Fertility & birth rates in Rwanda and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Rwanda vs Saint Lucia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Rwanda was 3.7 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 Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Saint Lucia
1960	8.28	6.77
1961	8.28	6.84
1962	8.27	6.82
1963	8.27	6.72
1964	8.27	6.76
1965	8.25	6.69
1966	8.23	6.61
1967	8.21	6.51
1968	8.19	6.39
1969	8.18	6.25
1970	8.15	6.1
1971	8.09	5.95
1972	8.09	5.81
1973	8.09	5.69
1974	8.1	5.57
1975	8.1	5.36
1976	8.12	5.16
1977	8.14	4.97
1978	8.16	4.83
1979	8.13	4.58
1980	8.12	4.41
1981	8.1	4.28
1982	8.06	4.17
1983	8	4.08
1984	7.91	4.02
1985	7.79	3.97
1986	7.61	3.8
1987	7.43	3.61
1988	7.23	3.44
1989	7.03	3.31
1990	6.8	3.24
1991	6.62	3.19
1992	6.54	3.11
1993	6.48	3
1994	6.42	3.03
1995	6.35	3.03
1996	6.29	2.71
1997	6.24	2.74
1998	6.17	2.4
1999	6.06	2.5
2000	5.97	2.21
2001	5.89	2.13
2002	5.82	2.03
2003	5.74	1.94
2004	5.64	1.86
2005	5.5	1.81
2006	5.34	1.77
2007	5.14	1.7
2008	4.92	1.7
2009	4.71	1.74
2010	4.52	1.67
2011	4.33	1.5
2012	4.2	1.5
2013	4.14	1.5
2014	4.12	1.49
2015	4.11	1.47
2016	4.11	1.46
2017	4.08	1.45
2018	4.05	1.44
2019	3.99	1.42
2020	3.91	1.41
2021	3.84	1.4
2022	3.78	1.39
2023	3.7	1.38
2024	3.64	1.38
2025	3.59	1.38
2026	3.54	1.37
2027	3.49	1.37
2028	3.43	1.36
2029	3.38	1.36
2030	3.33	1.37
2031	3.28	1.37
2032	3.24	1.37
2033	3.19	1.37
2034	3.15	1.37
2035	3.11	1.38
2036	3.07	1.38
2037	3.03	1.38
2038	2.99	1.38
2039	2.95	1.38
2040	2.92	1.39
2041	2.89	1.39
2042	2.85	1.4
2043	2.81	1.4
2044	2.78	1.4
2045	2.75	1.41
2046	2.72	1.41
2047	2.69	1.41
2048	2.67	1.41
2049	2.64	1.42
2050	2.61	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Rwanda	Saint Lucia
1960	49.2%	47.1%
1961	49.7%	48.1%
1962	50.2%	48.9%
1963	50.6%	49.6%
1964	50.8%	50.1%
1965	50.6%	50.5%
1966	50.2%	50.4%
1967	49.7%	50%
1968	49.2%	49.8%
1969	48.7%	50%
1970	48.2%	50.2%
1971	47.9%	50.4%
1972	47.5%	50.4%
1973	47.2%	50.2%
1974	46.9%	49.9%
1975	46.6%	49.5%
1976	46.4%	48.9%
1977	46.4%	47.9%
1978	46.4%	46.6%
1979	46.5%	45.5%
1980	46.8%	44.8%
1981	47.1%	44.3%
1982	47.4%	43.9%
1983	47.7%	43.5%
1984	48.1%	43.3%
1985	48.3%	43.1%
1986	48.6%	42.8%
1987	48.8%	42.6%
1988	48.9%	41.7%
1989	48.9%	40.2%
1990	49%	38.9%
1991	48.9%	38.1%
1992	48.7%	37.7%
1993	48.4%	37.3%
1994	50.1%	37%
1995	52.4%	36.7%
1996	51.4%	36.2%
1997	50.5%	35.7%
1998	49.2%	34.7%
1999	47.8%	33.5%
2000	46.4%	32.4%
2001	45.2%	31.4%
2002	44.3%	30.7%
2003	43.7%	30%
2004	43.3%	29.2%
2005	43.1%	28.4%
2006	42.9%	27.6%
2007	42.9%	26.8%
2008	42.8%	25.9%
2009	42.6%	25.1%
2010	42.4%	24.3%
2011	42.2%	23.5%
2012	41.9%	22.7%
2013	41.7%	22.1%
2014	41.4%	21.5%
2015	41.1%	20.9%
2016	40.9%	20.3%
2017	40.5%	19.9%
2018	40.1%	19.5%
2019	39.7%	19.1%
2020	39.2%	18.7%
2021	38.6%	18.5%
2022	38.2%	18.2%
2023	37.7%	17.9%
2024	37.4%	17.5%
2025	37%	17.2%
2026	36.7%	17.1%
2027	36.4%	16.9%
2028	36%	16.8%
2029	35.7%	16.6%
2030	35.4%	16.5%
2031	35%	16.3%
2032	34.7%	16.1%
2033	34.4%	15.9%
2034	34.1%	15.7%
2035	33.7%	15.6%
2036	33.4%	15.4%
2037	33.1%	15.2%
2038	32.9%	15%
2039	32.6%	14.8%
2040	32.3%	14.6%
2041	32%	14.4%
2042	31.7%	14.2%
2043	31.4%	14.1%
2044	31.1%	13.9%
2045	30.8%	13.7%
2046	30.5%	13.6%
2047	30.2%	13.4%
2048	29.9%	13.3%
2049	29.7%	13.1%
