Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 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 Namibia 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
	Namibia	Saint Lucia
1960	6.24	6.77
1961	6.29	6.84
1962	6.35	6.82
1963	6.41	6.72
1964	6.43	6.76
1965	6.45	6.69
1966	6.47	6.61
1967	6.49	6.51
1968	6.5	6.39
1969	6.51	6.25
1970	6.52	6.1
1971	6.52	5.95
1972	6.53	5.81
1973	6.54	5.69
1974	6.55	5.57
1975	6.53	5.36
1976	6.49	5.16
1977	6.44	4.97
1978	6.38	4.83
1979	6.31	4.58
1980	6.24	4.41
1981	6.16	4.28
1982	6.08	4.17
1983	6	4.08
1984	5.94	4.02
1985	5.88	3.97
1986	5.79	3.8
1987	5.7	3.61
1988	5.61	3.44
1989	5.52	3.31
1990	5.4	3.24
1991	5.29	3.19
1992	5.11	3.11
1993	4.91	3
1994	4.68	3.03
1995	4.42	3.03
1996	4.2	2.71
1997	4.17	2.74
1998	4.18	2.4
1999	4.14	2.5
2000	3.99	2.21
2001	3.83	2.13
2002	3.69	2.03
2003	3.58	1.94
2004	3.55	1.86
2005	3.57	1.81
2006	3.6	1.77
2007	3.61	1.7
2008	3.62	1.7
2009	3.63	1.74
2010	3.66	1.67
2011	3.66	1.5
2012	3.68	1.5
2013	3.65	1.5
2014	3.64	1.49
2015	3.6	1.47
2016	3.57	1.46
2017	3.51	1.45
2018	3.46	1.44
2019	3.4	1.42
2020	3.35	1.41
2021	3.3	1.4
2022	3.25	1.39
2023	3.21	1.38
2024	3.21	1.38
2025	3.17	1.38
2026	3.13	1.37
2027	3.09	1.37
2028	3.06	1.36
2029	3.02	1.36
2030	2.98	1.37
2031	2.94	1.37
2032	2.91	1.37
2033	2.88	1.37
2034	2.84	1.37
2035	2.81	1.38
2036	2.78	1.38
2037	2.75	1.38
2038	2.72	1.38
2039	2.68	1.38
2040	2.66	1.39
2041	2.63	1.39
2042	2.6	1.4
2043	2.58	1.4
2044	2.56	1.4
2045	2.53	1.41
2046	2.51	1.41
2047	2.49	1.41
2048	2.47	1.41
2049	2.45	1.42
2050	2.43	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Saint Lucia
1960	42.2%	47.1%
1961	42.4%	48.1%
1962	42.6%	48.9%
1963	42.7%	49.6%
1964	42.9%	50.1%
1965	43%	50.5%
1966	43.2%	50.4%
1967	43.3%	50%
1968	43.5%	49.8%
1969	43.6%	50%
1970	43.8%	50.2%
1971	43.9%	50.4%
1972	44.1%	50.4%
1973	44.3%	50.2%
1974	44.6%	49.9%
1975	44.8%	49.5%
1976	45%	48.9%
1977	45.3%	47.9%
1978	45.9%	46.6%
1979	46.3%	45.5%
1980	46.6%	44.8%
1981	47.1%	44.3%
1982	47.2%	43.9%
1983	46.9%	43.5%
1984	46.6%	43.3%
1985	46.2%	43.1%
1986	45.8%	42.8%
1987	45.3%	42.6%
1988	44.8%	41.7%
1989	43.4%	40.2%
1990	42.3%	38.9%
1991	42.2%	38.1%
1992	42.2%	37.7%
1993	42.2%	37.3%
1994	42.2%	37%
1995	42.1%	36.7%
1996	42%	36.2%
1997	41.9%	35.7%
1998	41.8%	34.7%
1999	41.7%	33.5%
2000	41.5%	32.4%
2001	41.3%	31.4%
2002	41%	30.7%
2003	40.5%	30%
2004	40%	29.2%
2005	39.4%	28.4%
2006	38.7%	27.6%
2007	38.1%	26.8%
2008	37.5%	25.9%
2009	37.1%	25.1%
2010	36.8%	24.3%
2011	36.7%	23.5%
2012	36.6%	22.7%
2013	36.6%	22.1%
2014	36.5%	21.5%
2015	36.5%	20.9%
2016	36.5%	20.3%
2017	36.7%	19.9%
2018	36.8%	19.5%
2019	37%	19.1%
2020	37.1%	18.7%
2021	37.4%	18.5%
2022	37.5%	18.2%
2023	37.3%	17.9%
2024	37%	17.5%
2025	36.7%	17.2%
2026	36.3%	17.1%
2027	35.9%	16.9%
2028	35.5%	16.8%
2029	35.1%	16.6%
2030	34.6%	16.5%
2031	34%	16.3%
2032	33.5%	16.1%
2033	32.9%	15.9%
2034	32.4%	15.7%
2035	31.8%	15.6%
2036	31.1%	15.4%
2037	30.6%	15.2%
2038	30.3%	15%
2039	30%	14.8%
2040	29.7%	14.6%
2041	29.5%	14.4%
