Fertility & birth rates in Saint Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Trinidad and Tobago chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 1.51 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Trinidad and Tobago population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saint Kitts	Trinidad
1960	6.54	5.41
1961	6.27	5.41
1962	6.06	5.36
1963	6.12	5.24
1964	6.08	5.08
1965	6.01	4.88
1966	5.78	4.62
1967	5.46	4.35
1968	5.17	4.11
1969	4.97	3.86
1970	4.73	3.71
1971	4.51	3.61
1972	4.16	3.55
1973	3.97	3.47
1974	3.81	3.32
1975	3.68	3.21
1976	3.59	3.14
1977	3.48	3.12
1978	3.29	3.13
1979	3.23	3.13
1980	3.26	3.15
1981	3.3	3.13
1982	3.18	3.11
1983	3.1	3.07
1984	2.88	3.02
1985	2.82	2.99
1986	2.68	2.9
1987	2.62	2.78
1988	2.62	2.65
1989	2.69	2.53
1990	2.73	2.39
1991	2.6	2.29
1992	2.43	2.21
1993	2.38	2.13
1994	2.31	2.06
1995	2.3	1.97
1996	2.26	1.89
1997	2.3	1.83
1998	2.31	1.78
1999	2.26	1.76
2000	2.13	1.73
2001	2.08	1.71
2002	2.04	1.67
2003	2	1.65
2004	1.96	1.63
2005	1.93	1.63
2006	1.9	1.62
2007	1.87	1.62
2008	1.83	1.62
2009	1.8	1.62
2010	1.76	1.61
2011	1.74	1.61
2012	1.71	1.61
2013	1.68	1.6
2014	1.67	1.6
2015	1.64	1.6
2016	1.63	1.6
2017	1.61	1.59
2018	1.59	1.59
2019	1.57	1.58
2020	1.55	1.57
2021	1.53	1.56
2022	1.51	1.54
2023	1.51	1.53
2024	1.53	1.54
2025	1.51	1.52
2026	1.5	1.52
2027	1.49	1.51
2028	1.49	1.51
2029	1.49	1.51
2030	1.48	1.51
2031	1.48	1.51
2032	1.48	1.51
2033	1.48	1.51
2034	1.48	1.51
2035	1.48	1.51
2036	1.48	1.51
2037	1.49	1.51
2038	1.49	1.51
2039	1.49	1.51
2040	1.49	1.51
2041	1.49	1.51
2042	1.49	1.51
2043	1.5	1.51
2044	1.5	1.51
2045	1.5	1.51
2046	1.5	1.51
2047	1.5	1.51
2048	1.5	1.52
2049	1.5	1.52
2050	1.5	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Kitts	Trinidad
1960	45.6%	43.1%
1961	45.7%	43.2%
1962	45.8%	43.2%
1963	46%	43.3%
1964	46.1%	43.2%
1965	46.3%	43.1%
1966	46.6%	42.9%
1967	47%	42.7%
1968	47.4%	42.3%
1969	47.7%	41.9%
1970	47.2%	41.2%
1971	45.8%	40.4%
1972	44.3%	39.7%
1973	42.9%	39.1%
1974	41.6%	38.4%
1975	40.5%	37.6%
1976	39.6%	36.8%
1977	38.8%	36%
1978	38.2%	35.3%
1979	37.6%	34.8%
1980	36.9%	34.4%
1981	36.2%	34.2%
1982	35.6%	34.2%
1983	35.1%	34.2%
1984	34.7%	34.3%
1985	34.5%	34.4%
1986	34.3%	34.4%
1987	34.2%	34.4%
1988	34.1%	34.2%
1989	34.1%	34%
1990	34.2%	33.7%
1991	34.1%	33.3%
1992	33.6%	32.8%
1993	32.9%	32.2%
1994	32.3%	31.6%
1995	31.7%	30.8%
1996	31.1%	29.9%
1997	30.6%	28.9%
1998	30.1%	27.9%
1999	29.7%	27%
2000	29.3%	26%
2001	28.8%	25%
2002	28.1%	24.2%
2003	27.4%	23.4%
2004	26.6%	22.7%
2005	26%	22.1%
2006	25.3%	21.6%
2007	24.8%	21.2%
2008	24.4%	20.8%
2009	24%	20.5%
2010	23.3%	20.3%
2011	22.7%	20.1%
2012	22.2%	20%
2013	21.7%	19.9%
2014	21.1%	19.7%
2015	20.6%	19.6%
2016	20.2%	19.5%
2017	19.9%	19.3%
2018	19.6%	19%
2019	19.3%	18.8%
2020	19.1%	18.7%
2021	18.8%	18.5%
2022	18.6%	18.3%
2023	18.3%	18%
2024	18.2%	17.8%
2025	18.3%	17.5%
2026	18.4%	17.2%
2027	18.2%	16.9%
2028	17.9%	16.6%
2029	17.7%	16.4%
2030	17.5%	16.1%
2031	17.2%	15.8%
2032	17%	15.5%
2033	16.8%	15.3%
2034	16.5%	15.1%
2035	16.3%	14.9%
2036	16.1%	14.7%
2037	15.9%	14.5%
2038	15.7%	14.4%
2039	15.5%	14.2%
2040	15.4%	14.1%
2041	15.2%	14.1%
2042	15.1%	14%
2043	15%	13.9%
2044	14.8%	13.9%
2045	14.7%	13.8%
2046	14.6%	13.8%
2047	14.5%	13.7%
2048	14.5%	13.7%
2049	14.4%	13.6%
