Fertility & birth rates in Saint Kitts and Nevis and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Vietnam 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 1.91 in Vietnam in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Vietnam 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	Vietnam
1960	6.54	6.27
1961	6.27	5.48
1962	6.06	6.26
1963	6.12	6.39
1964	6.08	6.29
1965	6.01	6.16
1966	5.78	5.97
1967	5.46	5.88
1968	5.17	6.03
1969	4.97	6.01
1970	4.73	6.02
1971	4.51	6.07
1972	4.16	6.1
1973	3.97	6.11
1974	3.81	5.78
1975	3.68	5.62
1976	3.59	5.46
1977	3.48	5.29
1978	3.29	5.1
1979	3.23	4.94
1980	3.26	4.8
1981	3.3	4.67
1982	3.18	4.59
1983	3.1	4.52
1984	2.88	4.41
1985	2.82	4.21
1986	2.68	3.96
1987	2.62	3.72
1988	2.62	3.62
1989	2.69	3.64
1990	2.73	3.6
1991	2.6	3.52
1992	2.43	3.35
1993	2.38	3.17
1994	2.31	2.94
1995	2.3	2.7
1996	2.26	2.47
1997	2.3	2.27
1998	2.31	2.1
1999	2.26	2
2000	2.13	2.03
2001	2.08	2.02
2002	2.04	2.01
2003	2	2
2004	1.96	1.97
2005	1.93	1.89
2006	1.9	1.87
2007	1.87	1.91
2008	1.83	1.93
2009	1.8	1.92
2010	1.76	1.91
2011	1.74	1.93
2012	1.71	1.97
2013	1.68	1.98
2014	1.67	2.09
2015	1.64	2.1
2016	1.63	2
2017	1.61	1.99
2018	1.59	1.88
2019	1.57	1.94
2020	1.55	1.96
2021	1.53	1.94
2022	1.51	1.93
2023	1.51	1.91
2024	1.53	1.9
2025	1.51	1.88
2026	1.5	1.86
2027	1.49	1.85
2028	1.49	1.84
2029	1.49	1.83
2030	1.48	1.82
2031	1.48	1.81
2032	1.48	1.8
2033	1.48	1.79
2034	1.48	1.79
2035	1.48	1.78
2036	1.48	1.78
2037	1.49	1.78
2038	1.49	1.77
2039	1.49	1.77
2040	1.49	1.77
2041	1.49	1.77
2042	1.49	1.77
2043	1.5	1.76
2044	1.5	1.76
2045	1.5	1.76
2046	1.5	1.76
2047	1.5	1.75
2048	1.5	1.75
2049	1.5	1.75
2050	1.5	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Kitts	Vietnam
1960	45.6%	41.1%
1961	45.7%	41.8%
1962	45.8%	42.4%
1963	46%	43.1%
1964	46.1%	43.4%
1965	46.3%	43.5%
1966	46.6%	43.6%
1967	47%	43.5%
1968	47.4%	43.4%
1969	47.7%	43.2%
1970	47.2%	42.9%
1971	45.8%	42.7%
1972	44.3%	42.4%
1973	42.9%	42.1%
1974	41.6%	41.8%
1975	40.5%	41.4%
1976	39.6%	41.2%
1977	38.8%	41%
1978	38.2%	40.6%
1979	37.6%	40.4%
1980	36.9%	40.3%
1981	36.2%	40.2%
1982	35.6%	40.2%
1983	35.1%	40.2%
1984	34.7%	40.1%
1985	34.5%	40.1%
1986	34.3%	39.9%
1987	34.2%	39.6%
1988	34.1%	39.2%
1989	34.1%	38.8%
1990	34.2%	38.5%
1991	34.1%	38.1%
1992	33.6%	37.7%
1993	32.9%	37.2%
1994	32.3%	36.7%
1995	31.7%	36.1%
1996	31.1%	35.4%
1997	30.6%	34.5%
1998	30.1%	33.5%
1999	29.7%	32.5%
2000	29.3%	31.5%
2001	28.8%	30.6%
2002	28.1%	29.9%
2003	27.4%	29.2%
2004	26.6%	28.5%
2005	26%	27.7%
2006	25.3%	26.9%
2007	24.8%	26.2%
2008	24.4%	25.6%
2009	24%	25.1%
2010	23.3%	24.6%
2011	22.7%	24.2%
2012	22.2%	24%
2013	21.7%	23.9%
2014	21.1%	24%
2015	20.6%	24%
2016	20.2%	24.1%
2017	19.9%	24.4%
2018	19.6%	24.6%
2019	19.3%	24.5%
2020	19.1%	24.4%
2021	18.8%	24.2%
2022	18.6%	23.9%
2023	18.3%	23.6%
2024	18.2%	23.2%
2025	18.3%	22.9%
2026	18.4%	22.4%
2027	18.2%	21.8%
2028	17.9%	21.1%
2029	17.7%	20.5%
2030	17.5%	19.9%
2031	17.2%	19.5%
2032	17%	19.1%
2033	16.8%	18.8%
2034	16.5%	18.5%
2035	16.3%	18.3%
2036	16.1%	18.1%
2037	15.9%	17.9%
2038	15.7%	17.8%
2039	15.5%	17.7%
2040	15.4%	17.6%
2041	15.2%	17.5%
2042	15.1%	17.5%
2043	15%	17.5%
2044	14.8%	17.4%
2045	14.7%	17.4%
2046	14.6%	17.3%
2047	14.5%	17.3%
2048	14.5%	17.2%
2049	14.4%	17.1%
