Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nicaragua was 2.22 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 Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Saint Lucia
1960	7.16	6.77
1961	7.11	6.84
1962	7.1	6.82
1963	7.08	6.72
1964	7.06	6.76
1965	7.03	6.69
1966	6.99	6.61
1967	6.94	6.51
1968	6.89	6.39
1969	6.83	6.25
1970	6.77	6.1
1971	6.71	5.95
1972	6.65	5.81
1973	6.59	5.69
1974	6.52	5.57
1975	6.45	5.36
1976	6.37	5.16
1977	6.28	4.97
1978	6.16	4.83
1979	6.07	4.58
1980	5.96	4.41
1981	5.84	4.28
1982	5.74	4.17
1983	5.61	4.08
1984	5.49	4.02
1985	5.36	3.97
1986	5.22	3.8
1987	5.07	3.61
1988	4.93	3.44
1989	4.76	3.31
1990	4.6	3.24
1991	4.43	3.19
1992	4.27	3.11
1993	4.1	3
1994	3.94	3.03
1995	3.78	3.03
1996	3.62	2.71
1997	3.47	2.74
1998	3.34	2.4
1999	3.22	2.5
2000	3.12	2.21
2001	3	2.13
2002	2.89	2.03
2003	2.83	1.94
2004	2.78	1.86
2005	2.77	1.81
2006	2.73	1.77
2007	2.7	1.7
2008	2.66	1.7
2009	2.63	1.74
2010	2.6	1.67
2011	2.56	1.5
2012	2.53	1.5
2013	2.49	1.5
2014	2.46	1.49
2015	2.43	1.47
2016	2.41	1.46
2017	2.38	1.45
2018	2.35	1.44
2019	2.32	1.42
2020	2.3	1.41
2021	2.27	1.4
2022	2.24	1.39
2023	2.22	1.38
2024	2.21	1.38
2025	2.18	1.38
2026	2.16	1.37
2027	2.14	1.37
2028	2.11	1.36
2029	2.09	1.36
2030	2.07	1.37
2031	2.05	1.37
2032	2.04	1.37
2033	2.02	1.37
2034	2.01	1.37
2035	2	1.38
2036	1.98	1.38
2037	1.97	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	1.87	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
	Nicaragua	Saint Lucia
1960	47.6%	47.1%
1961	47.8%	48.1%
1962	48%	48.9%
1963	48.2%	49.6%
1964	48.2%	50.1%
1965	48.1%	50.5%
1966	47.9%	50.4%
1967	47.8%	50%
1968	47.7%	49.8%
1969	47.6%	50%
1970	47.5%	50.2%
1971	47.5%	50.4%
1972	47.4%	50.4%
1973	47.4%	50.2%
1974	47.3%	49.9%
1975	47.3%	49.5%
1976	47.3%	48.9%
1977	47.2%	47.9%
1978	47.3%	46.6%
1979	47.3%	45.5%
1980	47.3%	44.8%
1981	47.3%	44.3%
1982	47.3%	43.9%
1983	47.2%	43.5%
1984	47.2%	43.3%
1985	47.1%	43.1%
1986	47%	42.8%
1987	46.9%	42.6%
1988	46.7%	41.7%
1989	46.4%	40.2%
1990	46.1%	38.9%
1991	45.7%	38.1%
1992	45.2%	37.7%
1993	44.8%	37.3%
1994	44.3%	37%
1995	43.7%	36.7%
1996	43.1%	36.2%
1997	42.4%	35.7%
1998	41.7%	34.7%
1999	41%	33.5%
2000	40.3%	32.4%
2001	39.6%	31.4%
2002	38.9%	30.7%
2003	38.2%	30%
2004	37.5%	29.2%
2005	36.8%	28.4%
2006	36.2%	27.6%
2007	35.7%	26.8%
2008	35.2%	25.9%
2009	34.7%	25.1%
2010	34.2%	24.3%
2011	33.8%	23.5%
2012	33.3%	22.7%
2013	32.9%	22.1%
2014	32.6%	21.5%
2015	32.2%	20.9%
2016	31.8%	20.3%
2017	31.5%	19.9%
2018	31.1%	19.5%
2019	30.8%	19.1%
2020	30.4%	18.7%
2021	30.1%	18.5%
2022	29.6%	18.2%
2023	29.2%	17.9%
2024	28.8%	17.5%
2025	28.3%	17.2%
2026	27.9%	17.1%
2027	27.4%	16.9%
2028	27%	16.8%
2029	26.6%	16.6%
2030	26.2%	16.5%
2031	25.8%	16.3%
2032	25.4%	16.1%
2033	25%	15.9%
2034	24.7%	15.7%
2035	24.4%	15.6%
2036	24%	15.4%
2037	23.7%	15.2%
2038	23.4%	15%
2039	23.1%	14.8%
2040	22.8%	14.6%
2041	22.5%	14.4%
2042	22.2%	14.2%
2043	22%	14.1%
2044	21.7%	13.9%
2045	21.4%	13.7%
2046	21.2%	13.6%
2047	20.9%	13.4%
2048	20.7%	13.3%
2049	20.5%	13.1%
