Fertility & birth rates in Jamaica and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Jamaica vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jamaica was 1.36 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 Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	Saint Vincent
1960	5.54	7.25
1961	5.6	7.16
1962	5.64	7.03
1963	5.73	6.92
1964	5.79	6.83
1965	5.72	6.74
1966	5.69	6.64
1967	5.67	6.53
1968	5.58	6.42
1969	5.47	6.28
1970	5.35	6.12
1971	5.21	5.95
1972	5.06	5.77
1973	5	5.59
1974	4.67	5.38
1975	4.44	5.17
1976	4.21	4.95
1977	4	4.75
1978	3.84	4.55
1979	3.72	4.29
1980	3.59	3.92
1981	3.51	3.85
1982	3.46	3.74
1983	3.41	3.56
1984	3.32	3.28
1985	3.21	3.08
1986	3.11	2.92
1987	3.02	2.82
1988	2.98	2.75
1989	2.93	2.73
1990	2.96	2.73
1991	3	2.75
1992	3.03	2.76
1993	2.99	2.74
1994	2.93	2.68
1995	2.85	2.61
1996	2.77	2.53
1997	2.68	2.43
1998	2.57	2.35
1999	2.47	2.31
2000	2.35	2.31
2001	2.3	2.3
2002	2.27	2.22
2003	2.24	2.14
2004	2.2	2.09
2005	2.15	2.07
2006	2.09	2.03
2007	2.02	2.06
2008	1.95	2.15
2009	1.88	2.17
2010	1.8	2.14
2011	1.72	2.08
2012	1.65	2.11
2013	1.59	2.11
2014	1.54	2.14
2015	1.51	2.13
2016	1.46	2.06
2017	1.43	1.94
2018	1.4	1.9
2019	1.39	1.86
2020	1.38	1.83
2021	1.38	1.81
2022	1.37	1.79
2023	1.36	1.78
2024	1.35	1.76
2025	1.34	1.75
2026	1.33	1.73
2027	1.33	1.72
2028	1.33	1.71
2029	1.33	1.71
2030	1.33	1.7
2031	1.33	1.7
2032	1.34	1.69
2033	1.34	1.69
2034	1.34	1.68
2035	1.35	1.68
2036	1.35	1.68
2037	1.36	1.68
2038	1.36	1.67
2039	1.37	1.67
2040	1.37	1.67
2041	1.37	1.67
2042	1.37	1.67
2043	1.38	1.67
2044	1.38	1.66
2045	1.39	1.66
2046	1.39	1.66
2047	1.39	1.66
2048	1.4	1.66
2049	1.4	1.66
2050	1.41	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jamaica	Saint Vincent
1960	41.2%	49%
1961	41.7%	48.8%
1962	42.2%	48.6%
1963	42.7%	48.2%
1964	43.3%	47.7%
1965	43.9%	47.4%
1966	44.3%	47.1%
1967	44.6%	46.8%
1968	44.9%	46.6%
1969	45%	46.4%
1970	45%	46.2%
1971	44.8%	46%
1972	44.4%	45.8%
1973	44%	45.7%
1974	43.5%	45.5%
1975	42.9%	45.3%
1976	42.3%	45%
1977	41.7%	44.7%
1978	41%	44.4%
1979	40.4%	44.1%
1980	39.8%	43.5%
1981	39.2%	42.6%
1982	38.7%	41.7%
1983	38.2%	41%
1984	37.9%	40.4%
1985	37.5%	39.9%
1986	37.2%	39.4%
1987	36.8%	38.9%
1988	36.5%	38.4%
1989	36.1%	38%
1990	35.8%	37.5%
1991	35.5%	36.8%
1992	35.4%	36%
1993	35.3%	35.1%
1994	35.2%	34.4%
1995	35.1%	33.7%
1996	34.9%	33.1%
1997	34.6%	32.5%
1998	34.2%	32%
1999	33.8%	31.6%
2000	33.2%	31.4%
2001	32.7%	31%
2002	32.2%	30.3%
2003	31.7%	29.7%
2004	31.2%	29%
2005	30.6%	28.4%
2006	30%	27.8%
2007	29.3%	27.2%
2008	28.5%	26.7%
2009	27.7%	26.1%
2010	26.9%	25.7%
2011	26.2%	25.2%
2012	25.4%	24.8%
2013	24.7%	24.4%
2014	24%	24%
2015	23.4%	23.7%
2016	22.8%	23.4%
2017	22.3%	23%
2018	21.7%	22.7%
2019	21.1%	22.5%
2020	20.6%	22.2%
2021	20%	22.1%
2022	19.6%	21.9%
2023	19.1%	21.6%
2024	18.7%	21.3%
2025	18.3%	20.9%
2026	17.9%	20.4%
2027	17.6%	20%
2028	17.2%	19.5%
2029	16.9%	19%
2030	16.7%	18.6%
2031	16.4%	18.1%
2032	16.2%	17.8%
2033	15.9%	17.5%
2034	15.7%	17.3%
2035	15.5%	17.1%
2036	15.3%	17%
2037	15.1%	16.9%
2038	14.8%	16.9%
2039	14.6%	16.9%
2040	14.4%	16.9%
2041	14.2%	16.9%
2042	14%	16.9%
2043	13.8%	16.9%
2044	13.6%	17%
2045	13.4%	17%
2046	13.2%	17%
2047	13%	17%
2048	12.8%	16.9%
2049	12.6%	16.9%
