Fertility & birth rates in Saint Lucia and Zambia

Fertility rate in Saint Lucia vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Lucia vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	6.77	6.95
1961	6.84	6.98
1962	6.82	7.01
1963	6.72	7.06
1964	6.76	7.09
1965	6.69	7.12
1966	6.61	7.14
1967	6.51	7.15
1968	6.39	7.18
1969	6.25	7.18
1970	6.1	7.22
1971	5.95	7.26
1972	5.81	7.3
1973	5.69	7.34
1974	5.57	7.36
1975	5.36	7.42
1976	5.16	7.39
1977	4.97	7.35
1978	4.83	7.29
1979	4.58	7.22
1980	4.41	7.14
1981	4.28	7.07
1982	4.17	7.04
1983	4.08	7.01
1984	4.02	6.97
1985	3.97	6.93
1986	3.8	6.87
1987	3.61	6.8
1988	3.44	6.7
1989	3.31	6.64
1990	3.24	6.57
1991	3.19	6.46
1992	3.11	6.35
1993	3	6.3
1994	3.03	6.26
1995	3.03	6.23
1996	2.71	6.18
1997	2.74	6.12
1998	2.4	6.07
1999	2.5	6
2000	2.21	5.92
2001	2.13	5.85
2002	2.03	5.77
2003	1.94	5.71
2004	1.86	5.7
2005	1.81	5.7
2006	1.77	5.68
2007	1.7	5.61
2008	1.7	5.53
2009	1.74	5.45
2010	1.67	5.36
2011	1.5	5.26
2012	1.5	5.14
2013	1.5	5.01
2014	1.49	4.89
2015	1.47	4.78
2016	1.46	4.67
2017	1.45	4.57
2018	1.44	4.49
2019	1.42	4.42
2020	1.41	4.32
2021	1.4	4.25
2022	1.39	4.18
2023	1.38	4.1
2024	1.38	4.04
2025	1.38	3.97
2026	1.37	3.91
2027	1.37	3.85
2028	1.36	3.77
2029	1.36	3.72
2030	1.37	3.67
2031	1.37	3.61
2032	1.37	3.56
2033	1.37	3.5
2034	1.37	3.45
2035	1.38	3.4
2036	1.38	3.35
2037	1.38	3.3
2038	1.38	3.25
2039	1.38	3.19
2040	1.39	3.15
2041	1.39	3.11
2042	1.4	3.07
2043	1.4	3.03
2044	1.4	3
2045	1.41	2.96
2046	1.41	2.93
2047	1.41	2.9
2048	1.41	2.87
2049	1.42	2.84
2050	1.42	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	Zambia
1960	47.1%	46%
1961	48.1%	46.2%
1962	48.9%	46.3%
1963	49.6%	46.5%
1964	50.1%	46.7%
1965	50.5%	46.9%
1966	50.4%	46.9%
1967	50%	47%
1968	49.8%	47.1%
1969	50%	47.2%
1970	50.2%	47.4%
1971	50.4%	47.7%
1972	50.4%	48%
1973	50.2%	48.3%
1974	49.9%	48.6%
1975	49.5%	48.8%
1976	48.9%	49.1%
1977	47.9%	49.2%
1978	46.6%	49.4%
1979	45.5%	49.5%
1980	44.8%	49.5%
1981	44.3%	49.4%
1982	43.9%	49.3%
1983	43.5%	49.1%
1984	43.3%	49%
1985	43.1%	48.9%
1986	42.8%	48.8%
1987	42.6%	48.7%
1988	41.7%	48.6%
1989	40.2%	48.5%
1990	38.9%	48.4%
1991	38.1%	48.3%
1992	37.7%	48.2%
1993	37.3%	48.2%
1994	37%	48.2%
1995	36.7%	48.2%
1996	36.2%	48.2%
1997	35.7%	48.2%
1998	34.7%	48.2%
1999	33.5%	48.1%
2000	32.4%	48%
2001	31.4%	47.8%
2002	30.7%	47.6%
2003	30%	47.4%
2004	29.2%	47.3%
2005	28.4%	47.1%
2006	27.6%	47%
2007	26.8%	46.8%
2008	25.9%	46.6%
2009	25.1%	46.4%
2010	24.3%	46.3%
2011	23.5%	46.1%
2012	22.7%	45.9%
2013	22.1%	45.7%
2014	21.5%	45.5%
2015	20.9%	45.2%
2016	20.3%	44.9%
2017	19.9%	44.5%
2018	19.5%	44.1%
2019	19.1%	43.8%
2020	18.7%	43.3%
2021	18.5%	42.9%
2022	18.2%	42.4%
2023	17.9%	42%
2024	17.5%	41.5%
2025	17.2%	41%
2026	17.1%	40.5%
2027	16.9%	40%
2028	16.8%	39.6%
2029	16.6%	39.2%
2030	16.5%	38.8%
2031	16.3%	38.5%
2032	16.1%	38.1%
2033	15.9%	37.8%
2034	15.7%	37.5%
2035	15.6%	37.1%
2036	15.4%	36.8%
2037	15.2%	36.5%
2038	15%	36.1%
2039	14.8%	35.8%
2040	14.6%	35.4%
2041	14.4%	35.1%
2042	14.2%	34.7%
2043	14.1%	34.4%
2044	13.9%	34%
2045	13.7%	33.7%
2046	13.6%	33.3%
2047	13.4%	33%
2048	13.3%	32.6%
2049	13.1%	32.3%