2042	29.2%	14.2%
2043	29%	14.1%
2044	28.8%	13.9%
2045	28.5%	13.7%
2046	28.3%	13.6%
2047	28.1%	13.4%
2048	27.9%	13.3%
2049	27.7%	13.1%
2050	27.5%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Saint Lucia
1960	14,307	3,202
1961	14,936	3,173
1962	15,656	3,124
1963	16,430	3,048
1964	17,134	3,074
1965	17,902	3,042
1966	18,635	3,028
1967	19,498	3,113
1968	20,470	3,154
1969	21,387	3,143
1970	22,414	3,093
1971	23,467	3,046
1972	24,606	3,028
1973	25,754	3,033
1974	26,844	3,106
1975	27,882	3,126
1976	28,785	3,166
1977	29,241	3,240
1978	29,821	3,340
1979	28,930	3,301
1980	28,142	3,275
1981	27,938	3,306
1982	27,474	3,360
1983	28,307	3,443
1984	29,395	3,526
1985	30,575	3,591
1986	31,764	3,496
1987	33,340	3,351
1988	34,798	3,229
1989	37,715	3,146
1990	43,956	3,061
1991	44,523	3,009
1992	43,945	2,981
1993	42,861	2,899
1994	41,316	2,976
1995	39,119	3,019
1996	37,177	2,649
1997	37,256	2,709
1998	37,500	2,294
1999	37,233	2,389
2000	35,280	1,967
2001	32,942	1,860
2002	31,947	1,774
2003	31,115	1,694
2004	31,478	1,615
2005	32,909	1,553
2006	34,690	1,511
2007	36,430	1,422
2008	38,147	1,369
2009	39,942	1,349
2010	42,046	1,176
2011	43,557	934
2012	46,204	916
2013	47,801	892
2014	49,581	852
2015	50,846	841
2016	52,228	767
2017	52,975	724
2018	53,970	694
2019	54,769	609
2020	55,034	562
2021	50,160	-15
2022	54,534	530
2023	58,435	475

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Saint Lucia
1985	354	56
1986	348	57
1987	336	69
1988	342	71
1989	306	66
1990	325	72
1991	337	71
1992	346	58
1993	354	58
1994	367	60
1995	369	60
1996	387	72
1997	383	89
1998	396	89
1999	371	88
2000	384	83
2001	376	70
2002	313	62
2003	290	56
2004	282	54
2005	344	55
2006	408	53
2007	489	55
2008	537	55
2009	547	51
2010	531	56
2011	498	56
2012	439	55
2013	402	53
2014	369	49
2015	307	46
2016	250	46
2017	213	43
2018	198	41
2019	175	43
2020	143	43
2021	254	94
2022	127	48
2023	139	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Saint Lucia
1960	-	13.4%
1961	-	12.9%
1962	-	12.3%
1963	-	11.6%
1964	-	11%
1965	-	10.3%
1966	-	9.62%
1967	9.66%	8.96%
1968	9.64%	8.32%
1969	9.65%	7.7%
1970	9.65%	7.1%
1971	9.67%	6.54%
1972	9.68%	6.02%
1973	9.73%	5.53%
1974	9.79%	5.08%
1975	9.89%	4.67%
1976	10%	4.3%
1977	10.2%	3.97%
1978	10.3%	3.68%
1979	10.3%	3.42%
1980	10.3%	3.2%
1981	10.2%	3%
1982	9.93%	2.83%
1983	9.61%	2.68%
1984	9.22%	2.55%
1985	8.81%	2.44%
1986	8.43%	2.35%
1987	8.09%	2.27%
1988	7.81%	2.2%
1989	7.57%	2.14%
1990	7.39%	2.09%
1991	7.24%	2.05%
1992	7.14%	2.01%
1993	7.1%	1.98%
1994	7.13%	1.95%
1995	7.24%	1.92%
1996	7.39%	1.9%
1997	7.56%	1.88%
1998	7.7%	1.87%
1999	7.79%	1.86%
2000	7.79%	1.85%
2001	7.71%	1.84%
2002	7.61%	1.83%
2003	7.51%	1.83%
2004	7.41%	1.83%
2005	7.05%	1.83%
2006	6.49%	1.82%
2007	6.06%	1.82%
2008	5.64%	1.82%
2009	5.29%	1.81%
2010	5.08%	1.8%
2011	5.16%	1.79%
2012	5.51%	1.78%
2013	5.4%	1.77%
2014	5.31%	1.75%
2015	5.5%	1.74%
2016	5.42%	1.72%
2017	5.19%	1.7%
2018	5.01%	1.67%
2019	4.78%	1.65%
2020	4.57%	1.63%
2021	4.38%	1.6%
2022	4.2%	1.58%
2023	4.07%	1.55%