Fertility & birth rates in Morocco and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Morocco vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Morocco was 2.23 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 Morocco 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
	Morocco	Saint Lucia
1960	6.89	6.77
1961	6.97	6.84
1962	7.05	6.82
1963	7.01	6.72
1964	6.97	6.76
1965	6.93	6.69
1966	6.89	6.61
1967	6.85	6.51
1968	6.79	6.39
1969	6.73	6.25
1970	6.68	6.1
1971	6.62	5.95
1972	6.55	5.81
1973	6.48	5.69
1974	6.4	5.57
1975	6.3	5.36
1976	6.18	5.16
1977	6.04	4.97
1978	5.91	4.83
1979	5.85	4.58
1980	5.78	4.41
1981	5.71	4.28
1982	5.6	4.17
1983	5.41	4.08
1984	5.2	4.02
1985	4.99	3.97
1986	4.77	3.8
1987	4.58	3.61
1988	4.39	3.44
1989	4.22	3.31
1990	4.06	3.24
1991	3.95	3.19
1992	3.76	3.11
1993	3.55	3
1994	3.41	3.03
1995	3.3	3.03
1996	3.23	2.71
1997	3.15	2.74
1998	3.04	2.4
1999	2.88	2.5
2000	2.77	2.21
2001	2.69	2.13
2002	2.62	2.03
2003	2.61	1.94
2004	2.61	1.86
2005	2.61	1.81
2006	2.61	1.77
2007	2.62	1.7
2008	2.61	1.7
2009	2.62	1.74
2010	2.63	1.67
2011	2.6	1.5
2012	2.54	1.5
2013	2.48	1.5
2014	2.42	1.49
2015	2.41	1.47
2016	2.4	1.46
2017	2.38	1.45
2018	2.35	1.44
2019	2.34	1.42
2020	2.32	1.41
2021	2.29	1.4
2022	2.26	1.39
2023	2.23	1.38
2024	2.21	1.38
2025	2.18	1.38
2026	2.16	1.37
2027	2.14	1.37
2028	2.12	1.36
2029	2.1	1.36
2030	2.08	1.37
2031	2.06	1.37
2032	2.05	1.37
2033	2.03	1.37
2034	2.02	1.37
2035	2	1.38
2036	1.99	1.38
2037	1.98	1.38
2038	1.96	1.38
2039	1.95	1.38
2040	1.94	1.39
2041	1.93	1.39
2042	1.92	1.4
2043	1.91	1.4
2044	1.9	1.4
2045	1.89	1.41
2046	1.89	1.41
2047	1.88	1.41
2048	1.88	1.41
2049	1.87	1.42
2050	1.86	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Morocco	Saint Lucia
1960	44.9%	47.1%
1961	45.4%	48.1%
1962	45.9%	48.9%
1963	46.3%	49.6%
1964	46.5%	50.1%
1965	46.6%	50.5%
1966	46.8%	50.4%
1967	46.8%	50%
1968	46.9%	49.8%
1969	46.8%	50%
1970	46.7%	50.2%
1971	46.6%	50.4%
1972	46.4%	50.4%
1973	46.3%	50.2%
1974	46.1%	49.9%
1975	45.8%	49.5%
1976	45.6%	48.9%
1977	45.3%	47.9%
1978	44.9%	46.6%
1979	44.6%	45.5%
1980	44.3%	44.8%
1981	44%	44.3%
1982	43.7%	43.9%
1983	43.4%	43.5%
1984	43.1%	43.3%
1985	42.7%	43.1%
1986	42.3%	42.8%
1987	41.8%	42.6%
1988	41.3%	41.7%
1989	40.8%	40.2%
1990	40.2%	38.9%
1991	39.6%	38.1%
1992	39%	37.7%
1993	38.4%	37.3%
1994	37.7%	37%
1995	37%	36.7%
1996	36.4%	36.2%
1997	35.8%	35.7%
1998	35.2%	34.7%
1999	34.6%	33.5%
2000	34%	32.4%
2001	33.5%	31.4%
2002	32.9%	30.7%
2003	32.4%	30%
2004	31.8%	29.2%
2005	31.2%	28.4%
2006	30.7%	27.6%
2007	30.2%	26.8%
2008	29.8%	25.9%
2009	29.5%	25.1%
2010	29.2%	24.3%
2011	29%	23.5%
2012	28.7%	22.7%
2013	28.5%	22.1%
2014	28.3%	21.5%
2015	28.1%	20.9%
2016	27.8%	20.3%
2017	27.6%	19.9%
2018	27.4%	19.5%
2019	27.2%	19.1%
2020	27%	18.7%
2021	26.7%	18.5%
2022	26.4%	18.2%
2023	26%	17.9%
2024	25.6%	17.5%
2025	25.2%	17.2%
2026	24.8%	17.1%
2027	24.3%	16.9%
2028	23.9%	16.8%
2029	23.6%	16.6%
2030	23.2%	16.5%
2031	22.9%	16.3%
2032	22.5%	16.1%
2033	22.2%	15.9%
2034	21.9%	15.7%
2035	21.6%	15.6%
2036	21.3%	15.4%
2037	21.1%	15.2%
2038	20.8%	15%
2039	20.6%	14.8%
2040	20.4%	14.6%
2041	20.2%	14.4%
2042	20.1%	14.2%
2043	19.9%	14.1%
2044	19.7%	13.9%
2045	19.6%	13.7%
2046	19.4%	13.6%
2047	19.3%	13.4%
2048	19.1%	13.3%
2049	19%	13.1%
