Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Thailand

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Thailand 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 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Thailand 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	Thailand
1960	6.77	6.33
1961	6.84	6.32
1962	6.82	6.33
1963	6.72	6.34
1964	6.76	6.31
1965	6.69	6.26
1966	6.61	6.18
1967	6.51	6.08
1968	6.39	5.93
1969	6.25	5.7
1970	6.1	5.45
1971	5.95	5.25
1972	5.81	5.08
1973	5.69	4.85
1974	5.57	4.6
1975	5.36	4.36
1976	5.16	4.12
1977	4.97	3.87
1978	4.83	3.62
1979	4.58	3.45
1980	4.41	3.29
1981	4.28	3.13
1982	4.17	2.94
1983	4.08	2.76
1984	4.02	2.58
1985	3.97	2.45
1986	3.8	2.36
1987	3.61	2.26
1988	3.44	2.17
1989	3.31	2.14
1990	3.24	2.07
1991	3.19	2.04
1992	3.11	2.01
1993	3	1.97
1994	3.03	1.93
1995	3.03	1.89
1996	2.71	1.87
1997	2.74	1.85
1998	2.4	1.82
1999	2.5	1.77
2000	2.21	1.73
2001	2.13	1.71
2002	2.03	1.69
2003	1.94	1.67
2004	1.86	1.67
2005	1.81	1.64
2006	1.77	1.63
2007	1.7	1.62
2008	1.7	1.59
2009	1.74	1.57
2010	1.67	1.56
2011	1.5	1.57
2012	1.5	1.56
2013	1.5	1.53
2014	1.49	1.48
2015	1.47	1.45
2016	1.46	1.4
2017	1.45	1.36
2018	1.44	1.32
2019	1.42	1.29
2020	1.41	1.26
2021	1.4	1.23
2022	1.39	1.22
2023	1.38	1.21
2024	1.38	1.2
2025	1.38	1.19
2026	1.37	1.19
2027	1.37	1.19
2028	1.36	1.19
2029	1.36	1.19
2030	1.37	1.2
2031	1.37	1.2
2032	1.37	1.21
2033	1.37	1.21
2034	1.37	1.22
2035	1.38	1.22
2036	1.38	1.23
2037	1.38	1.23
2038	1.38	1.24
2039	1.38	1.24
2040	1.39	1.25
2041	1.39	1.25
2042	1.4	1.26
2043	1.4	1.26
2044	1.4	1.26
2045	1.41	1.27
2046	1.41	1.27
2047	1.41	1.28
2048	1.41	1.28
2049	1.42	1.28
2050	1.42	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Thailand
1960	47.1%	44.3%
1961	48.1%	44.6%
1962	48.9%	44.8%
1963	49.6%	45.1%
1964	50.1%	45.3%
1965	50.5%	45.4%
1966	50.4%	45.4%
1967	50%	45.3%
1968	49.8%	45.2%
1969	50%	45%
1970	50.2%	44.8%
1971	50.4%	44.4%
1972	50.4%	44%
1973	50.2%	43.5%
1974	49.9%	43%
1975	49.5%	42.4%
1976	48.9%	41.8%
1977	47.9%	41.1%
1978	46.6%	40.3%
1979	45.5%	39.5%
1980	44.8%	38.7%
1981	44.3%	37.8%
1982	43.9%	37%
1983	43.5%	36%
1984	43.3%	35.1%
1985	43.1%	34.1%
1986	42.8%	33.2%
1987	42.6%	32.4%
1988	41.7%	31.5%
1989	40.2%	30.7%
1990	38.9%	30%
1991	38.1%	29.2%
1992	37.7%	28.5%
1993	37.3%	28%
1994	37%	27.4%
1995	36.7%	26.9%
1996	36.2%	26.4%
1997	35.7%	25.9%
1998	34.7%	25.4%
1999	33.5%	24.9%
2000	32.4%	24.4%
2001	31.4%	23.9%
2002	30.7%	23.4%
2003	30%	23%
2004	29.2%	22.6%
2005	28.4%	22.2%
2006	27.6%	21.7%
2007	26.8%	21.3%
2008	25.9%	20.9%
2009	25.1%	20.6%
2010	24.3%	20.1%
2011	23.5%	19.7%
2012	22.7%	19.2%
2013	22.1%	18.8%
2014	21.5%	18.5%
2015	20.9%	18.1%
2016	20.3%	17.7%
2017	19.9%	17.3%
2018	19.5%	16.9%
2019	19.1%	16.6%
2020	18.7%	16.2%
2021	18.5%	15.8%
2022	18.2%	15.4%
2023	17.9%	15.1%
2024	17.5%	14.7%
2025	17.2%	14.4%
2026	17.1%	14.1%
2027	16.9%	13.7%
2028	16.8%	13.4%
2029	16.6%	13.1%
2030	16.5%	12.9%
2031	16.3%	12.7%
2032	16.1%	12.5%
2033	15.9%	12.3%
2034	15.7%	12.2%
2035	15.6%	12.1%
2036	15.4%	12%
2037	15.2%	11.9%
2038	15%	11.9%
2039	14.8%	11.8%
2040	14.6%	11.8%
2041	14.4%	11.8%
2042	14.2%	11.8%
2043	14.1%	11.7%
2044	13.9%	11.7%
2045	13.7%	11.7%
