Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Spain

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Spain 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 1.12 in Spain in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Spain 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	Spain
1960	6.77	2.86
1961	6.84	2.77
1962	6.82	2.8
1963	6.72	2.88
1964	6.76	3.01
1965	6.69	2.94
1966	6.61	2.91
1967	6.51	2.94
1968	6.39	2.87
1969	6.25	2.86
1970	6.1	2.84
1971	5.95	2.9
1972	5.81	2.87
1973	5.69	2.84
1974	5.57	2.88
1975	5.36	2.77
1976	5.16	2.77
1977	4.97	2.65
1978	4.83	2.54
1979	4.58	2.37
1980	4.41	2.22
1981	4.28	2.04
1982	4.17	1.94
1983	4.08	1.8
1984	4.02	1.73
1985	3.97	1.64
1986	3.8	1.56
1987	3.61	1.49
1988	3.44	1.45
1989	3.31	1.4
1990	3.24	1.36
1991	3.19	1.33
1992	3.11	1.31
1993	3	1.26
1994	3.03	1.19
1995	3.03	1.16
1996	2.71	1.14
1997	2.74	1.15
1998	2.4	1.13
1999	2.5	1.17
2000	2.21	1.22
2001	2.13	1.23
2002	2.03	1.25
2003	1.94	1.3
2004	1.86	1.31
2005	1.81	1.33
2006	1.77	1.36
2007	1.7	1.38
2008	1.7	1.45
2009	1.74	1.38
2010	1.67	1.37
2011	1.5	1.34
2012	1.5	1.32
2013	1.5	1.27
2014	1.49	1.32
2015	1.47	1.33
2016	1.46	1.33
2017	1.45	1.31
2018	1.44	1.26
2019	1.42	1.23
2020	1.41	1.18
2021	1.4	1.18
2022	1.39	1.16
2023	1.38	1.12
2024	1.38	1.13
2025	1.38	1.14
2026	1.37	1.14
2027	1.37	1.15
2028	1.36	1.16
2029	1.36	1.16
2030	1.37	1.17
2031	1.37	1.17
2032	1.37	1.18
2033	1.37	1.18
2034	1.37	1.19
2035	1.38	1.19
2036	1.38	1.2
2037	1.38	1.2
2038	1.38	1.2
2039	1.38	1.21
2040	1.39	1.21
2041	1.39	1.22
2042	1.4	1.23
2043	1.4	1.23
2044	1.4	1.24
2045	1.41	1.24
2046	1.41	1.24
2047	1.41	1.25
2048	1.41	1.25
2049	1.42	1.25
2050	1.42	1.26

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Spain
1960	47.1%	27.4%
1961	48.1%	27.4%
1962	48.9%	27.4%
1963	49.6%	27.4%
1964	50.1%	27.4%
1965	50.5%	27.5%
1966	50.4%	27.6%
1967	50%	27.7%
1968	49.8%	27.8%
1969	50%	27.8%
1970	50.2%	27.9%
1971	50.4%	27.8%
1972	50.4%	27.8%
1973	50.2%	27.7%
1974	49.9%	27.5%
1975	49.5%	27.3%
1976	48.9%	27.2%
1977	47.9%	27%
1978	46.6%	26.8%
1979	45.5%	26.4%
1980	44.8%	26%
1981	44.3%	25.5%
1982	43.9%	24.9%
1983	43.5%	24.4%
1984	43.3%	23.8%
1985	43.1%	23.2%
1986	42.8%	22.5%
1987	42.6%	21.9%
1988	41.7%	21.2%
1989	40.2%	20.5%
1990	38.9%	19.8%
1991	38.1%	19.1%
1992	37.7%	18.4%
1993	37.3%	17.8%
1994	37%	17.2%
1995	36.7%	16.6%
1996	36.2%	16.1%
1997	35.7%	15.7%
1998	34.7%	15.3%
1999	33.5%	15%
2000	32.4%	14.8%
2001	31.4%	14.7%
2002	30.7%	14.6%
2003	30%	14.5%
2004	29.2%	14.5%
2005	28.4%	14.5%
2006	27.6%	14.5%
2007	26.8%	14.6%
2008	25.9%	14.7%
2009	25.1%	14.8%
2010	24.3%	14.9%
2011	23.5%	15%
2012	22.7%	15.1%
2013	22.1%	15.1%
2014	21.5%	15.1%
2015	20.9%	15%
2016	20.3%	14.9%
2017	19.9%	14.8%
2018	19.5%	14.7%
2019	19.1%	14.4%
2020	18.7%	14.2%
2021	18.5%	13.9%
2022	18.2%	13.6%
2023	17.9%	13.3%
2024	17.5%	12.9%
2025	17.2%	12.6%
2026	17.1%	12.3%
2027	16.9%	12.1%
2028	16.8%	11.8%
2029	16.6%	11.6%
2030	16.5%	11.4%
2031	16.3%	11.2%
2032	16.1%	11%
2033	15.9%	10.9%
2034	15.7%	10.8%
2035	15.6%	10.7%
2036	15.4%	10.7%
2037	15.2%	10.7%
2038	15%	10.8%
2039	14.8%	10.8%
2040	14.6%	10.8%
2041	14.4%	10.9%
2042	14.2%	11%
2043	14.1%	11%
2044	13.9%	11.1%
2045	13.7%	11.2%
2046	13.6%	11.3%
2047	13.4%	11.3%
2048	13.3%	11.4%
2049	13.1%	11.5%
2050	13%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 12.9% in Spain in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 19.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Spain compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Spain by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and -0.13% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	3,202	398,960
1961	3,173	396,537
1962	3,124	384,690
1963	3,048	394,338
1964	3,074	429,885
1965	3,042	405,819
1966	3,028	397,084
1967	3,113	402,001
1968	3,154	387,423
1969	3,143	367,851
1970	3,093	378,723
1971	3,046	369,625
1972	3,028	391,030
1973	3,033	374,381
1974	3,106	396,182
1975	3,126	371,882
1976	3,166	375,834
1977	3,240	361,465
1978	3,340	339,157
1979	3,301	312,407
1980	3,275	281,184
1981	3,306	237,879
1982	3,360	231,714
1983	3,443	183,223
1984	3,526	172,487
1985	3,591	146,184
1986	3,496	131,188
1987	3,351	116,054
1988	3,229	100,794
1989	3,146	81,538
1990	3,061	66,075
1991	3,009	58,450
1992	2,981	62,652
1993	2,899	47,234
1994	2,976	31,639
1995	3,019	15,889
1996	2,649	11,967
1997	2,709	20,028
1998	2,294	4,022
1999	2,389	8,077
2000	1,967	36,512
2001	1,860	44,936
2002	1,774	53,861
2003	1,694	54,844
2004	1,615	85,844
2005	1,553	78,576
2006	1,511	110,994
2007	1,422	108,545
2008	1,369	133,267
2009	1,349	106,635
2010	1,176	102,469
2011	934	84,137
2012	916	51,450
2013	892	37,284
2014	852	32,522
2015	841	-4,642
2016	767	0
2017	724	-32,600
2018	694	-56,139
2019	609	-56,542
2020	562	-151,551
2021	-15	-113,865
2022	530	-133,801
2023	475	-111,201