2050	14.3%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Saint Kitts and Nevis and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 34.2% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.26% in Saint Kitts and Nevis and +0.97% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	1,562	955,268
1961	1,466	798,978
1962	1,373	960,046
1963	1,360	961,067
1964	1,305	950,219
1965	1,228	913,761
1966	1,103	876,283
1967	951	862,071
1968	812	815,116
1969	708	878,359
1970	611	905,902
1971	615	963,259
1972	619	921,524
1973	646	1,061,707
1974	670	1,000,505
1975	688	1,175,181
1976	703	1,232,608
1977	697	1,259,315
1978	654	1,286,991
1979	643	1,314,563
1980	652	1,321,595
1981	684	1,358,500
1982	672	1,407,959
1983	664	1,453,913
1984	598	1,477,448
1985	574	1,453,954
1986	520	1,407,957
1987	486	1,359,481
1988	471	1,370,108
1989	476	1,423,622
1990	471	1,449,157
1991	411	1,459,311
1992	369	1,419,952
1993	373	1,370,365
1994	370	1,291,534
1995	382	1,203,666
1996	379	1,108,686
1997	405	1,028,116
1998	415	959,016
1999	413	925,519
2000	376	966,894
2001	369	985,610
2002	365	991,427
2003	369	1,001,470
2004	365	985,438
2005	361	942,084
2006	355	943,041
2007	341	981,689
2008	322	1,008,141
2009	300	1,007,778
2010	274	1,005,559
2011	250	1,029,859
2012	246	1,063,741
2013	227	1,071,570
2014	213	1,151,221
2015	197	1,145,903
2016	185	1,045,094
2017	169	1,001,833
2018	150	882,977
2019	135	895,262
2020	98	924,004
2021	-20	799,593
2022	14	775,914
2023	84	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Vietnam

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 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Kitts	Vietnam
1985	290	186
1986	285	174
1987	302	163
1988	308	155
1989	316	152
1990	302	147
1991	280	142
1992	255	139
1993	225	135
1994	205	130
1995	204	119
1996	194	111
1997	194	104
1998	193	93
1999	164	86
2000	143	83
2001	131	78
2002	115	74
2003	111	71
2004	104	72
2005	102	69
2006	99	67
2007	96	66
2008	95	65
2009	93	64
2010	92	62
2011	90	61
2012	88	60
2013	82	60
2014	82	59
2015	76	58
2016	75	56
2017	74	55
2018	78	53
2019	74	52
2020	80	51
2021	111	52
2022	99	49
2023	74	48

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 2% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1964	-	8.73%
1965	-	9.93%
1966	-	9.97%
1967	-	10%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	-	10.8%
1970	-	10.7%
1971	-	10.5%
1972	-	11.9%
1973	6.16%	10.4%
1974	6.03%	10.7%
1975	5.91%	7.75%
1976	5.78%	7.6%
1977	5.64%	7.44%
1978	5.48%	7.27%
1979	5.29%	7.1%
1980	5.06%	6.94%
1981	4.81%	6.79%
1982	4.53%	6.64%
1983	4.26%	6.5%
1984	4%	6.36%
1985	3.76%	6.21%
1986	3.56%	6.04%
1987	3.39%	5.85%
1988	3.24%	5.64%
1989	3.12%	5.4%
1990	3.03%	5.15%
1991	2.96%	4.9%
1992	2.9%	4.64%
1993	2.85%	4.39%
1994	2.8%	4.14%
1995	2.76%	3.9%
1996	2.7%	3.68%
1997	2.64%	3.48%
1998	2.56%	3.29%
1999	2.48%	3.13%
2000	2.39%	2.98%
2001	2.29%	2.86%
2002	2.2%	2.74%
2003	2.11%	2.65%
2004	2.03%	2.57%
2005	1.97%	2.5%
2006	1.92%	2.45%
2007	1.89%	2.4%
2008	1.88%	2.36%
2009	1.87%	2.33%
2010	1.88%	2.31%
2011	1.89%	2.28%
2012	1.91%	2.26%
2013	1.93%	2.24%
2014	1.95%	2.22%
2015	1.94%	2.2%
2016	1.93%	2.18%
2017	1.9%	2.15%
2018	1.86%	2.14%
2019	1.82%	2.12%
2020	1.77%	2.1%
2021	1.72%	2.07%
2022	1.68%	2.04%
2023	1.63%	2%