2050	12.5%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Jamaica and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jamaica and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Jamaica vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.49% in Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	Saint Vincent
1960	51,944	3,029
1961	51,931	3,059
1962	51,758	3,073
1963	52,277	3,086
1964	52,501	3,130
1965	51,423	3,165
1966	50,808	3,194
1967	50,187	3,212
1968	49,189	3,218
1969	48,258	3,200
1970	47,547	3,161
1971	47,206	3,102
1972	46,676	3,033
1973	47,438	2,952
1974	45,526	2,863
1975	44,736	2,775
1976	43,878	2,694
1977	42,999	2,622
1978	42,475	2,581
1979	42,449	2,575
1980	42,316	2,362
1981	42,898	2,429
1982	43,816	2,477
1983	45,095	2,411
1984	45,644	2,248
1985	45,122	2,128
1986	44,520	2,020
1987	44,155	1,937
1988	43,978	1,876
1989	43,591	1,843
1990	44,465	1,825
1991	45,617	1,821
1992	46,494	1,849
1993	46,090	1,832
1994	45,210	1,786
1995	43,705	1,715
1996	42,297	1,610
1997	40,521	1,496
1998	38,628	1,379
1999	36,649	1,315
2000	34,452	1,279
2001	33,666	1,231
2002	33,572	1,166
2003	33,340	1,063
2004	32,500	992
2005	31,506	949
2006	30,213	881
2007	28,886	867
2008	27,553	904
2009	26,311	881
2010	25,031	796
2011	23,627	676
2012	22,320	637
2013	21,037	580
2014	19,751	580
2015	18,489	542
2016	16,944	443
2017	15,419	340
2018	13,929	271
2019	13,094	206
2020	12,170	-10
2021	6,382	-9
2022	11,215	96
2023	10,072	66

Maternal mortality chart: Jamaica vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 130 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jamaica, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jamaica	Saint Vincent
1985	45	77
1986	45	71
1987	46	69
1988	48	67
1989	50	70
1990	54	72
1991	58	71
1992	62	89
1993	67	76
1994	71	78
1995	74	80
1996	77	79
1997	79	78
1998	80	77
1999	81	72
2000	82	68
2001	82	64
2002	81	62
2003	79	59
2004	77	56
2005	81	55
2006	89	54
2007	89	54
2008	91	56
2009	93	56
2010	94	59
2011	89	59
2012	89	61
2013	94	73
2014	100	64
2015	100	59
2016	102	52
2017	106	58
2018	112	56
2019	120	58
2020	126	57
2021	186	105
2022	138	56
2023	130	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.93% in Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	Saint Vincent
1960	8.17%	-
1961	7.79%	-
1962	7.45%	-
1963	7.17%	-
1964	6.91%	-
1965	6.69%	-
1966	6.49%	-
1967	6.28%	-
1968	6.08%	-
1969	5.87%	6.03%
1970	5.64%	6.42%
1971	5.41%	6.82%
1972	5.18%	7.2%
1973	4.95%	7.52%
1974	4.74%	7.71%
1975	4.55%	7.7%
1976	4.37%	7.45%
1977	4.21%	7.03%
1978	4.06%	6.49%
1979	3.92%	5.91%
1980	3.78%	5.34%
1981	3.66%	4.82%
1982	3.54%	4.34%
1983	3.43%	3.91%
1984	3.32%	3.54%
1985	3.22%	3.22%
1986	3.13%	2.96%
1987	3.04%	2.75%
1988	2.96%	2.59%
1989	2.88%	2.47%
1990	2.8%	2.38%
1991	2.73%	2.31%
1992	2.66%	2.26%
1993	2.58%	2.24%
1994	2.51%	2.23%
1995	2.43%	2.23%
1996	2.35%	2.23%
1997	2.27%	2.24%
1998	2.19%	2.25%
1999	2.12%	2.25%
2000	2.06%	2.25%
2001	2%	2.25%
2002	1.97%	2.24%
2003	1.94%	2.25%
2004	1.92%	2.25%
2005	1.92%	2.26%
2006	1.91%	2.26%
2007	1.92%	2.25%
2008	1.92%	2.23%
2009	1.91%	2.19%
2010	1.91%	2.14%
2011	1.9%	2.06%
2012	1.89%	1.98%
2013	1.88%	1.88%
2014	1.87%	1.79%
2015	1.87%	1.69%
2016	1.86%	1.59%
2017	1.86%	1.49%
2018	1.87%	1.39%
2019	1.88%	1.31%
2020	1.9%	1.23%
2021	1.91%	1.17%
2022	1.93%	1.11%
2023	1.93%	1.06%