Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Spain

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Spain 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 1.12 in Spain in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Vincent vs Spain 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	Spain
1960	7.25	2.86
1961	7.16	2.77
1962	7.03	2.8
1963	6.92	2.88
1964	6.83	3.01
1965	6.74	2.94
1966	6.64	2.91
1967	6.53	2.94
1968	6.42	2.87
1969	6.28	2.86
1970	6.12	2.84
1971	5.95	2.9
1972	5.77	2.87
1973	5.59	2.84
1974	5.38	2.88
1975	5.17	2.77
1976	4.95	2.77
1977	4.75	2.65
1978	4.55	2.54
1979	4.29	2.37
1980	3.92	2.22
1981	3.85	2.04
1982	3.74	1.94
1983	3.56	1.8
1984	3.28	1.73
1985	3.08	1.64
1986	2.92	1.56
1987	2.82	1.49
1988	2.75	1.45
1989	2.73	1.4
1990	2.73	1.36
1991	2.75	1.33
1992	2.76	1.31
1993	2.74	1.26
1994	2.68	1.19
1995	2.61	1.16
1996	2.53	1.14
1997	2.43	1.15
1998	2.35	1.13
1999	2.31	1.17
2000	2.31	1.22
2001	2.3	1.23
2002	2.22	1.25
2003	2.14	1.3
2004	2.09	1.31
2005	2.07	1.33
2006	2.03	1.36
2007	2.06	1.38
2008	2.15	1.45
2009	2.17	1.38
2010	2.14	1.37
2011	2.08	1.34
2012	2.11	1.32
2013	2.11	1.27
2014	2.14	1.32
2015	2.13	1.33
2016	2.06	1.33
2017	1.94	1.31
2018	1.9	1.26
2019	1.86	1.23
2020	1.83	1.18
2021	1.81	1.18
2022	1.79	1.16
2023	1.78	1.12
2024	1.76	1.13
2025	1.75	1.14
2026	1.73	1.14
2027	1.72	1.15
2028	1.71	1.16
2029	1.71	1.16
2030	1.7	1.17
2031	1.7	1.17
2032	1.69	1.18
2033	1.69	1.18
2034	1.68	1.19
2035	1.68	1.19
2036	1.68	1.2
2037	1.68	1.2
2038	1.67	1.2
2039	1.67	1.21
2040	1.67	1.21
2041	1.67	1.22
2042	1.67	1.23
2043	1.67	1.23
2044	1.66	1.24
2045	1.66	1.24
2046	1.66	1.24
2047	1.66	1.25
2048	1.66	1.25
2049	1.66	1.25
2050	1.66	1.26

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Spain
1960	49%	27.4%
1961	48.8%	27.4%
1962	48.6%	27.4%
1963	48.2%	27.4%
1964	47.7%	27.4%
1965	47.4%	27.5%
1966	47.1%	27.6%
1967	46.8%	27.7%
1968	46.6%	27.8%
1969	46.4%	27.8%
1970	46.2%	27.9%
1971	46%	27.8%
1972	45.8%	27.8%
1973	45.7%	27.7%
1974	45.5%	27.5%
1975	45.3%	27.3%
1976	45%	27.2%
1977	44.7%	27%
1978	44.4%	26.8%
1979	44.1%	26.4%
1980	43.5%	26%
1981	42.6%	25.5%
1982	41.7%	24.9%
1983	41%	24.4%
1984	40.4%	23.8%
1985	39.9%	23.2%
1986	39.4%	22.5%
1987	38.9%	21.9%
1988	38.4%	21.2%
1989	38%	20.5%
1990	37.5%	19.8%
1991	36.8%	19.1%
1992	36%	18.4%
1993	35.1%	17.8%
1994	34.4%	17.2%
1995	33.7%	16.6%
1996	33.1%	16.1%
1997	32.5%	15.7%
1998	32%	15.3%
1999	31.6%	15%
2000	31.4%	14.8%
2001	31%	14.7%
2002	30.3%	14.6%
2003	29.7%	14.5%
2004	29%	14.5%
2005	28.4%	14.5%
2006	27.8%	14.5%
2007	27.2%	14.6%
2008	26.7%	14.7%
2009	26.1%	14.8%
2010	25.7%	14.9%
2011	25.2%	15%
2012	24.8%	15.1%
2013	24.4%	15.1%
2014	24%	15.1%
2015	23.7%	15%
2016	23.4%	14.9%
2017	23%	14.8%
2018	22.7%	14.7%
2019	22.5%	14.4%
2020	22.2%	14.2%
2021	22.1%	13.9%
2022	21.9%	13.6%
2023	21.6%	13.3%
2024	21.3%	12.9%
2025	20.9%	12.6%
2026	20.4%	12.3%
2027	20%	12.1%
2028	19.5%	11.8%
2029	19%	11.6%
2030	18.6%	11.4%
2031	18.1%	11.2%
2032	17.8%	11%
2033	17.5%	10.9%
2034	17.3%	10.8%
2035	17.1%	10.7%
2036	17%	10.7%
2037	16.9%	10.7%
2038	16.9%	10.8%
2039	16.9%	10.8%
2040	16.9%	10.8%
2041	16.9%	10.9%
2042	16.9%	11%
2043	16.9%	11%
2044	17%	11.1%
2045	17%	11.2%
2046	17%	11.3%
2047	17%	11.3%
2048	16.9%	11.4%
2049	16.9%	11.5%
2050	16.9%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 12.9% in Spain in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 19.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and Spain compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Spain by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent and -0.13% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	3,029	398,960
1961	3,059	396,537
1962	3,073	384,690
1963	3,086	394,338
1964	3,130	429,885
1965	3,165	405,819
1966	3,194	397,084
1967	3,212	402,001
1968	3,218	387,423
1969	3,200	367,851
1970	3,161	378,723
1971	3,102	369,625
1972	3,033	391,030
1973	2,952	374,381
1974	2,863	396,182
1975	2,775	371,882
1976	2,694	375,834
1977	2,622	361,465
1978	2,581	339,157
1979	2,575	312,407
1980	2,362	281,184
1981	2,429	237,879
1982	2,477	231,714
1983	2,411	183,223
1984	2,248	172,487
1985	2,128	146,184
1986	2,020	131,188
1987	1,937	116,054
1988	1,876	100,794
1989	1,843	81,538
1990	1,825	66,075
1991	1,821	58,450
1992	1,849	62,652
1993	1,832	47,234
1994	1,786	31,639
1995	1,715	15,889
1996	1,610	11,967
1997	1,496	20,028
1998	1,379	4,022
1999	1,315	8,077
2000	1,279	36,512
2001	1,231	44,936
2002	1,166	53,861
2003	1,063	54,844
2004	992	85,844
2005	949	78,576
2006	881	110,994
2007	867	108,545
2008	904	133,267
2009	881	106,635
2010	796	102,469
2011	676	84,137
2012	637	51,450
2013	580	37,284
2014	580	32,522
2015	542	-4,642
2016	443	0
2017	340	-32,600
2018	271	-56,139
2019	206	-56,542
2020	-10	-151,551
2021	-9	-113,865
2022	96	-133,801
2023	66	-111,201

