	370
1995	16,601	382
1996	18,915	379
1997	21,311	405
1998	22,277	415
1999	21,402	413
2000	23,592	376
2001	27,837	369
2002	31,062	365
2003	32,372	369
2004	33,376	365
2005	33,279	361
2006	36,752	355
2007	43,109	341
2008	46,691	322
2009	47,168	300
2010	47,426	274
2011	45,801	250
2012	42,775	246
2013	39,302	227
2014	37,728	213
2015	35,265	197
2016	33,339	185
2017	31,379	169
2018	29,878	150
2019	28,365	135
2020	23,687	98
2021	26,064	-20
2022	19,287	14
2023	19,638	84

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland 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 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ireland, compared to 74 deaths in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Saint Kitts
1985	11	290
1986	11	285
1987	10	302
1988	11	308
1989	10	316
1990	11	302
1991	10	280
1992	10	255
1993	9	225
1994	9	205
1995	9	204
1996	8	194
1997	8	194
1998	8	193
1999	7	164
2000	8	143
2001	7	131
2002	7	115
2003	6	111
2004	6	104
2005	6	102
2006	6	99
2007	6	96
2008	6	95
2009	6	93
2010	6	92
2011	6	90
2012	6	88
2013	5	82
2014	5	82
2015	5	76
2016	4	75
2017	4	74
2018	5	78
2019	4	74
2020	6	80
2021	6	111
2022	7	99
2023	4	74

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Saint Kitts
1960	3.53%	-
1961	3.38%	-
1962	3.25%	-
1963	3.13%	-
1964	3.01%	-
1965	2.87%	-
1966	2.71%	-
1967	2.55%	-
1968	2.41%	-
1969	2.3%	-
1970	2.22%	-
1971	2.17%	-
1972	2.14%	-
1973	2.11%	6.16%
1974	2.06%	6.03%
1975	2%	5.91%
1976	1.91%	5.78%
1977	1.81%	5.64%
1978	1.69%	5.48%
1979	1.56%	5.29%
1980	1.43%	5.06%
1981	1.32%	4.81%
1982	1.23%	4.53%
1983	1.17%	4.26%
1984	1.11%	4%
1985	1.07%	3.76%
1986	1.04%	3.56%
1987	1.02%	3.39%
1988	0.99%	3.24%
1989	0.96%	3.12%
1990	0.92%	3.03%
1991	0.87%	2.96%
1992	0.81%	2.9%
1993	0.77%	2.85%
1994	0.74%	2.8%
1995	0.73%	2.76%
1996	0.73%	2.7%
1997	0.73%	2.64%
1998	0.73%	2.56%
1999	0.73%	2.48%
2000	0.72%	2.39%
2001	0.69%	2.29%
2002	0.65%	2.2%
2003	0.6%	2.11%
2004	0.56%	2.03%
2005	0.52%	1.97%
2006	0.49%	1.92%
2007	0.46%	1.89%
2008	0.44%	1.88%
2009	0.43%	1.87%
2010	0.42%	1.88%
2011	0.41%	1.89%
2012	0.4%	1.91%
2013	0.39%	1.93%
2014	0.38%	1.95%
2015	0.37%	1.94%
2016	0.36%	1.93%
2017	0.35%	1.9%
2018	0.34%	1.86%
2019	0.34%	1.82%
2020	0.35%	1.77%
2021	0.36%	1.72%
2022	0.37%	1.68%
2023	0.38%	1.63%