Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Malta vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malta was 1.06 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 Malta 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
	Malta	Saint Vincent
1960	3.62	7.25
1961	3.27	7.16
1962	3.24	7.03
1963	2.9	6.92
1964	2.79	6.83
1965	2.52	6.74
1966	2.33	6.64
1967	2.24	6.53
1968	2.12	6.42
1969	2.02	6.28
1970	2.03	6.12
1971	2.06	5.95
1972	2.01	5.77
1973	1.65	5.59
1974	1.64	5.38
1975	2.27	5.17
1976	2.21	4.95
1977	2.14	4.75
1978	2.05	4.55
1979	2.1	4.29
1980	1.99	3.92
1981	1.87	3.85
1982	1.9	3.74
1983	1.92	3.56
1984	1.95	3.28
1985	1.95	3.08
1986	1.93	2.92
1987	1.97	2.82
1988	2.06	2.75
1989	2.1	2.73
1990	2.02	2.73
1991	1.99	2.75
1992	2.07	2.76
1993	1.96	2.74
1994	1.84	2.68
1995	1.77	2.61
1996	1.99	2.53
1997	1.93	2.43
1998	1.84	2.35
1999	1.73	2.31
2000	1.68	2.31
2001	1.48	2.3
2002	1.45	2.22
2003	1.48	2.14
2004	1.4	2.09
2005	1.38	2.07
2006	1.36	2.03
2007	1.35	2.06
2008	1.43	2.15
2009	1.42	2.17
2010	1.36	2.14
2011	1.45	2.08
2012	1.42	2.11
2013	1.36	2.11
2014	1.38	2.14
2015	1.37	2.13
2016	1.37	2.06
2017	1.26	1.94
2018	1.23	1.9
2019	1.14	1.86
2020	1.13	1.83
2021	1.13	1.81
2022	1.08	1.79
2023	1.06	1.78
2024	1.07	1.76
2025	1.08	1.75
2026	1.08	1.73
2027	1.09	1.72
2028	1.1	1.71
2029	1.11	1.71
2030	1.11	1.7
2031	1.12	1.7
2032	1.12	1.69
2033	1.13	1.69
2034	1.13	1.68
2035	1.14	1.68
2036	1.15	1.68
2037	1.15	1.68
2038	1.16	1.67
2039	1.16	1.67
2040	1.17	1.67
2041	1.17	1.67
2042	1.18	1.67
2043	1.18	1.67
2044	1.19	1.66
2045	1.19	1.66
2046	1.2	1.66
2047	1.2	1.66
2048	1.21	1.66
2049	1.21	1.66
2050	1.21	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Saint Vincent
1960	35.8%	49%
1961	35%	48.8%
1962	34.2%	48.6%
1963	33.4%	48.2%
1964	32.6%	47.7%
1965	31.7%	47.4%
1966	30.9%	47.1%
1967	30.1%	46.8%
1968	29.3%	46.6%
1969	28.5%	46.4%
1970	27.7%	46.2%
1971	26.9%	46%
1972	26.3%	45.8%
1973	25.6%	45.7%
1974	25%	45.5%
1975	24.5%	45.3%
1976	24.1%	45%
1977	23.8%	44.7%
1978	23.6%	44.4%
1979	23.5%	44.1%
1980	23.4%	43.5%
1981	23.5%	42.6%
1982	23.6%	41.7%
1983	23.8%	41%
1984	24%	40.4%
1985	24.1%	39.9%
1986	24.1%	39.4%
1987	24%	38.9%
1988	23.8%	38.4%
1989	23.6%	38%
1990	23.4%	37.5%
1991	23.1%	36.8%
1992	22.9%	36%
1993	22.6%	35.1%
1994	22.3%	34.4%
1995	22%	33.7%
1996	21.6%	33.1%
1997	21.2%	32.5%
1998	20.7%	32%
1999	20.2%	31.6%
2000	19.8%	31.4%
2001	19.4%	31%
2002	18.9%	30.3%
2003	18.4%	29.7%
2004	17.9%	29%
2005	17.4%	28.4%
2006	16.9%	27.8%
2007	16.4%	27.2%
2008	15.9%	26.7%
2009	15.5%	26.1%
2010	15.2%	25.7%
2011	14.9%	25.2%
2012	14.7%	24.8%
2013	14.5%	24.4%
2014	14.3%	24%
2015	14.2%	23.7%
2016	14.2%	23.4%
2017	14%	23%
2018	13.8%	22.7%
2019	13.6%	22.5%
2020	13.3%	22.2%
2021	13.2%	22.1%
2022	13.2%	21.9%
2023	13.2%	21.6%
2024	13%	21.3%
2025	12.9%	20.9%
2026	12.8%	20.4%
2027	12.6%	20%
2028	12.5%	19.5%
2029	12.3%	19%
2030	12.2%	18.6%
2031	12%	18.1%
2032	11.7%	17.8%
2033	11.5%	17.5%
2034	11.3%	17.3%
2035	11.1%	17.1%
2036	10.9%	17%
2037	10.8%	16.9%
2038	10.6%	16.9%
2039	10.4%	16.9%
2040	10.3%	16.9%
