Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Qatar vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar was 1.73 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 Qatar 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
	Qatar	Saint Lucia
1960	6.53	6.77
1961	6.53	6.84
1962	6.53	6.82
1963	6.53	6.72
1964	6.53	6.76
1965	6.53	6.69
1966	6.52	6.61
1967	6.46	6.51
1968	6.39	6.39
1969	6.31	6.25
1970	6.23	6.1
1971	6.15	5.95
1972	6.07	5.81
1973	6.01	5.69
1974	5.94	5.57
1975	5.86	5.36
1976	5.78	5.16
1977	5.69	4.97
1978	5.58	4.83
1979	5.46	4.58
1980	5.33	4.41
1981	5.2	4.28
1982	5.04	4.17
1983	4.9	4.08
1984	4.76	4.02
1985	4.64	3.97
1986	4.57	3.8
1987	4.54	3.61
1988	4.51	3.44
1989	4.41	3.31
1990	4.23	3.24
1991	3.99	3.19
1992	3.85	3.11
1993	3.77	3
1994	3.67	3.03
1995	3.56	3.03
1996	3.44	2.71
1997	3.33	2.74
1998	3.21	2.4
1999	3.12	2.5
2000	3.07	2.21
2001	3.08	2.13
2002	3.01	2.03
2003	2.93	1.94
2004	2.79	1.86
2005	2.64	1.81
2006	2.51	1.77
2007	2.44	1.7
2008	2.37	1.7
2009	2.25	1.74
2010	2.14	1.67
2011	2.07	1.5
2012	2.04	1.5
2013	2.03	1.5
2014	2.03	1.49
2015	1.98	1.47
2016	1.86	1.46
2017	1.83	1.45
2018	1.76	1.44
2019	1.73	1.42
2020	1.68	1.41
2021	1.61	1.4
2022	1.74	1.39
2023	1.73	1.38
2024	1.72	1.38
2025	1.7	1.38
2026	1.69	1.37
2027	1.68	1.37
2028	1.67	1.36
2029	1.66	1.36
2030	1.66	1.37
2031	1.65	1.37
2032	1.64	1.37
2033	1.64	1.37
2034	1.64	1.37
2035	1.63	1.38
2036	1.63	1.38
2037	1.63	1.38
2038	1.63	1.38
2039	1.63	1.38
2040	1.63	1.39
2041	1.63	1.39
2042	1.63	1.4
2043	1.63	1.4
2044	1.63	1.4
2045	1.63	1.41
2046	1.63	1.41
2047	1.63	1.41
2048	1.63	1.41
2049	1.62	1.42
2050	1.62	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	Saint Lucia
1960	44.2%	47.1%
1961	42.5%	48.1%
1962	40.5%	48.9%
1963	38.7%	49.6%
1964	37.2%	50.1%
1965	36.2%	50.5%
1966	35.3%	50.4%
1967	34.7%	50%
1968	34.2%	49.8%
1969	33.9%	50%
1970	35.1%	50.2%
1971	36.9%	50.4%
1972	37.5%	50.4%
1973	37.4%	50.2%
1974	36.7%	49.9%
1975	35.7%	49.5%
1976	34.6%	48.9%
1977	33.3%	47.9%
1978	32.1%	46.6%
1979	31%	45.5%
1980	30%	44.8%
1981	29.2%	44.3%
1982	28.6%	43.9%
1983	28.1%	43.5%
1984	27.6%	43.3%
1985	27.2%	43.1%
1986	27%	42.8%
1987	27.2%	42.6%
1988	27.2%	41.7%
1989	27.1%	40.2%
1990	27%	38.9%
1991	26.8%	38.1%
1992	26.6%	37.7%
1993	26.4%	37.3%
1994	26.2%	37%
1995	26.1%	36.7%
1996	25.9%	36.2%
1997	25.5%	35.7%
1998	24.8%	34.7%
1999	24.1%	33.5%
2000	23.5%	32.4%
2001	23%	31.4%
2002	22.5%	30.7%
2003	22.2%	30%
2004	22.2%	29.2%
2005	22.5%	28.4%
2006	20.2%	27.6%
2007	16.4%	26.8%
2008	14.6%	25.9%
2009	14%	25.1%
2010	13.9%	24.3%
2011	14.2%	23.5%
2012	14.5%	22.7%
2013	14.6%	22.1%
2014	14.4%	21.5%
2015	13.9%	20.9%
2016	13.7%	20.3%
2017	13.7%	19.9%
2018	14%	19.5%
2019	14.6%	19.1%
2020	15.4%	18.7%
2021	15.5%	18.5%
2022	15.2%	18.2%
2023	15.2%	17.9%
2024	15.1%	17.5%
2025	15%	17.2%
2026	15%	17.1%
2027	15%	16.9%
2028	15.1%	16.8%
2029	15.2%	16.6%
2030	15.3%	16.5%
2031	15.4%	16.3%
2032	15.5%	16.1%
2033	15.6%	15.9%
2034	15.7%	15.7%
2035	15.9%	15.6%
2036	16.1%	15.4%
2037	16.2%	15.2%