2050	20.2%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Saint Lucia
1960	55,664	3,202
1961	57,499	3,173
1962	59,547	3,124
1963	61,738	3,048
1964	64,227	3,074
1965	67,056	3,042
1966	69,883	3,028
1967	72,722	3,113
1968	75,458	3,154
1969	78,237	3,143
1970	81,127	3,093
1971	84,139	3,046
1972	76,906	3,028
1973	89,662	3,033
1974	92,505	3,106
1975	95,230	3,126
1976	98,100	3,166
1977	100,498	3,240
1978	98,419	3,340
1979	96,429	3,301
1980	108,604	3,275
1981	110,421	3,306
1982	112,468	3,360
1983	110,618	3,443
1984	110,133	3,526
1985	110,949	3,591
1986	113,054	3,496
1987	112,885	3,351
1988	117,299	3,229
1989	120,128	3,146
1990	120,677	3,061
1991	121,787	3,009
1992	121,204	2,981
1993	120,469	2,899
1994	119,565	2,976
1995	118,325	3,019
1996	116,849	2,649
1997	114,415	2,709
1998	108,862	2,294
1999	110,217	2,389
2000	109,192	1,967
2001	107,109	1,860
2002	105,805	1,774
2003	106,142	1,694
2004	106,904	1,615
2005	108,984	1,553
2006	110,073	1,511
2007	110,341	1,422
2008	110,395	1,369
2009	110,213	1,349
2010	110,475	1,176
2011	110,026	934
2012	110,065	916
2013	109,032	892
2014	108,420	852
2015	107,344	841
2016	106,585	767
2017	105,468	724
2018	104,814	694
2019	102,817	609
2020	90,515	562
2021	89,213	-15
2022	100,987	530
2023	100,921	475

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 60 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nicaragua, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Saint Lucia
1985	319	56
1986	313	57
1987	316	69
1988	301	71
1989	286	66
1990	281	72
1991	273	71
1992	272	58
1993	265	58
1994	256	60
1995	251	60
1996	244	72
1997	236	89
1998	239	89
1999	228	88
2000	213	83
2001	194	70
2002	170	62
2003	154	56
2004	140	54
2005	124	55
2006	113	53
2007	106	55
2008	101	55
2009	99	51
2010	96	56
2011	93	56
2012	88	55
2013	86	53
2014	83	49
2015	81	46
2016	77	46
2017	72	43
2018	67	41
2019	69	43
2020	87	43
2021	124	94
2022	61	48
2023	60	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Saint Lucia
1960	19.8%	13.4%
1961	19.6%	12.9%
1962	19.4%	12.3%
1963	19.2%	11.6%
1964	19%	11%
1965	18.7%	10.3%
1966	18.4%	9.62%
1967	18.1%	8.96%
1968	17.8%	8.32%
1969	17.4%	7.7%
1970	17.1%	7.1%
1971	16.6%	6.54%
1972	18.7%	6.02%
1973	15.6%	5.53%
1974	15%	5.08%
1975	14.4%	4.67%
1976	13.7%	4.3%
1977	12.9%	3.97%
1978	12.2%	3.68%
1979	11.5%	3.42%
1980	10.8%	3.2%
1981	10.2%	3%
1982	9.58%	2.83%
1983	9.07%	2.68%
1984	8.62%	2.55%
1985	8.21%	2.44%
1986	7.85%	2.35%
1987	7.53%	2.27%
1988	7.22%	2.2%
1989	6.92%	2.14%
1990	6.62%	2.09%
1991	6.31%	2.05%
1992	6%	2.01%
1993	5.69%	1.98%
1994	5.39%	1.95%
1995	5.09%	1.92%
1996	4.81%	1.9%
1997	4.54%	1.88%
1998	5.01%	1.87%
1999	4.04%	1.86%
2000	3.82%	1.85%
2001	3.62%	1.84%
2002	3.43%	1.83%
2003	3.26%	1.83%
2004	3.1%	1.83%
2005	2.95%	1.83%
2006	2.81%	1.82%
2007	2.68%	1.82%
2008	2.55%	1.82%
2009	2.44%	1.81%
2010	2.33%	1.8%
2011	2.22%	1.79%
2012	2.13%	1.78%
2013	2.03%	1.77%
2014	1.94%	1.75%
2015	1.86%	1.74%
2016	1.78%	1.72%
2017	1.71%	1.7%
2018	1.64%	1.67%
2019	1.57%	1.65%
2020	1.51%	1.63%
2021	1.45%	1.6%
2022	1.39%	1.58%
2023	1.34%	1.55%