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Spain

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 3 deaths in Spain.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Spain
1985	77	6
1986	71	7
1987	69	7
1988	67	7
1989	70	7
1990	72	6
1991	71	6
1992	89	6
1993	76	6
1994	78	6
1995	80	6
1996	79	6
1997	78	5
1998	77	5
1999	72	5
2000	68	5
2001	64	5
2002	62	5
2003	59	4
2004	56	5
2005	55	5
2006	54	4
2007	54	4
2008	56	4
2009	56	4
2010	59	4
2011	59	4
2012	61	4
2013	73	4
2014	64	4
2015	59	4
2016	52	3
2017	58	3
2018	56	3
2019	58	3
2020	57	4
2021	105	4
2022	56	4
2023	56	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent and 0.31% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	-	5.47%
1961	-	5.2%
1962	-	4.94%
1963	-	4.68%
1964	-	4.45%
1965	-	4.23%
1966	-	4.03%
1967	-	3.83%
1968	-	3.61%
1969	6.03%	3.39%
1970	6.42%	3.16%
1971	6.82%	2.94%
1972	7.2%	2.72%
1973	7.52%	2.52%
1974	7.71%	2.33%
1975	7.7%	2.17%
1976	7.45%	2.02%
1977	7.03%	1.87%
1978	6.49%	1.74%
1979	5.91%	1.61%
1980	5.34%	1.49%
1981	4.82%	1.38%
1982	4.34%	1.3%
1983	3.91%	1.23%
1984	3.54%	1.17%
1985	3.22%	1.11%
1986	2.96%	1.07%
1987	2.75%	1.03%
1988	2.59%	0.99%
1989	2.47%	0.95%
1990	2.38%	0.92%
1991	2.31%	0.88%
1992	2.26%	0.83%
1993	2.24%	0.79%
1994	2.23%	0.74%
1995	2.23%	0.69%
1996	2.23%	0.65%
1997	2.24%	0.61%
1998	2.25%	0.58%
1999	2.25%	0.56%
2000	2.25%	0.54%
2001	2.25%	0.53%
2002	2.24%	0.51%
2003	2.25%	0.5%
2004	2.25%	0.49%
2005	2.26%	0.47%
2006	2.26%	0.45%
2007	2.25%	0.44%
2008	2.23%	0.42%
2009	2.19%	0.4%
2010	2.14%	0.38%
2011	2.06%	0.37%
2012	1.98%	0.36%
2013	1.88%	0.35%
2014	1.79%	0.34%
2015	1.69%	0.33%
2016	1.59%	0.33%
2017	1.49%	0.32%
2018	1.39%	0.32%
2019	1.31%	0.32%
2020	1.23%	0.32%
2021	1.17%	0.31%
2022	1.11%	0.31%
2023	1.06%	0.31%