Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Myanmar was 2.12 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 Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Saint Vincent
1960	5.9	7.25
1961	5.9	7.16
1962	5.9	7.03
1963	5.91	6.92
1964	5.91	6.83
1965	5.91	6.74
1966	5.88	6.64
1967	5.84	6.53
1968	5.8	6.42
1969	5.75	6.28
1970	5.68	6.12
1971	5.62	5.95
1972	5.53	5.77
1973	5.44	5.59
1974	5.34	5.38
1975	5.25	5.17
1976	5.16	4.95
1977	5.07	4.75
1978	4.99	4.55
1979	4.9	4.29
1980	4.79	3.92
1981	4.69	3.85
1982	4.66	3.74
1983	4.63	3.56
1984	4.52	3.28
1985	4.32	3.08
1986	4.08	2.92
1987	3.86	2.82
1988	3.67	2.75
1989	3.59	2.73
1990	3.5	2.73
1991	3.43	2.75
1992	3.35	2.76
1993	3.28	2.74
1994	3.2	2.68
1995	3.13	2.61
1996	3.06	2.53
1997	2.99	2.43
1998	2.91	2.35
1999	2.85	2.31
2000	2.81	2.31
2001	2.79	2.3
2002	2.77	2.22
2003	2.68	2.14
2004	2.59	2.09
2005	2.52	2.07
2006	2.47	2.03
2007	2.45	2.06
2008	2.4	2.15
2009	2.37	2.17
2010	2.34	2.14
2011	2.31	2.08
2012	2.28	2.11
2013	2.26	2.11
2014	2.25	2.14
2015	2.27	2.13
2016	2.27	2.06
2017	2.25	1.94
2018	2.23	1.9
2019	2.21	1.86
2020	2.18	1.83
2021	2.16	1.81
2022	2.13	1.79
2023	2.12	1.78
2024	2.1	1.76
2025	2.08	1.75
2026	2.06	1.73
2027	2.04	1.72
2028	2.02	1.71
2029	2.01	1.71
2030	2	1.7
2031	1.98	1.7
2032	1.97	1.69
2033	1.96	1.69
2034	1.94	1.68
2035	1.93	1.68
2036	1.92	1.68
2037	1.92	1.68
2038	1.91	1.67
2039	1.9	1.67
2040	1.89	1.67
2041	1.89	1.67
2042	1.88	1.67
2043	1.87	1.67
2044	1.86	1.66
2045	1.86	1.66
2046	1.85	1.66
2047	1.85	1.66
2048	1.84	1.66
2049	1.83	1.66
2050	1.83	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Saint Vincent
1960	39.9%	49%
1961	40.2%	48.8%
1962	40.6%	48.6%
1963	40.9%	48.2%
1964	41%	47.7%
1965	41.1%	47.4%
1966	41.1%	47.1%
1967	41%	46.8%
1968	40.9%	46.6%
1969	40.8%	46.4%
1970	40.7%	46.2%
1971	40.6%	46%
1972	40.5%	45.8%
1973	40.3%	45.7%
1974	40.2%	45.5%
1975	40.1%	45.3%
1976	40%	45%
1977	39.8%	44.7%
1978	39.6%	44.4%
1979	39.4%	44.1%
1980	39.2%	43.5%
1981	39%	42.6%
1982	38.8%	41.7%
1983	38.6%	41%
1984	38.3%	40.4%
1985	38.1%	39.9%
1986	37.8%	39.4%
1987	37.4%	38.9%
1988	37%	38.4%
1989	36.6%	38%
1990	36.2%	37.5%
1991	35.8%	36.8%
1992	35.4%	36%
1993	35.1%	35.1%
1994	34.7%	34.4%
1995	34.2%	33.7%
1996	33.8%	33.1%
1997	33.3%	32.5%
1998	32.8%	32%
1999	32.3%	31.6%
2000	31.8%	31.4%
2001	31.4%	31%
2002	31%	30.3%
2003	30.7%	29.7%
2004	30.4%	29%
2005	30.1%	28.4%
2006	29.7%	27.8%
2007	29.4%	27.2%
2008	29%	26.7%
2009	28.6%	26.1%
2010	28.2%	25.7%
2011	27.9%	25.2%
2012	27.5%	24.8%
2013	27.1%	24.4%
2014	26.8%	24%
2015	26.5%	23.7%
2016	26.2%	23.4%
2017	25.9%	23%
2018	25.6%	22.7%
2019	25.4%	22.5%
2020	25.1%	22.2%
2021	24.9%	22.1%
2022	24.7%	21.9%
2023	24.5%	21.6%
2024	24.3%	21.3%
2025	24.1%	20.9%
2026	23.9%	20.4%
2027	23.6%	20%
2028	23.4%	19.5%
2029	23.2%	19%
2030	23%	18.6%
2031	22.7%	18.1%
2032	22.4%	17.8%
2033	22.2%	17.5%
2034	21.9%	17.3%
2035	21.7%	17.1%
2036	21.4%	17%
2037	21.2%	16.9%
2038	21%	16.9%
2039	20.8%	16.9%
2040	20.6%	16.9%
2041	20.4%	16.9%
2042	20.2%	16.9%
