Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and United States

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs the United States 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 States
1960	6.77	3.65
1961	6.84	3.62
1962	6.82	3.46
1963	6.72	3.32
1964	6.76	3.19
1965	6.69	2.91
1966	6.61	2.72
1967	6.51	2.56
1968	6.39	2.46
1969	6.25	2.46
1970	6.1	2.48
1971	5.95	2.27
1972	5.81	2.01
1973	5.69	1.88
1974	5.57	1.84
1975	5.36	1.77
1976	5.16	1.74
1977	4.97	1.79
1978	4.83	1.76
1979	4.58	1.81
1980	4.41	1.84
1981	4.28	1.81
1982	4.17	1.83
1983	4.08	1.8
1984	4.02	1.81
1985	3.97	1.84
1986	3.8	1.84
1987	3.61	1.87
1988	3.44	1.93
1989	3.31	2.01
1990	3.24	2.08
1991	3.19	2.06
1992	3.11	2.05
1993	3	2.02
1994	3.03	2
1995	3.03	1.98
1996	2.71	1.98
1997	2.74	1.97
1998	2.4	2
1999	2.5	2.01
2000	2.21	2.06
2001	2.13	2.03
2002	2.03	2.02
2003	1.94	2.05
2004	1.86	2.05
2005	1.81	2.06
2006	1.77	2.11
2007	1.7	2.12
2008	1.7	2.07
2009	1.74	2
2010	1.67	1.93
2011	1.5	1.89
2012	1.5	1.88
2013	1.5	1.86
2014	1.49	1.86
2015	1.47	1.84
2016	1.46	1.82
2017	1.45	1.77
2018	1.44	1.73
2019	1.42	1.71
2020	1.41	1.64
2021	1.4	1.66
2022	1.39	1.66
2023	1.38	1.62
2024	1.38	1.62
2025	1.38	1.62
2026	1.37	1.62
2027	1.37	1.62
2028	1.36	1.62
2029	1.36	1.62
2030	1.37	1.62
2031	1.37	1.62
2032	1.37	1.62
2033	1.37	1.63
2034	1.37	1.62
2035	1.38	1.63
2036	1.38	1.63
2037	1.38	1.63
2038	1.38	1.63
2039	1.38	1.63
2040	1.39	1.63
2041	1.39	1.63
2042	1.4	1.63
2043	1.4	1.63
2044	1.4	1.63
2045	1.41	1.64
2046	1.41	1.64
2047	1.41	1.63
2048	1.41	1.64
2049	1.42	1.63
2050	1.42	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	United States
1960	47.1%	31.3%
1961	48.1%	31.4%
1962	48.9%	31.3%
1963	49.6%	31.1%
1964	50.1%	30.9%
1965	50.5%	30.7%
1966	50.4%	30.4%
1967	50%	30%
1968	49.8%	29.5%
1969	50%	29%
1970	50.2%	28.6%
1971	50.4%	28%
1972	50.4%	27.4%
1973	50.2%	26.6%
1974	49.9%	25.9%
1975	49.5%	25.2%
1976	48.9%	24.4%
1977	47.9%	23.8%
1978	46.6%	23.2%
1979	45.5%	22.8%
1980	44.8%	22.4%
1981	44.3%	22.1%
1982	43.9%	22%
1983	43.5%	21.8%
1984	43.3%	21.7%
1985	43.1%	21.5%
1986	42.8%	21.3%
1987	42.6%	21.3%
1988	41.7%	21.3%
1989	40.2%	21.5%
1990	38.9%	21.6%
1991	38.1%	21.7%
1992	37.7%	21.8%
1993	37.3%	21.9%
1994	37%	21.9%
1995	36.7%	21.8%
1996	36.2%	21.7%
1997	35.7%	21.5%
1998	34.7%	21.4%
1999	33.5%	21.3%
2000	32.4%	21.2%
2001	31.4%	21%
2002	30.7%	20.9%
2003	30%	20.7%
2004	29.2%	20.5%
2005	28.4%	20.3%
2006	27.6%	20.2%
2007	26.8%	20%
2008	25.9%	19.9%
2009	25.1%	19.8%
2010	24.3%	19.7%
2011	23.5%	19.6%
2012	22.7%	19.5%
2013	22.1%	19.4%
2014	21.5%	19.3%
2015	20.9%	19.2%
2016	20.3%	19.1%
2017	19.9%	18.9%
2018	19.5%	18.8%
2019	19.1%	18.6%
2020	18.7%	18.4%
2021	18.5%	18.1%
2022	18.2%	17.9%
2023	17.9%	17.6%
2024	17.5%	17.3%
2025	17.2%	17.1%
2026	17.1%	16.9%
2027	16.9%	16.7%
2028	16.8%	16.6%
2029	16.6%	16.4%
2030	16.5%	16.3%
2031	16.3%	16.1%
2032	16.1%	16%
2033	15.9%	16%
2034	15.7%	15.9%
2035	15.6%	15.9%
2036	15.4%	15.9%
2037	15.2%	15.9%
2038	15%	15.9%
2039	14.8%	15.9%
2040	14.6%	15.9%
2041	14.4%	16%
2042	14.2%	16%
2043	14.1%	16%
2044	13.9%	16%
2045	13.7%	16%
2046	13.6%	16%
2047	13.4%	16%
2048	13.3%	16%
2049	13.1%	15.9%
