Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	6.77	5.35
1961	6.84	5.24
1962	6.82	5.18
1963	6.72	5.12
1964	6.76	5.06
1965	6.69	4.93
1966	6.61	4.83
1967	6.51	4.79
1968	6.39	4.66
1969	6.25	4.5
1970	6.1	4.39
1971	5.95	4.27
1972	5.81	4.16
1973	5.69	4
1974	5.57	3.86
1975	5.36	3.82
1976	5.16	3.78
1977	4.97	3.74
1978	4.83	3.81
1979	4.58	3.82
1980	4.41	3.73
1981	4.28	3.65
1982	4.17	3.32
1983	4.08	3.11
1984	4.02	3.01
1985	3.97	2.9
1986	3.8	2.74
1987	3.61	2.64
1988	3.44	2.57
1989	3.31	2.58
1990	3.24	2.54
1991	3.19	2.51
1992	3.11	2.49
1993	3	2.44
1994	3.03	2.4
1995	3.03	2.35
1996	2.71	2.29
1997	2.74	2.22
1998	2.4	2.14
1999	2.5	2.14
2000	2.21	2.21
2001	2.13	2.28
2002	2.03	2.31
2003	1.94	2.3
2004	1.86	2.27
2005	1.81	2.26
2006	1.77	2.29
2007	1.7	2.3
2008	1.7	2.23
2009	1.74	2.18
2010	1.67	2.13
2011	1.5	2.14
2012	1.5	2.17
2013	1.5	2.18
2014	1.49	2.13
2015	1.47	2.09
2016	1.46	2.06
2017	1.45	2.04
2018	1.44	2.03
2019	1.42	2.02
2020	1.41	2.01
2021	1.4	2
2022	1.39	1.98
2023	1.38	1.97
2024	1.38	1.95
2025	1.38	1.94
2026	1.37	1.93
2027	1.37	1.91
2028	1.36	1.9
2029	1.36	1.89
2030	1.37	1.88
2031	1.37	1.87
2032	1.37	1.86
2033	1.37	1.85
2034	1.37	1.85
2035	1.38	1.84
2036	1.38	1.83
2037	1.38	1.83
2038	1.38	1.82
2039	1.38	1.81
2040	1.39	1.81
2041	1.39	1.8
2042	1.4	1.8
2043	1.4	1.8
2044	1.4	1.79
2045	1.41	1.79
2046	1.41	1.79
2047	1.41	1.78
2048	1.41	1.78
2049	1.42	1.77
2050	1.42	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Sri Lanka
1960	47.1%	41%
1961	48.1%	40.9%
1962	48.9%	40.8%
1963	49.6%	40.7%
1964	50.1%	40.6%
1965	50.5%	40.5%
1966	50.4%	40.4%
1967	50%	40.3%
1968	49.8%	40.1%
1969	50%	39.9%
1970	50.2%	39.7%
1971	50.4%	39.5%
1972	50.4%	39.2%
1973	50.2%	38.8%
1974	49.9%	38.4%
1975	49.5%	38%
1976	48.9%	37.6%
1977	47.9%	37.2%
1978	46.6%	36.9%
1979	45.5%	36.7%
1980	44.8%	36.4%
1981	44.3%	36.2%
1982	43.9%	36%
1983	43.5%	35.8%
1984	43.3%	35.5%
1985	43.1%	35.2%
1986	42.8%	34.6%
1987	42.6%	34%
1988	41.7%	33.5%
1989	40.2%	33%
1990	38.9%	32.5%
1991	38.1%	32.1%
1992	37.7%	31.4%
1993	37.3%	30.6%
1994	37%	29.9%
1995	36.7%	29.2%
1996	36.2%	28.6%
1997	35.7%	28.2%
1998	34.7%	27.8%
1999	33.5%	27.4%
2000	32.4%	27%
2001	31.4%	26.6%
2002	30.7%	26.3%
2003	30%	26.1%
2004	29.2%	26%
2005	28.4%	25.8%
2006	27.6%	25.7%
2007	26.8%	25.7%
2008	25.9%	25.6%
2009	25.1%	25.5%
2010	24.3%	25.4%
2011	23.5%	25.3%
2012	22.7%	25.2%
2013	22.1%	25%
2014	21.5%	24.9%
2015	20.9%	24.7%
2016	20.3%	24.5%
2017	19.9%	24.2%
2018	19.5%	24%
2019	19.1%	23.7%
2020	18.7%	23.3%
2021	18.5%	23%
2022	18.2%	22.7%
2023	17.9%	22.4%
2024	17.5%	22%
2025	17.2%	21.7%
2026	17.1%	21.4%
2027	16.9%	21.1%
2028	16.8%	20.8%
2029	16.6%	20.5%
2030	16.5%	20.2%
2031	16.3%	20%
2032	16.1%	19.8%
2033	15.9%	19.6%
2034	15.7%	19.4%
2035	15.6%	19.2%
2036	15.4%	19.1%
2037	15.2%	18.9%
2038	15%	18.8%
2039	14.8%	18.7%
2040	14.6%	18.6%
2041	14.4%	18.4%
2042	14.2%	18.3%
2043	14.1%	18.2%
2044	13.9%	18.1%
2045	13.7%	18%
2046	13.6%	17.9%
