Fertility & birth rates in Nauru and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Nauru vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nauru was 3.33 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 Nauru 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
	Nauru	Saint Lucia
1960	5.34	6.77
1961	5.38	6.84
1962	5.42	6.82
1963	5.44	6.72
1964	5.47	6.76
1965	5.48	6.69
1966	5.41	6.61
1967	5.29	6.51
1968	5.14	6.39
1969	4.94	6.25
1970	4.74	6.1
1971	4.54	5.95
1972	4.36	5.81
1973	4.19	5.69
1974	4.07	5.57
1975	3.97	5.36
1976	3.9	5.16
1977	3.86	4.97
1978	3.84	4.83
1979	3.85	4.58
1980	3.88	4.41
1981	3.94	4.28
1982	3.99	4.17
1983	4.06	4.08
1984	4.11	4.02
1985	4.14	3.97
1986	4.15	3.8
1987	4.14	3.61
1988	4.11	3.44
1989	4.07	3.31
1990	4.02	3.24
1991	3.99	3.19
1992	3.95	3.11
1993	3.89	3
1994	3.84	3.03
1995	3.81	3.03
1996	3.78	2.71
1997	3.74	2.74
1998	3.68	2.4
1999	3.64	2.5
2000	3.54	2.21
2001	3.46	2.13
2002	3.4	2.03
2003	3.39	1.94
2004	3.38	1.86
2005	3.38	1.81
2006	3.4	1.77
2007	3.5	1.7
2008	3.67	1.7
2009	3.85	1.74
2010	4.02	1.67
2011	4.12	1.5
2012	4.12	1.5
2013	4.1	1.5
2014	4.09	1.49
2015	4.08	1.47
2016	4.03	1.46
2017	3.88	1.45
2018	3.68	1.44
2019	3.53	1.42
2020	3.47	1.41
2021	3.43	1.4
2022	3.38	1.39
2023	3.33	1.38
2024	3.29	1.38
2025	3.25	1.38
2026	3.2	1.37
2027	3.16	1.37
2028	3.12	1.36
2029	3.09	1.36
2030	3.05	1.37
2031	3.01	1.37
2032	2.98	1.37
2033	2.95	1.37
2034	2.92	1.37
2035	2.89	1.38
2036	2.86	1.38
2037	2.83	1.38
2038	2.8	1.38
2039	2.77	1.38
2040	2.75	1.39
2041	2.72	1.39
2042	2.7	1.4
2043	2.67	1.4
2044	2.65	1.4
2045	2.63	1.41
2046	2.61	1.41
2047	2.58	1.41
2048	2.56	1.41
2049	2.55	1.42
2050	2.53	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nauru	Saint Lucia
1960	34.8%	47.1%
1961	35.2%	48.1%
1962	35.7%	48.9%
1963	36.5%	49.6%
1964	37.5%	50.1%
1965	38.6%	50.5%
1966	39.4%	50.4%
1967	39.5%	50%
1968	41.3%	49.8%
1969	43.4%	50%
1970	42.9%	50.2%
1971	41.3%	50.4%
1972	39.7%	50.4%
1973	38.1%	50.2%
1974	36.4%	49.9%
1975	34.9%	49.5%
1976	33.4%	48.9%
1977	31.9%	47.9%
1978	30.9%	46.6%
1979	30.6%	45.5%
1980	30.9%	44.8%
1981	31.9%	44.3%
1982	33.2%	43.9%
1983	34.6%	43.5%
1984	35.7%	43.3%
1985	36.5%	43.1%
1986	37.5%	42.8%
1987	38.3%	42.6%
1988	39.2%	41.7%
1989	40.2%	40.2%
1990	41.2%	38.9%
1991	42.1%	38.1%
1992	42.5%	37.7%
1993	42.5%	37.3%
1994	42.1%	37%
1995	41.7%	36.7%
1996	41.1%	36.2%
1997	40.5%	35.7%
1998	39.9%	34.7%
1999	39.4%	33.5%
2000	38.9%	32.4%
2001	38.5%	31.4%
2002	38.2%	30.7%
2003	37.7%	30%
2004	37.1%	29.2%
2005	36.6%	28.4%
2006	36.1%	27.6%
2007	35.7%	26.8%
2008	35.6%	25.9%
2009	35.8%	25.1%
2010	36.3%	24.3%
2011	37.1%	23.5%
2012	37.7%	22.7%
2013	38%	22.1%
2014	38.2%	21.5%
2015	38.2%	20.9%
2016	38.2%	20.3%
2017	38%	19.9%
2018	37.6%	19.5%
2019	37.6%	19.1%
2020	38%	18.7%
2021	38.3%	18.5%
2022	38.3%	18.2%
2023	38.2%	17.9%
2024	37.8%	17.5%
2025	37.1%	17.2%
2026	36.4%	17.1%
2027	35.7%	16.9%
2028	35%	16.8%
2029	34.3%	16.6%
2030	33.7%	16.5%
2031	33.1%	16.3%
2032	32.7%	16.1%
2033	32.4%	15.9%
2034	32.1%	15.7%
2035	31.9%	15.6%
2036	31.6%	15.4%
2037	31.3%	15.2%
2038	31.1%	15%
2039	31%	14.8%
2040	31%	14.6%
2041	30.9%	14.4%
2042	30.9%	14.2%
2043	30.9%	14.1%
2044	30.9%	13.9%
