Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Suriname

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Vincent vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	7.25	6.59
1961	7.16	6.58
1962	7.03	6.57
1963	6.92	6.51
1964	6.83	6.43
1965	6.74	6.32
1966	6.64	6.2
1967	6.53	6.04
1968	6.42	5.86
1969	6.28	5.7
1970	6.12	5.53
1971	5.95	5.36
1972	5.77	5.18
1973	5.59	5.01
1974	5.38	4.81
1975	5.17	4.63
1976	4.95	4.45
1977	4.75	4.26
1978	4.55	4.08
1979	4.29	3.93
1980	3.92	3.79
1981	3.85	3.75
1982	3.74	3.82
1983	3.56	3.87
1984	3.28	3.8
1985	3.08	3.71
1986	2.92	3.61
1987	2.82	3.53
1988	2.75	3.46
1989	2.73	3.39
1990	2.73	3.23
1991	2.75	3.09
1992	2.76	3.01
1993	2.74	2.94
1994	2.68	2.9
1995	2.61	2.9
1996	2.53	2.92
1997	2.43	2.95
1998	2.35	2.99
1999	2.31	3.02
2000	2.31	3.05
2001	2.3	3.06
2002	2.22	2.96
2003	2.14	2.84
2004	2.09	2.74
2005	2.07	2.71
2006	2.03	2.73
2007	2.06	2.74
2008	2.15	2.73
2009	2.17	2.71
2010	2.14	2.69
2011	2.08	2.67
2012	2.11	2.67
2013	2.11	2.65
2014	2.14	2.62
2015	2.13	2.57
2016	2.06	2.5
2017	1.94	2.43
2018	1.9	2.38
2019	1.86	2.35
2020	1.83	2.31
2021	1.81	2.3
2022	1.79	2.27
2023	1.78	2.25
2024	1.76	2.23
2025	1.75	2.21
2026	1.73	2.19
2027	1.72	2.16
2028	1.71	2.14
2029	1.71	2.13
2030	1.7	2.11
2031	1.7	2.09
2032	1.69	2.08
2033	1.69	2.06
2034	1.68	2.05
2035	1.68	2.04
2036	1.68	2.02
2037	1.68	2.01
2038	1.67	2
2039	1.67	1.99
2040	1.67	1.98
2041	1.67	1.97
2042	1.67	1.96
2043	1.67	1.95
2044	1.66	1.94
2045	1.66	1.93
2046	1.66	1.92
2047	1.66	1.91
2048	1.66	1.9
2049	1.66	1.9
2050	1.66	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Suriname
1960	49%	44.5%
1961	48.8%	44.6%
1962	48.6%	45.1%
1963	48.2%	46.1%
1964	47.7%	46.8%
1965	47.4%	47.4%
1966	47.1%	48%
1967	46.8%	48.5%
1968	46.6%	48.8%
1969	46.4%	48.9%
1970	46.2%	48.8%
1971	46%	48.5%
1972	45.8%	47.8%
1973	45.7%	46.8%
1974	45.5%	46%
1975	45.3%	45.1%
1976	45%	44.3%
1977	44.7%	43.4%
1978	44.4%	42.6%
1979	44.1%	41.8%
1980	43.5%	41%
1981	42.6%	40.1%
1982	41.7%	39.5%
1983	41%	39%
1984	40.4%	38.6%
1985	39.9%	38.3%
1986	39.4%	38%
1987	38.9%	37.8%
1988	38.4%	37.7%
1989	38%	37.5%
1990	37.5%	37.4%
1991	36.8%	37.3%
1992	36%	37.2%
1993	35.1%	37.1%
1994	34.4%	37%
1995	33.7%	36.7%
1996	33.1%	36.1%
1997	32.5%	35.3%
1998	32%	34.5%
1999	31.6%	33.7%
2000	31.4%	33%
2001	31%	32.3%
2002	30.3%	31.8%
2003	29.7%	31.3%
2004	29%	31%
2005	28.4%	30.9%
2006	27.8%	30.8%
2007	27.2%	30.7%
2008	26.7%	30.6%
2009	26.1%	30.5%
2010	25.7%	30.3%
2011	25.2%	30%
2012	24.8%	29.8%
2013	24.4%	29.4%
2014	24%	29.1%
2015	23.7%	28.7%
2016	23.4%	28.3%
2017	23%	27.9%
2018	22.7%	27.5%
2019	22.5%	27.2%
2020	22.2%	26.8%
2021	22.1%	26.5%
2022	21.9%	26.3%
2023	21.6%	25.9%
2024	21.3%	25.6%
2025	20.9%	25.3%
2026	20.4%	25%
2027	20%	24.8%
2028	19.5%	24.5%
