Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malaysia was 1.55 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 Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Saint Lucia
1960	6.41	6.77
1961	6.37	6.84
1962	6.3	6.82
1963	6.19	6.72
1964	6.03	6.76
1965	5.84	6.69
1966	5.64	6.61
1967	5.43	6.51
1968	5.29	6.39
1969	5.16	6.25
1970	5.04	6.1
1971	4.92	5.95
1972	4.82	5.81
1973	4.73	5.69
1974	4.62	5.57
1975	4.5	5.36
1976	4.4	5.16
1977	4.28	4.97
1978	4.18	4.83
1979	4.09	4.58
1980	4.04	4.41
1981	4	4.28
1982	3.97	4.17
1983	3.93	4.08
1984	3.89	4.02
1985	3.8	3.97
1986	3.7	3.8
1987	3.57	3.61
1988	3.5	3.44
1989	3.31	3.31
1990	3.3	3.24
1991	3.34	3.19
1992	3.37	3.11
1993	3.36	3
1994	3.35	3.03
1995	3.32	3.03
1996	3.3	2.71
1997	3.23	2.74
1998	3.12	2.4
1999	3.07	2.5
2000	2.94	2.21
2001	2.81	2.13
2002	2.66	2.03
2003	2.6	1.94
2004	2.49	1.86
2005	2.39	1.81
2006	2.31	1.77
2007	2.25	1.7
2008	2.26	1.7
2009	2.22	1.74
2010	2.14	1.67
2011	2.15	1.5
2012	2.12	1.5
2013	2.07	1.5
2014	2.06	1.49
2015	2.01	1.47
2016	1.94	1.46
2017	1.89	1.45
2018	1.84	1.44
2019	1.78	1.42
2020	1.68	1.41
2021	1.56	1.4
2022	1.55	1.39
2023	1.55	1.38
2024	1.54	1.38
2025	1.53	1.38
2026	1.52	1.37
2027	1.51	1.37
2028	1.51	1.36
2029	1.51	1.36
2030	1.51	1.37
2031	1.5	1.37
2032	1.5	1.37
2033	1.5	1.37
2034	1.5	1.37
2035	1.5	1.38
2036	1.51	1.38
2037	1.51	1.38
2038	1.51	1.38
2039	1.51	1.38
2040	1.51	1.39
2041	1.51	1.39
2042	1.51	1.4
2043	1.52	1.4
2044	1.52	1.4
2045	1.52	1.41
2046	1.52	1.41
2047	1.52	1.41
2048	1.53	1.41
2049	1.53	1.42
2050	1.53	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Saint Lucia
1960	45.4%	47.1%
1961	45.9%	48.1%
1962	46.3%	48.9%
1963	46.5%	49.6%
1964	46.6%	50.1%
1965	46.5%	50.5%
1966	46.2%	50.4%
1967	45.9%	50%
1968	45.5%	49.8%
1969	45%	50%
1970	44.5%	50.2%
1971	44%	50.4%
1972	43.4%	50.4%
1973	42.8%	50.2%
1974	42.2%	49.9%
1975	41.7%	49.5%
1976	41.1%	48.9%
1977	40.6%	47.9%
1978	40.1%	46.6%
1979	39.6%	45.5%
1980	39.2%	44.8%
1981	38.8%	44.3%
1982	38.6%	43.9%
1983	38.4%	43.5%
1984	38.2%	43.3%
1985	38.1%	43.1%
1986	38%	42.8%
1987	37.9%	42.6%
1988	37.7%	41.7%
1989	37.5%	40.2%
1990	37.2%	38.9%
1991	36.9%	38.1%
1992	36.6%	37.7%
1993	36.3%	37.3%
1994	36%	37%
1995	35.7%	36.7%
1996	35.5%	36.2%
1997	35.3%	35.7%
1998	35%	34.7%
1999	34.6%	33.5%
2000	34.2%	32.4%
2001	33.7%	31.4%
2002	33.2%	30.7%
2003	32.6%	30%
2004	32%	29.2%
2005	31.4%	28.4%
2006	30.7%	27.6%
2007	30%	26.8%
2008	29.4%	25.9%
2009	28.6%	25.1%
2010	27.9%	24.3%
2011	27.4%	23.5%
2012	27%	22.7%
2013	26.6%	22.1%
2014	26.2%	21.5%
2015	25.8%	20.9%
2016	25.5%	20.3%
2017	25.2%	19.9%
2018	24.9%	19.5%
2019	24.5%	19.1%
2020	24%	18.7%
2021	23.4%	18.5%
2022	22.8%	18.2%
2023	22.3%	17.9%
2024	21.8%	17.5%
2025	21.3%	17.2%
2026	20.8%	17.1%
2027	20.4%	16.9%
2028	19.9%	16.8%
2029	19.4%	16.6%
2030	19%	16.5%
2031	18.5%	16.3%
2032	18.1%	16.1%
2033	17.8%	15.9%
2034	17.6%	15.7%
2035	17.4%	15.6%
2036	17.3%	15.4%
2037	17.3%	15.2%
2038	17.2%	15%
2039	17.1%	14.8%
2040	17%	14.6%
2041	17%	14.4%
2042	16.9%	14.2%
2043	16.8%	14.1%
2044	16.7%	13.9%
2045	16.7%	13.7%
