Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Somalia

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Somalia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saint Vincent was 1.78 children per woman in 2023, compared to 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Vincent vs Somalia 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 Vincent	Somalia
1960	7.25	7.25
1961	7.16	7.25
1962	7.03	7.26
1963	6.92	7.26
1964	6.83	7.26
1965	6.74	7.26
1966	6.64	7.26
1967	6.53	7.25
1968	6.42	7.23
1969	6.28	7.21
1970	6.12	7.18
1971	5.95	7.15
1972	5.77	7.12
1973	5.59	7.09
1974	5.38	7.06
1975	5.17	7.03
1976	4.95	7.02
1977	4.75	7
1978	4.55	7.13
1979	4.29	7.16
1980	3.92	7.18
1981	3.85	7.23
1982	3.74	7.25
1983	3.56	7.28
1984	3.28	7.3
1985	3.08	7.33
1986	2.92	7.35
1987	2.82	7.37
1988	2.75	7.4
1989	2.73	7.42
1990	2.73	7.44
1991	2.75	7.47
1992	2.76	7.5
1993	2.74	7.53
1994	2.68	7.54
1995	2.61	7.58
1996	2.53	7.62
1997	2.43	7.66
1998	2.35	7.66
1999	2.31	7.66
2000	2.31	7.65
2001	2.3	7.64
2002	2.22	7.63
2003	2.14	7.6
2004	2.09	7.57
2005	2.07	7.53
2006	2.03	7.49
2007	2.06	7.46
2008	2.15	7.42
2009	2.17	7.38
2010	2.14	7.32
2011	2.08	7.27
2012	2.11	7.21
2013	2.11	7.14
2014	2.14	7.06
2015	2.13	6.98
2016	2.06	6.88
2017	1.94	6.77
2018	1.9	6.66
2019	1.86	6.56
2020	1.83	6.45
2021	1.81	6.35
2022	1.79	6.26
2023	1.78	6.13
2024	1.76	6.01
2025	1.75	5.91
2026	1.73	5.8
2027	1.72	5.68
2028	1.71	5.58
2029	1.71	5.47
2030	1.7	5.35
2031	1.7	5.25
2032	1.69	5.14
2033	1.69	5.04
2034	1.68	4.94
2035	1.68	4.84
2036	1.68	4.74
2037	1.68	4.63
2038	1.67	4.52
2039	1.67	4.44
2040	1.67	4.35
2041	1.67	4.26
2042	1.67	4.16
2043	1.67	4.07
2044	1.66	3.99
2045	1.66	3.91
2046	1.66	3.84
2047	1.66	3.78
2048	1.66	3.71
2049	1.66	3.65
2050	1.66	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Somalia
1960	49%	44.4%
1961	48.8%	44.7%
1962	48.6%	44.8%
1963	48.2%	45%
1964	47.7%	45.1%
1965	47.4%	45.1%
1966	47.1%	44.9%
1967	46.8%	44.8%
1968	46.6%	44.7%
1969	46.4%	44.6%
1970	46.2%	44.5%
1971	46%	44.5%
1972	45.8%	44.4%
1973	45.7%	44.4%
1974	45.5%	44.4%
1975	45.3%	44.3%
1976	45%	44.3%
1977	44.7%	44.3%
1978	44.4%	44.4%
1979	44.1%	44.5%
1980	43.5%	44.6%
1981	42.6%	44.8%
1982	41.7%	45%
1983	41%	45.2%
1984	40.4%	45.4%
1985	39.9%	45.6%
1986	39.4%	45.8%
1987	38.9%	46%
1988	38.4%	46.3%
1989	38%	46.7%
1990	37.5%	47%
1991	36.8%	47%
1992	36%	46.5%
1993	35.1%	46.4%
1994	34.4%	46.5%
1995	33.7%	46.7%
1996	33.1%	46.9%
1997	32.5%	47%
1998	32%	47.1%
1999	31.6%	47.2%
2000	31.4%	47.4%
2001	31%	47.5%
2002	30.3%	47.6%
2003	29.7%	47.7%
2004	29%	47.9%
2005	28.4%	48.2%
2006	27.8%	48.6%
2007	27.2%	48.9%
2008	26.7%	48.9%
2009	26.1%	48.8%
2010	25.7%	48.7%
2011	25.2%	48.3%
2012	24.8%	47.9%
2013	24.4%	47.8%
2014	24%	47.7%
2015	23.7%	47.6%
2016	23.4%	47.5%
2017	23%	47.4%
2018	22.7%	47.3%
2019	22.5%	47.1%
2020	22.2%	47%
2021	22.1%	47%
2022	21.9%	46.8%
2023	21.6%	46.7%
2024	21.3%	46.6%
2025	20.9%	46.6%
2026	20.4%	46.5%
2027	20%	46.4%
2028	19.5%	46.1%
2029	19%	45.8%
2030	18.6%	45.4%
2031	18.1%	45.1%
2032	17.8%	44.7%
2033	17.5%	44.3%
2034	17.3%	43.9%
2035	17.1%	43.5%
2036	17%	43.1%
2037	16.9%	42.6%
2038	16.9%	42.1%
2039	16.9%	41.7%
2040	16.9%	41.2%
2041	16.9%	40.8%
2042	16.9%	40.3%
2043	16.9%	39.9%
2044	17%	39.4%
