Fertility & birth rates in Poland and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Poland vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Poland was 1.16 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 Poland 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
	Poland	Saint Lucia
1960	2.98	6.77
1961	2.83	6.84
1962	2.72	6.82
1963	2.7	6.72
1964	2.57	6.76
1965	2.52	6.69
1966	2.34	6.61
1967	2.33	6.51
1968	2.24	6.39
1969	2.2	6.25
1970	2.2	6.1
1971	2.25	5.95
1972	2.24	5.81
1973	2.26	5.69
1974	2.26	5.57
1975	2.27	5.36
1976	2.3	5.16
1977	2.23	4.97
1978	2.21	4.83
1979	2.28	4.58
1980	2.28	4.41
1981	2.24	4.28
1982	2.34	4.17
1983	2.42	4.08
1984	2.37	4.02
1985	2.33	3.97
1986	2.22	3.8
1987	2.15	3.61
1988	2.13	3.44
1989	2.08	3.31
1990	2.06	3.24
1991	2.07	3.19
1992	1.95	3.11
1993	1.87	3
1994	1.81	3.03
1995	1.62	3.03
1996	1.59	2.71
1997	1.51	2.74
1998	1.44	2.4
1999	1.37	2.5
2000	1.37	2.21
2001	1.31	2.13
2002	1.25	2.03
2003	1.22	1.94
2004	1.23	1.86
2005	1.24	1.81
2006	1.27	1.77
2007	1.31	1.7
2008	1.39	1.7
2009	1.4	1.74
2010	1.41	1.67
2011	1.33	1.5
2012	1.33	1.5
2013	1.29	1.5
2014	1.32	1.49
2015	1.32	1.47
2016	1.39	1.46
2017	1.48	1.45
2018	1.46	1.44
2019	1.44	1.42
2020	1.39	1.41
2021	1.33	1.4
2022	1.29	1.39
2023	1.16	1.38
2024	1.16	1.38
2025	1.17	1.38
2026	1.17	1.37
2027	1.17	1.37
2028	1.18	1.36
2029	1.18	1.36
2030	1.19	1.37
2031	1.19	1.37
2032	1.19	1.37
2033	1.2	1.37
2034	1.2	1.37
2035	1.21	1.38
2036	1.21	1.38
2037	1.21	1.38
2038	1.21	1.38
2039	1.22	1.38
2040	1.22	1.39
2041	1.22	1.39
2042	1.22	1.4
2043	1.23	1.4
2044	1.23	1.4
2045	1.24	1.41
2046	1.24	1.41
2047	1.24	1.41
2048	1.24	1.41
2049	1.24	1.42
2050	1.25	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Poland	Saint Lucia
1960	33.4%	47.1%
1961	33.4%	48.1%
1962	33%	48.9%
1963	32.5%	49.6%
1964	31.9%	50.1%
1965	31.1%	50.5%
1966	30.3%	50.4%
1967	29.5%	50%
1968	28.6%	49.8%
1969	27.8%	50%
1970	26.9%	50.2%
1971	26.1%	50.4%
1972	25.4%	50.4%
1973	24.8%	50.2%
1974	24.3%	49.9%
1975	24%	49.5%
1976	24%	48.9%
1977	24%	47.9%
1978	24%	46.6%
1979	24.1%	45.5%
1980	24.3%	44.8%
1981	24.5%	44.3%
1982	24.7%	43.9%
1983	25%	43.5%
1984	25.3%	43.3%
1985	25.5%	43.1%
1986	25.6%	42.8%
1987	25.6%	42.6%
1988	25.5%	41.7%
1989	25.3%	40.2%
1990	25%	38.9%
1991	24.6%	38.1%
1992	24.3%	37.7%
1993	23.9%	37.3%
1994	23.4%	37%
1995	22.8%	36.7%
1996	22.2%	36.2%
1997	21.6%	35.7%
1998	20.9%	34.7%
1999	20.2%	33.5%
2000	19.4%	32.4%
2001	18.7%	31.4%
2002	18.1%	30.7%
2003	17.5%	30%
2004	17%	29.2%
2005	16.5%	28.4%
2006	16%	27.6%
2007	15.7%	26.8%
2008	15.4%	25.9%
2009	15.2%	25.1%
2010	15.1%	24.3%
2011	15.2%	23.5%
2012	15.1%	22.7%
2013	15.1%	22.1%
2014	15.1%	21.5%
2015	15.1%	20.9%
2016	15.1%	20.3%
2017	15.2%	19.9%
2018	15.3%	19.5%
2019	15.4%	19.1%
2020	15.5%	18.7%
2021	15.5%	18.5%
2022	15.3%	18.2%
2023	15.1%	17.9%
2024	14.8%	17.5%
2025	14.5%	17.2%
2026	14.1%	17.1%
2027	13.8%	16.9%
2028	13.5%	16.8%
2029	13.2%	16.6%
2030	13%	16.5%
2031	12.7%	16.3%
2032	12.4%	16.1%
2033	12.1%	15.9%
2034	11.8%	15.7%
2035	11.5%	15.6%
2036	11.3%	15.4%
2037	11.2%	15.2%
2038	11.1%	15%
2039	11.1%	14.8%
2040	11.1%	14.6%
2041	11%	14.4%
2042	11.1%	14.2%
2043	11.1%	14.1%
2044	11.1%	13.9%
2045	11.2%	13.7%
2046	11.3%	13.6%
2047	11.3%	13.4%
2048	11.4%	13.3%
2049	11.5%	13.1%
