Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Maldives was 1.58 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 Maldives 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
	Maldives	Saint Vincent
1960	6.71	7.25
1961	6.79	7.16
1962	6.89	7.03
1963	6.94	6.92
1964	7	6.83
1965	7.07	6.74
1966	7.15	6.64
1967	7.23	6.53
1968	7.28	6.42
1969	7.33	6.28
1970	7.39	6.12
1971	7.38	5.95
1972	7.37	5.77
1973	7.4	5.59
1974	7.38	5.38
1975	7.32	5.17
1976	7.29	4.95
1977	7.27	4.75
1978	7.23	4.55
1979	7.23	4.29
1980	7.23	3.92
1981	7.19	3.85
1982	7.15	3.74
1983	7.09	3.56
1984	7.03	3.28
1985	6.94	3.08
1986	6.85	2.92
1987	6.73	2.82
1988	6.58	2.75
1989	6.39	2.73
1990	6.13	2.73
1991	5.8	2.75
1992	5.44	2.76
1993	5.06	2.74
1994	4.69	2.68
1995	4.29	2.61
1996	3.86	2.53
1997	3.48	2.43
1998	3.17	2.35
1999	2.9	2.31
2000	2.69	2.31
2001	2.53	2.3
2002	2.42	2.22
2003	2.34	2.14
2004	2.26	2.09
2005	2.2	2.07
2006	2.2	2.03
2007	2.29	2.06
2008	2.37	2.15
2009	2.39	2.17
2010	2.35	2.14
2011	2.31	2.08
2012	2.25	2.11
2013	2.17	2.11
2014	2.09	2.14
2015	2	2.13
2016	1.9	2.06
2017	1.8	1.94
2018	1.71	1.9
2019	1.64	1.86
2020	1.61	1.83
2021	1.6	1.81
2022	1.58	1.79
2023	1.58	1.78
2024	1.56	1.76
2025	1.55	1.75
2026	1.53	1.73
2027	1.53	1.72
2028	1.52	1.71
2029	1.52	1.71
2030	1.52	1.7
2031	1.51	1.7
2032	1.51	1.69
2033	1.51	1.69
2034	1.51	1.68
2035	1.51	1.68
2036	1.52	1.68
2037	1.52	1.68
2038	1.52	1.67
2039	1.52	1.67
2040	1.52	1.67
2041	1.52	1.67
2042	1.52	1.67
2043	1.52	1.67
2044	1.52	1.66
2045	1.53	1.66
2046	1.53	1.66
2047	1.53	1.66
2048	1.54	1.66
2049	1.54	1.66
2050	1.54	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Saint Vincent
1960	37.9%	49%
1961	38.2%	48.8%
1962	38.7%	48.6%
1963	39.4%	48.2%
1964	40.3%	47.7%
1965	41.8%	47.4%
1966	43.5%	47.1%
1967	44.7%	46.8%
1968	45.2%	46.6%
1969	45.4%	46.4%
1970	45.6%	46.2%
1971	45.8%	46%
1972	45.8%	45.8%
1973	45.7%	45.7%
1974	45.6%	45.5%
1975	45.6%	45.3%
1976	45.8%	45%
1977	45.7%	44.7%
1978	45.8%	44.4%
1979	45.9%	44.1%
1980	45.9%	43.5%
1981	45.9%	42.6%
1982	45.8%	41.7%
1983	45.6%	41%
1984	45.4%	40.4%
1985	45.5%	39.9%
1986	45.9%	39.4%
1987	46.3%	38.9%
1988	46.6%	38.4%
1989	46.8%	38%
1990	47%	37.5%
1991	47.1%	36.8%
1992	47%	36%
1993	46.8%	35.1%
1994	46.5%	34.4%
1995	45.8%	33.7%
1996	45%	33.1%
1997	44.1%	32.5%
1998	42.9%	32%
1999	41.6%	31.6%
2000	40.2%	31.4%
2001	38.7%	31%
2002	37.1%	30.3%
2003	35.6%	29.7%
2004	34.2%	29%
2005	32.7%	28.4%
2006	31.2%	27.8%
2007	29.5%	27.2%
2008	28%	26.7%
2009	26.7%	26.1%
2010	25.7%	25.7%
2011	24.9%	25.2%
2012	24.3%	24.8%
2013	23.9%	24.4%
2014	23.5%	24%
2015	23.2%	23.7%
2016	22.8%	23.4%
2017	22.5%	23%
2018	22.1%	22.7%
2019	21.7%	22.5%
2020	21.2%	22.2%
2021	20.8%	22.1%
2022	20.4%	21.9%
2023	20%	21.6%
2024	19.6%	21.3%
2025	19%	20.9%
2026	18.4%	20.4%
2027	17.8%	20%
2028	17.2%	19.5%
2029	16.6%	19%
2030	16%	18.6%
2031	15.5%	18.1%
2032	15.1%	17.8%
2033	14.6%	17.5%
2034	14.2%	17.3%
2035	13.9%	17.1%
2036	13.6%	17%
2037	13.4%	16.9%
2038	13.2%	16.9%
2039	13%	16.9%
2040	12.9%	16.9%
2041	12.8%	16.9%
2042	12.8%	16.9%