2050	18.8%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Morocco and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Morocco and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Morocco vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.25% in Morocco 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
	Morocco	Saint Lucia
1960	323,499	3,202
1961	348,650	3,173
1962	363,843	3,124
1963	369,250	3,048
1964	375,835	3,074
1965	383,989	3,042
1966	391,881	3,028
1967	400,594	3,113
1968	407,437	3,154
1969	414,931	3,143
1970	426,015	3,093
1971	435,104	3,046
1972	446,449	3,028
1973	455,699	3,033
1974	464,147	3,106
1975	474,631	3,126
1976	482,130	3,166
1977	489,173	3,240
1978	498,834	3,340
1979	515,554	3,301
1980	534,448	3,275
1981	552,936	3,306
1982	564,904	3,360
1983	566,301	3,443
1984	564,159	3,526
1985	560,810	3,591
1986	558,105	3,496
1987	553,005	3,351
1988	545,800	3,229
1989	538,996	3,146
1990	535,506	3,061
1991	539,850	3,009
1992	525,680	2,981
1993	507,707	2,899
1994	501,426	2,976
1995	496,573	3,019
1996	501,499	2,649
1997	500,807	2,709
1998	492,604	2,294
1999	473,071	2,389
2000	461,341	1,967
2001	452,621	1,860
2002	446,147	1,774
2003	452,650	1,694
2004	461,756	1,615
2005	474,285	1,553
2006	483,200	1,511
2007	493,526	1,422
2008	499,766	1,369
2009	509,386	1,349
2010	515,804	1,176
2011	513,305	934
2012	504,698	916
2013	492,284	892
2014	481,295	852
2015	477,654	841
2016	474,637	767
2017	471,011	724
2018	464,375	694
2019	457,307	609
2020	415,999	562
2021	407,829	-15
2022	427,903	530
2023	417,213	475

Maternal mortality chart: Morocco vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 70 deaths per 100,000 live births in Morocco, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Morocco	Saint Lucia
1985	752	56
1986	697	57
1987	650	69
1988	602	71
1989	559	66
1990	522	72
1991	490	71
1992	458	58
1993	428	58
1994	401	60
1995	378	60
1996	354	72
1997	333	89
1998	313	89
1999	291	88
2000	271	83
2001	254	70
2002	238	62
2003	224	56
2004	213	54
2005	196	55
2006	182	53
2007	169	55
2008	158	55
2009	148	51
2010	140	56
2011	130	56
2012	121	55
2013	113	53
2014	106	49
2015	100	46
2016	94	46
2017	88	43
2018	83	41
2019	79	43
2020	81	43
2021	92	94
2022	71	48
2023	70	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.66% in Morocco 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
	Morocco	Saint Lucia
1960	24.4%	13.4%
1961	23.9%	12.9%
1962	23.4%	12.3%
1963	22.9%	11.6%
1964	22.3%	11%
1965	21.8%	10.3%
1966	21.2%	9.62%
1967	20.6%	8.96%
1968	20.1%	8.32%
1969	19.6%	7.7%
1970	19.1%	7.1%
1971	18.7%	6.54%
1972	18.3%	6.02%
1973	17.8%	5.53%
1974	17.4%	5.08%
1975	16.8%	4.67%
1976	16.2%	4.3%
1977	15.6%	3.97%
1978	14.9%	3.68%
1979	14.2%	3.42%
1980	13.5%	3.2%
1981	12.8%	3%
1982	12.1%	2.83%
1983	11.5%	2.68%
1984	10.9%	2.55%
1985	10.3%	2.44%
1986	9.79%	2.35%
1987	9.3%	2.27%
1988	8.86%	2.2%
1989	8.45%	2.14%
1990	8.08%	2.09%
1991	7.73%	2.05%
1992	7.4%	2.01%
1993	7.09%	1.98%
1994	6.78%	1.95%
1995	6.49%	1.92%
1996	6.21%	1.9%
1997	5.94%	1.88%
1998	5.69%	1.87%
1999	5.45%	1.86%
2000	5.22%	1.85%
2001	5.01%	1.84%
2002	4.79%	1.83%
2003	4.57%	1.83%
2004	4.36%	1.83%
2005	4.13%	1.83%
2006	3.91%	1.82%
2007	3.7%	1.82%
2008	3.49%	1.82%
2009	3.29%	1.81%
2010	3.11%	1.8%
2011	2.93%	1.79%
2012	2.77%	1.78%
2013	2.62%	1.77%
2014	2.47%	1.75%
2015	2.34%	1.74%
2016	2.22%	1.72%
2017	2.11%	1.7%
2018	2.02%	1.67%
2019	1.94%	1.65%
2020	1.86%	1.63%
2021	1.79%	1.6%
2022	1.72%	1.58%
2023	1.66%	1.55%