Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.77	6.38
1961	6.84	6.3
1962	6.82	6.23
1963	6.72	6.16
1964	6.76	6.07
1965	6.69	5.98
1966	6.61	5.87
1967	6.51	5.75
1968	6.39	5.61
1969	6.25	5.47
1970	6.1	5.32
1971	5.95	5.17
1972	5.81	5.04
1973	5.69	4.91
1974	5.57	4.79
1975	5.36	4.69
1976	5.16	4.59
1977	4.97	4.49
1978	4.83	4.4
1979	4.58	4.3
1980	4.41	4.2
1981	4.28	4.1
1982	4.17	4.01
1983	4.08	3.93
1984	4.02	3.86
1985	3.97	3.79
1986	3.8	3.73
1987	3.61	3.67
1988	3.44	3.6
1989	3.31	3.52
1990	3.24	3.45
1991	3.19	3.37
1992	3.11	3.29
1993	3	3.22
1994	3.03	3.15
1995	3.03	3.08
1996	2.71	3.02
1997	2.74	2.97
1998	2.4	2.91
1999	2.5	2.86
2000	2.21	2.79
2001	2.13	2.78
2002	2.03	2.74
2003	1.94	2.7
2004	1.86	2.64
2005	1.81	2.63
2006	1.77	2.6
2007	1.7	2.52
2008	1.7	2.48
2009	1.74	2.42
2010	1.67	2.4
2011	1.5	2.4
2012	1.5	2.38
2013	1.5	2.33
2014	1.49	2.3
2015	1.47	2.25
2016	1.46	2.22
2017	1.45	2.18
2018	1.44	2.15
2019	1.42	2.13
2020	1.41	2.12
2021	1.4	2.11
2022	1.39	2.09
2023	1.38	2.08
2024	1.38	2.08
2025	1.38	2.06
2026	1.37	2.04
2027	1.37	2.03
2028	1.36	2.01
2029	1.36	2
2030	1.37	1.99
2031	1.37	1.98
2032	1.37	1.97
2033	1.37	1.96
2034	1.37	1.95
2035	1.38	1.94
2036	1.38	1.93
2037	1.38	1.92
2038	1.38	1.91
2039	1.38	1.91
2040	1.39	1.9
2041	1.39	1.89
2042	1.4	1.88
2043	1.4	1.87
2044	1.4	1.86
2045	1.41	1.86
2046	1.41	1.85
2047	1.41	1.84
2048	1.41	1.84
2049	1.42	1.83
2050	1.42	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Venezuela
1960	47.1%	46.8%
1961	48.1%	46.9%
1962	48.9%	47%
1963	49.6%	47%
1964	50.1%	47%
1965	50.5%	46.9%
1966	50.4%	46.8%
1967	50%	46.6%
1968	49.8%	46.3%
1969	50%	46%
1970	50.2%	45.6%
1971	50.4%	45.2%
1972	50.4%	44.7%
1973	50.2%	44.3%
1974	49.9%	43.8%
1975	49.5%	43.3%
1976	48.9%	42.9%
1977	47.9%	42.5%
1978	46.6%	42.1%
1979	45.5%	41.7%
1980	44.8%	41.3%
1981	44.3%	41%
1982	43.9%	40.6%
1983	43.5%	40.3%
1984	43.3%	39.9%
1985	43.1%	39.6%
1986	42.8%	39.3%
1987	42.6%	39%
1988	41.7%	38.7%
1989	40.2%	38.4%
1990	38.9%	38.1%
1991	38.1%	37.8%
1992	37.7%	37.4%
1993	37.3%	37%
1994	37%	36.6%
1995	36.7%	36.2%
1996	36.2%	35.8%
1997	35.7%	35.3%
1998	34.7%	34.9%
1999	33.5%	34.5%
2000	32.4%	34%
2001	31.4%	33.6%
2002	30.7%	33.1%
2003	30%	32.7%
2004	29.2%	32.2%
2005	28.4%	31.8%
2006	27.6%	31.4%
2007	26.8%	31%
2008	25.9%	30.6%
2009	25.1%	30.3%
2010	24.3%	29.9%
2011	23.5%	29.5%
2012	22.7%	29.2%
2013	22.1%	28.9%
2014	21.5%	28.5%
2015	20.9%	28.2%
2016	20.3%	27.9%
2017	19.9%	27.8%
2018	19.5%	27.9%
2019	19.1%	28%
2020	18.7%	27.8%
2021	18.5%	27.4%
2022	18.2%	26.8%
2023	17.9%	26.2%
2024	17.5%	25.5%
2025	17.2%	24.9%
2026	17.1%	24.3%
2027	16.9%	23.8%
2028	16.8%	23.2%
2029	16.6%	22.8%
2030	16.5%	22.4%
2031	16.3%	22%
2032	16.1%	21.7%
2033	15.9%	21.5%
2034	15.7%	21.4%
2035	15.6%	21.4%
2036	15.4%	21.4%
2037	15.2%	21.5%
2038	15%	21.5%
2039	14.8%	21.4%
2040	14.6%	21.4%
2041	14.4%	21.3%
2042	14.2%	21.2%
2043	14.1%	21.1%
2044	13.9%	20.9%
2045	13.7%	20.7%
2046	13.6%	20.5%
2047	13.4%	20.3%