2043	12.8%	16.9%
2044	12.8%	17%
2045	12.8%	17%
2046	12.9%	17%
2047	12.9%	17%
2048	13%	16.9%
2049	13.1%	16.9%
2050	13.1%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 47% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Saint Vincent
1960	2,241	3,029
1961	2,354	3,059
1962	2,475	3,073
1963	2,567	3,086
1964	2,660	3,130
1965	2,747	3,165
1966	2,845	3,194
1967	3,010	3,212
1968	3,150	3,218
1969	3,260	3,200
1970	3,415	3,161
1971	3,549	3,102
1972	3,707	3,033
1973	3,924	2,952
1974	4,136	2,863
1975	4,325	2,775
1976	4,538	2,694
1977	4,779	2,622
1978	4,812	2,581
1979	5,275	2,575
1980	5,526	2,362
1981	5,778	2,429
1982	6,058	2,477
1983	6,361	2,411
1984	6,680	2,248
1985	6,944	2,128
1986	7,153	2,020
1987	7,300	1,937
1988	7,414	1,876
1989	7,472	1,843
1990	7,444	1,825
1991	7,295	1,821
1992	7,096	1,849
1993	6,842	1,832
1994	6,550	1,786
1995	6,177	1,715
1996	5,705	1,610
1997	5,267	1,496
1998	4,919	1,379
1999	4,601	1,315
2000	4,372	1,279
2001	4,271	1,231
2002	4,257	1,166
2003	4,316	1,063
2004	4,287	992
2005	4,493	949
2006	4,766	881
2007	5,324	867
2008	5,856	904
2009	6,227	881
2010	6,350	796
2011	6,429	676
2012	6,445	637
2013	6,307	580
2014	6,122	580
2015	5,914	542
2016	5,652	443
2017	5,342	340
2018	5,088	271
2019	4,886	206
2020	4,594	-10
2021	4,426	-9
2022	4,752	96
2023	4,566	66

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 32 deaths per 100,000 live births in Maldives, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Saint Vincent
1985	552	77
1986	508	71
1987	471	69
1988	424	67
1989	381	70
1990	346	72
1991	310	71
1992	281	89
1993	251	76
1994	222	78
1995	191	80
1996	167	79
1997	149	78
1998	136	77
1999	111	72
2000	94	68
2001	81	64
2002	76	62
2003	70	59
2004	65	56
2005	54	55
2006	52	54
2007	51	54
2008	53	56
2009	52	56
2010	49	59
2011	48	59
2012	47	61
2013	47	73
2014	43	64
2015	41	59
2016	41	52
2017	41	58
2018	40	56
2019	39	58
2020	48	57
2021	60	105
2022	34	56
2023	32	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Saint Vincent
1962	33.4%	-
1963	32.5%	-
1964	31.5%	-
1965	30.6%	-
1966	29.7%	-
1967	28.7%	-
1968	27.7%	-
1969	26.8%	6.03%
1970	25.8%	6.42%
1971	24.7%	6.82%
1972	23.6%	7.2%
1973	22.4%	7.52%
1974	21.2%	7.71%
1975	20.1%	7.7%
1976	18.9%	7.45%
1977	17.9%	7.03%
1978	16.9%	6.49%
1979	15.9%	5.91%
1980	15%	5.34%
1981	14.2%	4.82%
1982	13.4%	4.34%
1983	12.7%	3.91%
1984	12%	3.54%
1985	11.3%	3.22%
1986	10.7%	2.96%
1987	10.1%	2.75%
1988	9.59%	2.59%
1989	9.06%	2.47%
1990	8.57%	2.38%
1991	8.08%	2.31%
1992	7.61%	2.26%
1993	7.15%	2.24%
1994	6.68%	2.23%
1995	6.22%	2.23%
1996	5.74%	2.23%
1997	5.28%	2.24%
1998	4.81%	2.25%
1999	4.36%	2.25%
2000	3.9%	2.25%
2001	3.47%	2.25%
2002	3.08%	2.24%
2003	2.72%	2.25%
2004	2.7%	2.25%
2005	2.16%	2.26%
2006	1.94%	2.26%
2007	1.76%	2.25%
2008	1.61%	2.23%
2009	1.49%	2.19%
2010	1.38%	2.14%
2011	1.29%	2.06%
2012	1.21%	1.98%
2013	1.13%	1.88%
2014	1.05%	1.79%
2015	0.99%	1.69%
2016	0.92%	1.59%
2017	0.86%	1.49%
2018	0.8%	1.39%
2019	0.74%	1.31%
2020	0.69%	1.23%
2021	0.64%	1.17%
2022	0.6%	1.11%
2023	0.57%	1.06%