2046	16.6%	13.6%
2047	16.5%	13.4%
2048	16.4%	13.3%
2049	16.3%	13.1%
2050	16.2%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Saint Lucia
1960	251,090	3,202
1961	257,270	3,173
1962	262,140	3,124
1963	265,815	3,048
1964	266,406	3,074
1965	264,836	3,042
1966	262,162	3,028
1967	258,764	3,113
1968	260,705	3,154
1969	264,327	3,143
1970	269,341	3,093
1971	272,323	3,046
1972	276,263	3,028
1973	284,611	3,033
1974	289,880	3,106
1975	294,541	3,126
1976	300,615	3,166
1977	305,515	3,240
1978	311,027	3,340
1979	317,439	3,301
1980	326,947	3,275
1981	339,991	3,306
1982	353,138	3,360
1983	365,290	3,443
1984	376,797	3,526
1985	383,243	3,591
1986	385,799	3,496
1987	381,999	3,351
1988	386,507	3,229
1989	373,277	3,146
1990	384,518	3,061
1991	401,938	3,009
1992	418,900	2,981
1993	429,910	2,899
1994	437,873	2,976
1995	443,349	3,019
1996	450,174	2,649
1997	447,768	2,709
1998	436,316	2,294
1999	432,355	2,389
2000	417,371	1,967
2001	400,939	1,860
2002	381,084	1,774
2003	377,425	1,694
2004	365,138	1,615
2005	355,324	1,553
2006	349,509	1,511
2007	348,711	1,422
2008	362,380	1,369
2009	366,157	1,349
2010	360,260	1,176
2011	372,836	934
2012	371,497	916
2013	366,738	892
2014	367,587	852
2015	358,302	841
2016	345,681	767
2017	336,434	724
2018	324,568	694
2019	309,426	609
2020	283,282	562
2021	212,002	-15
2022	237,560	530
2023	254,806	475

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malaysia, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Saint Lucia
1985	63	56
1986	59	57
1987	56	69
1988	55	71
1989	52	66
1990	51	72
1991	49	71
1992	48	58
1993	46	58
1994	44	60
1995	43	60
1996	42	72
1997	40	89
1998	39	89
1999	38	88
2000	37	83
2001	36	70
2002	34	62
2003	34	56
2004	33	54
2005	31	55
2006	30	53
2007	30	55
2008	29	55
2009	29	51
2010	29	56
2011	29	56
2012	29	55
2013	29	53
2014	30	49
2015	30	46
2016	30	46
2017	29	43
2018	29	41
2019	28	43
2020	29	43
2021	52	94
2022	38	48
2023	26	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Saint Lucia
1960	9.46%	13.4%
1961	8.83%	12.9%
1962	8.25%	12.3%
1963	7.74%	11.6%
1964	7.28%	11%
1965	6.89%	10.3%
1966	6.56%	9.62%
1967	6.27%	8.96%
1968	6.02%	8.32%
1969	5.79%	7.7%
1970	5.56%	7.1%
1971	5.32%	6.54%
1972	5.06%	6.02%
1973	4.79%	5.53%
1974	4.5%	5.08%
1975	4.23%	4.67%
1976	3.97%	4.3%
1977	3.71%	3.97%
1978	3.48%	3.68%
1979	3.25%	3.42%
1980	3.04%	3.2%
1981	2.84%	3%
1982	2.65%	2.83%
1983	2.47%	2.68%
1984	2.32%	2.55%
1985	2.18%	2.44%
1986	2.05%	2.35%
1987	1.93%	2.27%
1988	1.83%	2.2%
1989	1.74%	2.14%
1990	1.66%	2.09%
1991	1.58%	2.05%
1992	1.51%	2.01%
1993	1.45%	1.98%
1994	1.39%	1.95%
1995	1.34%	1.92%
1996	1.29%	1.9%
1997	1.23%	1.88%
1998	1.15%	1.87%
1999	1.07%	1.86%
2000	1%	1.85%
2001	0.93%	1.84%
2002	0.88%	1.83%
2003	0.85%	1.83%
2004	0.84%	1.83%
2005	0.83%	1.83%
2006	0.83%	1.82%
2007	0.82%	1.82%
2008	0.82%	1.82%
2009	0.82%	1.81%
2010	0.81%	1.8%
2011	0.81%	1.79%
2012	0.8%	1.78%
2013	0.81%	1.77%
2014	0.81%	1.75%
2015	0.81%	1.74%
2016	0.82%	1.72%
2017	0.82%	1.7%
2018	0.82%	1.67%
2019	0.82%	1.65%
2020	0.81%	1.63%
2021	0.81%	1.6%
2022	0.81%	1.58%
2023	0.81%	1.55%