Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova 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
	Moldova	Saint Lucia
1960	3.32	6.77
1961	3.23	6.84
1962	3.04	6.82
1963	2.89	6.72
1964	2.71	6.76
1965	2.69	6.69
1966	2.65	6.61
1967	2.62	6.51
1968	2.59	6.39
1969	2.57	6.25
1970	2.57	6.1
1971	2.56	5.95
1972	2.56	5.81
1973	2.57	5.69
1974	2.56	5.57
1975	2.52	5.36
1976	2.47	5.16
1977	2.42	4.97
1978	2.39	4.83
1979	2.38	4.58
1980	2.38	4.41
1981	2.4	4.28
1982	2.45	4.17
1983	2.58	4.08
1984	2.67	4.02
1985	2.67	3.97
1986	2.74	3.8
1987	2.78	3.61
1988	2.63	3.44
1989	2.46	3.31
1990	2.39	3.24
1991	2.28	3.19
1992	2.22	3.11
1993	2.11	3
1994	1.99	3.03
1995	1.83	3.03
1996	1.71	2.71
1997	1.79	2.74
1998	1.65	2.4
1999	1.56	2.5
2000	1.5	2.21
2001	1.47	2.13
2002	1.45	2.03
2003	1.48	1.94
2004	1.54	1.86
2005	1.53	1.81
2006	1.54	1.77
2007	1.58	1.7
2008	1.64	1.7
2009	1.72	1.74
2010	1.7	1.67
2011	1.65	1.5
2012	1.66	1.5
2013	1.62	1.5
2014	1.82	1.49
2015	1.87	1.47
2016	1.89	1.46
2017	1.81	1.45
2018	1.81	1.44
2019	1.78	1.42
2020	1.77	1.41
2021	1.75	1.4
2022	1.69	1.39
2023	1.73	1.38
2024	1.73	1.38
2025	1.72	1.38
2026	1.72	1.37
2027	1.72	1.37
2028	1.72	1.36
2029	1.72	1.36
2030	1.72	1.37
2031	1.72	1.37
2032	1.72	1.37
2033	1.71	1.37
2034	1.71	1.37
2035	1.71	1.38
2036	1.71	1.38
2037	1.71	1.38
2038	1.71	1.38
2039	1.71	1.38
2040	1.71	1.39
2041	1.71	1.39
2042	1.71	1.4
2043	1.7	1.4
2044	1.7	1.4
2045	1.7	1.41
2046	1.7	1.41
2047	1.7	1.41
2048	1.7	1.41
2049	1.7	1.42
2050	1.7	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Saint Lucia
1960	34.5%	47.1%
1961	34.9%	48.1%
1962	35.1%	48.9%
1963	35.1%	49.6%
1964	34.7%	50.1%
1965	34.2%	50.5%
1966	33.5%	50.4%
1967	32.8%	50%
1968	32.1%	49.8%
1969	31.3%	50%
1970	30.7%	50.2%
1971	30.1%	50.4%
1972	29.5%	50.4%
1973	28.9%	50.2%
1974	28.3%	49.9%
1975	27.7%	49.5%
1976	27.2%	48.9%
1977	26.8%	47.9%
1978	26.5%	46.6%
1979	26.7%	45.5%
1980	26.9%	44.8%
1981	26.9%	44.3%
1982	27%	43.9%
1983	27.1%	43.5%
1984	27.3%	43.3%
1985	27.5%	43.1%
1986	27.7%	42.8%
1987	27.8%	42.6%
1988	27.9%	41.7%
1989	27.8%	40.2%
1990	27.7%	38.9%
1991	27.6%	38.1%
1992	27.4%	37.7%
1993	27.2%	37.3%
1994	27%	37%
1995	26.7%	36.7%
1996	26.3%	36.2%
1997	25.8%	35.7%
1998	25.1%	34.7%
1999	24.4%	33.5%
2000	23.5%	32.4%
2001	22.5%	31.4%
2002	21.6%	30.7%
2003	20.7%	30%
2004	19.9%	29.2%
2005	19.3%	28.4%
2006	18.8%	27.6%
2007	18.4%	26.8%
2008	18%	25.9%
2009	17.7%	25.1%
2010	17.5%	24.3%
2011	17.4%	23.5%
2012	17.3%	22.7%
2013	17.4%	22.1%
2014	17.8%	21.5%
2015	18.2%	20.9%
2016	18.7%	20.3%
2017	19.1%	19.9%
2018	19.5%	19.5%
2019	19.8%	19.1%
2020	20%	18.7%
2021	20.1%	18.5%
2022	20.1%	18.2%
2023	20%	17.9%
2024	19.8%	17.5%
2025	19.5%	17.2%
2026	19.2%	17.1%
2027	18.9%	16.9%
2028	18.4%	16.8%
2029	17.9%	16.6%
2030	17.3%	16.5%
2031	16.8%	16.3%
2032	16.3%	16.1%
2033	15.9%	15.9%
2034	15.6%	15.7%
2035	15.4%	15.6%
2036	15.2%	15.4%
2037	15.1%	15.2%
2038	15.1%	15%
2039	15.1%	14.8%
2040	15.2%	14.6%