2050	14.3%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Saint Kitts and Nevis and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 34.2% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.26% in Saint Kitts and Nevis and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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
	Saint Kitts	Trinidad
1960	1,562	24,766
1961	1,466	25,518
1962	1,373	25,763
1963	1,360	25,507
1964	1,305	25,065
1965	1,228	24,349
1966	1,103	23,228
1967	951	21,992
1968	812	20,849
1969	708	19,652
1970	611	19,074
1971	615	19,400
1972	619	20,116
1973	646	20,617
1974	670	20,412
1975	688	20,468
1976	703	20,875
1977	697	21,660
1978	654	22,538
1979	643	23,475
1980	652	24,557
1981	684	25,015
1982	672	25,181
1983	664	25,118
1984	598	24,738
1985	574	24,487
1986	520	23,705
1987	486	22,398
1988	471	21,028
1989	476	19,636
1990	471	18,052
1991	411	16,903
1992	369	15,910
1993	373	14,878
1994	370	14,032
1995	382	12,971
1996	379	12,101
1997	405	11,405
1998	415	10,964
1999	413	10,821
2000	376	10,588
2001	369	10,438
2002	365	10,316
2003	369	10,169
2004	365	10,149
2005	361	9,822
2006	355	9,889
2007	341	9,939
2008	322	9,872
2009	300	9,769
2010	274	9,698
2011	250	9,601
2012	246	9,376
2013	227	9,020
2014	213	8,571
2015	197	7,963
2016	185	7,436
2017	169	6,779
2018	150	5,869
2019	135	5,647
2020	98	4,558
2021	-20	2,091
2022	14	3,773
2023	84	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Trinidad and Tobago

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 74 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saint Kitts and Nevis, compared to 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Kitts	Trinidad
1985	290	87
1986	285	89
1987	302	86
1988	308	87
1989	316	86
1990	302	84
1991	280	82
1992	255	85
1993	225	85
1994	205	84
1995	204	85
1996	194	84
1997	194	82
1998	193	79
1999	164	78
2000	143	76
2001	131	72
2002	115	69
2003	111	67
2004	104	63
2005	102	60
2006	99	58
2007	96	57
2008	95	55
2009	93	54
2010	92	54
2011	90	53
2012	88	51
2013	82	50
2014	82	50
2015	76	50
2016	75	51
2017	74	51
2018	78	53
2019	74	53
2020	80	35
2021	111	54
2022	99	30
2023	74	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.63% in Saint Kitts and Nevis and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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
	Saint Kitts	Trinidad
1960	-	6.74%
1961	-	6.53%
1962	-	6.33%
1963	-	6.14%
1964	-	5.96%
1965	-	5.8%
1966	-	5.66%
1967	-	5.53%
1968	-	5.4%
1969	-	5.28%
1970	-	5.17%
1971	-	5.06%
1972	-	4.95%
1973	6.16%	4.84%
1974	6.03%	4.72%
1975	5.91%	4.6%
1976	5.78%	4.48%
1977	5.64%	4.37%
1978	5.48%	4.25%
1979	5.29%	4.14%
1980	5.06%	4.03%
1981	4.81%	3.92%
1982	4.53%	3.83%
1983	4.26%	3.73%
1984	4%	3.64%
1985	3.76%	3.56%
1986	3.56%	3.49%
1987	3.39%	3.42%
1988	3.24%	3.36%
1989	3.12%	3.3%
1990	3.03%	3.25%
1991	2.96%	3.21%
1992	2.9%	3.16%
1993	2.85%	3.13%
1994	2.8%	3.09%
1995	2.76%	3.06%
1996	2.7%	3.02%
1997	2.64%	2.99%
1998	2.56%	2.96%
1999	2.48%	2.92%
2000	2.39%	2.88%
2001	2.29%	2.84%
2002	2.2%	2.81%
2003	2.11%	2.76%
2004	2.03%	2.72%
2005	1.97%	2.68%
2006	1.92%	2.64%
2007	1.89%	2.59%
2008	1.88%	2.55%
2009	1.87%	2.51%
2010	1.88%	2.47%
2011	1.89%	2.43%
2012	1.91%	2.38%
2013	1.93%	2.35%
2014	1.95%	2.3%
2015	1.94%	2.26%
2016	1.93%	2.22%
2017	1.9%	2.18%
2018	1.86%	2.14%
2019	1.82%	2.1%
2020	1.77%	2.06%
2021	1.72%	2.01%
2022	1.68%	1.96%
2023	1.63%	1.91%