Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Sierra Leone chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saint Lucia was 1.38 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Sierra Leone 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 Lucia	Sierra Leone
1960	6.77	6.18
1961	6.84	6.21
1962	6.82	6.22
1963	6.72	6.26
1964	6.76	6.29
1965	6.69	6.31
1966	6.61	6.35
1967	6.51	6.38
1968	6.39	6.39
1969	6.25	6.39
1970	6.1	6.41
1971	5.95	6.43
1972	5.81	6.45
1973	5.69	6.47
1974	5.57	6.53
1975	5.36	6.55
1976	5.16	6.55
1977	4.97	6.57
1978	4.83	6.59
1979	4.58	6.58
1980	4.41	6.56
1981	4.28	6.55
1982	4.17	6.56
1983	4.08	6.57
1984	4.02	6.59
1985	3.97	6.59
1986	3.8	6.6
1987	3.61	6.61
1988	3.44	6.59
1989	3.31	6.57
1990	3.24	6.57
1991	3.19	6.55
1992	3.11	6.56
1993	3	6.57
1994	3.03	6.56
1995	3.03	6.56
1996	2.71	6.55
1997	2.74	6.53
1998	2.4	6.5
1999	2.5	6.42
2000	2.21	6.36
2001	2.13	6.31
2002	2.03	6.23
2003	1.94	6.09
2004	1.86	5.92
2005	1.81	5.81
2006	1.77	5.74
2007	1.7	5.64
2008	1.7	5.56
2009	1.74	5.45
2010	1.67	5.33
2011	1.5	5.21
2012	1.5	5.06
2013	1.5	4.87
2014	1.49	4.7
2015	1.47	4.55
2016	1.46	4.47
2017	1.45	4.39
2018	1.44	4.29
2019	1.42	4.19
2020	1.41	4.08
2021	1.4	3.98
2022	1.39	3.88
2023	1.38	3.79
2024	1.38	3.7
2025	1.38	3.61
2026	1.37	3.53
2027	1.37	3.47
2028	1.36	3.37
2029	1.36	3.3
2030	1.37	3.23
2031	1.37	3.18
2032	1.37	3.12
2033	1.37	3.07
2034	1.37	3.02
2035	1.38	2.97
2036	1.38	2.92
2037	1.38	2.88
2038	1.38	2.84
2039	1.38	2.79
2040	1.39	2.76
2041	1.39	2.72
2042	1.4	2.68
2043	1.4	2.65
2044	1.4	2.62
2045	1.41	2.58
2046	1.41	2.55
2047	1.41	2.53
2048	1.41	2.5
2049	1.42	2.47
2050	1.42	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Sierra Leone
1960	47.1%	38.2%
1961	48.1%	38.3%
1962	48.9%	38.3%
1963	49.6%	38.5%
1964	50.1%	38.8%
1965	50.5%	39.1%
1966	50.4%	39.4%
1967	50%	39.6%
1968	49.8%	39.9%
1969	50%	40.1%
1970	50.2%	40.3%
1971	50.4%	40.6%
1972	50.4%	40.7%
1973	50.2%	40.9%
1974	49.9%	41.1%
1975	49.5%	41.3%
1976	48.9%	41.4%
1977	47.9%	41.6%
1978	46.6%	41.7%
1979	45.5%	41.8%
1980	44.8%	41.9%
1981	44.3%	42%
1982	43.9%	42.1%
1983	43.5%	42.2%
1984	43.3%	42.3%
1985	43.1%	42.5%
1986	42.8%	42.6%
1987	42.6%	42.7%
1988	41.7%	42.8%
1989	40.2%	42.9%
1990	38.9%	42.9%
1991	38.1%	43%
1992	37.7%	43.1%
1993	37.3%	43.2%
1994	37%	43.3%
1995	36.7%	43.4%
1996	36.2%	43.5%
1997	35.7%	43.5%
1998	34.7%	43.6%
1999	33.5%	43.7%
2000	32.4%	43.8%
2001	31.4%	43.9%
2002	30.7%	43.9%
2003	30%	43.9%
2004	29.2%	43.9%
2005	28.4%	43.8%
2006	27.6%	43.7%
2007	26.8%	43.6%
2008	25.9%	43.5%
2009	25.1%	43.4%
2010	24.3%	43.2%
2011	23.5%	43%
2012	22.7%	42.8%
2013	22.1%	42.5%
2014	21.5%	42.2%
2015	20.9%	41.8%
2016	20.3%	41.4%
2017	19.9%	41%
2018	19.5%	40.6%
2019	19.1%	40.2%
2020	18.7%	39.8%
2021	18.5%	39.4%
2022	18.2%	39%
2023	17.9%	38.5%
2024	17.5%	38.1%
2025	17.2%	37.7%
2026	17.1%	37.2%
2027	16.9%	36.8%
2028	16.8%	36.3%
2029	16.6%	35.9%
2030	16.5%	35.5%
2031	16.3%	35.2%
2032	16.1%	34.8%
2033	15.9%	34.4%
2034	15.7%	34%
2035	15.6%	33.6%
2036	15.4%	33.2%
2037	15.2%	32.8%
2038	15%	32.4%
2039	14.8%	32%
2040	14.6%	31.6%
2041	14.4%	31.2%
2042	14.2%	30.9%
2043	14.1%	30.5%
2044	13.9%	30.2%
2045	13.7%	29.8%
2046	13.6%	29.5%
2047	13.4%	29.2%
2048	13.3%	28.8%
2049	13.1%	28.5%
