Fertility & birth rates in Norway and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Norway vs Saint Vincent chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Norway was 1.4 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 Norway 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
	Norway	Saint Vincent
1960	2.85	7.25
1961	2.94	7.16
1962	2.91	7.03
1963	2.93	6.92
1964	2.98	6.83
1965	2.94	6.74
1966	2.9	6.64
1967	2.81	6.53
1968	2.75	6.42
1969	2.7	6.28
1970	2.5	6.12
1971	2.49	5.95
1972	2.38	5.77
1973	2.23	5.59
1974	2.13	5.38
1975	1.98	5.17
1976	1.86	4.95
1977	1.75	4.75
1978	1.77	4.55
1979	1.75	4.29
1980	1.72	3.92
1981	1.7	3.85
1982	1.71	3.74
1983	1.66	3.56
1984	1.66	3.28
1985	1.68	3.08
1986	1.71	2.92
1987	1.74	2.82
1988	1.84	2.75
1989	1.89	2.73
1990	1.93	2.73
1991	1.92	2.75
1992	1.88	2.76
1993	1.86	2.74
1994	1.87	2.68
1995	1.87	2.61
1996	1.89	2.53
1997	1.86	2.43
1998	1.81	2.35
1999	1.85	2.31
2000	1.85	2.31
2001	1.78	2.3
2002	1.75	2.22
2003	1.8	2.14
2004	1.83	2.09
2005	1.84	2.07
2006	1.9	2.03
2007	1.9	2.06
2008	1.96	2.15
2009	1.98	2.17
2010	1.95	2.14
2011	1.88	2.08
2012	1.85	2.11
2013	1.78	2.11
2014	1.75	2.14
2015	1.72	2.13
2016	1.71	2.06
2017	1.62	1.94
2018	1.56	1.9
2019	1.53	1.86
2020	1.48	1.83
2021	1.55	1.81
2022	1.41	1.79
2023	1.4	1.78
2024	1.41	1.76
2025	1.41	1.75
2026	1.41	1.73
2027	1.42	1.72
2028	1.42	1.71
2029	1.43	1.71
2030	1.43	1.7
2031	1.43	1.7
2032	1.44	1.69
2033	1.44	1.69
2034	1.45	1.68
2035	1.45	1.68
2036	1.45	1.68
2037	1.46	1.68
2038	1.46	1.67
2039	1.46	1.67
2040	1.47	1.67
2041	1.47	1.67
2042	1.47	1.67
2043	1.48	1.67
2044	1.48	1.66
2045	1.48	1.66
2046	1.48	1.66
2047	1.48	1.66
2048	1.49	1.66
2049	1.49	1.66
2050	1.49	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Norway	Saint Vincent
1960	25.9%	49%
1961	25.6%	48.8%
1962	25.2%	48.6%
1963	25%	48.2%
1964	24.8%	47.7%
1965	24.8%	47.4%
1966	24.7%	47.1%
1967	24.7%	46.8%
1968	24.6%	46.6%
1969	24.5%	46.4%
1970	24.5%	46.2%
1971	24.4%	46%
1972	24.3%	45.8%
1973	24.2%	45.7%
1974	24%	45.5%
1975	23.8%	45.3%
1976	23.5%	45%
1977	23.3%	44.7%
1978	22.9%	44.4%
1979	22.6%	44.1%
1980	22.2%	43.5%
1981	21.8%	42.6%
1982	21.3%	41.7%
1983	20.9%	41%
1984	20.4%	40.4%
1985	20%	39.9%
1986	19.6%	39.4%
1987	19.3%	38.9%
1988	19.1%	38.4%
1989	19%	38%
1990	18.9%	37.5%
1991	19%	36.8%
1992	19.1%	36%
1993	19.3%	35.1%
1994	19.4%	34.4%
1995	19.5%	33.7%
1996	19.6%	33.1%
1997	19.7%	32.5%
1998	19.8%	32%
1999	19.9%	31.6%
2000	20%	31.4%
2001	20%	31%
2002	20%	30.3%
2003	19.9%	29.7%
2004	19.8%	29%
2005	19.6%	28.4%
2006	19.4%	27.8%
2007	19.3%	27.2%
2008	19.1%	26.7%
2009	18.9%	26.1%
2010	18.8%	25.7%
2011	18.6%	25.2%
2012	18.4%	24.8%
2013	18.3%	24.4%
2014	18.1%	24%
2015	18%	23.7%
2016	17.9%	23.4%
2017	17.8%	23%
2018	17.6%	22.7%
2019	17.4%	22.5%
2020	17.2%	22.2%
2021	17%	22.1%
2022	16.8%	21.9%
2023	16.5%	21.6%
2024	16.2%	21.3%
2025	15.9%	20.9%
2026	15.7%	20.4%
2027	15.4%	20%
2028	15.2%	19.5%
2029	15%	19%
2030	14.8%	18.6%
2031	14.7%	18.1%
2032	14.5%	17.8%
2033	14.4%	17.5%
2034	14.3%	17.3%
2035	14.2%	17.1%
2036	14.1%	17%
2037	14%	16.9%
2038	14%	16.9%
2039	14%	16.9%
2040	13.9%	16.9%
2041	13.9%	16.9%
2042	13.9%	16.9%
2043	13.9%	16.9%
2044	13.9%	17%
2045	13.9%	17%
2046	13.9%	17%
2047	13.9%	17%
2048	13.9%	16.9%
2049	13.9%	16.9%
