Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Saint Vincent
1960	8.08	7.25
1961	8.12	7.16
1962	8.12	7.03
1963	8.12	6.92
1964	8.14	6.83
1965	8.16	6.74
1966	8.2	6.64
1967	8.17	6.53
1968	8.14	6.42
1969	8.11	6.28
1970	8.07	6.12
1971	8.04	5.95
1972	8	5.77
1973	7.95	5.59
1974	7.9	5.38
1975	7.83	5.17
1976	7.76	4.95
1977	7.67	4.75
1978	7.58	4.55
1979	7.47	4.29
1980	7.37	3.92
1981	7.27	3.85
1982	7.18	3.74
1983	7.08	3.56
1984	6.99	3.28
1985	6.87	3.08
1986	6.73	2.92
1987	6.57	2.82
1988	6.38	2.75
1989	6.18	2.73
1990	5.97	2.73
1991	5.76	2.75
1992	5.55	2.76
1993	5.38	2.74
1994	5.23	2.68
1995	5.09	2.61
1996	5.02	2.53
1997	4.96	2.43
1998	4.87	2.35
1999	4.78	2.31
2000	4.7	2.31
2001	4.58	2.3
2002	4.49	2.22
2003	4.42	2.14
2004	4.34	2.09
2005	4.28	2.07
2006	4.2	2.03
2007	4.09	2.06
2008	3.97	2.15
2009	3.83	2.17
2010	3.67	2.14
2011	3.53	2.08
2012	3.38	2.11
2013	3.25	2.11
2014	3.18	2.14
2015	3.13	2.13
2016	3.09	2.06
2017	3.06	1.94
2018	3.04	1.9
2019	3.01	1.86
2020	2.99	1.83
2021	2.96	1.81
2022	2.94	1.79
2023	2.92	1.78
2024	2.86	1.76
2025	2.82	1.75
2026	2.77	1.73
2027	2.73	1.72
2028	2.69	1.71
2029	2.65	1.71
2030	2.6	1.7
2031	2.57	1.7
2032	2.53	1.69
2033	2.5	1.69
2034	2.47	1.68
2035	2.44	1.68
2036	2.41	1.68
2037	2.38	1.68
2038	2.36	1.67
2039	2.34	1.67
2040	2.31	1.67
2041	2.29	1.67
2042	2.26	1.67
2043	2.24	1.67
2044	2.23	1.66
2045	2.21	1.66
2046	2.19	1.66
2047	2.17	1.66
2048	2.15	1.66
2049	2.13	1.66
2050	2.11	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Saint Vincent
1960	46.1%	49%
1961	46.7%	48.8%
1962	47.1%	48.6%
1963	47.4%	48.2%
1964	47.5%	47.7%
1965	47.5%	47.4%
1966	47.2%	47.1%
1967	46.7%	46.8%
1968	46.1%	46.6%
1969	45.3%	46.4%
1970	45%	46.2%
1971	45.6%	46%
1972	46.6%	45.8%
1973	47.3%	45.7%
1974	47.8%	45.5%
1975	48.2%	45.3%
1976	48.5%	45%
1977	49%	44.7%
1978	49.4%	44.4%
1979	49.8%	44.1%
1980	50.1%	43.5%
1981	50.3%	42.6%
1982	50.3%	41.7%
1983	50.4%	41%
1984	50.4%	40.4%
1985	50.6%	39.9%
1986	50.7%	39.4%
1987	50.8%	38.9%
1988	50.8%	38.4%
1989	50.6%	38%
1990	50.2%	37.5%
1991	49.7%	36.8%
1992	49.1%	36%
1993	48.4%	35.1%
1994	47.5%	34.4%
1995	46.6%	33.7%
1996	45.6%	33.1%
1997	44.7%	32.5%
1998	43.7%	32%
1999	42.8%	31.6%
2000	42%	31.4%
2001	41.3%	31%
2002	40.6%	30.3%
2003	39.9%	29.7%
2004	39.4%	29%
2005	39.1%	28.4%
2006	38.9%	27.8%
2007	39%	27.2%
2008	39.2%	26.7%
2009	39.4%	26.1%
2010	39.7%	25.7%
2011	39.7%	25.2%
2012	39.4%	24.8%
2013	38.8%	24.4%
2014	38.2%	24%
2015	37.5%	23.7%
2016	36.8%	23.4%
2017	36.2%	23%
2018	35.7%	22.7%
2019	35.1%	22.5%
2020	34.5%	22.2%
2021	34.4%	22.1%
2022	34.6%	21.9%
2023	34.7%	21.6%
2024	34.5%	21.3%
2025	33.9%	20.9%
2026	33.2%	20.4%
2027	32.6%	20%
2028	32%	19.5%
2029	31.4%	19%
2030	30.9%	18.6%
2031	30.3%	18.1%
2032	29.7%	17.8%
2033	29.2%	17.5%
2034	28.6%	17.3%
2035	28.1%	17.1%
2036	27.6%	17%
2037	27.3%	16.9%
2038	27.3%	16.9%
2039	27.4%	16.9%
2040	27.7%	16.9%
2041	28%	16.9%