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Spain

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 3 deaths in Spain.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Spain
1985	56	6
1986	57	7
1987	69	7
1988	71	7
1989	66	7
1990	72	6
1991	71	6
1992	58	6
1993	58	6
1994	60	6
1995	60	6
1996	72	6
1997	89	5
1998	89	5
1999	88	5
2000	83	5
2001	70	5
2002	62	5
2003	56	4
2004	54	5
2005	55	5
2006	53	4
2007	55	4
2008	55	4
2009	51	4
2010	56	4
2011	56	4
2012	55	4
2013	53	4
2014	49	4
2015	46	4
2016	46	3
2017	43	3
2018	41	3
2019	43	3
2020	43	4
2021	94	4
2022	48	4
2023	44	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 0.31% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	13.4%	5.47%
1961	12.9%	5.2%
1962	12.3%	4.94%
1963	11.6%	4.68%
1964	11%	4.45%
1965	10.3%	4.23%
1966	9.62%	4.03%
1967	8.96%	3.83%
1968	8.32%	3.61%
1969	7.7%	3.39%
1970	7.1%	3.16%
1971	6.54%	2.94%
1972	6.02%	2.72%
1973	5.53%	2.52%
1974	5.08%	2.33%
1975	4.67%	2.17%
1976	4.3%	2.02%
1977	3.97%	1.87%
1978	3.68%	1.74%
1979	3.42%	1.61%
1980	3.2%	1.49%
1981	3%	1.38%
1982	2.83%	1.3%
1983	2.68%	1.23%
1984	2.55%	1.17%
1985	2.44%	1.11%
1986	2.35%	1.07%
1987	2.27%	1.03%
1988	2.2%	0.99%
1989	2.14%	0.95%
1990	2.09%	0.92%
1991	2.05%	0.88%
1992	2.01%	0.83%
1993	1.98%	0.79%
1994	1.95%	0.74%
1995	1.92%	0.69%
1996	1.9%	0.65%
1997	1.88%	0.61%
1998	1.87%	0.58%
1999	1.86%	0.56%
2000	1.85%	0.54%
2001	1.84%	0.53%
2002	1.83%	0.51%
2003	1.83%	0.5%
2004	1.83%	0.49%
2005	1.83%	0.47%
2006	1.82%	0.45%
2007	1.82%	0.44%
2008	1.82%	0.42%
2009	1.81%	0.4%
2010	1.8%	0.38%
2011	1.79%	0.37%
2012	1.78%	0.36%
2013	1.77%	0.35%
2014	1.75%	0.34%
2015	1.74%	0.33%
2016	1.72%	0.33%
2017	1.7%	0.32%
2018	1.67%	0.32%
2019	1.65%	0.32%
2020	1.63%	0.32%
2021	1.6%	0.31%
2022	1.58%	0.31%
2023	1.55%	0.31%