Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Turkey

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Vincent vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	7.25	6.38
1961	7.16	6.42
1962	7.03	6.38
1963	6.92	6.34
1964	6.83	6.29
1965	6.74	6.22
1966	6.64	6.15
1967	6.53	6.06
1968	6.42	5.96
1969	6.28	5.87
1970	6.12	5.78
1971	5.95	5.67
1972	5.77	5.55
1973	5.59	5.41
1974	5.38	5.24
1975	5.17	5.09
1976	4.95	4.93
1977	4.75	4.78
1978	4.55	4.69
1979	4.29	4.58
1980	3.92	4.45
1981	3.85	4.35
1982	3.74	4.21
1983	3.56	4.06
1984	3.28	3.91
1985	3.08	3.78
1986	2.92	3.66
1987	2.82	3.54
1988	2.75	3.45
1989	2.73	3.34
1990	2.73	3.11
1991	2.75	3
1992	2.76	2.94
1993	2.74	2.92
1994	2.68	2.87
1995	2.61	2.84
1996	2.53	2.78
1997	2.43	2.74
1998	2.35	2.71
1999	2.31	2.63
2000	2.31	2.49
2001	2.3	2.39
2002	2.22	2.27
2003	2.14	2.2
2004	2.09	2.2
2005	2.07	2.2
2006	2.03	2.19
2007	2.06	2.16
2008	2.15	2.15
2009	2.17	2.1
2010	2.14	2.08
2011	2.08	2.05
2012	2.11	2.11
2013	2.11	2.11
2014	2.14	2.19
2015	2.13	2.16
2016	2.06	2.11
2017	1.94	2.08
2018	1.9	2
2019	1.86	1.89
2020	1.83	1.77
2021	1.81	1.71
2022	1.79	1.63
2023	1.78	1.51
2024	1.76	1.51
2025	1.75	1.5
2026	1.73	1.5
2027	1.72	1.5
2028	1.71	1.5
2029	1.71	1.5
2030	1.7	1.5
2031	1.7	1.5
2032	1.69	1.5
2033	1.69	1.5
2034	1.68	1.5
2035	1.68	1.5
2036	1.68	1.5
2037	1.68	1.5
2038	1.67	1.5
2039	1.67	1.5
2040	1.67	1.5
2041	1.67	1.5
2042	1.67	1.5
2043	1.67	1.5
2044	1.66	1.5
2045	1.66	1.5
2046	1.66	1.5
2047	1.66	1.5
2048	1.66	1.5
2049	1.66	1.5
2050	1.66	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Turkey
1960	49%	42%
1961	48.8%	42.2%
1962	48.6%	42.4%
1963	48.2%	42.5%
1964	47.7%	42.7%
1965	47.4%	42.8%
1966	47.1%	42.8%
1967	46.8%	42.9%
1968	46.6%	42.9%
1969	46.4%	42.8%
1970	46.2%	42.7%
1971	46%	42.5%
1972	45.8%	42.3%
1973	45.7%	42.1%
1974	45.5%	41.8%
1975	45.3%	41.5%
1976	45%	41.1%
1977	44.7%	40.7%
1978	44.4%	40.4%
1979	44.1%	40.1%
1980	43.5%	39.8%
1981	42.6%	39.6%
1982	41.7%	39.3%
1983	41%	38.9%
1984	40.4%	38.5%
1985	39.9%	38.1%
1986	39.4%	37.6%
1987	38.9%	37.2%
1988	38.4%	36.7%
1989	38%	36.3%
1990	37.5%	35.8%
1991	36.8%	35.3%
1992	36%	34.8%
1993	35.1%	34.3%
1994	34.4%	33.8%
1995	33.7%	33.2%
1996	33.1%	32.6%
1997	32.5%	32%
1998	32%	31.4%
1999	31.6%	30.8%
2000	31.4%	30.2%
2001	31%	29.7%
2002	30.3%	29.2%
2003	29.7%	28.7%
2004	29%	28.3%
2005	28.4%	27.9%
2006	27.8%	27.5%
2007	27.2%	27.1%
2008	26.7%	26.7%
2009	26.1%	26.3%
2010	25.7%	25.9%
2011	25.2%	25.5%
2012	24.8%	25.1%
2013	24.4%	24.7%
2014	24%	24.3%
2015	23.7%	23.9%
2016	23.4%	23.6%
2017	23%	23.3%
2018	22.7%	23.1%
2019	22.5%	23%
2020	22.2%	22.8%
2021	22.1%	22.5%
2022	21.9%	22.2%
2023	21.6%	21.8%
2024	21.3%	21.4%
2025	20.9%	21%
2026	20.4%	20.6%
2027	20%	20.1%
2028	19.5%	19.6%
2029	19%	19.2%
2030	18.6%	18.7%
2031	18.1%	18.2%
2032	17.8%	17.8%
2033	17.5%	17.4%
2034	17.3%	17.1%
2035	17.1%	16.8%
2036	17%	16.5%
2037	16.9%	16.3%
2038	16.9%	16.2%
2039	16.9%	16.1%
2040	16.9%	16%
2041	16.9%	15.8%
2042	16.9%	15.7%
2043	16.9%	15.6%
2044	17%	15.5%
