Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	6.77	2.69
1961	6.84	2.78
1962	6.82	2.86
1963	6.72	2.88
1964	6.76	2.93
1965	6.69	2.86
1966	6.61	2.78
1967	6.51	2.68
1968	6.39	2.6
1969	6.25	2.51
1970	6.1	2.44
1971	5.95	2.41
1972	5.81	2.2
1973	5.69	2.04
1974	5.57	1.92
1975	5.36	1.81
1976	5.16	1.74
1977	4.97	1.69
1978	4.83	1.75
1979	4.58	1.86
1980	4.41	1.9
1981	4.28	1.82
1982	4.17	1.78
1983	4.08	1.77
1984	4.02	1.77
1985	3.97	1.79
1986	3.8	1.78
1987	3.61	1.81
1988	3.44	1.82
1989	3.31	1.79
1990	3.24	1.83
1991	3.19	1.82
1992	3.11	1.79
1993	3	1.76
1994	3.03	1.74
1995	3.03	1.71
1996	2.71	1.73
1997	2.74	1.72
1998	2.4	1.71
1999	2.5	1.68
2000	2.21	1.64
2001	2.13	1.63
2002	2.03	1.63
2003	1.94	1.7
2004	1.86	1.75
2005	1.81	1.76
2006	1.77	1.82
2007	1.7	1.86
2008	1.7	1.91
2009	1.74	1.89
2010	1.67	1.92
2011	1.5	1.91
2012	1.5	1.92
2013	1.5	1.83
2014	1.49	1.81
2015	1.47	1.8
2016	1.46	1.79
2017	1.45	1.74
2018	1.44	1.68
2019	1.42	1.63
2020	1.41	1.57
2021	1.4	1.58
2022	1.39	1.56
2023	1.38	1.56
2024	1.38	1.55
2025	1.38	1.54
2026	1.37	1.53
2027	1.37	1.53
2028	1.36	1.53
2029	1.36	1.52
2030	1.37	1.52
2031	1.37	1.52
2032	1.37	1.53
2033	1.37	1.53
2034	1.37	1.53
2035	1.38	1.53
2036	1.38	1.53
2037	1.38	1.53
2038	1.38	1.53
2039	1.38	1.53
2040	1.39	1.53
2041	1.39	1.54
2042	1.4	1.54
2043	1.4	1.54
2044	1.4	1.54
2045	1.41	1.54
2046	1.41	1.54
2047	1.41	1.54
2048	1.41	1.54
2049	1.42	1.55
2050	1.42	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	United Kingdom
1960	47.1%	23.3%
1961	48.1%	23.3%
1962	48.9%	23.2%
1963	49.6%	23.2%
1964	50.1%	23.3%
1965	50.5%	23.4%
1966	50.4%	23.5%
1967	50%	23.7%
1968	49.8%	23.9%
1969	50%	24%
1970	50.2%	24.1%
1971	50.4%	24.1%
1972	50.4%	24%
1973	50.2%	23.9%
1974	49.9%	23.6%
1975	49.5%	23.3%
1976	48.9%	22.9%
1977	47.9%	22.4%
1978	46.6%	21.9%
1979	45.5%	21.4%
1980	44.8%	21%
1981	44.3%	20.6%
1982	43.9%	20.2%
1983	43.5%	19.8%
1984	43.3%	19.5%
1985	43.1%	19.3%
1986	42.8%	19.1%
1987	42.6%	18.9%
1988	41.7%	18.9%
1989	40.2%	19.1%
1990	38.9%	19.1%
1991	38.1%	19.3%
1992	37.7%	19.4%
1993	37.3%	19.5%
1994	37%	19.6%
1995	36.7%	19.5%
1996	36.2%	19.4%
1997	35.7%	19.3%
1998	34.7%	19.3%
1999	33.5%	19.2%
2000	32.4%	18.9%
2001	31.4%	18.7%
2002	30.7%	18.5%
2003	30%	18.4%
2004	29.2%	18.3%
2005	28.4%	18.2%
2006	27.6%	18%
2007	26.8%	17.9%
2008	25.9%	17.8%
2009	25.1%	17.8%
2010	24.3%	17.8%
2011	23.5%	17.7%
2012	22.7%	17.8%
2013	22.1%	17.8%
2014	21.5%	17.8%
2015	20.9%	17.9%
2016	20.3%	18%
2017	19.9%	18%
2018	19.5%	18.1%
2019	19.1%	18%
2020	18.7%	18%
2021	18.5%	17.8%
2022	18.2%	17.6%
2023	17.9%	17.4%
2024	17.5%	17.2%
2025	17.2%	17%
2026	17.1%	16.7%
2027	16.9%	16.5%
2028	16.8%	16.2%
2029	16.6%	16%
2030	16.5%	15.7%
2031	16.3%	15.5%
2032	16.1%	15.3%
2033	15.9%	15.2%
2034	15.7%	15.1%
2035	15.6%	15%
2036	15.4%	14.9%
2037	15.2%	14.9%
2038	15%	14.8%
2039	14.8%	14.8%
2040	14.6%	14.8%
2041	14.4%	14.8%
2042	14.2%	14.8%
2043	14.1%	14.9%
2044	13.9%	14.9%