2050	11.5%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Poland and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 25% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Poland and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Poland vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.18% in Poland 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
	Poland	Saint Lucia
1960	444,562	3,202
1961	398,521	3,173
1962	360,671	3,124
1963	359,330	3,048
1964	326,965	3,074
1965	314,450	3,042
1966	297,801	3,028
1967	275,089	3,113
1968	280,963	3,154
1969	270,151	3,143
1970	280,913	3,093
1971	278,660	3,046
1972	314,028	3,028
1973	320,229	3,033
1974	346,893	3,106
1975	350,356	3,126
1976	367,612	3,166
1977	353,828	3,240
1978	339,166	3,340
1979	366,571	3,301
1980	348,627	3,275
1981	351,806	3,306
1982	369,551	3,360
1983	373,032	3,443
1984	332,137	3,526
1985	297,615	3,591
1986	258,448	3,496
1987	226,008	3,351
1988	215,599	3,229
1989	182,215	3,146
1990	160,066	3,061
1991	141,511	3,009
1992	118,928	2,981
1993	103,846	2,899
1994	96,357	2,976
1995	46,314	3,019
1996	42,487	2,649
1997	34,785	2,709
1998	19,332	2,294
1999	0	2,389
2000	11,478	1,967
2001	3,825	1,860
2002	-3,823	1,774
2003	-15,281	1,694
2004	-7,637	1,615
2005	-3,817	1,553
2006	3,814	1,511
2007	11,436	1,422
2008	34,313	1,369
2009	30,521	1,349
2010	38,043	1,176
2011	11,419	934
2012	0	916
2013	-19,020	892
2014	0	852
2015	-26,590	841
2016	-3,797	767
2017	0	724
2018	-26,582	694
2019	-34,169	609
2020	-120,050	562
2021	-184,907	-15
2022	-143,605	530
2023	-135,743	475

Maternal mortality chart: Poland vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Poland, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Poland	Saint Lucia
1985	19	56
1986	19	57
1987	18	69
1988	18	71
1989	18	66
1990	18	72
1991	18	71
1992	16	58
1993	15	58
1994	14	60
1995	12	60
1996	11	72
1997	10	89
1998	9	89
1999	8	88
2000	7	83
2001	6	70
2002	5	62
2003	5	56
2004	4	54
2005	4	55
2006	4	53
2007	3	55
2008	3	55
2009	3	51
2010	3	56
2011	2	56
2012	2	55
2013	2	53
2014	2	49
2015	2	46
2016	2	46
2017	2	43
2018	2	41
2019	2	43
2020	3	43
2021	2	94
2022	2	48
2023	2	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.44% in Poland 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
	Poland	Saint Lucia
1960	6.51%	13.4%
1961	6.02%	12.9%
1962	5.6%	12.3%
1963	5.23%	11.6%
1964	4.89%	11%
1965	4.57%	10.3%
1966	4.29%	9.62%
1967	4.06%	8.96%
1968	3.89%	8.32%
1969	3.75%	7.7%
1970	3.59%	7.1%
1971	3.42%	6.54%
1972	3.24%	6.02%
1973	3.06%	5.53%
1974	2.9%	5.08%
1975	2.79%	4.67%
1976	2.7%	4.3%
1977	2.62%	3.97%
1978	2.54%	3.68%
1979	2.47%	3.42%
1980	2.4%	3.2%
1981	2.33%	3%
1982	2.26%	2.83%
1983	2.19%	2.68%
1984	2.11%	2.55%
1985	2.03%	2.44%
1986	1.96%	2.35%
1987	1.89%	2.27%
1988	1.84%	2.2%
1989	1.79%	2.14%
1990	1.74%	2.09%
1991	1.69%	2.05%
1992	1.65%	2.01%
1993	1.6%	1.98%
1994	1.53%	1.95%
1995	1.43%	1.92%
1996	1.32%	1.9%
1997	1.2%	1.88%
1998	1.09%	1.87%
1999	1%	1.86%
2000	0.93%	1.85%
2001	0.88%	1.84%
2002	0.84%	1.83%
2003	0.81%	1.83%
2004	0.78%	1.83%
2005	0.76%	1.83%
2006	0.73%	1.82%
2007	0.7%	1.82%
2008	0.67%	1.82%
2009	0.63%	1.81%
2010	0.6%	1.8%
2011	0.57%	1.79%
2012	0.54%	1.78%
2013	0.52%	1.77%
2014	0.5%	1.75%
2015	0.49%	1.74%
2016	0.48%	1.72%
2017	0.46%	1.7%
2018	0.45%	1.67%
2019	0.44%	1.65%
2020	0.44%	1.63%
2021	0.44%	1.6%
2022	0.44%	1.58%
2023	0.44%	1.55%