Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Japan vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Japan was 1.2 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 Japan 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
	Japan	Saint Vincent
1960	2	7.25
1961	1.96	7.16
1962	1.98	7.03
1963	2	6.92
1964	2.05	6.83
1965	2.14	6.74
1966	1.58	6.64
1967	2.23	6.53
1968	2.13	6.42
1969	2.13	6.28
1970	2.13	6.12
1971	2.16	5.95
1972	2.14	5.77
1973	2.14	5.59
1974	2.05	5.38
1975	1.91	5.17
1976	1.85	4.95
1977	1.8	4.75
1978	1.79	4.55
1979	1.77	4.29
1980	1.75	3.92
1981	1.74	3.85
1982	1.77	3.74
1983	1.8	3.56
1984	1.81	3.28
1985	1.76	3.08
1986	1.72	2.92
1987	1.69	2.82
1988	1.66	2.75
1989	1.57	2.73
1990	1.54	2.73
1991	1.53	2.75
1992	1.5	2.76
1993	1.46	2.74
1994	1.5	2.68
1995	1.42	2.61
1996	1.43	2.53
1997	1.39	2.43
1998	1.38	2.35
1999	1.34	2.31
2000	1.36	2.31
2001	1.33	2.3
2002	1.32	2.22
2003	1.29	2.14
2004	1.29	2.09
2005	1.26	2.07
2006	1.32	2.03
2007	1.34	2.06
2008	1.37	2.15
2009	1.37	2.17
2010	1.39	2.14
2011	1.39	2.08
2012	1.41	2.11
2013	1.43	2.11
2014	1.42	2.14
2015	1.45	2.13
2016	1.44	2.06
2017	1.43	1.94
2018	1.42	1.9
2019	1.36	1.86
2020	1.33	1.83
2021	1.3	1.81
2022	1.26	1.79
2023	1.2	1.78
2024	1.21	1.76
2025	1.22	1.75
2026	1.22	1.73
2027	1.23	1.72
2028	1.24	1.71
2029	1.25	1.71
2030	1.25	1.7
2031	1.26	1.7
2032	1.26	1.69
2033	1.27	1.69
2034	1.28	1.68
2035	1.28	1.68
2036	1.29	1.68
2037	1.29	1.68
2038	1.3	1.67
2039	1.3	1.67
2040	1.3	1.67
2041	1.31	1.67
2042	1.31	1.67
2043	1.31	1.67
2044	1.32	1.66
2045	1.32	1.66
2046	1.33	1.66
2047	1.33	1.66
2048	1.33	1.66
2049	1.34	1.66
2050	1.34	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Saint Vincent
1960	29.8%	49%
1961	29.1%	48.8%
1962	28%	48.6%
1963	26.8%	48.2%
1964	25.8%	47.7%
1965	25.1%	47.4%
1966	24.4%	47.1%
1967	23.8%	46.8%
1968	23.5%	46.6%
1969	23.4%	46.4%
1970	23.3%	46.2%
1971	23.3%	46%
1972	23.4%	45.8%
1973	23.6%	45.7%
1974	23.8%	45.5%
1975	23.8%	45.3%
1976	23.9%	45%
1977	23.9%	44.7%
1978	23.8%	44.4%
1979	23.7%	44.1%
1980	23.4%	43.5%
1981	23.3%	42.6%
1982	23.1%	41.7%
1983	22.6%	41%
1984	22.2%	40.4%
1985	21.7%	39.9%
1986	21%	39.4%
1987	20.3%	38.9%
1988	19.5%	38.4%
1989	18.8%	38%
1990	18%	37.5%
1991	17.4%	36.8%
1992	16.9%	36%
1993	16.4%	35.1%
1994	16%	34.4%
1995	15.6%	33.7%
1996	15.3%	33.1%
1997	15.1%	32.5%
1998	14.8%	32%
1999	14.6%	31.6%
2000	14.4%	31.4%
2001	14.2%	31%
2002	14.1%	30.3%
2003	13.9%	29.7%
2004	13.8%	29%
2005	13.8%	28.4%
2006	13.7%	27.8%
2007	13.6%	27.2%
2008	13.5%	26.7%
2009	13.5%	26.1%
2010	13.4%	25.7%
2011	13.3%	25.2%
2012	13.2%	24.8%
2013	13.1%	24.4%
2014	13%	24%
2015	12.8%	23.7%
2016	12.7%	23.4%
2017	12.6%	23%
2018	12.5%	22.7%
2019	12.4%	22.5%
2020	12.2%	22.2%
2021	12%	22.1%
2022	11.9%	21.9%
2023	11.6%	21.6%
2024	11.4%	21.3%
2025	11.2%	20.9%
2026	11%	20.4%
2027	10.9%	20%
2028	10.7%	19.5%
2029	10.5%	19%
2030	10.4%	18.6%
2031	10.3%	18.1%
2032	10.2%	17.8%
2033	10.1%	17.5%
2034	10.1%	17.3%
2035	10.1%	17.1%
2036	10.1%	17%
2037	10.1%	16.9%
2038	10.2%	16.9%
2039	10.3%	16.9%
2040	10.4%	16.9%
2041	10.5%	16.9%
2042	10.6%	16.9%
2043	10.7%	16.9%
2044	10.8%	17%
2045	10.9%	17%
2046	11%	17%
