Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Saint Lucia
1960	2.29	6.77
1961	-	6.84
1962	2.37	6.82
1963	-	6.72
1964	2.34	6.76
1965	2.42	6.69
1966	2.34	6.61
1967	2.24	6.51
1968	2.12	6.39
1969	2.02	6.25
1970	1.97	6.1
1971	1.95	5.95
1972	1.75	5.81
1973	1.58	5.69
1974	1.58	5.57
1975	1.55	5.36
1976	1.48	5.16
1977	1.5	4.97
1978	1.48	4.83
1979	1.48	4.58
1980	1.5	4.41
1981	1.55	4.28
1982	1.49	4.17
1983	1.43	4.08
1984	1.42	4.02
1985	1.38	3.97
1986	1.43	3.8
1987	1.4	3.61
1988	1.51	3.44
1989	1.52	3.31
1990	1.6	3.24
1991	1.6	3.19
1992	1.64	3.11
1993	1.7	3
1994	1.72	3.03
1995	1.7	3.03
1996	1.77	2.71
1997	1.71	2.74
1998	1.68	2.4
1999	1.74	2.5
2000	1.76	2.21
2001	1.66	2.13
2002	1.63	2.03
2003	1.62	1.94
2004	1.66	1.86
2005	1.63	1.81
2006	1.65	1.77
2007	1.61	1.7
2008	1.61	1.7
2009	1.59	1.74
2010	1.63	1.67
2011	1.52	1.5
2012	1.57	1.5
2013	1.55	1.5
2014	1.5	1.49
2015	1.47	1.47
2016	1.41	1.46
2017	1.39	1.45
2018	1.38	1.44
2019	1.34	1.42
2020	1.36	1.41
2021	1.38	1.4
2022	1.31	1.39
2023	1.25	1.38
2024	1.25	1.38
2025	1.26	1.38
2026	1.26	1.37
2027	1.27	1.37
2028	1.27	1.36
2029	1.28	1.36
2030	1.28	1.37
2031	1.29	1.37
2032	1.29	1.37
2033	1.29	1.37
2034	1.29	1.37
2035	1.3	1.38
2036	1.3	1.38
2037	1.3	1.38
2038	1.3	1.38
2039	1.3	1.38
2040	1.31	1.39
2041	1.31	1.39
2042	1.31	1.4
2043	1.31	1.4
2044	1.32	1.4
2045	1.32	1.41
2046	1.32	1.41
2047	1.32	1.41
2048	1.32	1.41
2049	1.33	1.42
2050	1.33	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Saint Lucia
1960	21.2%	47.1%
1961	21.5%	48.1%
1962	21.7%	48.9%
1963	21.9%	49.6%
1964	22.1%	50.1%
1965	22.3%	50.5%
1966	22.5%	50.4%
1967	22.6%	50%
1968	22.5%	49.8%
1969	22.4%	50%
1970	22.2%	50.2%
1971	22%	50.4%
1972	21.6%	50.4%
1973	21.2%	50.2%
1974	20.9%	49.9%
1975	20.5%	49.5%
1976	20.2%	48.9%
1977	19.9%	47.9%
1978	19.5%	46.6%
1979	19.2%	45.5%
1980	18.8%	44.8%
1981	18.4%	44.3%
1982	18.1%	43.9%
1983	17.8%	43.5%
1984	17.5%	43.3%
1985	17.2%	43.1%
1986	17%	42.8%
1987	16.9%	42.6%
1988	17%	41.7%
1989	17.2%	40.2%
1990	17.4%	38.9%
1991	17.6%	38.1%
1992	17.8%	37.7%
1993	18%	37.3%
1994	18.3%	37%
1995	18.4%	36.7%
1996	18.6%	36.2%
1997	18.7%	35.7%
1998	18.8%	34.7%
1999	18.9%	33.5%
2000	18.9%	32.4%
2001	18.9%	31.4%
2002	18.9%	30.7%
2003	18.8%	30%
2004	18.7%	29.2%
2005	18.5%	28.4%
2006	18.4%	27.6%
2007	18.2%	26.8%
2008	18%	25.9%
2009	17.8%	25.1%
2010	17.7%	24.3%
2011	17.4%	23.5%
2012	17.1%	22.7%
2013	16.9%	22.1%
2014	16.7%	21.5%
2015	16.6%	20.9%
2016	16.4%	20.3%
2017	16.2%	19.9%
2018	16.1%	19.5%
2019	16%	19.1%
2020	16%	18.7%
2021	15.9%	18.5%
2022	15.9%	18.2%
2023	15.8%	17.9%
2024	15.8%	17.5%
2025	15.7%	17.2%
2026	15.7%	17.1%
2027	15.7%	16.9%
2028	15.6%	16.8%
2029	15.5%	16.6%
2030	15.4%	16.5%
2031	15.3%	16.3%
2032	15.2%	16.1%
2033	15.1%	15.9%
2034	15%	15.7%
2035	14.9%	15.6%
2036	14.7%	15.4%
2037	14.6%	15.2%
2038	14.5%	15%
2039	14.3%	14.8%
2040	14.2%	14.6%
2041	14%	14.4%
2042	13.9%	14.2%