2043	20.1%	16.9%
2044	19.9%	17%
2045	19.8%	17%
2046	19.6%	17%
2047	19.5%	17%
2048	19.4%	16.9%
2049	19.2%	16.9%
2050	19.1%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Saint Vincent
1960	465,049	3,029
1961	474,818	3,059
1962	487,925	3,073
1963	501,548	3,086
1964	516,334	3,130
1965	533,443	3,165
1966	546,378	3,194
1967	559,577	3,212
1968	571,123	3,218
1969	584,979	3,200
1970	595,337	3,161
1971	608,784	3,102
1972	616,411	3,033
1973	624,619	2,952
1974	628,458	2,863
1975	635,005	2,775
1976	642,829	2,694
1977	649,915	2,622
1978	658,068	2,581
1979	669,338	2,575
1980	673,815	2,362
1981	679,851	2,429
1982	701,212	2,477
1983	719,710	2,411
1984	723,623	2,248
1985	705,905	2,128
1986	679,467	2,020
1987	652,960	1,937
1988	630,392	1,876
1989	636,610	1,843
1990	636,081	1,825
1991	637,622	1,821
1992	634,484	1,849
1993	633,576	1,832
1994	626,411	1,786
1995	620,376	1,715
1996	619,488	1,610
1997	613,103	1,496
1998	606,110	1,379
1999	597,916	1,315
2000	596,979	1,279
2001	601,524	1,231
2002	602,873	1,166
2003	582,173	1,063
2004	556,494	992
2005	537,429	949
2006	527,165	881
2007	523,745	867
2008	373,287	904
2009	505,144	881
2010	497,745	796
2011	492,271	676
2012	487,210	637
2013	487,648	580
2014	488,114	580
2015	495,769	542
2016	499,508	443
2017	492,276	340
2018	482,316	271
2019	469,924	206
2020	448,626	-10
2021	394,104	-9
2022	415,647	96
2023	408,331	66

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in Myanmar, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Saint Vincent
1985	674	77
1986	652	71
1987	631	69
1988	616	67
1989	603	70
1990	586	72
1991	566	71
1992	542	89
1993	522	76
1994	498	78
1995	472	80
1996	442	79
1997	416	78
1998	398	77
1999	388	72
2000	375	68
2001	361	64
2002	347	62
2003	335	59
2004	324	56
2005	312	55
2006	301	54
2007	290	54
2008	286	56
2009	268	56
2010	259	59
2011	249	59
2012	243	61
2013	237	73
2014	228	64
2015	222	59
2016	215	52
2017	209	58
2018	201	56
2019	195	58
2020	198	57
2021	231	105
2022	193	56
2023	185	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Saint Vincent
1968	18%	-
1969	17.7%	6.03%
1970	17.4%	6.42%
1971	17%	6.82%
1972	16.7%	7.2%
1973	16.3%	7.52%
1974	16%	7.71%
1975	15.6%	7.7%
1976	15.3%	7.45%
1977	14.9%	7.03%
1978	14.6%	6.49%
1979	14.3%	5.91%
1980	14%	5.34%
1981	13.7%	4.82%
1982	13.4%	4.34%
1983	13.1%	3.91%
1984	12.9%	3.54%
1985	12.7%	3.22%
1986	12.5%	2.96%
1987	12.2%	2.75%
1988	12%	2.59%
1989	11.8%	2.47%
1990	11.5%	2.38%
1991	11.3%	2.31%
1992	11%	2.26%
1993	10.7%	2.24%
1994	10.5%	2.23%
1995	10.2%	2.23%
1996	9.94%	2.23%
1997	9.68%	2.24%
1998	9.43%	2.25%
1999	9.19%	2.25%
2000	8.95%	2.25%
2001	8.71%	2.25%
2002	8.47%	2.24%
2003	8.22%	2.25%
2004	7.97%	2.25%
2005	7.71%	2.26%
2006	7.44%	2.26%
2007	7.16%	2.25%
2008	10.1%	2.23%
2009	6.6%	2.19%
2010	6.32%	2.14%
2011	6.05%	2.06%
2012	5.8%	1.98%
2013	5.56%	1.88%
2014	5.34%	1.79%
2015	5.13%	1.69%
2016	4.95%	1.59%
2017	4.77%	1.49%
2018	4.6%	1.39%
2019	4.44%	1.31%
2020	4.29%	1.23%
2021	4.14%	1.17%
2022	4%	1.11%
2023	3.87%	1.06%