Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Sudan

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Sudan 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 4.32 in Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Sudan 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	Sudan
1960	6.77	6.66
1961	6.84	6.66
1962	6.82	6.7
1963	6.72	6.76
1964	6.76	6.8
1965	6.69	6.84
1966	6.61	6.88
1967	6.51	6.91
1968	6.39	6.95
1969	6.25	6.97
1970	6.1	6.99
1971	5.95	7.02
1972	5.81	6.98
1973	5.69	6.94
1974	5.57	6.91
1975	5.36	6.87
1976	5.16	6.82
1977	4.97	6.78
1978	4.83	6.72
1979	4.58	6.65
1980	4.41	6.59
1981	4.28	6.53
1982	4.17	6.47
1983	4.08	6.41
1984	4.02	6.34
1985	3.97	6.28
1986	3.8	6.23
1987	3.61	6.18
1988	3.44	6.13
1989	3.31	6.11
1990	3.24	6.07
1991	3.19	6.05
1992	3.11	6.02
1993	3	5.97
1994	3.03	5.91
1995	3.03	5.86
1996	2.71	5.79
1997	2.74	5.72
1998	2.4	5.65
1999	2.5	5.62
2000	2.21	5.6
2001	2.13	5.56
2002	2.03	5.53
2003	1.94	5.49
2004	1.86	5.46
2005	1.81	5.4
2006	1.77	5.33
2007	1.7	5.27
2008	1.7	5.21
2009	1.74	5.17
2010	1.67	5.14
2011	1.5	5.09
2012	1.5	5.03
2013	1.5	4.97
2014	1.49	4.91
2015	1.47	4.9
2016	1.46	4.83
2017	1.45	4.76
2018	1.44	4.68
2019	1.42	4.62
2020	1.41	4.54
2021	1.4	4.46
2022	1.39	4.38
2023	1.38	4.32
2024	1.38	4.26
2025	1.38	4.19
2026	1.37	4.13
2027	1.37	4.06
2028	1.36	4
2029	1.36	3.95
2030	1.37	3.88
2031	1.37	3.82
2032	1.37	3.77
2033	1.37	3.7
2034	1.37	3.66
2035	1.38	3.6
2036	1.38	3.54
2037	1.38	3.49
2038	1.38	3.45
2039	1.38	3.4
2040	1.39	3.36
2041	1.39	3.32
2042	1.4	3.28
2043	1.4	3.24
2044	1.4	3.2
2045	1.41	3.17
2046	1.41	3.13
2047	1.41	3.1
2048	1.41	3.07
2049	1.42	3.03
2050	1.42	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Sudan
1960	47.1%	46.5%
1961	48.1%	46.6%
1962	48.9%	46.6%
1963	49.6%	46.7%
1964	50.1%	46.9%
1965	50.5%	47%
1966	50.4%	47.1%
1967	50%	47.2%
1968	49.8%	47.3%
1969	50%	47.4%
1970	50.2%	47.5%
1971	50.4%	47.6%
1972	50.4%	47.7%
1973	50.2%	47.9%
1974	49.9%	48.1%
1975	49.5%	48%
1976	48.9%	47.8%
1977	47.9%	47.7%
1978	46.6%	47.4%
1979	45.5%	47.1%
1980	44.8%	46.8%
1981	44.3%	46.6%
1982	43.9%	46.4%
1983	43.5%	46.3%
1984	43.3%	46.2%
1985	43.1%	46.1%
1986	42.8%	46.1%
1987	42.6%	46%
1988	41.7%	46%
1989	40.2%	46.1%
1990	38.9%	46.1%
1991	38.1%	46.2%
1992	37.7%	46.3%
1993	37.3%	46.3%
1994	37%	46.3%
1995	36.7%	46.3%
1996	36.2%	46.2%
1997	35.7%	46.2%
1998	34.7%	46.1%
1999	33.5%	45.9%
2000	32.4%	45.8%
2001	31.4%	45.7%
2002	30.7%	45.6%
2003	30%	45.6%
2004	29.2%	45.5%
2005	28.4%	45.4%
2006	27.6%	45.3%
2007	26.8%	45.1%
2008	25.9%	44.9%
2009	25.1%	44.7%
2010	24.3%	44.6%
2011	23.5%	44.6%
2012	22.7%	44.5%
2013	22.1%	44.4%
2014	21.5%	44%
2015	20.9%	43.6%
2016	20.3%	43.1%
2017	19.9%	42.6%
2018	19.5%	42%
2019	19.1%	41.7%
2020	18.7%	41.4%
2021	18.5%	41.2%
2022	18.2%	40.9%
2023	17.9%	40.6%
2024	17.5%	40.5%
2025	17.2%	40.2%
2026	17.1%	39.8%
2027	16.9%	39.5%
2028	16.8%	39.3%
2029	16.6%	39.1%
2030	16.5%	38.9%
2031	16.3%	38.6%
2032	16.1%	38.3%
2033	15.9%	37.9%
2034	15.7%	37.5%
2035	15.6%	37.1%
2036	15.4%	36.7%
2037	15.2%	36.3%
2038	15%	35.9%
2039	14.8%	35.5%
2040	14.6%	35.1%
2041	14.4%	34.7%
2042	14.2%	34.3%
2043	14.1%	33.9%
2044	13.9%	33.6%
2045	13.7%	33.2%
2046	13.6%	32.8%
2047	13.4%	32.5%
2048	13.3%	32.2%
2049	13.1%	31.9%
2050	13%	31.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 40.5% in Sudan in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +2.79% in Sudan. 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	Sudan
1960	3,202	262,235
1961	3,173	272,562
1962	3,124	287,317
1963	3,048	302,132
1964	3,074	315,166
1965	3,042	327,799
1966	3,028	342,118
1967	3,113	356,599
1968	3,154	370,917
1969	3,143	385,712
1970	3,093	401,013
1971	3,046	417,641
1972	3,028	428,340
1973	3,033	439,201
1974	3,106	444,456
1975	3,126	454,813
1976	3,166	470,019
1977	3,240	483,089
1978	3,340	497,987
1979	3,301	524,942
1980	3,275	552,930
1981	3,306	585,087
1982	3,360	606,362
1983	3,443	570,198
1984	3,526	577,405
1985	3,591	583,382
1986	3,496	649,649
1987	3,351	658,416
1988	3,229	672,604
1989	3,146	683,743
1990	3,061	699,953
1991	3,009	714,612
1992	2,981	731,177
1993	2,899	743,249
1994	2,976	764,645
1995	3,019	780,700
1996	2,649	792,926
1997	2,709	802,245
1998	2,294	814,752
1999	2,389	835,840
2000	1,967	858,536
2001	1,860	880,284
2002	1,774	897,965
2003	1,694	898,226
2004	1,615	889,382
2005	1,553	907,017
2006	1,511	963,740
2007	1,422	992,819
2008	1,369	1,001,826
2009	1,349	1,041,810
2010	1,176	1,068,381
2011	934	1,070,888
2012	916	1,073,062
2013	892	1,078,446
2014	852	1,097,962
2015	841	1,145,259
2016	767	1,174,422
2017	724	1,208,046
2018	694	1,257,387
2019	609	1,291,747
2020	562	1,295,781
2021	-15	1,293,817
2022	530	1,333,992
2023	475	1,361,564