2050	13.9%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.2% of the population in Norway and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 18.9% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Norway and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Norway vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.26% in Norway 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
	Norway	Saint Vincent
1960	29,366	3,029
1961	29,239	3,059
1962	28,020	3,073
1963	26,766	3,086
1964	30,293	3,130
1965	31,275	3,165
1966	31,150	3,194
1967	30,276	3,212
1968	29,387	3,218
1969	28,858	3,200
1970	25,968	3,161
1971	26,541	3,102
1972	24,777	3,033
1973	21,387	2,952
1974	20,324	2,863
1975	16,430	2,775
1976	13,286	2,694
1977	11,321	2,622
1978	11,364	2,581
1979	10,181	2,575
1980	9,806	2,362
1981	9,020	2,429
1982	9,875	2,477
1983	7,844	2,411
1984	7,452	2,248
1985	6,644	2,128
1986	8,751	2,020
1987	9,212	1,937
1988	12,207	1,876
1989	13,949	1,843
1990	14,845	1,825
1991	16,194	1,821
1992	15,431	1,849
1993	12,936	1,832
1994	16,045	1,786
1995	14,821	1,715
1996	17,087	1,610
1997	15,418	1,496
1998	14,181	1,379
1999	14,278	1,315
2000	15,269	1,279
2001	13,090	1,231
2002	10,892	1,166
2003	14,151	1,063
2004	15,612	992
2005	15,719	949
2006	17,244	881
2007	16,482	867
2008	19,073	904
2009	20,280	881
2010	20,046	796
2011	18,822	676
2012	18,066	637
2013	17,779	580
2014	18,494	580
2015	18,160	542
2016	17,797	443
2017	15,831	340
2018	14,342	271
2019	13,904	206
2020	12,372	-10
2021	14,062	-9
2022	5,457	96
2023	8,280	66

Maternal mortality chart: Norway vs Saint Vincent

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Norway, compared to 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Norway	Saint Vincent
1985	9	77
1986	9	71
1987	9	69
1988	9	67
1989	9	70
1990	9	72
1991	8	71
1992	8	89
1993	7	76
1994	7	78
1995	6	80
1996	6	79
1997	5	78
1998	5	77
1999	5	72
2000	5	68
2001	5	64
2002	5	62
2003	5	59
2004	6	56
2005	6	55
2006	5	54
2007	5	54
2008	5	56
2009	4	56
2010	4	59
2011	4	59
2012	3	61
2013	3	73
2014	2	64
2015	2	59
2016	2	52
2017	2	58
2018	2	56
2019	2	58
2020	2	57
2021	2	105
2022	3	56
2023	1	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Norway 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
	Norway	Saint Vincent
1960	2.26%	-
1961	2.21%	-
1962	2.15%	-
1963	2.1%	-
1964	2.04%	-
1965	1.97%	-
1966	1.9%	-
1967	1.82%	-
1968	1.75%	-
1969	1.69%	6.03%
1970	1.62%	6.42%
1971	1.56%	6.82%
1972	1.5%	7.2%
1973	1.43%	7.52%
1974	1.36%	7.71%
1975	1.29%	7.7%
1976	1.22%	7.45%
1977	1.15%	7.03%
1978	1.09%	6.49%
1979	1.04%	5.91%
1980	1.01%	5.34%
1981	0.99%	4.82%
1982	0.99%	4.34%
1983	1%	3.91%
1984	1.01%	3.54%
1985	1.02%	3.22%
1986	1.02%	2.96%
1987	1.01%	2.75%
1988	0.98%	2.59%
1989	0.93%	2.47%
1990	0.87%	2.38%
1991	0.79%	2.31%
1992	0.72%	2.26%
1993	0.66%	2.24%
1994	0.61%	2.23%
1995	0.57%	2.23%
1996	0.54%	2.23%
1997	0.52%	2.24%
1998	0.51%	2.25%
1999	0.5%	2.25%
2000	0.49%	2.25%
2001	0.47%	2.25%
2002	0.46%	2.24%
2003	0.44%	2.25%
2004	0.42%	2.25%
2005	0.41%	2.26%
2006	0.39%	2.26%
2007	0.37%	2.25%
2008	0.36%	2.23%
2009	0.34%	2.19%
2010	0.33%	2.14%
2011	0.31%	2.06%
2012	0.3%	1.98%
2013	0.29%	1.88%
2014	0.28%	1.79%
2015	0.27%	1.69%
2016	0.26%	1.59%
2017	0.25%	1.49%
2018	0.25%	1.39%
2019	0.24%	1.31%
2020	0.24%	1.23%
2021	0.23%	1.17%
2022	0.23%	1.11%
2023	0.24%	1.06%