2042	28.3%	16.9%
2043	28.6%	16.9%
2044	28.8%	17%
2045	29%	17%
2046	29.1%	17%
2047	29.1%	17%
2048	29%	16.9%
2049	28.8%	16.9%
2050	28.5%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Saint Vincent
1960	452	3,029
1961	469	3,059
1962	488	3,073
1963	509	3,086
1964	536	3,130
1965	566	3,165
1966	603	3,194
1967	636	3,212
1968	685	3,218
1969	747	3,200
1970	819	3,161
1971	877	3,102
1972	913	3,033
1973	954	2,952
1974	1,000	2,863
1975	1,055	2,775
1976	1,109	2,694
1977	1,160	2,622
1978	1,207	2,581
1979	1,250	2,575
1980	1,287	2,362
1981	1,328	2,429
1982	1,375	2,477
1983	1,422	2,411
1984	1,470	2,248
1985	1,511	2,128
1986	1,544	2,020
1987	1,566	1,937
1988	1,575	1,876
1989	1,574	1,843
1990	1,556	1,825
1991	1,540	1,821
1992	1,525	1,849
1993	1,524	1,832
1994	1,524	1,786
1995	1,522	1,715
1996	1,542	1,610
1997	1,564	1,496
1998	1,576	1,379
1999	1,590	1,315
2000	1,592	1,279
2001	1,596	1,231
2002	1,594	1,166
2003	1,600	1,063
2004	1,595	992
2005	1,586	949
2006	1,556	881
2007	1,507	867
2008	1,443	904
2009	1,365	881
2010	1,273	796
2011	1,185	676
2012	1,097	637
2013	1,014	580
2014	959	580
2015	912	542
2016	866	443
2017	826	340
2018	785	271
2019	746	206
2020	689	-10
2021	653	-9
2022	606	96
2023	550	66

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Saint Vincent
1985	254	77
1986	274	71
1987	282	69
1988	276	67
1989	299	70
1990	311	72
1991	297	71
1992	322	89
1993	320	76
1994	303	78
1995	303	80
1996	292	79
1997	274	78
1998	259	77
1999	250	72
2000	251	68
2001	231	64
2002	223	62
2003	221	59
2004	238	56
2005	234	55
2006	233	54
2007	229	54
2008	226	56
2009	224	56
2010	212	59
2011	209	59
2012	207	61
2013	201	73
2014	199	64
2015	184	59
2016	183	52
2017	179	58
2018	167	56
2019	168	58
2020	178	57
2021	206	105
2022	174	56
2023	155	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Saint Vincent
1960	12.2%	-
1961	11.6%	-
1962	11%	-
1963	10.5%	-
1964	10.1%	-
1965	9.64%	-
1966	9.25%	-
1967	8.88%	-
1968	8.53%	-
1969	8.19%	6.03%
1970	7.87%	6.42%
1971	7.58%	6.82%
1972	7.33%	7.2%
1973	7.13%	7.52%
1974	6.97%	7.71%
1975	6.86%	7.7%
1976	6.77%	7.45%
1977	6.69%	7.03%
1978	6.61%	6.49%
1979	6.52%	5.91%
1980	6.42%	5.34%
1981	6.29%	4.82%
1982	6.15%	4.34%
1983	6%	3.91%
1984	5.83%	3.54%
1985	5.66%	3.22%
1986	5.49%	2.96%
1987	5.31%	2.75%
1988	5.13%	2.59%
1989	4.95%	2.47%
1990	4.76%	2.38%
1991	4.59%	2.31%
1992	4.43%	2.26%
1993	4.29%	2.24%
1994	4.2%	2.23%
1995	4.15%	2.23%
1996	4.14%	2.23%
1997	4.15%	2.24%
1998	4.19%	2.25%
1999	4.23%	2.25%
2000	4.25%	2.25%
2001	4.25%	2.25%
2002	4.24%	2.24%
2003	4.21%	2.25%
2004	4.18%	2.25%
2005	4.14%	2.26%
2006	4.1%	2.26%
2007	4.06%	2.25%
2008	4.02%	2.23%
2009	3.97%	2.19%
2010	3.94%	2.14%
2011	3.89%	2.06%
2012	3.82%	1.98%
2013	3.75%	1.88%
2014	3.66%	1.79%
2015	3.57%	1.69%
2016	3.48%	1.59%
2017	3.38%	1.49%
2018	3.29%	1.39%
2019	3.19%	1.31%
2020	3.1%	1.23%
2021	3%	1.17%
2022	2.91%	1.11%
2023	2.82%	1.06%