2043	13.8%	14.1%
2044	13.7%	13.9%
2045	13.6%	13.7%
2046	13.5%	13.6%
2047	13.5%	13.4%
2048	13.5%	13.3%
2049	13.5%	13.1%
2050	13.5%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Saint Lucia
1960	1,319	3,202
1961	1,489	3,173
1962	1,091	3,124
1963	1,199	3,048
1964	1,377	3,074
1965	1,260	3,042
1966	1,168	3,028
1967	837	3,113
1968	604	3,154
1969	303	3,143
1970	272	3,093
1971	69	3,046
1972	-35	3,028
1973	-421	3,033
1974	-390	3,106
1975	-395	3,126
1976	-578	3,166
1977	-36	3,240
1978	-145	3,340
1979	72	3,301
1980	37	3,275
1981	329	3,306
1982	183	3,360
1983	37	3,443
1984	146	3,526
1985	74	3,591
1986	331	3,496
1987	222	3,351
1988	747	3,229
1989	679	3,146
1990	1,145	3,061
1991	1,239	3,009
1992	1,098	2,981
1993	1,470	2,899
1994	1,652	2,976
1995	1,634	3,019
1996	1,781	2,649
1997	1,552	2,709
1998	1,486	2,294
1999	1,808	2,389
2000	1,963	1,967
2001	1,766	1,860
2002	1,607	1,774
2003	1,220	1,694
2004	1,878	1,615
2005	1,721	1,553
2006	1,748	1,511
2007	1,584	1,422
2008	2,003	1,369
2009	1,991	1,349
2010	2,129	1,176
2011	1,814	934
2012	2,124	916
2013	2,336	892
2014	2,225	852
2015	2,107	841
2016	2,095	767
2017	1,968	724
2018	1,945	694
2019	1,922	609
2020	1,828	562
2021	2,240	-15
2022	2,024	530
2023	1,933	475

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Saint Lucia
1985	24	56
1986	24	57
1987	23	69
1988	24	71
1989	21	66
1990	24	72
1991	25	71
1992	26	58
1993	20	58
1994	20	60
1995	22	60
1996	23	72
1997	22	89
1998	18	89
1999	21	88
2000	18	83
2001	19	70
2002	17	62
2003	15	56
2004	17	54
2005	17	55
2006	16	53
2007	14	55
2008	13	55
2009	15	51
2010	17	56
2011	13	56
2012	13	55
2013	15	53
2014	13	49
2015	13	46
2016	13	46
2017	15	43
2018	9	41
2019	12	43
2020	6	43
2021	6	94
2022	6	48
2023	11	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Saint Lucia
1960	3.72%	13.4%
1961	3.54%	12.9%
1962	3.36%	12.3%
1963	3.2%	11.6%
1964	3.04%	11%
1965	2.89%	10.3%
1966	2.75%	9.62%
1967	2.61%	8.96%
1968	2.48%	8.32%
1969	2.36%	7.7%
1970	2.24%	7.1%
1971	2.11%	6.54%
1972	1.99%	6.02%
1973	1.88%	5.53%
1974	1.77%	5.08%
1975	1.67%	4.67%
1976	1.58%	4.3%
1977	1.51%	3.97%
1978	1.44%	3.68%
1979	1.39%	3.42%
1980	1.34%	3.2%
1981	1.29%	3%
1982	1.25%	2.83%
1983	1.21%	2.68%
1984	1.16%	2.55%
1985	1.12%	2.44%
1986	1.07%	2.35%
1987	1.02%	2.27%
1988	0.97%	2.2%
1989	0.93%	2.14%
1990	0.88%	2.09%
1991	0.83%	2.05%
1992	0.78%	2.01%
1993	0.73%	1.98%
1994	0.68%	1.95%
1995	0.64%	1.92%
1996	0.6%	1.9%
1997	0.56%	1.88%
1998	0.53%	1.87%
1999	0.5%	1.86%
2000	0.47%	1.85%
2001	0.44%	1.84%
2002	0.42%	1.83%
2003	0.39%	1.83%
2004	0.37%	1.83%
2005	0.35%	1.83%
2006	0.33%	1.82%
2007	0.31%	1.82%
2008	0.3%	1.82%
2009	0.29%	1.81%
2010	0.28%	1.8%
2011	0.27%	1.79%
2012	0.27%	1.78%
2013	0.26%	1.77%
2014	0.26%	1.75%
2015	0.26%	1.74%
2016	0.25%	1.72%
2017	0.25%	1.7%
2018	0.25%	1.67%
2019	0.25%	1.65%
2020	0.25%	1.63%
2021	0.24%	1.6%
2022	0.24%	1.58%
2023	0.23%	1.55%