2050	13%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. 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 Lucia	Sierra Leone
1960	3,202	38,192
1961	3,173	40,022
1962	3,124	41,603
1963	3,048	43,569
1964	3,074	45,487
1965	3,042	47,223
1966	3,028	49,486
1967	3,113	51,734
1968	3,154	53,126
1969	3,143	54,768
1970	3,093	56,513
1971	3,046	58,484
1972	3,028	60,279
1973	3,033	62,443
1974	3,106	65,357
1975	3,126	67,560
1976	3,166	69,506
1977	3,240	71,663
1978	3,340	74,130
1979	3,301	75,992
1980	3,275	77,932
1981	3,306	80,111
1982	3,360	82,457
1983	3,443	84,628
1984	3,526	87,072
1985	3,591	88,869
1986	3,496	90,902
1987	3,351	94,235
1988	3,229	96,344
1989	3,146	98,298
1990	3,061	100,778
1991	3,009	105,477
1992	2,981	103,251
1993	2,899	103,317
1994	2,976	101,486
1995	3,019	100,885
1996	2,649	104,140
1997	2,709	105,433
1998	2,294	103,906
1999	2,389	102,295
2000	1,967	110,754
2001	1,860	116,647
2002	1,774	126,429
2003	1,694	130,312
2004	1,615	132,661
2005	1,553	137,234
2006	1,511	144,127
2007	1,422	145,740
2008	1,369	149,855
2009	1,349	152,669
2010	1,176	155,338
2011	934	158,858
2012	916	160,915
2013	892	161,265
2014	852	160,137
2015	841	162,275
2016	767	168,784
2017	724	173,259
2018	694	178,772
2019	609	181,068
2020	562	181,015
2021	-15	183,326
2022	530	186,625
2023	475	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Sierra Leone

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 44 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saint Lucia, compared to 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Sierra Leone
1985	56	1,506
1986	57	1,530
1987	69	1,533
1988	71	1,549
1989	66	1,575
1990	72	1,572
1991	71	1,699
1992	58	1,681
1993	58	1,696
1994	60	1,755
1995	60	1,777
1996	72	1,726
1997	89	1,721
1998	89	1,753
1999	88	1,731
2000	83	1,603
2001	70	1,518
2002	62	1,492
2003	56	1,433
2004	54	1,366
2005	55	1,294
2006	53	1,168
2007	55	1,132
2008	55	1,093
2009	51	1,054
2010	56	1,018
2011	56	967
2012	55	915
2013	53	842
2014	49	821
2015	46	730
2016	46	633
2017	43	578
2018	41	491
2019	43	464
2020	43	422
2021	94	403
2022	48	370
2023	44	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. 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 Lucia	Sierra Leone
1960	13.4%	39.1%
1961	12.9%	38.5%
1962	12.3%	38%
1963	11.6%	37.4%
1964	11%	36.8%
1965	10.3%	36.2%
1966	9.62%	35.6%
1967	8.96%	35%
1968	8.32%	34.5%
1969	7.7%	33.9%
1970	7.1%	33.4%
1971	6.54%	32.9%
1972	6.02%	32.3%
1973	5.53%	31.9%
1974	5.08%	31.4%
1975	4.67%	30.9%
1976	4.3%	30.5%
1977	3.97%	30%
1978	3.68%	29.6%
1979	3.42%	29.2%
1980	3.2%	28.9%
1981	3%	28.5%
1982	2.83%	28.1%
1983	2.68%	27.8%
1984	2.55%	27.5%
1985	2.44%	27.2%
1986	2.35%	26.9%
1987	2.27%	26.6%
1988	2.2%	26.4%
1989	2.14%	26.2%
1990	2.09%	25.9%
1991	2.05%	25.7%
1992	2.01%	25.5%
1993	1.98%	25.3%
1994	1.95%	25%
1995	1.92%	24.7%
1996	1.9%	24.3%
1997	1.88%	23.9%
1998	1.87%	23.4%
1999	1.86%	22.9%
2000	1.85%	22.4%
2001	1.84%	21.8%
2002	1.83%	21.3%
2003	1.83%	20.7%
2004	1.83%	20.1%
2005	1.83%	19.4%
2006	1.82%	18.8%
2007	1.82%	18.1%
2008	1.82%	17.3%
2009	1.81%	16.6%
2010	1.8%	15.9%
2011	1.79%	15.2%
2012	1.78%	14.5%
2013	1.77%	13.9%
2014	1.75%	13.7%
2015	1.74%	13.8%
2016	1.72%	12.3%
2017	1.7%	11.8%
2018	1.67%	11.3%
2019	1.65%	10.9%
2020	1.63%	10.5%
2021	1.6%	10.1%
2022	1.58%	9.77%
2023	1.55%	9.43%