Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Somalia

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Somalia 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 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Somalia 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	Somalia
1960	6.77	7.25
1961	6.84	7.25
1962	6.82	7.26
1963	6.72	7.26
1964	6.76	7.26
1965	6.69	7.26
1966	6.61	7.26
1967	6.51	7.25
1968	6.39	7.23
1969	6.25	7.21
1970	6.1	7.18
1971	5.95	7.15
1972	5.81	7.12
1973	5.69	7.09
1974	5.57	7.06
1975	5.36	7.03
1976	5.16	7.02
1977	4.97	7
1978	4.83	7.13
1979	4.58	7.16
1980	4.41	7.18
1981	4.28	7.23
1982	4.17	7.25
1983	4.08	7.28
1984	4.02	7.3
1985	3.97	7.33
1986	3.8	7.35
1987	3.61	7.37
1988	3.44	7.4
1989	3.31	7.42
1990	3.24	7.44
1991	3.19	7.47
1992	3.11	7.5
1993	3	7.53
1994	3.03	7.54
1995	3.03	7.58
1996	2.71	7.62
1997	2.74	7.66
1998	2.4	7.66
1999	2.5	7.66
2000	2.21	7.65
2001	2.13	7.64
2002	2.03	7.63
2003	1.94	7.6
2004	1.86	7.57
2005	1.81	7.53
2006	1.77	7.49
2007	1.7	7.46
2008	1.7	7.42
2009	1.74	7.38
2010	1.67	7.32
2011	1.5	7.27
2012	1.5	7.21
2013	1.5	7.14
2014	1.49	7.06
2015	1.47	6.98
2016	1.46	6.88
2017	1.45	6.77
2018	1.44	6.66
2019	1.42	6.56
2020	1.41	6.45
2021	1.4	6.35
2022	1.39	6.26
2023	1.38	6.13
2024	1.38	6.01
2025	1.38	5.91
2026	1.37	5.8
2027	1.37	5.68
2028	1.36	5.58
2029	1.36	5.47
2030	1.37	5.35
2031	1.37	5.25
2032	1.37	5.14
2033	1.37	5.04
2034	1.37	4.94
2035	1.38	4.84
2036	1.38	4.74
2037	1.38	4.63
2038	1.38	4.52
2039	1.38	4.44
2040	1.39	4.35
2041	1.39	4.26
2042	1.4	4.16
2043	1.4	4.07
2044	1.4	3.99
2045	1.41	3.91
2046	1.41	3.84
2047	1.41	3.78
2048	1.41	3.71
2049	1.42	3.65
2050	1.42	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Somalia
1960	47.1%	44.4%
1961	48.1%	44.7%
1962	48.9%	44.8%
1963	49.6%	45%
1964	50.1%	45.1%
1965	50.5%	45.1%
1966	50.4%	44.9%
1967	50%	44.8%
1968	49.8%	44.7%
1969	50%	44.6%
1970	50.2%	44.5%
1971	50.4%	44.5%
1972	50.4%	44.4%
1973	50.2%	44.4%
1974	49.9%	44.4%
1975	49.5%	44.3%
1976	48.9%	44.3%
1977	47.9%	44.3%
1978	46.6%	44.4%
1979	45.5%	44.5%
1980	44.8%	44.6%
1981	44.3%	44.8%
1982	43.9%	45%
1983	43.5%	45.2%
1984	43.3%	45.4%
1985	43.1%	45.6%
1986	42.8%	45.8%
1987	42.6%	46%
1988	41.7%	46.3%
1989	40.2%	46.7%
1990	38.9%	47%
1991	38.1%	47%
1992	37.7%	46.5%
1993	37.3%	46.4%
1994	37%	46.5%
1995	36.7%	46.7%
1996	36.2%	46.9%
1997	35.7%	47%
1998	34.7%	47.1%
1999	33.5%	47.2%
2000	32.4%	47.4%
2001	31.4%	47.5%
2002	30.7%	47.6%
2003	30%	47.7%
2004	29.2%	47.9%
2005	28.4%	48.2%
2006	27.6%	48.6%
2007	26.8%	48.9%
2008	25.9%	48.9%
2009	25.1%	48.8%
2010	24.3%	48.7%
2011	23.5%	48.3%
2012	22.7%	47.9%
2013	22.1%	47.8%
2014	21.5%	47.7%
2015	20.9%	47.6%
2016	20.3%	47.5%
2017	19.9%	47.4%
2018	19.5%	47.3%
2019	19.1%	47.1%
2020	18.7%	47%
2021	18.5%	47%
2022	18.2%	46.8%
2023	17.9%	46.7%
2024	17.5%	46.6%
2025	17.2%	46.6%
2026	17.1%	46.5%
2027	16.9%	46.4%
2028	16.8%	46.1%
2029	16.6%	45.8%
2030	16.5%	45.4%
2031	16.3%	45.1%
2032	16.1%	44.7%
2033	15.9%	44.3%
2034	15.7%	43.9%
2035	15.6%	43.5%
2036	15.4%	43.1%
2037	15.2%	42.6%
2038	15%	42.1%
2039	14.8%	41.7%
2040	14.6%	41.2%
2041	14.4%	40.8%
2042	14.2%	40.3%
2043	14.1%	39.9%