2041	10.1%	16.9%
2042	9.98%	16.9%
2043	9.86%	16.9%
2044	9.75%	17%
2045	9.66%	17%
2046	9.59%	17%
2047	9.55%	17%
2048	9.52%	16.9%
2049	9.51%	16.9%
2050	9.52%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta 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
	Malta	Saint Vincent
1960	5,747	3,029
1961	4,748	3,059
1962	4,664	3,073
1963	3,709	3,086
1964	3,630	3,130
1965	2,646	3,165
1966	2,458	3,194
1967	2,306	3,212
1968	2,247	3,218
1969	2,069	3,200
1970	2,270	3,161
1971	2,482	3,102
1972	2,480	3,033
1973	2,327	2,952
1974	2,687	2,863
1975	2,829	2,775
1976	2,721	2,694
1977	2,916	2,622
1978	2,389	2,581
1979	2,852	2,575
1980	2,375	2,362
1981	2,233	2,429
1982	2,835	2,477
1983	2,512	2,411
1984	2,678	2,248
1985	2,590	2,128
1986	2,395	2,020
1987	2,412	1,937
1988	2,813	1,876
1989	2,981	1,843
1990	2,621	1,825
1991	2,438	1,821
1992	2,573	1,849
1993	2,451	1,832
1994	2,136	1,786
1995	1,887	1,715
1996	2,279	1,610
1997	1,991	1,496
1998	1,656	1,379
1999	1,357	1,315
2000	1,482	1,279
2001	1,061	1,231
2002	911	1,166
2003	917	1,063
2004	883	992
2005	727	949
2006	568	881
2007	691	867
2008	777	904
2009	825	881
2010	871	796
2011	916	676
2012	714	637
2013	807	580
2014	910	580
2015	888	542
2016	1,091	443
2017	747	340
2018	774	271
2019	655	206
2020	361	-10
2021	259	-9
2022	54	96
2023	442	66

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malta, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	Saint Vincent
1985	21	77
1986	19	71
1987	19	69
1988	17	67
1989	17	70
1990	17	72
1991	17	71
1992	17	89
1993	16	76
1994	16	78
1995	15	80
1996	16	79
1997	15	78
1998	14	77
1999	15	72
2000	13	68
2001	12	64
2002	13	62
2003	13	59
2004	11	56
2005	11	55
2006	12	54
2007	10	54
2008	10	56
2009	11	56
2010	9	59
2011	11	59
2012	9	61
2013	7	73
2014	8	64
2015	7	59
2016	10	52
2017	7	58
2018	9	56
2019	8	58
2020	10	57
2021	10	105
2022	10	56
2023	8	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta 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
	Malta	Saint Vincent
1960	4%	-
1961	3.85%	-
1962	3.73%	-
1963	3.63%	-
1964	3.53%	-
1965	3.43%	-
1966	3.31%	-
1967	3.19%	-
1968	3.06%	-
1969	2.93%	6.03%
1970	2.79%	6.42%
1971	2.66%	6.82%
1972	2.52%	7.2%
1973	2.39%	7.52%
1974	2.26%	7.71%
1975	2.14%	7.7%
1976	2.03%	7.45%
1977	1.93%	7.03%
1978	1.84%	6.49%
1979	1.76%	5.91%
1980	1.69%	5.34%
1981	1.62%	4.82%
1982	1.57%	4.34%
1983	1.51%	3.91%
1984	1.45%	3.54%
1985	1.39%	3.22%
1986	1.33%	2.96%
1987	1.28%	2.75%
1988	1.23%	2.59%
1989	1.18%	2.47%
1990	1.13%	2.38%
1991	1.1%	2.31%
1992	1.06%	2.26%
1993	1.02%	2.24%
1994	0.98%	2.23%
1995	0.94%	2.23%
1996	0.9%	2.23%
1997	0.86%	2.24%
1998	0.82%	2.25%
1999	0.79%	2.25%
2000	0.76%	2.25%
2001	0.74%	2.25%
2002	0.72%	2.24%
2003	0.71%	2.25%
2004	0.7%	2.25%
2005	0.69%	2.26%
2006	0.69%	2.26%
2007	0.69%	2.25%
2008	0.69%	2.23%
2009	0.69%	2.19%
2010	0.69%	2.14%
2011	0.68%	2.06%
2012	0.68%	1.98%
2013	0.67%	1.88%
2014	0.67%	1.79%
2015	0.66%	1.69%
2016	0.65%	1.59%
2017	0.64%	1.49%
2018	0.63%	1.39%
2019	0.61%	1.31%
2020	0.6%	1.23%
2021	0.58%	1.17%
2022	0.57%	1.11%
2023	0.55%	1.06%