2046	13.6%	11.7%
2047	13.4%	11.6%
2048	13.3%	11.6%
2049	13.1%	11.6%
2050	13%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +0.18% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	3,202	774,190
1961	3,173	801,140
1962	3,124	828,741
1963	3,048	860,728
1964	3,074	885,137
1965	3,042	909,000
1966	3,028	929,469
1967	3,113	944,980
1968	3,154	953,806
1969	3,143	948,314
1970	3,093	937,116
1971	3,046	936,215
1972	3,028	940,420
1973	3,033	933,540
1974	3,106	923,151
1975	3,126	911,980
1976	3,166	894,072
1977	3,240	871,232
1978	3,340	847,799
1979	3,301	843,434
1980	3,275	845,575
1981	3,306	839,297
1982	3,360	817,951
1983	3,443	794,239
1984	3,526	779,856
1985	3,591	776,935
1986	3,496	783,430
1987	3,351	774,498
1988	3,229	765,252
1989	3,146	774,563
1990	3,061	760,808
1991	3,009	760,508
1992	2,981	754,999
1993	2,899	737,696
1994	2,976	712,589
1995	3,019	682,703
1996	2,649	661,397
1997	2,709	644,834
1998	2,294	617,318
1999	2,389	578,073
2000	1,967	543,884
2001	1,860	524,230
2002	1,774	504,299
2003	1,694	488,003
2004	1,615	466,542
2005	1,553	456,378
2006	1,511	441,211
2007	1,422	425,362
2008	1,369	401,730
2009	1,349	382,636
2010	1,176	370,466
2011	934	365,670
2012	916	351,485
2013	892	325,059
2014	852	294,628
2015	841	266,362
2016	767	226,255
2017	724	194,695
2018	694	159,383
2019	609	116,867
2020	562	84,107
2021	-15	57,382
2022	530	-61,046
2023	475	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Thailand

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 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Thailand
1985	56	88
1986	57	78
1987	69	72
1988	71	67
1989	66	64
1990	72	60
1991	71	59
1992	58	58
1993	58	57
1994	60	54
1995	60	52
1996	72	49
1997	89	48
1998	89	47
1999	88	48
2000	83	49
2001	70	47
2002	62	44
2003	56	42
2004	54	44
2005	55	40
2006	53	38
2007	55	38
2008	55	37
2009	51	37
2010	56	37
2011	56	37
2012	55	36
2013	53	35
2014	49	34
2015	46	34
2016	46	34
2017	43	34
2018	41	34
2019	43	34
2020	43	36
2021	94	38
2022	48	112
2023	44	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 0.92% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	13.4%	14.7%
1961	12.9%	14.2%
1962	12.3%	13.7%
1963	11.6%	13.2%
1964	11%	12.8%
1965	10.3%	12.3%
1966	9.62%	11.8%
1967	8.96%	11.4%
1968	8.32%	10.9%
1969	7.7%	10.4%
1970	7.1%	9.95%
1971	6.54%	9.47%
1972	6.02%	9.01%
1973	5.53%	8.56%
1974	5.08%	8.14%
1975	4.67%	7.73%
1976	4.3%	7.35%
1977	3.97%	7%
1978	3.68%	6.67%
1979	3.42%	6.36%
1980	3.2%	6.07%
1981	3%	5.79%
1982	2.83%	5.53%
1983	2.68%	5.28%
1984	2.55%	5.03%
1985	2.44%	4.8%
1986	2.35%	4.57%
1987	2.27%	4.34%
1988	2.2%	4.12%
1989	2.14%	3.91%
1990	2.09%	3.69%
1991	2.05%	3.49%
1992	2.01%	3.3%
1993	1.98%	3.12%
1994	1.95%	2.96%
1995	1.92%	2.81%
1996	1.9%	2.67%
1997	1.88%	2.53%
1998	1.87%	2.41%
1999	1.86%	2.29%
2000	1.85%	2.18%
2001	1.84%	2.08%
2002	1.83%	1.98%
2003	1.83%	1.89%
2004	1.83%	1.81%
2005	1.83%	1.73%
2006	1.82%	1.66%
2007	1.82%	1.59%
2008	1.82%	1.53%
2009	1.81%	1.47%
2010	1.8%	1.42%
2011	1.79%	1.37%
2012	1.78%	1.32%
2013	1.77%	1.27%
2014	1.75%	1.23%
2015	1.74%	1.19%
2016	1.72%	1.15%
2017	1.7%	1.11%
2018	1.67%	1.08%
2019	1.65%	1.04%
2020	1.63%	1.01%
2021	1.6%	0.98%
2022	1.58%	0.95%
2023	1.55%	0.92%