2044	13.9%	39.4%
2045	13.7%	39%
2046	13.6%	38.6%
2047	13.4%	38.2%
2048	13.3%	37.8%
2049	13.1%	37.4%
2050	13%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +3.34% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1960	3,202	73,850
1961	3,173	75,513
1962	3,124	77,737
1963	3,048	79,859
1964	3,074	82,042
1965	3,042	84,448
1966	3,028	86,930
1967	3,113	89,497
1968	3,154	92,208
1969	3,143	95,045
1970	3,093	98,025
1971	3,046	101,196
1972	3,028	104,493
1973	3,033	108,038
1974	3,106	104,813
1975	3,126	108,998
1976	3,166	113,319
1977	3,240	124,818
1978	3,340	132,689
1979	3,301	151,016
1980	3,275	174,790
1981	3,306	185,211
1982	3,360	182,793
1983	3,443	190,775
1984	3,526	199,017
1985	3,591	207,960
1986	3,496	218,416
1987	3,351	231,580
1988	3,229	215,599
1989	3,146	225,255
1990	3,061	225,162
1991	3,009	53,052
1992	2,981	57,495
1993	2,899	232,960
1994	2,976	246,950
1995	3,019	254,509
1996	2,649	264,807
1997	2,709	271,894
1998	2,294	284,779
1999	2,389	295,523
2000	1,967	306,651
2001	1,860	319,059
2002	1,774	331,215
2003	1,694	341,192
2004	1,615	351,959
2005	1,553	363,117
2006	1,511	372,597
2007	1,422	380,303
2008	1,369	394,258
2009	1,349	405,784
2010	1,176	385,571
2011	934	203,213
2012	916	399,468
2013	892	448,518
2014	852	464,481
2015	841	481,573
2016	767	495,132
2017	724	478,556
2018	694	514,244
2019	609	548,756
2020	562	561,311
2021	-15	566,399
2022	530	551,450
2023	475	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Somalia

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 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Somalia
1985	56	1,465
1986	57	1,452
1987	69	1,393
1988	71	1,423
1989	66	1,395
1990	72	1,358
1991	71	1,431
1992	58	1,339
1993	58	1,195
1994	60	1,254
1995	60	1,210
1996	72	1,225
1997	89	1,206
1998	89	1,177
1999	88	1,170
2000	83	1,150
2001	70	1,129
2002	62	1,121
2003	56	1,111
2004	54	1,104
2005	55	1,086
2006	53	1,085
2007	55	1,074
2008	55	1,035
2009	51	995
2010	56	1,062
2011	56	972
2012	55	894
2013	53	855
2014	49	816
2015	46	784
2016	46	754
2017	43	716
2018	41	727
2019	43	656
2020	43	655
2021	94	726
2022	48	622
2023	44	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 10.4% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
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	7.7%	-
1970	7.1%	-
1971	6.54%	-
1972	6.02%	-
1973	5.53%	-
1974	5.08%	-
1975	4.67%	-
1976	4.3%	-
1977	3.97%	-
1978	3.68%	-
1979	3.42%	-
1980	3.2%	-
1981	3%	-
1982	2.83%	20.1%
1983	2.68%	19.8%
1984	2.55%	19.5%
1985	2.44%	19.3%
1986	2.35%	19%
1987	2.27%	18.8%
1988	2.2%	18.6%
1989	2.14%	18.3%
1990	2.09%	18%
1991	2.05%	44.3%
1992	2.01%	45.6%
1993	1.98%	17.3%
1994	1.95%	17.2%
1995	1.92%	17.2%
1996	1.9%	17.2%
1997	1.88%	17.2%
1998	1.87%	17.2%
1999	1.86%	17.2%
2000	1.85%	17.2%
2001	1.84%	17.2%
2002	1.83%	17.2%
2003	1.83%	17.2%
2004	1.83%	17.2%
2005	1.83%	17.2%
2006	1.82%	17.2%
2007	1.82%	17%
2008	1.82%	16.6%
2009	1.81%	16.2%
2010	1.8%	18.6%
2011	1.79%	35.9%
2012	1.78%	18.4%
2013	1.77%	14.3%
2014	1.75%	13.8%
2015	1.74%	13.4%
2016	1.72%	13%
2017	1.7%	15.5%
2018	1.67%	13.6%
2019	1.65%	11.8%
2020	1.63%	11.4%
2021	1.6%	11.1%
2022	1.58%	14.3%
2023	1.55%	10.4%