2050	29.4%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.4% of the population in Rwanda and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 49% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Rwanda and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Rwanda vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.45% in Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Saint Lucia
1960	100,627	3,202
1961	102,051	3,173
1962	102,548	3,124
1963	94,296	3,048
1964	102,562	3,074
1965	103,422	3,042
1966	105,128	3,028
1967	108,053	3,113
1968	111,422	3,154
1969	115,394	3,143
1970	119,273	3,093
1971	122,567	3,046
1972	126,403	3,028
1973	131,021	3,033
1974	135,743	3,106
1975	140,596	3,126
1976	147,665	3,166
1977	155,011	3,240
1978	163,779	3,340
1979	174,477	3,301
1980	184,988	3,275
1981	195,769	3,306
1982	205,147	3,360
1983	212,750	3,443
1984	219,337	3,526
1985	223,794	3,591
1986	225,526	3,496
1987	225,744	3,351
1988	223,759	3,229
1989	217,632	3,146
1990	207,895	3,061
1991	196,431	3,009
1992	188,025	2,981
1993	183,926	2,899
1994	-719,479	2,976
1995	121,137	3,019
1996	140,455	2,649
1997	174,687	2,709
1998	197,185	2,294
1999	210,518	2,389
2000	221,276	1,967
2001	230,845	1,860
2002	239,036	1,774
2003	251,243	1,694
2004	265,273	1,615
2005	275,121	1,553
2006	282,149	1,511
2007	285,791	1,422
2008	287,334	1,369
2009	287,034	1,349
2010	286,848	1,176
2011	282,922	934
2012	282,584	916
2013	286,331	892
2014	292,779	852
2015	299,114	841
2016	305,549	767
2017	310,323	724
2018	312,512	694
2019	313,525	609
2020	312,692	562
2021	309,895	-15
2022	312,145	530
2023	312,762	475

Maternal mortality chart: Rwanda vs Saint Lucia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 229 deaths per 100,000 live births in Rwanda, compared to 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Rwanda	Saint Lucia
1985	1,116	56
1986	1,126	57
1987	1,145	69
1988	1,188	71
1989	1,238	66
1990	1,309	72
1991	1,386	71
1992	1,530	58
1993	1,619	58
1994	5,721	60
1995	1,505	60
1996	1,295	72
1997	1,318	89
1998	1,268	89
1999	1,073	88
2000	885	83
2001	769	70
2002	677	62
2003	551	56
2004	460	54
2005	465	55
2006	494	53
2007	494	55
2008	454	55
2009	418	51
2010	393	56
2011	358	56
2012	331	55
2013	317	53
2014	301	49
2015	292	46
2016	278	46
2017	275	43
2018	269	41
2019	261	43
2020	252	43
2021	254	94
2022	234	48
2023	229	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Saint Lucia
1960	22.4%	13.4%
1961	21.9%	12.9%
1962	21.5%	12.3%
1963	21.3%	11.6%
1964	21.1%	11%
1965	21.1%	10.3%
1966	21.2%	9.62%
1967	21.4%	8.96%
1968	21.7%	8.32%
1969	22%	7.7%
1970	22.3%	7.1%
1971	22.6%	6.54%
1972	23%	6.02%
1973	23.4%	5.53%
1974	24%	5.08%
1975	24.6%	4.67%
1976	25.1%	4.3%
1977	25.1%	3.97%
1978	24.6%	3.68%
1979	23.4%	3.42%
1980	21.8%	3.2%
1981	20.1%	3%
1982	18.6%	2.83%
1983	17.4%	2.68%
1984	16.6%	2.55%
1985	16.1%	2.44%
1986	15.6%	2.35%
1987	15.2%	2.27%
1988	14.8%	2.2%
1989	14.8%	2.14%
1990	15.1%	2.09%
1991	16%	2.05%
1992	17.5%	2.01%
1993	19.3%	1.98%
1994	38.9%	1.95%
1995	21.8%	1.92%
1996	22.2%	1.9%
1997	22.2%	1.88%
1998	21.5%	1.87%
1999	20.2%	1.86%
2000	18.5%	1.85%
2001	16.7%	1.84%
2002	14.9%	1.83%
2003	13.3%	1.83%
2004	11.8%	1.83%
2005	10.5%	1.83%
2006	9.37%	1.82%
2007	8.45%	1.82%
2008	7.62%	1.82%
2009	6.92%	1.81%
2010	6.33%	1.8%
2011	5.81%	1.79%
2012	5.45%	1.78%
2013	5.17%	1.77%
2014	4.96%	1.75%
2015	4.78%	1.74%
2016	4.63%	1.72%
2017	4.52%	1.7%
2018	4.43%	1.67%
2019	4.34%	1.65%
2020	4.25%	1.63%
2021	4.16%	1.6%
2022	4.08%	1.58%
2023	4%	1.55%