2050	13%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.5% of the population in Saint Lucia and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 38.9% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Lucia and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Saint Lucia vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.34% in Saint Lucia and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	3,202	102,335
1961	3,173	106,318
1962	3,124	110,173
1963	3,048	114,555
1964	3,074	117,197
1965	3,042	122,814
1966	3,028	127,164
1967	3,113	131,938
1968	3,154	137,315
1969	3,143	142,660
1970	3,093	149,380
1971	3,046	155,249
1972	3,028	161,648
1973	3,033	168,258
1974	3,106	174,484
1975	3,126	182,258
1976	3,166	186,762
1977	3,240	191,557
1978	3,340	194,933
1979	3,301	197,578
1980	3,275	198,817
1981	3,306	202,822
1982	3,360	207,621
1983	3,443	212,712
1984	3,526	216,695
1985	3,591	221,351
1986	3,496	224,768
1987	3,351	227,813
1988	3,229	230,118
1989	3,146	233,429
1990	3,061	235,835
1991	3,009	237,957
1992	2,981	239,953
1993	2,899	245,917
1994	2,976	252,023
1995	3,019	257,897
1996	2,649	262,468
1997	2,709	268,198
1998	2,294	275,568
1999	2,389	283,297
2000	1,967	293,186
2001	1,860	302,682
2002	1,774	316,041
2003	1,694	331,189
2004	1,615	349,352
2005	1,553	368,756
2006	1,511	387,891
2007	1,422	403,729
2008	1,369	419,560
2009	1,349	434,458
2010	1,176	448,337
2011	934	459,743
2012	916	469,406
2013	892	476,846
2014	852	483,663
2015	841	491,021
2016	767	497,521
2017	724	504,630
2018	694	515,644
2019	609	528,089
2020	562	536,484
2021	-15	535,629
2022	530	563,456
2023	475	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Lucia vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Lucia	Zambia
1985	56	596
1986	57	619
1987	69	630
1988	71	635
1989	66	635
1990	72	625
1991	71	611
1992	58	581
1993	58	532
1994	60	507
1995	60	466
1996	72	433
1997	89	403
1998	89	392
1999	88	378
2000	83	340
2001	70	306
2002	62	274
2003	56	250
2004	54	260
2005	55	264
2006	53	262
2007	55	324
2008	55	394
2009	51	406
2010	56	332
2011	56	291
2012	55	256
2013	53	213
2014	49	174
2015	46	154
2016	46	158
2017	43	141
2018	41	117
2019	43	103
2020	43	99
2021	94	140
2022	48	89
2023	44	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Saint Lucia and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	13.4%	20.5%
1961	12.9%	20.1%
1962	12.3%	19.8%
1963	11.6%	19.5%
1964	11%	19.2%
1965	10.3%	19%
1966	9.62%	18.9%
1967	8.96%	18.7%
1968	8.32%	18.5%
1969	7.7%	18.3%
1970	7.1%	17.9%
1971	6.54%	17.4%
1972	6.02%	16.9%
1973	5.53%	16.3%
1974	5.08%	15.9%
1975	4.67%	15.5%
1976	4.3%	15.4%
1977	3.97%	15.3%
1978	3.68%	15.3%
1979	3.42%	15.4%
1980	3.2%	15.5%
1981	3%	15.6%
1982	2.83%	15.7%
1983	2.68%	15.9%
1984	2.55%	16.2%
1985	2.44%	16.6%
1986	2.35%	17%
1987	2.27%	17.3%
1988	2.2%	17.7%
1989	2.14%	17.9%
1990	2.09%	18.1%
1991	2.05%	18.1%
1992	2.01%	18.1%
1993	1.98%	17.9%
1994	1.95%	17.7%
1995	1.92%	17.3%
1996	1.9%	17%
1997	1.88%	16.7%
1998	1.87%	16.3%
1999	1.86%	15.9%
2000	1.85%	15.3%
2001	1.84%	14.4%
2002	1.83%	13.4%
2003	1.83%	12.4%
2004	1.83%	11.4%
2005	1.83%	10.5%
2006	1.82%	9.71%
2007	1.82%	9.14%
2008	1.82%	8.62%
2009	1.81%	8%
2010	1.8%	7.57%
2011	1.79%	7.31%
2012	1.78%	7.04%
2013	1.77%	6.72%
2014	1.75%	6.38%
2015	1.74%	6.15%
2016	1.72%	5.9%
2017	1.7%	5.61%
2018	1.67%	5.52%
2019	1.65%	5.41%
2020	1.63%	5.24%
2021	1.6%	4.92%
2022	1.58%	4.67%
2023	1.55%	4.47%