Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Yemen

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.77	7.99
1961	6.84	8
1962	6.82	8.01
1963	6.72	8.03
1964	6.76	8.07
1965	6.69	8.1
1966	6.61	8.14
1967	6.51	8.17
1968	6.39	8.19
1969	6.25	8.22
1970	6.1	8.23
1971	5.95	8.26
1972	5.81	8.27
1973	5.69	8.29
1974	5.57	8.33
1975	5.36	8.37
1976	5.16	8.42
1977	4.97	8.47
1978	4.83	8.5
1979	4.58	8.67
1980	4.41	8.71
1981	4.28	8.75
1982	4.17	8.79
1983	4.08	8.83
1984	4.02	8.85
1985	3.97	8.86
1986	3.8	8.86
1987	3.61	8.83
1988	3.44	8.79
1989	3.31	8.71
1990	3.24	8.61
1991	3.19	8.46
1992	3.11	8.27
1993	3	8.05
1994	3.03	7.8
1995	3.03	7.53
1996	2.71	7
1997	2.74	6.82
1998	2.4	6.64
1999	2.5	6.49
2000	2.21	6.32
2001	2.13	6.14
2002	2.03	5.97
2003	1.94	5.84
2004	1.86	5.71
2005	1.81	5.56
2006	1.77	5.41
2007	1.7	5.26
2008	1.7	5.11
2009	1.74	5
2010	1.67	4.81
2011	1.5	4.63
2012	1.5	4.63
2013	1.5	4.62
2014	1.49	4.62
2015	1.47	4.62
2016	1.46	4.61
2017	1.45	4.61
2018	1.44	4.61
2019	1.42	4.6
2020	1.41	4.6
2021	1.4	4.6
2022	1.39	4.59
2023	1.38	4.59
2024	1.38	4.5
2025	1.38	4.41
2026	1.37	4.33
2027	1.37	4.23
2028	1.36	4.14
2029	1.36	4.06
2030	1.37	3.97
2031	1.37	3.87
2032	1.37	3.8
2033	1.37	3.73
2034	1.37	3.66
2035	1.38	3.59
2036	1.38	3.51
2037	1.38	3.44
2038	1.38	3.38
2039	1.38	3.32
2040	1.39	3.26
2041	1.39	3.21
2042	1.4	3.16
2043	1.4	3.12
2044	1.4	3.07
2045	1.41	3.02
2046	1.41	2.97
2047	1.41	2.93
2048	1.41	2.89
2049	1.42	2.85
2050	1.42	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Yemen
1960	47.1%	40.3%
1961	48.1%	40.4%
1962	48.9%	40.4%
1963	49.6%	40.6%
1964	50.1%	40.9%
1965	50.5%	41.3%
1966	50.4%	41.8%
1967	50%	42.3%
1968	49.8%	42.8%
1969	50%	43.3%
1970	50.2%	43.8%
1971	50.4%	44.3%
1972	50.4%	44.8%
1973	50.2%	45.3%
1974	49.9%	45.7%
1975	49.5%	46.2%
1976	48.9%	46.6%
1977	47.9%	47%
1978	46.6%	47.5%
1979	45.5%	47.9%
1980	44.8%	48.3%
1981	44.3%	48.7%
1982	43.9%	49.1%
1983	43.5%	49.4%
1984	43.3%	49.7%
1985	43.1%	50%
1986	42.8%	50.3%
1987	42.6%	50.5%
1988	41.7%	50.7%
1989	40.2%	50.9%
1990	38.9%	51.1%
1991	38.1%	51.2%
1992	37.7%	51.2%
1993	37.3%	51.2%
1994	37%	51.1%
1995	36.7%	50.9%
1996	36.2%	50.6%
1997	35.7%	50.3%
1998	34.7%	49.9%
1999	33.5%	49.5%
2000	32.4%	49%
2001	31.4%	48.6%
2002	30.7%	48.1%
2003	30%	47.6%
2004	29.2%	47.1%
2005	28.4%	46.5%
2006	27.6%	45.9%
2007	26.8%	45.3%
2008	25.9%	44.7%
2009	25.1%	44.1%
2010	24.3%	43.5%
2011	23.5%	43%
2012	22.7%	42.7%
2013	22.1%	42.3%
2014	21.5%	42.1%
2015	20.9%	41.8%
2016	20.3%	41.7%
2017	19.9%	41.6%
2018	19.5%	41.5%
2019	19.1%	41.4%
2020	18.7%	41.4%
2021	18.5%	41.4%
2022	18.2%	41.3%
2023	17.9%	41.2%
2024	17.5%	41.1%
2025	17.2%	41%
2026	17.1%	40.9%
2027	16.9%	40.8%
2028	16.8%	40.6%
2029	16.6%	40.3%
2030	16.5%	40%
2031	16.3%	39.6%
2032	16.1%	39.2%
2033	15.9%	38.7%
2034	15.7%	38.2%
2035	15.6%	37.7%
2036	15.4%	37.1%
2037	15.2%	36.5%
2038	15%	36%
2039	14.8%	35.4%
2040	14.6%	34.8%
2041	14.4%	34.3%
2042	14.2%	33.8%
2043	14.1%	33.4%
2044	13.9%	33%
2045	13.7%	32.6%