2047	13.4%	17.7%
2048	13.3%	17.6%
2049	13.1%	17.5%
2050	13%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	3,202	247,631
1961	3,173	251,087
1962	3,124	256,719
1963	3,048	262,880
1964	3,074	269,584
1965	3,042	272,422
1966	3,028	275,549
1967	3,113	284,738
1968	3,154	286,642
1969	3,143	286,218
1970	3,093	286,719
1971	3,046	281,200
1972	3,028	282,494
1973	3,033	278,577
1974	3,106	275,521
1975	3,126	282,496
1976	3,166	291,816
1977	3,240	300,038
1978	3,340	317,055
1979	3,301	329,791
1980	3,275	328,155
1981	3,306	328,096
1982	3,360	300,030
1983	3,443	277,768
1984	3,526	263,175
1985	3,591	247,836
1986	3,496	233,782
1987	3,351	226,414
1988	3,229	219,184
1989	3,146	212,401
1990	3,061	224,454
1991	3,009	218,117
1992	2,981	222,230
1993	2,899	226,257
1994	2,976	228,904
1995	3,019	221,957
1996	2,649	215,290
1997	2,709	208,193
1998	2,294	201,059
1999	2,389	206,876
2000	1,967	227,060
2001	1,860	244,377
2002	1,774	252,840
2003	1,694	252,008
2004	1,615	212,527
2005	1,553	248,683
2006	1,511	248,706
2007	1,422	248,287
2008	1,369	232,225
2009	1,349	200,175
2010	1,176	224,325
2011	934	224,461
2012	916	229,138
2013	892	221,021
2014	852	211,541
2015	841	201,815
2016	767	194,232
2017	724	187,993
2018	694	183,610
2019	609	172,243
2020	562	170,968
2021	-15	121,858
2022	530	95,378
2023	475	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Sri Lanka
1985	56	68
1986	57	66
1987	69	64
1988	71	62
1989	66	61
1990	72	59
1991	71	57
1992	58	54
1993	58	51
1994	60	49
1995	60	48
1996	72	47
1997	89	45
1998	89	43
1999	88	41
2000	83	39
2001	70	37
2002	62	36
2003	56	35
2004	54	37
2005	55	32
2006	53	32
2007	55	31
2008	55	30
2009	51	28
2010	56	26
2011	56	25
2012	55	24
2013	53	23
2014	49	23
2015	46	22
2016	46	22
2017	43	21
2018	41	21
2019	43	20
2020	43	23
2021	94	34
2022	48	22
2023	44	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	13.4%	9.41%
1961	12.9%	8.95%
1962	12.3%	8.66%
1963	11.6%	8.48%
1964	11%	8.3%
1965	10.3%	8.07%
1966	9.62%	7.81%
1967	8.96%	7.55%
1968	8.32%	7.32%
1969	7.7%	7.14%
1970	7.1%	7.02%
1971	6.54%	6.94%
1972	6.02%	6.86%
1973	5.53%	6.77%
1974	5.08%	6.62%
1975	4.67%	6.41%
1976	4.3%	6.12%
1977	3.97%	5.77%
1978	3.68%	5.38%
1979	3.42%	4.99%
1980	3.2%	4.63%
1981	3%	4.29%
1982	2.83%	3.98%
1983	2.68%	3.67%
1984	2.55%	3.35%
1985	2.44%	3.02%
1986	2.35%	2.74%
1987	2.27%	2.54%
1988	2.2%	2.41%
1989	2.14%	2.74%
1990	2.09%	2.33%
1991	2.05%	2.32%
1992	2.01%	2.29%
1993	1.98%	2.22%
1994	1.95%	2.14%
1995	1.92%	2.05%
1996	1.9%	1.95%
1997	1.88%	1.86%
1998	1.87%	1.76%
1999	1.86%	1.69%
2000	1.85%	1.63%
2001	1.84%	1.58%
2002	1.83%	1.55%
2003	1.83%	1.52%
2004	1.83%	2.88%
2005	1.83%	1.4%
2006	1.82%	1.33%
2007	1.82%	1.26%
2008	1.82%	1.2%
2009	1.81%	2.08%
2010	1.8%	1.12%
2011	1.79%	1.08%
2012	1.78%	1.03%
2013	1.77%	0.98%
2014	1.75%	0.92%
2015	1.74%	0.87%
2016	1.72%	0.83%
2017	1.7%	0.79%
2018	1.67%	0.76%
2019	1.65%	0.72%
2020	1.63%	0.69%
2021	1.6%	0.66%
2022	1.58%	0.64%
2023	1.55%	0.61%