Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Paraguay was 2.42 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 Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Saint Lucia
1960	6.5	6.77
1961	6.49	6.84
1962	6.47	6.82
1963	6.45	6.72
1964	6.42	6.76
1965	6.35	6.69
1966	6.23	6.61
1967	6.1	6.51
1968	5.97	6.39
1969	5.84	6.25
1970	5.72	6.1
1971	5.59	5.95
1972	5.46	5.81
1973	5.35	5.69
1974	5.27	5.57
1975	5.18	5.36
1976	5.12	5.16
1977	5.08	4.97
1978	5.04	4.83
1979	5.06	4.58
1980	5.1	4.41
1981	5.15	4.28
1982	5.13	4.17
1983	5.09	4.08
1984	5.04	4.02
1985	4.97	3.97
1986	4.93	3.8
1987	4.85	3.61
1988	4.77	3.44
1989	4.68	3.31
1990	4.57	3.24
1991	4.48	3.19
1992	4.4	3.11
1993	4.28	3
1994	4.2	3.03
1995	4.11	3.03
1996	4.01	2.71
1997	3.91	2.74
1998	3.8	2.4
1999	3.67	2.5
2000	3.51	2.21
2001	3.36	2.13
2002	3.23	2.03
2003	3.12	1.94
2004	3.05	1.86
2005	2.97	1.81
2006	2.89	1.77
2007	2.82	1.7
2008	2.79	1.7
2009	2.76	1.74
2010	2.7	1.67
2011	2.67	1.5
2012	2.66	1.5
2013	2.64	1.5
2014	2.65	1.49
2015	2.65	1.47
2016	2.62	1.46
2017	2.59	1.45
2018	2.56	1.44
2019	2.53	1.42
2020	2.5	1.41
2021	2.47	1.4
2022	2.44	1.39
2023	2.42	1.38
2024	2.42	1.38
2025	2.39	1.38
2026	2.37	1.37
2027	2.35	1.37
2028	2.33	1.36
2029	2.31	1.36
2030	2.29	1.37
2031	2.27	1.37
2032	2.26	1.37
2033	2.24	1.37
2034	2.22	1.37
2035	2.21	1.38
2036	2.19	1.38
2037	2.17	1.38
2038	2.16	1.38
2039	2.14	1.38
2040	2.13	1.39
2041	2.12	1.39
2042	2.11	1.4
2043	2.09	1.4
2044	2.08	1.4
2045	2.07	1.41
2046	2.06	1.41
2047	2.05	1.41
2048	2.04	1.41
2049	2.03	1.42
2050	2.02	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Saint Lucia
1960	46.3%	47.1%
1961	46.2%	48.1%
1962	46.1%	48.9%
1963	46%	49.6%
1964	46%	50.1%
1965	46%	50.5%
1966	46%	50.4%
1967	45.9%	50%
1968	45.8%	49.8%
1969	45.7%	50%
1970	45.5%	50.2%
1971	45.2%	50.4%
1972	45%	50.4%
1973	44.6%	50.2%
1974	44.2%	49.9%
1975	43.7%	49.5%
1976	43.3%	48.9%
1977	42.8%	47.9%
1978	42.4%	46.6%
1979	42%	45.5%
1980	41.6%	44.8%
1981	41.4%	44.3%
1982	41.2%	43.9%
1983	41.2%	43.5%
1984	41.2%	43.3%
1985	41.2%	43.1%
1986	41.3%	42.8%
1987	41.3%	42.6%
1988	41.4%	41.7%
1989	41.5%	40.2%
1990	41.5%	38.9%
1991	41.5%	38.1%
1992	41.5%	37.7%
1993	41.4%	37.3%
1994	41.3%	37%
1995	41.1%	36.7%
1996	40.8%	36.2%
1997	40.4%	35.7%
1998	40%	34.7%
1999	39.5%	33.5%
2000	39%	32.4%
2001	38.4%	31.4%
2002	37.9%	30.7%
2003	37.3%	30%
2004	36.6%	29.2%
2005	35.8%	28.4%
2006	35.1%	27.6%
2007	34.4%	26.8%
2008	33.8%	25.9%
2009	33.2%	25.1%
2010	32.5%	24.3%
2011	32%	23.5%
2012	31.4%	22.7%
2013	30.9%	22.1%
2014	30.5%	21.5%
2015	30.2%	20.9%
2016	29.9%	20.3%
2017	29.7%	19.9%
2018	29.5%	19.5%
2019	29.3%	19.1%
2020	29.1%	18.7%
2021	29%	18.5%
2022	28.9%	18.2%
2023	28.8%	17.9%
2024	28.6%	17.5%
2025	28.4%	17.2%
2026	28.1%	17.1%
2027	27.9%	16.9%
2028	27.6%	16.8%
2029	27.3%	16.6%
2030	26.9%	16.5%
2031	26.5%	16.3%
2032	26.1%	16.1%
2033	25.8%	15.9%
2034	25.4%	15.7%
2035	25%	15.6%
2036	24.7%	15.4%
2037	24.4%	15.2%
2038	24.1%	15%
2039	23.8%	14.8%
2040	23.5%	14.6%
2041	23.2%	14.4%
2042	23%	14.2%
2043	22.7%	14.1%
2044	22.5%	13.9%
2045	22.3%	13.7%
2046	22.1%	13.6%