2046	13.6%	32.3%
2047	13.4%	32%
2048	13.3%	31.7%
2049	13.1%	31.4%
2050	13%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	3,202	122,994
1961	3,173	129,787
1962	3,124	131,262
1963	3,048	133,781
1964	3,074	147,299
1965	3,042	155,398
1966	3,028	164,091
1967	3,113	173,637
1968	3,154	182,518
1969	3,143	196,305
1970	3,093	207,613
1971	3,046	219,095
1972	3,028	229,322
1973	3,033	240,235
1974	3,106	252,737
1975	3,126	266,815
1976	3,166	281,078
1977	3,240	296,115
1978	3,340	312,439
1979	3,301	336,378
1980	3,275	355,767
1981	3,306	374,482
1982	3,360	392,302
1983	3,443	414,823
1984	3,526	434,674
1985	3,591	455,576
1986	3,496	464,665
1987	3,351	493,337
1988	3,229	513,296
1989	3,146	530,464
1990	3,061	549,654
1991	3,009	565,837
1992	2,981	582,072
1993	2,899	595,459
1994	2,976	602,363
1995	3,019	607,966
1996	2,649	588,786
1997	2,709	604,443
1998	2,294	615,488
1999	2,389	633,166
2000	1,967	646,694
2001	1,860	658,704
2002	1,774	672,494
2003	1,694	694,457
2004	1,615	710,493
2005	1,553	726,708
2006	1,511	750,082
2007	1,422	764,780
2008	1,369	779,123
2009	1,349	798,911
2010	1,176	803,246
2011	934	806,359
2012	916	845,645
2013	892	884,929
2014	852	920,330
2015	841	939,922
2016	767	975,697
2017	724	1,006,725
2018	694	1,020,238
2019	609	1,056,432
2020	562	1,086,322
2021	-15	1,103,622
2022	530	1,153,375
2023	475	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Yemen
1985	56	430
1986	57	430
1987	69	400
1988	71	388
1989	66	371
1990	72	359
1991	71	341
1992	58	330
1993	58	319
1994	60	311
1995	60	296
1996	72	282
1997	89	271
1998	89	260
1999	88	250
2000	83	241
2001	70	231
2002	62	218
2003	56	205
2004	54	194
2005	55	181
2006	53	171
2007	55	161
2008	55	153
2009	51	149
2010	56	144
2011	56	140
2012	55	137
2013	53	135
2014	49	134
2015	46	135
2016	46	134
2017	43	142
2018	41	134
2019	43	131
2020	43	135
2021	94	156
2022	48	125
2023	44	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	13.4%	42.9%
1961	12.9%	42.2%
1962	12.3%	41.5%
1963	11.6%	40.8%
1964	11%	40%
1965	10.3%	39%
1966	9.62%	38%
1967	8.96%	36.8%
1968	8.32%	35.6%
1969	7.7%	34.3%
1970	7.1%	33%
1971	6.54%	31.8%
1972	6.02%	30.6%
1973	5.53%	29.5%
1974	5.08%	28.4%
1975	4.67%	27.2%
1976	4.3%	26%
1977	3.97%	24.7%
1978	3.68%	23.4%
1979	3.42%	22.1%
1980	3.2%	20.8%
1981	3%	19.6%
1982	2.83%	18.4%
1983	2.68%	17.2%
1984	2.55%	16.2%
1985	2.44%	15.3%
1986	2.35%	14.6%
1987	2.27%	14%
1988	2.2%	13.4%
1989	2.14%	12.9%
1990	2.09%	12.5%
1991	2.05%	12.1%
1992	2.01%	11.8%
1993	1.98%	11.6%
1994	1.95%	11.3%
1995	1.92%	11.1%
1996	1.9%	10.8%
1997	1.88%	10.5%
1998	1.87%	10.2%
1999	1.86%	9.77%
2000	1.85%	9.32%
2001	1.84%	8.84%
2002	1.83%	8.36%
2003	1.83%	7.9%
2004	1.83%	7.47%
2005	1.83%	7.06%
2006	1.82%	6.68%
2007	1.82%	6.33%
2008	1.82%	6.02%
2009	1.81%	5.74%
2010	1.8%	5.49%
2011	1.79%	5.3%
2012	1.78%	5.14%
2013	1.77%	4.95%
2014	1.75%	4.84%
2015	1.74%	4.9%
2016	1.72%	4.77%
2017	1.7%	4.66%
2018	1.67%	4.7%
2019	1.65%	4.59%
2020	1.63%	4.32%
2021	1.6%	4.24%
2022	1.58%	4.08%
2023	1.55%	3.93%