2047	11.1%	17%
2048	11.2%	16.9%
2049	11.2%	16.9%
2050	11.2%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 18% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan 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
	Japan	Saint Vincent
1960	894,874	3,029
1961	893,522	3,059
1962	901,864	3,073
1963	987,770	3,086
1964	1,046,553	3,130
1965	1,126,448	3,165
1966	682,072	3,194
1967	1,258,475	3,212
1968	1,191,930	3,218
1969	1,195,962	3,200
1970	1,230,496	3,161
1971	1,331,782	3,102
1972	1,372,006	3,033
1973	1,391,449	2,952
1974	1,332,960	2,863
1975	1,204,989	2,775
1976	1,127,750	2,694
1977	1,070,397	2,622
1978	1,011,234	2,581
1979	950,298	2,575
1980	864,372	2,362
1981	811,861	2,429
1982	805,664	2,477
1983	775,495	2,411
1984	756,523	2,248
1985	676,687	2,128
1986	631,706	2,020
1987	598,138	1,937
1988	527,085	1,876
1989	467,662	1,843
1990	407,478	1,825
1991	396,685	1,821
1992	360,833	1,849
1993	312,073	1,832
1994	363,017	1,786
1995	276,039	1,715
1996	314,392	1,610
1997	277,325	1,496
1998	265,440	1,379
1999	202,610	1,315
2000	228,317	1,279
2001	203,438	1,231
2002	178,423	1,166
2003	114,946	1,063
2004	76,656	992
2005	-25,554	949
2006	12,785	881
2007	-25,600	867
2008	-51,225	904
2009	-76,828	881
2010	-128,070	796
2011	-204,533	676
2012	-229,733	637
2013	-242,146	580
2014	-267,279	580
2015	-292,424	542
2016	-343,106	443
2017	-406,310	340
2018	-456,520	271
2019	-531,858	206
2020	-542,923	-10
2021	-640,976	-9
2022	-825,825	96
2023	-871,617	66

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Saint Vincent
1985	19	77
1986	18	71
1987	17	69
1988	16	67
1989	15	70
1990	14	72
1991	13	71
1992	13	89
1993	12	76
1994	11	78
1995	11	80
1996	11	79
1997	10	78
1998	10	77
1999	9	72
2000	9	68
2001	8	64
2002	8	62
2003	8	59
2004	7	56
2005	7	55
2006	7	54
2007	6	54
2008	6	56
2009	6	56
2010	6	59
2011	6	59
2012	6	61
2013	5	73
2014	5	64
2015	5	59
2016	5	52
2017	5	58
2018	5	56
2019	5	58
2020	4	57
2021	4	105
2022	5	56
2023	3	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan 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
	Japan	Saint Vincent
1960	3.97%	-
1961	3.62%	-
1962	3.29%	-
1963	2.98%	-
1964	2.7%	-
1965	2.46%	-
1966	2.26%	-
1967	2.1%	-
1968	1.96%	-
1969	1.85%	6.03%
1970	1.75%	6.42%
1971	1.65%	6.82%
1972	1.57%	7.2%
1973	1.49%	7.52%
1974	1.41%	7.71%
1975	1.33%	7.7%
1976	1.25%	7.45%
1977	1.18%	7.03%
1978	1.11%	6.49%
1979	1.05%	5.91%
1980	0.99%	5.34%
1981	0.93%	4.82%
1982	0.88%	4.34%
1983	0.83%	3.91%
1984	0.79%	3.54%
1985	0.75%	3.22%
1986	0.71%	2.96%
1987	0.68%	2.75%
1988	0.66%	2.59%
1989	0.64%	2.47%
1990	0.63%	2.38%
1991	0.62%	2.31%
1992	0.61%	2.26%
1993	0.6%	2.24%
1994	0.59%	2.23%
1995	0.57%	2.23%
1996	0.55%	2.23%
1997	0.52%	2.24%
1998	0.5%	2.25%
1999	0.47%	2.25%
2000	0.45%	2.25%
2001	0.43%	2.25%
2002	0.41%	2.24%
2003	0.4%	2.25%
2004	0.39%	2.25%
2005	0.37%	2.26%
2006	0.36%	2.26%
2007	0.35%	2.25%
2008	0.34%	2.23%
2009	0.34%	2.19%
2010	0.33%	2.14%
2011	0.33%	2.06%
2012	0.31%	1.98%
2013	0.3%	1.88%
2014	0.29%	1.79%
2015	0.28%	1.69%
2016	0.27%	1.59%
2017	0.26%	1.49%
2018	0.25%	1.39%
2019	0.25%	1.31%
2020	0.24%	1.23%
2021	0.24%	1.17%
2022	0.24%	1.11%
2023	0.24%	1.06%