2047	22%	13.4%
2048	21.8%	13.3%
2049	21.6%	13.1%
2050	21.4%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Saint Lucia
1960	60,009	3,202
1961	61,536	3,173
1962	63,079	3,124
1963	64,741	3,048
1964	65,681	3,074
1965	66,063	3,042
1966	66,002	3,028
1967	65,695	3,113
1968	65,575	3,154
1969	65,616	3,143
1970	65,905	3,093
1971	66,142	3,046
1972	66,625	3,028
1973	67,803	3,033
1974	69,059	3,106
1975	70,285	3,126
1976	71,973	3,166
1977	74,359	3,240
1978	76,691	3,340
1979	80,345	3,301
1980	84,568	3,275
1981	89,456	3,306
1982	92,917	3,360
1983	96,406	3,443
1984	99,937	3,526
1985	102,859	3,591
1986	105,776	3,496
1987	107,962	3,351
1988	110,348	3,229
1989	111,727	3,146
1990	112,864	3,061
1991	114,472	3,009
1992	115,442	2,981
1993	115,211	2,899
1994	115,662	2,976
1995	115,777	3,019
1996	115,623	2,649
1997	115,095	2,709
1998	114,122	2,294
1999	112,726	2,389
2000	109,979	1,967
2001	107,225	1,860
2002	104,658	1,774
2003	102,427	1,694
2004	101,896	1,615
2005	101,035	1,553
2006	99,808	1,511
2007	99,141	1,422
2008	99,821	1,369
2009	100,296	1,349
2010	99,456	1,176
2011	100,442	934
2012	102,508	916
2013	103,383	892
2014	105,585	852
2015	106,817	841
2016	106,804	767
2017	105,634	724
2018	104,908	694
2019	103,179	609
2020	98,667	562
2021	78,667	-15
2022	94,627	530
2023	97,748	475

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 58 deaths per 100,000 live births in Paraguay, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Saint Lucia
1985	237	56
1986	230	57
1987	225	69
1988	220	71
1989	209	66
1990	198	72
1991	192	71
1992	195	58
1993	197	58
1994	201	60
1995	202	60
1996	203	72
1997	205	89
1998	207	89
1999	207	88
2000	207	83
2001	207	70
2002	206	62
2003	203	56
2004	199	54
2005	194	55
2006	186	53
2007	177	55
2008	166	55
2009	152	51
2010	136	56
2011	120	56
2012	100	55
2013	84	53
2014	70	49
2015	64	46
2016	60	46
2017	58	43
2018	58	41
2019	58	43
2020	69	43
2021	140	94
2022	78	48
2023	58	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Saint Lucia
1960	8.18%	13.4%
1961	8.11%	12.9%
1962	8.06%	12.3%
1963	8.02%	11.6%
1964	7.99%	11%
1965	7.96%	10.3%
1966	7.94%	9.62%
1967	7.91%	8.96%
1968	7.88%	8.32%
1969	7.84%	7.7%
1970	7.79%	7.1%
1971	7.73%	6.54%
1972	7.66%	6.02%
1973	7.57%	5.53%
1974	7.46%	5.08%
1975	7.34%	4.67%
1976	7.21%	4.3%
1977	7.06%	3.97%
1978	6.91%	3.68%
1979	6.74%	3.42%
1980	6.55%	3.2%
1981	6.35%	3%
1982	6.14%	2.83%
1983	5.92%	2.68%
1984	5.71%	2.55%
1985	5.5%	2.44%
1986	5.3%	2.35%
1987	5.1%	2.27%
1988	4.92%	2.2%
1989	4.73%	2.14%
1990	4.55%	2.09%
1991	4.38%	2.05%
1992	4.23%	2.01%
1993	4.08%	1.98%
1994	3.95%	1.95%
1995	3.83%	1.92%
1996	3.72%	1.9%
1997	3.62%	1.88%
1998	3.53%	1.87%
1999	3.45%	1.86%
2000	3.36%	1.85%
2001	3.29%	1.84%
2002	3.22%	1.83%
2003	3.14%	1.83%
2004	3.07%	1.83%
2005	2.99%	1.83%
2006	2.91%	1.82%
2007	2.83%	1.82%
2008	2.75%	1.82%
2009	2.67%	1.81%
2010	2.59%	1.8%
2011	2.51%	1.79%
2012	2.44%	1.78%
2013	2.37%	1.77%
2014	2.3%	1.75%
2015	2.22%	1.74%
2016	2.15%	1.72%
2017	2.08%	1.7%
2018	2.01%	1.67%
2019	1.94%	1.65%
2020	1.88%	1.63%
2021	1.82%	1.6%
2022	1.76%	1.58%
2023	1.7%	1.55%