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Sudan

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 256 deaths in Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Sudan
1985	56	980
1986	57	938
1987	69	914
1988	71	877
1989	66	881
1990	72	840
1991	71	873
1992	58	863
1993	58	839
1994	60	775
1995	60	730
1996	72	712
1997	89	681
1998	89	669
1999	88	662
2000	83	645
2001	70	616
2002	62	588
2003	56	593
2004	54	536
2005	55	506
2006	53	485
2007	55	445
2008	55	426
2009	51	382
2010	56	370
2011	56	357
2012	55	340
2013	53	327
2014	49	309
2015	46	298
2016	46	288
2017	43	277
2018	41	268
2019	43	262
2020	43	273
2021	94	305
2022	48	263
2023	44	256

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 5.01% in Sudan. 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	Sudan
1960	13.4%	17.8%
1961	12.9%	17.5%
1962	12.3%	17.2%
1963	11.6%	17%
1964	11%	16.7%
1965	10.3%	16.5%
1966	9.62%	16.3%
1967	8.96%	16.2%
1968	8.32%	16%
1969	7.7%	15.9%
1970	7.1%	15.8%
1971	6.54%	15.7%
1972	6.02%	15.6%
1973	5.53%	15.5%
1974	5.08%	15.4%
1975	4.67%	15.3%
1976	4.3%	15.2%
1977	3.97%	15.1%
1978	3.68%	15%
1979	3.42%	14.9%
1980	3.2%	14.8%
1981	3%	14.6%
1982	2.83%	14.5%
1983	2.68%	18.2%
1984	2.55%	18%
1985	2.44%	17.8%
1986	2.35%	14%
1987	2.27%	13.8%
1988	2.2%	13.6%
1989	2.14%	13.4%
1990	2.09%	13.2%
1991	2.05%	13%
1992	2.01%	12.7%
1993	1.98%	12.5%
1994	1.95%	12.2%
1995	1.92%	11.9%
1996	1.9%	11.6%
1997	1.88%	11.3%
1998	1.87%	11%
1999	1.86%	10.7%
2000	1.85%	10.3%
2001	1.84%	9.99%
2002	1.83%	9.65%
2003	1.83%	9.31%
2004	1.83%	10.3%
2005	1.83%	10%
2006	1.82%	8.4%
2007	1.82%	8.13%
2008	1.82%	7.88%
2009	1.81%	7.64%
2010	1.8%	7.42%
2011	1.79%	7.22%
2012	1.78%	7.02%
2013	1.77%	6.83%
2014	1.75%	6.64%
2015	1.74%	6.45%
2016	1.72%	6.26%
2017	1.7%	6.07%
2018	1.67%	5.89%
2019	1.65%	5.71%
2020	1.63%	5.53%
2021	1.6%	5.36%
2022	1.58%	5.18%
2023	1.55%	5.01%