Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	6.77	2.83
1961	6.84	2.85
1962	6.82	2.87
1963	6.72	2.88
1964	6.76	2.86
1965	6.69	2.84
1966	6.61	2.82
1967	6.51	2.78
1968	6.39	2.77
1969	6.25	2.77
1970	6.1	2.77
1971	5.95	2.77
1972	5.81	2.78
1973	5.69	2.86
1974	5.57	2.96
1975	5.36	3.02
1976	5.16	3.01
1977	4.97	2.9
1978	4.83	2.83
1979	4.58	2.71
1980	4.41	2.59
1981	4.28	2.53
1982	4.17	2.51
1983	4.08	2.49
1984	4.02	2.47
1985	3.97	2.47
1986	3.8	2.47
1987	3.61	2.49
1988	3.44	2.5
1989	3.31	2.5
1990	3.24	2.48
1991	3.19	2.45
1992	3.11	2.43
1993	3	2.41
1994	3.03	2.42
1995	3.03	2.4
1996	2.71	2.36
1997	2.74	2.33
1998	2.4	2.27
1999	2.5	2.25
2000	2.21	2.2
2001	2.13	2.16
2002	2.03	2.16
2003	1.94	2.12
2004	1.86	2.09
2005	1.81	2.1
2006	1.77	2.07
2007	1.7	2.05
2008	1.7	2.03
2009	1.74	2.02
2010	1.67	2.01
2011	1.5	1.99
2012	1.5	2.01
2013	1.5	2.03
2014	1.49	2.03
2015	1.47	2.04
2016	1.46	1.97
2017	1.45	1.82
2018	1.44	1.68
2019	1.42	1.57
2020	1.41	1.5
2021	1.4	1.45
2022	1.39	1.43
2023	1.38	1.41
2024	1.38	1.4
2025	1.38	1.39
2026	1.37	1.38
2027	1.37	1.38
2028	1.36	1.38
2029	1.36	1.38
2030	1.37	1.38
2031	1.37	1.39
2032	1.37	1.39
2033	1.37	1.39
2034	1.37	1.39
2035	1.38	1.4
2036	1.38	1.4
2037	1.38	1.4
2038	1.38	1.4
2039	1.38	1.41
2040	1.39	1.41
2041	1.39	1.41
2042	1.4	1.42
2043	1.4	1.42
2044	1.4	1.42
2045	1.41	1.42
2046	1.41	1.42
2047	1.41	1.43
2048	1.41	1.43
2049	1.42	1.43
2050	1.42	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Uruguay
1960	47.1%	27.6%
1961	48.1%	27.6%
1962	48.9%	27.7%
1963	49.6%	27.8%
1964	50.1%	27.9%
1965	50.5%	27.9%
1966	50.4%	28%
1967	50%	28%
1968	49.8%	27.9%
1969	50%	27.8%
1970	50.2%	27.8%
1971	50.4%	27.7%
1972	50.4%	27.5%
1973	50.2%	27.4%
1974	49.9%	27.4%
1975	49.5%	27.4%
1976	48.9%	27.4%
1977	47.9%	27.3%
1978	46.6%	27.3%
1979	45.5%	27.2%
1980	44.8%	27%
1981	44.3%	26.9%
1982	43.9%	26.7%
1983	43.5%	26.6%
1984	43.3%	26.5%
1985	43.1%	26.4%
1986	42.8%	26.2%
1987	42.6%	26.1%
1988	41.7%	26%
1989	40.2%	25.8%
1990	38.9%	25.6%
1991	38.1%	25.3%
1992	37.7%	25.1%
1993	37.3%	24.9%
1994	37%	24.7%
1995	36.7%	24.7%
1996	36.2%	24.6%
1997	35.7%	24.6%
1998	34.7%	24.5%
1999	33.5%	24.5%
2000	32.4%	24.4%
2001	31.4%	24.2%
2002	30.7%	24.1%
2003	30%	23.9%
2004	29.2%	23.7%
2005	28.4%	23.5%
2006	27.6%	23.3%
2007	26.8%	23.1%
2008	25.9%	22.8%
2009	25.1%	22.6%
2010	24.3%	22.3%
2011	23.5%	22%
2012	22.7%	21.7%
2013	22.1%	21.5%
2014	21.5%	21.3%
2015	20.9%	21.1%
2016	20.3%	21%
2017	19.9%	20.8%
2018	19.5%	20.5%
2019	19.1%	20.2%
2020	18.7%	19.8%
2021	18.5%	19.4%
2022	18.2%	19.1%
2023	17.9%	18.7%
2024	17.5%	18.3%
2025	17.2%	17.9%
2026	17.1%	17.5%
2027	16.9%	17.1%
2028	16.8%	16.7%
2029	16.6%	16.3%
2030	16.5%	15.8%
2031	16.3%	15.4%
2032	16.1%	15.1%
2033	15.9%	14.8%
2034	15.7%	14.7%
2035	15.6%	14.6%
2036	15.4%	14.5%
2037	15.2%	14.5%
2038	15%	14.4%
2039	14.8%	14.4%
2040	14.6%	14.3%
2041	14.4%	14.3%
2042	14.2%	14.3%
2043	14.1%	14.2%
2044	13.9%	14.1%
2045	13.7%	14.1%
2046	13.6%	14%
2047	13.4%	13.9%