2045	30.8%	13.7%
2046	30.7%	13.6%
2047	30.6%	13.4%
2048	30.4%	13.3%
2049	30.2%	13.1%
2050	30%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.8% of the population in Nauru and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 41.2% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nauru and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Nauru vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.28% in Nauru 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
	Nauru	Saint Lucia
1960	72	3,202
1961	70	3,173
1962	75	3,124
1963	88	3,048
1964	100	3,074
1965	113	3,042
1966	123	3,028
1967	117	3,113
1968	116	3,154
1969	71	3,143
1970	49	3,093
1971	50	3,046
1972	53	3,028
1973	57	3,033
1974	63	3,106
1975	70	3,126
1976	79	3,166
1977	89	3,240
1978	111	3,340
1979	130	3,301
1980	145	3,275
1981	157	3,306
1982	162	3,360
1983	163	3,443
1984	166	3,526
1985	171	3,591
1986	178	3,496
1987	186	3,351
1988	195	3,229
1989	204	3,146
1990	214	3,061
1991	225	3,009
1992	237	2,981
1993	235	2,899
1994	229	2,976
1995	225	3,019
1996	221	2,649
1997	218	2,709
1998	214	2,294
1999	212	2,389
2000	207	1,967
2001	203	1,860
2002	200	1,774
2003	201	1,694
2004	202	1,615
2005	204	1,553
2006	209	1,511
2007	222	1,422
2008	240	1,369
2009	261	1,349
2010	281	1,176
2011	291	934
2012	292	916
2013	291	892
2014	290	852
2015	291	841
2016	289	767
2017	279	724
2018	265	694
2019	255	609
2020	246	562
2021	236	-15
2022	226	530
2023	213	475

Maternal mortality chart: Nauru vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 273 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nauru, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nauru	Saint Lucia
1985	191	56
1986	209	57
1987	206	69
1988	202	71
1989	198	66
1990	195	72
1991	216	71
1992	217	58
1993	219	58
1994	220	60
1995	219	60
1996	218	72
1997	218	89
1998	257	89
1999	277	88
2000	278	83
2001	299	70
2002	321	62
2003	323	56
2004	324	54
2005	328	55
2006	304	53
2007	303	55
2008	302	55
2009	300	51
2010	297	56
2011	260	56
2012	255	55
2013	247	53
2014	240	49
2015	253	46
2016	248	46
2017	259	43
2018	269	41
2019	267	43
2020	309	43
2021	266	94
2022	317	48
2023	273	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.89% in Nauru 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
	Nauru	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	-	6.54%
1972	-	6.02%
1973	-	5.53%
1974	-	5.08%
1975	-	4.67%
1976	-	4.3%
1977	-	3.97%
1978	-	3.68%
1979	-	3.42%
1980	-	3.2%
1981	-	3%
1982	-	2.83%
1983	-	2.68%
1984	-	2.55%
1985	8.62%	2.44%
1986	8.2%	2.35%
1987	7.81%	2.27%
1988	7.43%	2.2%
1989	7.08%	2.14%
1990	6.74%	2.09%
1991	6.41%	2.05%
1992	6.09%	2.01%
1993	5.78%	1.98%
1994	5.49%	1.95%
1995	5.22%	1.92%
1996	4.97%	1.9%
1997	4.74%	1.88%
1998	4.52%	1.87%
1999	4.32%	1.86%
2000	4.13%	1.85%
2001	3.96%	1.84%
2002	3.81%	1.83%
2003	3.66%	1.83%
2004	3.53%	1.83%
2005	3.41%	1.83%
2006	3.29%	1.82%
2007	3.15%	1.82%
2008	3%	1.82%
2009	2.84%	1.81%
2010	2.66%	1.8%
2011	2.48%	1.79%
2012	2.29%	1.78%
2013	2.11%	1.77%
2014	1.93%	1.75%
2015	1.76%	1.74%
2016	1.61%	1.72%
2017	1.47%	1.7%
2018	1.34%	1.67%
2019	1.22%	1.65%
2020	1.11%	1.63%
2021	1.02%	1.6%
2022	0.95%	1.58%
2023	0.89%	1.55%