2050	13%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +0.25% in the United States. 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 States
1960	3,202	2,565,530
1961	3,173	2,571,681
1962	3,124	2,406,337
1963	3,048	2,289,826
1964	3,074	2,245,099
1965	3,042	1,943,030
1966	3,028	1,749,387
1967	3,113	1,669,181
1968	3,154	1,565,507
1969	3,143	1,702,487
1970	3,093	1,824,965
1971	3,046	1,640,519
1972	3,028	1,301,355
1973	3,033	1,165,499
1974	3,106	1,218,968
1975	3,126	1,252,644
1976	3,166	1,264,604
1977	3,240	1,431,556
1978	3,340	1,402,283
1979	3,301	1,597,894
1980	3,275	1,608,450
1981	3,306	1,652,153
1982	3,360	1,714,317
1983	3,443	1,636,544
1984	3,526	1,627,192
1985	3,591	1,689,258
1986	3,496	1,656,917
1987	3,351	1,720,252
1988	3,229	1,735,943
1989	3,146	1,875,826
1990	3,061	2,026,068
1991	3,009	1,926,543
1992	2,981	1,875,328
1993	2,899	1,717,685
1994	2,976	1,633,302
1995	3,019	1,546,031
1996	2,649	1,510,137
1997	2,709	1,501,014
1998	2,294	1,573,857
1999	2,389	1,564,050
2000	1,967	1,664,758
2001	1,860	1,595,826
2002	1,774	1,581,938
2003	1,694	1,653,615
2004	1,615	1,698,271
2005	1,553	1,684,445
2006	1,511	1,849,955
2007	1,422	1,897,757
2008	1,369	1,794,154
2009	1,349	1,717,920
2010	1,176	1,548,182
2011	934	1,441,697
2012	916	1,411,822
2013	892	1,322,711
2014	852	1,357,281
2015	841	1,270,126
2016	767	1,197,627
2017	724	1,028,037
2018	694	955,022
2019	609	887,476
2020	562	208,862
2021	-15	199,137
2022	530	399,926
2023	475	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	United States
1985	56	11
1986	57	11
1987	69	11
1988	71	12
1989	66	12
1990	72	12
1991	71	12
1992	58	11
1993	58	12
1994	60	11
1995	60	12
1996	72	11
1997	89	11
1998	89	11
1999	88	12
2000	83	12
2001	70	13
2002	62	13
2003	56	13
2004	54	13
2005	55	13
2006	53	13
2007	55	13
2008	55	14
2009	51	15
2010	56	15
2011	56	15
2012	55	16
2013	53	16
2014	49	17
2015	46	17
2016	46	18
2017	43	18
2018	41	18
2019	43	18
2020	43	22
2021	94	31
2022	48	20
2023	44	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 0.65% in the United States. 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 States
1960	13.4%	3.01%
1961	12.9%	2.95%
1962	12.3%	2.89%
1963	11.6%	2.83%
1964	11%	2.77%
1965	10.3%	2.71%
1966	9.62%	2.64%
1967	8.96%	2.57%
1968	8.32%	2.49%
1969	7.7%	2.41%
1970	7.1%	2.32%
1971	6.54%	2.24%
1972	6.02%	2.15%
1973	5.53%	2.06%
1974	5.08%	1.97%
1975	4.67%	1.88%
1976	4.3%	1.79%
1977	3.97%	1.71%
1978	3.68%	1.63%
1979	3.42%	1.56%
1980	3.2%	1.5%
1981	3%	1.44%
1982	2.83%	1.39%
1983	2.68%	1.34%
1984	2.55%	1.3%
1985	2.44%	1.27%
1986	2.35%	1.24%
1987	2.27%	1.21%
1988	2.2%	1.19%
1989	2.14%	1.16%
1990	2.09%	1.12%
1991	2.05%	1.09%
1992	2.01%	1.05%
1993	1.98%	1.01%
1994	1.95%	0.98%
1995	1.92%	0.95%
1996	1.9%	0.92%
1997	1.88%	0.89%
1998	1.87%	0.87%
1999	1.86%	0.86%
2000	1.85%	0.84%
2001	1.84%	0.83%
2002	1.83%	0.82%
2003	1.83%	0.81%
2004	1.83%	0.81%
2005	1.83%	0.8%
2006	1.82%	0.79%
2007	1.82%	0.77%
2008	1.82%	0.76%
2009	1.81%	0.75%
2010	1.8%	0.73%
2011	1.79%	0.72%
2012	1.78%	0.7%
2013	1.77%	0.69%
2014	1.75%	0.68%
2015	1.74%	0.68%
2016	1.72%	0.67%
2017	1.7%	0.66%
2018	1.67%	0.65%
2019	1.65%	0.65%
2020	1.63%	0.65%
2021	1.6%	0.65%
2022	1.58%	0.65%
2023	1.55%	0.65%