2041	15.3%	14.4%
2042	15.4%	14.2%
2043	15.6%	14.1%
2044	15.7%	13.9%
2045	15.9%	13.7%
2046	16.1%	13.6%
2047	16.3%	13.4%
2048	16.5%	13.3%
2049	16.6%	13.1%
2050	16.7%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Saint Lucia
1960	36,352	3,202
1961	35,180	3,173
1962	32,082	3,124
1963	29,382	3,048
1964	25,860	3,074
1965	24,916	3,042
1966	23,720	3,028
1967	22,654	3,113
1968	22,005	3,154
1969	21,768	3,143
1970	22,314	3,093
1971	23,359	3,046
1972	24,626	3,028
1973	25,967	3,033
1974	27,219	3,106
1975	27,677	3,126
1976	27,801	3,166
1977	27,707	3,240
1978	27,622	3,340
1979	28,322	3,301
1980	30,053	3,275
1981	31,360	3,306
1982	32,814	3,360
1983	36,076	3,443
1984	38,108	3,526
1985	38,060	3,591
1986	39,463	3,496
1987	40,122	3,351
1988	35,608	3,229
1989	29,638	3,146
1990	25,824	3,061
1991	21,127	3,009
1992	17,373	2,981
1993	13,886	2,899
1994	9,921	2,976
1995	5,534	3,019
1996	2,655	2,649
1997	4,669	2,709
1998	2,140	2,294
1999	642	2,389
2000	-324	1,967
2001	-718	1,860
2002	-1,249	1,774
2003	-322	1,694
2004	1,714	1,615
2005	2,005	1,553
2006	2,406	1,511
2007	3,490	1,422
2008	5,210	1,369
2009	7,492	1,349
2010	7,456	1,176
2011	5,948	934
2012	5,581	916
2013	3,537	892
2014	7,248	852
2015	6,049	841
2016	4,580	767
2017	1,402	724
2018	-961	694
2019	-3,416	609
2020	-7,067	562
2021	-13,444	-15
2022	-6,385	530
2023	-7,007	475

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Saint Lucia
1985	62	56
1986	60	57
1987	56	69
1988	53	71
1989	52	66
1990	53	72
1991	53	71
1992	55	58
1993	55	58
1994	56	60
1995	54	60
1996	53	72
1997	52	89
1998	48	89
1999	43	88
2000	38	83
2001	35	70
2002	31	62
2003	29	56
2004	28	54
2005	26	55
2006	25	53
2007	24	55
2008	23	55
2009	22	51
2010	20	56
2011	19	56
2012	19	55
2013	19	53
2014	20	49
2015	20	46
2016	21	46
2017	20	43
2018	20	41
2019	21	43
2020	29	43
2021	24	94
2022	19	48
2023	19	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Saint Lucia
1960	-	13.4%
1961	-	12.9%
1962	-	12.3%
1963	-	11.6%
1964	-	11%
1965	-	10.3%
1966	-	9.62%
1967	-	8.96%
1968	-	8.32%
1969	-	7.7%
1970	-	7.1%
1971	6.39%	6.54%
1972	6.2%	6.02%
1973	6.03%	5.53%
1974	5.86%	5.08%
1975	5.68%	4.67%
1976	5.53%	4.3%
1977	5.38%	3.97%
1978	5.23%	3.68%
1979	5.08%	3.42%
1980	4.93%	3.2%
1981	4.78%	3%
1982	4.61%	2.83%
1983	4.41%	2.68%
1984	4.2%	2.55%
1985	4%	2.44%
1986	3.8%	2.35%
1987	3.62%	2.27%
1988	3.48%	2.2%
1989	3.38%	2.14%
1990	3.35%	2.09%
1991	3.39%	2.05%
1992	3.48%	2.01%
1993	3.62%	1.98%
1994	3.75%	1.95%
1995	3.84%	1.92%
1996	3.85%	1.9%
1997	3.78%	1.88%
1998	3.62%	1.87%
1999	3.4%	1.86%
2000	3.13%	1.85%
2001	2.85%	1.84%
2002	2.58%	1.83%
2003	2.34%	1.83%
2004	2.16%	1.83%
2005	2.01%	1.83%
2006	1.91%	1.82%
2007	1.83%	1.82%
2008	1.77%	1.82%
2009	1.73%	1.81%
2010	1.69%	1.8%
2011	1.66%	1.79%
2012	1.63%	1.78%
2013	1.6%	1.77%
2014	1.58%	1.75%
2015	1.55%	1.74%
2016	1.53%	1.72%
2017	1.52%	1.7%
2018	1.51%	1.67%
2019	1.5%	1.65%
2020	1.49%	1.63%
2021	1.48%	1.6%
2022	1.48%	1.58%
2023	1.47%	1.55%