2048	13.3%	13.8%
2049	13.1%	13.7%
2050	13%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	3,202	30,438
1961	3,173	30,975
1962	3,124	31,441
1963	3,048	31,824
1964	3,074	31,340
1965	3,042	30,807
1966	3,028	30,293
1967	3,113	29,514
1968	3,154	29,103
1969	3,143	28,805
1970	3,093	28,737
1971	3,046	28,584
1972	3,028	28,896
1973	3,033	30,213
1974	3,106	32,221
1975	3,126	33,393
1976	3,166	33,199
1977	3,240	31,321
1978	3,340	30,076
1979	3,301	27,456
1980	3,275	25,451
1981	3,306	24,968
1982	3,360	25,224
1983	3,443	24,146
1984	3,526	23,684
1985	3,591	23,988
1986	3,496	24,505
1987	3,351	24,469
1988	3,229	25,071
1989	3,146	25,322
1990	3,061	25,699
1991	3,009	25,422
1992	2,981	24,847
1993	2,899	24,212
1994	2,976	24,637
1995	3,019	24,872
1996	2,649	24,635
1997	2,709	23,737
1998	2,294	22,114
1999	2,389	21,844
2000	1,967	21,060
2001	1,860	20,729
2002	1,774	20,073
2003	1,694	18,628
2004	1,615	18,067
2005	1,553	18,926
2006	1,511	17,783
2007	1,422	17,422
2008	1,369	16,838
2009	1,349	16,947
2010	1,176	16,231
2011	934	14,934
2012	916	15,520
2013	892	16,318
2014	852	16,238
2015	841	16,194
2016	767	14,008
2017	724	10,907
2018	694	7,322
2019	609	3,873
2020	562	4,048
2021	-15	-5,621
2022	530	-2,964
2023	475	298

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Uruguay

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 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Uruguay
1985	56	41
1986	57	41
1987	69	41
1988	71	39
1989	66	36
1990	72	35
1991	71	33
1992	58	33
1993	58	31
1994	60	30
1995	60	29
1996	72	28
1997	89	27
1998	89	25
1999	88	24
2000	83	23
2001	70	24
2002	62	23
2003	56	23
2004	54	21
2005	55	20
2006	53	20
2007	55	19
2008	55	19
2009	51	18
2010	56	17
2011	56	17
2012	55	16
2013	53	16
2014	49	16
2015	46	16
2016	46	16
2017	43	16
2018	41	16
2019	43	16
2020	43	20
2021	94	49
2022	48	20
2023	44	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	13.4%	6.33%
1961	12.9%	6.21%
1962	12.3%	6.06%
1963	11.6%	5.93%
1964	11%	5.83%
1965	10.3%	5.77%
1966	9.62%	5.74%
1967	8.96%	5.7%
1968	8.32%	5.64%
1969	7.7%	5.53%
1970	7.1%	5.4%
1971	6.54%	5.33%
1972	6.02%	5.34%
1973	5.53%	5.39%
1974	5.08%	5.46%
1975	4.67%	5.49%
1976	4.3%	5.41%
1977	3.97%	5.18%
1978	3.68%	4.83%
1979	3.42%	4.41%
1980	3.2%	3.98%
1981	3%	3.6%
1982	2.83%	3.31%
1983	2.68%	3.1%
1984	2.55%	2.95%
1985	2.44%	2.84%
1986	2.35%	2.74%
1987	2.27%	2.62%
1988	2.2%	2.51%
1989	2.14%	2.42%
1990	2.09%	2.37%
1991	2.05%	2.32%
1992	2.01%	2.29%
1993	1.98%	2.25%
1994	1.95%	2.19%
1995	1.92%	2.12%
1996	1.9%	2.03%
1997	1.88%	1.93%
1998	1.87%	1.84%
1999	1.86%	1.76%
2000	1.85%	1.7%
2001	1.84%	1.66%
2002	1.83%	1.62%
2003	1.83%	1.58%
2004	1.83%	1.52%
2005	1.83%	1.44%
2006	1.82%	1.35%
2007	1.82%	1.27%
2008	1.82%	1.19%
2009	1.81%	1.13%
2010	1.8%	1.08%
2011	1.79%	1.04%
2012	1.78%	1%
2013	1.77%	0.97%
2014	1.75%	0.93%
2015	1.74%	0.89%
2016	1.72%	0.85%
2017	1.7%	0.81%
2018	1.67%	0.77%
2019	1.65%	0.74%
2020	1.63%	0.71%
2021	1.6%	0.7%
2022	1.58%	0.68%
2023	1.55%	0.67%