2029	19%	24.2%
2030	18.6%	23.9%
2031	18.1%	23.6%
2032	17.8%	23.4%
2033	17.5%	23.2%
2034	17.3%	23%
2035	17.1%	22.8%
2036	17%	22.6%
2037	16.9%	22.4%
2038	16.9%	22.2%
2039	16.9%	22%
2040	16.9%	21.8%
2041	16.9%	21.6%
2042	16.9%	21.4%
2043	16.9%	21.3%
2044	17%	21.1%
2045	17%	20.9%
2046	17%	20.7%
2047	17%	20.5%
2048	16.9%	20.3%
2049	16.9%	20.1%
2050	16.9%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	3,029	8,170
1961	3,059	8,361
1962	3,073	8,529
1963	3,086	8,838
1964	3,130	9,174
1965	3,165	9,270
1966	3,194	9,243
1967	3,212	9,104
1968	3,218	8,980
1969	3,200	8,880
1970	3,161	8,823
1971	3,102	8,814
1972	3,033	8,893
1973	2,952	8,877
1974	2,863	8,751
1975	2,775	8,587
1976	2,694	8,327
1977	2,622	7,998
1978	2,581	7,650
1979	2,575	7,312
1980	2,362	7,002
1981	2,429	7,541
1982	2,477	8,197
1983	2,411	8,797
1984	2,248	9,031
1985	2,128	9,177
1986	2,020	9,222
1987	1,937	9,319
1988	1,876	9,347
1989	1,843	9,441
1990	1,825	9,047
1991	1,821	8,637
1992	1,849	8,355
1993	1,832	8,127
1994	1,786	7,929
1995	1,715	7,968
1996	1,610	8,031
1997	1,496	8,106
1998	1,379	8,173
1999	1,315	8,236
2000	1,279	8,323
2001	1,231	8,349
2002	1,166	7,916
2003	1,063	7,396
2004	992	6,948
2005	949	7,037
2006	881	7,278
2007	867	7,468
2008	904	7,552
2009	881	7,559
2010	796	7,489
2011	676	7,401
2012	637	7,405
2013	580	7,350
2014	580	7,284
2015	542	7,150
2016	443	6,979
2017	340	6,772
2018	271	6,613
2019	206	6,564
2020	-10	6,640
2021	-9	5,291
2022	96	6,719
2023	66	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Suriname
1985	77	386
1986	71	377
1987	69	372
1988	67	364
1989	70	360
1990	72	350
1991	71	347
1992	89	346
1993	76	343
1994	78	334
1995	80	331
1996	79	323
1997	78	312
1998	77	302
1999	72	291
2000	68	282
2001	64	270
2002	62	253
2003	59	238
2004	56	219
2005	55	202
2006	54	187
2007	54	173
2008	56	161
2009	56	147
2010	59	134
2011	59	126
2012	61	122
2013	73	121
2014	64	120
2015	59	115
2016	52	109
2017	58	105
2018	56	101
2019	58	97
2020	57	94
2021	105	144
2022	56	88
2023	56	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1983	3.91%	5.67%
1984	3.54%	5.49%
1985	3.22%	5.31%
1986	2.96%	5.13%
1987	2.75%	4.97%
1988	2.59%	4.81%
1989	2.47%	4.65%
1990	2.38%	4.49%
1991	2.31%	4.34%
1992	2.26%	4.19%
1993	2.24%	4.03%
1994	2.23%	3.88%
1995	2.23%	3.74%
1996	2.23%	3.6%
1997	2.24%	3.47%
1998	2.25%	3.34%
1999	2.25%	3.22%
2000	2.25%	3.11%
2001	2.25%	3%
2002	2.24%	2.9%
2003	2.25%	2.81%
2004	2.25%	2.72%
2005	2.26%	2.64%
2006	2.26%	2.57%
2007	2.25%	2.5%
2008	2.23%	2.44%
2009	2.19%	2.38%
2010	2.14%	2.32%
2011	2.06%	2.26%
2012	1.98%	2.21%
2013	1.88%	2.16%
2014	1.79%	2.11%
2015	1.69%	2.05%
2016	1.59%	2%
2017	1.49%	1.95%
2018	1.39%	1.9%
2019	1.31%	1.84%
2020	1.23%	1.78%
2021	1.17%	1.73%
2022	1.11%	1.68%
2023	1.06%	1.62%