2045	13.7%	14.9%
2046	13.6%	15%
2047	13.4%	15%
2048	13.3%	15%
2049	13.1%	15%
2050	13%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	3,202	314,400
1961	3,173	311,519
1962	3,124	340,800
1963	3,048	337,995
1964	3,074	405,000
1965	3,042	364,132
1966	3,028	333,356
1967	3,113	346,145
1968	3,154	292,622
1969	3,143	260,577
1970	3,093	244,918
1971	3,046	257,123
1972	3,028	162,650
1973	3,033	112,389
1974	3,106	67,476
1975	3,126	33,735
1976	3,166	-5,621
1977	3,240	0
1978	3,340	16,859
1979	3,301	61,872
1980	3,275	95,734
1981	3,306	73,234
1982	3,360	56,314
1983	3,443	61,966
1984	3,526	84,633
1985	3,591	79,170
1986	3,496	90,690
1987	3,351	136,325
1988	3,229	136,628
1989	3,146	119,861
1990	3,061	154,569
1991	3,009	143,562
1992	2,981	149,709
1993	2,899	103,893
1994	2,976	127,304
1995	3,019	87,028
1996	2,649	98,884
1997	2,709	99,138
1998	2,294	87,730
1999	2,389	64,551
2000	1,967	70,671
2001	1,860	65,032
2002	1,774	65,308
2003	1,694	89,471
2004	1,615	131,974
2005	1,553	144,963
2006	1,511	176,455
2007	1,422	196,232
2008	1,369	216,325
2009	1,349	230,422
2010	1,176	251,066
2011	934	259,361
2012	916	248,473
2013	892	198,830
2014	852	206,784
2015	841	175,738
2016	767	177,139
2017	724	145,125
2018	694	119,321
2019	609	108,342
2020	562	-4,272
2021	-15	30,612
2022	530	39,751
2023	475	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	United Kingdom
1985	56	2
1986	57	2
1987	69	3
1988	71	4
1989	66	5
1990	72	6
1991	71	7
1992	58	7
1993	58	8
1994	60	9
1995	60	9
1996	72	8
1997	89	9
1998	89	10
1999	88	11
2000	83	12
2001	70	13
2002	62	13
2003	56	14
2004	54	13
2005	55	12
2006	53	12
2007	55	11
2008	55	11
2009	51	11
2010	56	10
2011	56	10
2012	55	9
2013	53	9
2014	49	9
2015	46	9
2016	46	9
2017	43	9
2018	41	9
2019	43	9
2020	43	14
2021	94	13
2022	48	15
2023	44	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	13.4%	2.66%
1961	12.9%	2.61%
1962	12.3%	2.56%
1963	11.6%	2.49%
1964	11%	2.42%
1965	10.3%	2.34%
1966	9.62%	2.28%
1967	8.96%	2.22%
1968	8.32%	2.18%
1969	7.7%	2.14%
1970	7.1%	2.1%
1971	6.54%	2.06%
1972	6.02%	2%
1973	5.53%	1.94%
1974	5.08%	1.87%
1975	4.67%	1.8%
1976	4.3%	1.72%
1977	3.97%	1.64%
1978	3.68%	1.57%
1979	3.42%	1.49%
1980	3.2%	1.41%
1981	3%	1.34%
1982	2.83%	1.27%
1983	2.68%	1.22%
1984	2.55%	1.17%
1985	2.44%	1.14%
1986	2.35%	1.11%
1987	2.27%	1.08%
1988	2.2%	1.04%
1989	2.14%	0.99%
1990	2.09%	0.93%
1991	2.05%	0.87%
1992	2.01%	0.82%
1993	1.98%	0.77%
1994	1.95%	0.74%
1995	1.92%	0.72%
1996	1.9%	0.7%
1997	1.88%	0.69%
1998	1.87%	0.68%
1999	1.86%	0.67%
2000	1.85%	0.65%
2001	1.84%	0.64%
2002	1.83%	0.63%
2003	1.83%	0.63%
2004	1.83%	0.61%
2005	1.83%	0.6%
2006	1.82%	0.59%
2007	1.82%	0.58%
2008	1.82%	0.56%
2009	1.81%	0.54%
2010	1.8%	0.52%
2011	1.79%	0.5%
2012	1.78%	0.48%
2013	1.77%	0.46%
2014	1.75%	0.45%
2015	1.74%	0.45%
2016	1.72%	0.44%
2017	1.7%	0.44%
2018	1.67%	0.44%
2019	1.65%	0.44%
2020	1.63%	0.44%
2021	1.6%	0.44%
2022	1.58%	0.45%
2023	1.55%	0.45%