2038	16.4%	15%
2039	16.5%	14.8%
2040	16.7%	14.6%
2041	16.8%	14.4%
2042	17%	14.2%
2043	17.1%	14.1%
2044	17.3%	13.9%
2045	17.4%	13.7%
2046	17.5%	13.6%
2047	17.6%	13.4%
2048	17.7%	13.3%
2049	17.7%	13.1%
2050	17.8%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 27% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	Saint Lucia
1960	1,220	3,202
1961	1,357	3,173
1962	1,589	3,124
1963	1,854	3,048
1964	2,150	3,074
1965	2,472	3,042
1966	2,811	3,028
1967	3,167	3,113
1968	3,547	3,154
1969	3,941	3,143
1970	4,346	3,093
1971	4,433	3,046
1972	4,581	3,028
1973	4,780	3,033
1974	5,015	3,106
1975	5,289	3,126
1976	5,598	3,166
1977	5,925	3,240
1978	6,246	3,340
1979	6,579	3,301
1980	6,894	3,275
1981	7,202	3,306
1982	7,489	3,360
1983	7,765	3,443
1984	7,997	3,526
1985	8,212	3,591
1986	8,439	3,496
1987	8,806	3,351
1988	9,198	3,229
1989	9,407	3,146
1990	9,388	3,061
1991	9,182	3,009
1992	9,189	2,981
1993	9,250	2,899
1994	9,257	2,976
1995	9,186	3,019
1996	9,049	2,649
1997	8,846	2,709
1998	9,055	2,294
1999	9,431	2,389
2000	9,974	1,967
2001	10,683	1,860
2002	11,062	1,774
2003	11,291	1,694
2004	11,242	1,615
2005	11,392	1,553
2006	10,225	1,511
2007	11,351	1,422
2008	14,062	1,369
2009	15,595	1,349
2010	16,225	1,176
2011	16,543	934
2012	17,681	916
2013	19,669	892
2014	21,699	852
2015	22,568	841
2016	22,416	767
2017	23,244	724
2018	23,340	694
2019	24,112	609
2020	25,128	562
2021	21,297	-15
2022	24,360	530
2023	23,845	475

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Qatar, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	Saint Lucia
1985	17	56
1986	16	57
1987	15	69
1988	15	71
1989	14	66
1990	13	72
1991	13	71
1992	13	58
1993	13	58
1994	13	60
1995	13	60
1996	13	72
1997	13	89
1998	12	89
1999	12	88
2000	11	83
2001	12	70
2002	11	62
2003	11	56
2004	11	54
2005	11	55
2006	10	53
2007	9	55
2008	9	55
2009	8	51
2010	8	56
2011	7	56
2012	7	55
2013	6	53
2014	6	49
2015	6	46
2016	5	46
2017	5	43
2018	5	41
2019	5	43
2020	6	43
2021	7	94
2022	8	48
2023	4	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	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	7.07%	7.7%
1970	6.6%	7.1%
1971	6.16%	6.54%
1972	5.77%	6.02%
1973	5.4%	5.53%
1974	5.06%	5.08%
1975	4.75%	4.67%
1976	4.48%	4.3%
1977	4.24%	3.97%
1978	4.02%	3.68%
1979	3.81%	3.42%
1980	3.62%	3.2%
1981	3.45%	3%
1982	3.29%	2.83%
1983	3.13%	2.68%
1984	2.98%	2.55%
1985	2.82%	2.44%
1986	2.68%	2.35%
1987	2.52%	2.27%
1988	2.37%	2.2%
1989	2.23%	2.14%
1990	2.08%	2.09%
1991	1.94%	2.05%
1992	1.82%	2.01%
1993	1.71%	1.98%
1994	1.61%	1.95%
1995	1.53%	1.92%
1996	1.46%	1.9%
1997	1.4%	1.88%
1998	1.34%	1.87%
1999	1.29%	1.86%
2000	1.25%	1.85%
2001	1.2%	1.84%
2002	1.16%	1.83%
2003	1.12%	1.83%
2004	1.08%	1.83%
2005	1.04%	1.83%
2006	1.01%	1.82%
2007	0.98%	1.82%
2008	0.96%	1.82%
2009	0.93%	1.81%
2010	0.91%	1.8%
2011	0.89%	1.79%
2012	0.87%	1.78%
2013	0.84%	1.77%
2014	0.82%	1.75%
2015	0.79%	1.74%
2016	0.75%	1.72%
2017	0.72%	1.7%
2018	0.69%	1.67%
2019	0.67%	1.65%
2020	0.64%	1.63%
2021	0.63%	1.6%
2022	0.61%	1.58%
2023	0.6%	1.55%