2045	17%	39%
2046	17%	38.6%
2047	17%	38.2%
2048	16.9%	37.8%
2049	16.9%	37.4%
2050	16.9%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent and +3.34% in Somalia. 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 Vincent	Somalia
1960	3,029	73,850
1961	3,059	75,513
1962	3,073	77,737
1963	3,086	79,859
1964	3,130	82,042
1965	3,165	84,448
1966	3,194	86,930
1967	3,212	89,497
1968	3,218	92,208
1969	3,200	95,045
1970	3,161	98,025
1971	3,102	101,196
1972	3,033	104,493
1973	2,952	108,038
1974	2,863	104,813
1975	2,775	108,998
1976	2,694	113,319
1977	2,622	124,818
1978	2,581	132,689
1979	2,575	151,016
1980	2,362	174,790
1981	2,429	185,211
1982	2,477	182,793
1983	2,411	190,775
1984	2,248	199,017
1985	2,128	207,960
1986	2,020	218,416
1987	1,937	231,580
1988	1,876	215,599
1989	1,843	225,255
1990	1,825	225,162
1991	1,821	53,052
1992	1,849	57,495
1993	1,832	232,960
1994	1,786	246,950
1995	1,715	254,509
1996	1,610	264,807
1997	1,496	271,894
1998	1,379	284,779
1999	1,315	295,523
2000	1,279	306,651
2001	1,231	319,059
2002	1,166	331,215
2003	1,063	341,192
2004	992	351,959
2005	949	363,117
2006	881	372,597
2007	867	380,303
2008	904	394,258
2009	881	405,784
2010	796	385,571
2011	676	203,213
2012	637	399,468
2013	580	448,518
2014	580	464,481
2015	542	481,573
2016	443	495,132
2017	340	478,556
2018	271	514,244
2019	206	548,756
2020	-10	561,311
2021	-9	566,399
2022	96	551,450
2023	66	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Somalia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 56 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saint Vincent, compared to 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Somalia
1985	77	1,465
1986	71	1,452
1987	69	1,393
1988	67	1,423
1989	70	1,395
1990	72	1,358
1991	71	1,431
1992	89	1,339
1993	76	1,195
1994	78	1,254
1995	80	1,210
1996	79	1,225
1997	78	1,206
1998	77	1,177
1999	72	1,170
2000	68	1,150
2001	64	1,129
2002	62	1,121
2003	59	1,111
2004	56	1,104
2005	55	1,086
2006	54	1,085
2007	54	1,074
2008	56	1,035
2009	56	995
2010	59	1,062
2011	59	972
2012	61	894
2013	73	855
2014	64	816
2015	59	784
2016	52	754
2017	58	716
2018	56	727
2019	58	656
2020	57	655
2021	105	726
2022	56	622
2023	56	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent and 10.4% in Somalia. 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 Vincent	Somalia
1969	6.03%	-
1970	6.42%	-
1971	6.82%	-
1972	7.2%	-
1973	7.52%	-
1974	7.71%	-
1975	7.7%	-
1976	7.45%	-
1977	7.03%	-
1978	6.49%	-
1979	5.91%	-
1980	5.34%	-
1981	4.82%	-
1982	4.34%	20.1%
1983	3.91%	19.8%
1984	3.54%	19.5%
1985	3.22%	19.3%
1986	2.96%	19%
1987	2.75%	18.8%
1988	2.59%	18.6%
1989	2.47%	18.3%
1990	2.38%	18%
1991	2.31%	44.3%
1992	2.26%	45.6%
1993	2.24%	17.3%
1994	2.23%	17.2%
1995	2.23%	17.2%
1996	2.23%	17.2%
1997	2.24%	17.2%
1998	2.25%	17.2%
1999	2.25%	17.2%
2000	2.25%	17.2%
2001	2.25%	17.2%
2002	2.24%	17.2%
2003	2.25%	17.2%
2004	2.25%	17.2%
2005	2.26%	17.2%
2006	2.26%	17.2%
2007	2.25%	17%
2008	2.23%	16.6%
2009	2.19%	16.2%
2010	2.14%	18.6%
2011	2.06%	35.9%
2012	1.98%	18.4%
2013	1.88%	14.3%
2014	1.79%	13.8%
2015	1.69%	13.4%
2016	1.59%	13%
2017	1.49%	15.5%
2018	1.39%	13.6%
2019	1.31%	11.8%
2020	1.23%	11.4%
2021	1.17%	11.1%
2022	1.11%	14.3%
2023	1.06%	10.4%