2048	13.3%	20%
2049	13.1%	19.8%
2050	13%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	3,202	285,105
1961	3,173	292,109
1962	3,124	299,345
1963	3,048	307,279
1964	3,074	314,397
1965	3,042	321,695
1966	3,028	329,697
1967	3,113	335,813
1968	3,154	340,973
1969	3,143	343,596
1970	3,093	350,709
1971	3,046	355,212
1972	3,028	360,749
1973	3,033	367,612
1974	3,106	375,678
1975	3,126	385,045
1976	3,166	395,344
1977	3,240	405,315
1978	3,340	414,032
1979	3,301	421,256
1980	3,275	425,613
1981	3,306	432,059
1982	3,360	436,564
1983	3,443	443,569
1984	3,526	449,186
1985	3,591	455,517
1986	3,496	468,252
1987	3,351	474,204
1988	3,229	477,569
1989	3,146	478,053
1990	3,061	478,168
1991	3,009	477,917
1992	2,981	474,824
1993	2,899	473,189
1994	2,976	469,178
1995	3,019	469,267
1996	2,649	468,653
1997	2,709	472,002
1998	2,294	469,123
1999	2,389	463,787
2000	1,967	459,802
2001	1,860	451,487
2002	1,774	466,821
2003	1,694	456,902
2004	1,615	455,881
2005	1,553	463,260
2006	1,511	460,152
2007	1,422	452,482
2008	1,369	435,870
2009	1,349	427,257
2010	1,176	425,397
2011	934	425,958
2012	916	420,758
2013	892	408,930
2014	852	395,088
2015	841	384,560
2016	767	359,651
2017	724	340,222
2018	694	317,302
2019	609	274,826
2020	562	237,223
2021	-15	207,746
2022	530	216,619
2023	475	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Venezuela
1985	56	83
1986	57	81
1987	69	81
1988	71	80
1989	66	80
1990	72	83
1991	71	80
1992	58	82
1993	58	82
1994	60	84
1995	60	84
1996	72	86
1997	89	82
1998	89	82
1999	88	88
2000	83	86
2001	70	101
2002	62	87
2003	56	97
2004	54	94
2005	55	93
2006	53	96
2007	55	92
2008	55	103
2009	51	109
2010	56	110
2011	56	104
2012	55	113
2013	53	123
2014	49	133
2015	46	136
2016	46	162
2017	43	195
2018	41	205
2019	43	202
2020	43	207
2021	94	251
2022	48	219
2023	44	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	13.4%	7.97%
1961	12.9%	7.72%
1962	12.3%	7.49%
1963	11.6%	7.3%
1964	11%	7.14%
1965	10.3%	7%
1966	9.62%	6.87%
1967	8.96%	6.75%
1968	8.32%	6.61%
1969	7.7%	6.47%
1970	7.1%	6.3%
1971	6.54%	6.12%
1972	6.02%	5.94%
1973	5.53%	5.75%
1974	5.08%	5.57%
1975	4.67%	5.38%
1976	4.3%	5.2%
1977	3.97%	5.01%
1978	3.68%	4.82%
1979	3.42%	4.62%
1980	3.2%	4.42%
1981	3%	4.24%
1982	2.83%	4.07%
1983	2.68%	3.91%
1984	2.55%	3.77%
1985	2.44%	3.64%
1986	2.35%	3.5%
1987	2.27%	3.37%
1988	2.2%	3.23%
1989	2.14%	3.09%
1990	2.09%	2.96%
1991	2.05%	2.86%
1992	2.01%	2.78%
1993	1.98%	2.73%
1994	1.95%	2.68%
1995	1.92%	2.63%
1996	1.9%	2.55%
1997	1.88%	2.45%
1998	1.87%	2.34%
1999	1.86%	2.24%
2000	1.85%	2.15%
2001	1.84%	2.09%
2002	1.83%	2.03%
2003	1.83%	1.98%
2004	1.83%	1.91%
2005	1.83%	1.85%
2006	1.82%	1.79%
2007	1.82%	1.74%
2008	1.82%	1.72%
2009	1.81%	1.71%
2010	1.8%	1.72%
2011	1.79%	1.73%
2012	1.78%	1.76%
2013	1.77%	1.79%
2014	1.75%	1.83%
2015	1.74%	1.92%
2016	1.72%	2.43%
2017	1.7%	2.43%
2018	1.67%	2.43%
2019	1.65%	2.43%
2020	1.63%	2.43%
2021	1.6%	2.43%
2022	1.58%	2.43%
2023	1.55%	2.43%