2045	17%	15.4%
2046	17%	15.3%
2047	17%	15.2%
2048	16.9%	15.1%
2049	16.9%	15%
2050	16.9%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	3,029	773,009
1961	3,059	816,911
1962	3,073	837,473
1963	3,086	862,626
1964	3,130	884,152
1965	3,165	904,016
1966	3,194	925,790
1967	3,212	936,727
1968	3,218	950,778
1969	3,200	970,958
1970	3,161	991,950
1971	3,102	1,014,165
1972	3,033	1,023,781
1973	2,952	1,025,675
1974	2,863	1,020,053
1975	2,775	1,012,904
1976	2,694	1,009,999
1977	2,622	1,023,779
1978	2,581	1,054,863
1979	2,575	1,076,707
1980	2,362	1,090,538
1981	2,429	1,100,082
1982	2,477	1,091,863
1983	2,411	1,095,106
1984	2,248	1,096,529
1985	2,128	1,098,846
1986	2,020	1,102,660
1987	1,937	1,099,042
1988	1,876	1,101,266
1989	1,843	1,094,036
1990	1,825	1,044,467
1991	1,821	1,041,229
1992	1,849	1,039,125
1993	1,832	1,064,168
1994	1,786	1,078,208
1995	1,715	1,090,630
1996	1,610	1,091,827
1997	1,496	1,099,738
1998	1,379	1,103,242
1999	1,315	1,063,312
2000	1,279	1,020,515
2001	1,231	980,560
2002	1,166	922,927
2003	1,063	893,683
2004	992	896,025
2005	949	898,650
2006	881	897,351
2007	867	876,626
2008	904	868,749
2009	881	900,491
2010	796	892,334
2011	676	875,839
2012	637	917,145
2013	580	921,386
2014	580	957,055
2015	542	930,799
2016	443	895,841
2017	340	875,408
2018	271	830,353
2019	206	751,472
2020	-10	608,708
2021	-9	521,713
2022	96	535,373
2023	66	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Turkey
1985	77	56
1986	71	53
1987	69	50
1988	67	47
1989	70	44
1990	72	42
1991	71	41
1992	89	40
1993	76	39
1994	78	38
1995	80	37
1996	79	36
1997	78	35
1998	77	34
1999	72	34
2000	68	32
2001	64	31
2002	62	30
2003	59	29
2004	56	28
2005	55	27
2006	54	26
2007	54	25
2008	56	24
2009	56	23
2010	59	23
2011	59	23
2012	61	21
2013	73	20
2014	64	20
2015	59	19
2016	52	19
2017	58	18
2018	56	17
2019	58	17
2020	57	19
2021	105	20
2022	56	21
2023	56	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	-	25.8%
1961	-	25%
1962	-	24.1%
1963	-	23.3%
1964	-	22.5%
1965	-	21.7%
1966	-	21%
1967	-	20.4%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	6.03%	19.2%
1970	6.42%	18.6%
1971	6.82%	18%
1972	7.2%	17.5%
1973	7.52%	16.9%
1974	7.71%	16.3%
1975	7.7%	15.7%
1976	7.45%	15.1%
1977	7.03%	14.5%
1978	6.49%	13.9%
1979	5.91%	13.3%
1980	5.34%	12.7%
1981	4.82%	12.1%
1982	4.34%	11.5%
1983	3.91%	10.9%
1984	3.54%	10.3%
1985	3.22%	9.79%
1986	2.96%	9.27%
1987	2.75%	8.77%
1988	2.59%	8.29%
1989	2.47%	7.83%
1990	2.38%	7.38%
1991	2.31%	6.95%
1992	2.26%	6.52%
1993	2.24%	6.11%
1994	2.23%	5.73%
1995	2.23%	5.35%
1996	2.23%	5%
1997	2.24%	4.66%
1998	2.25%	4.33%
1999	2.25%	4.03%
2000	2.25%	3.74%
2001	2.25%	3.47%
2002	2.24%	3.22%
2003	2.25%	2.99%
2004	2.25%	2.77%
2005	2.26%	2.57%
2006	2.26%	2.38%
2007	2.25%	2.21%
2008	2.23%	2.06%
2009	2.19%	1.92%
2010	2.14%	1.79%
2011	2.06%	1.68%
2012	1.98%	1.58%
2013	1.88%	1.49%
2014	1.79%	1.4%
2015	1.69%	1.33%
2016	1.59%	1.26%
2017	1.49%	1.2%
2018	1.39%	1.15%
2019	1.31%	1.1%
2020	1.23%	1.05%
2021	1.17%	1.01%
2022	1.11%	0.96%
2023	1.06%	1.28%