Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Uganda

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Vincent vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	7.25	6.91
1961	7.16	6.93
1962	7.03	6.96
1963	6.92	6.98
1964	6.83	7.01
1965	6.74	7.04
1966	6.64	7.07
1967	6.53	7.1
1968	6.42	7.13
1969	6.28	7.12
1970	6.12	7.15
1971	5.95	7.18
1972	5.77	7.19
1973	5.59	7.19
1974	5.38	7.19
1975	5.17	7.2
1976	4.95	7.19
1977	4.75	7.18
1978	4.55	7.16
1979	4.29	7.14
1980	3.92	7.11
1981	3.85	7.12
1982	3.74	7.11
1983	3.56	7.07
1984	3.28	7.02
1985	3.08	7.04
1986	2.92	7.08
1987	2.82	7.12
1988	2.75	7.1
1989	2.73	7.05
1990	2.73	7.01
1991	2.75	6.94
1992	2.76	6.91
1993	2.74	6.89
1994	2.68	6.9
1995	2.61	6.87
1996	2.53	6.84
1997	2.43	6.86
1998	2.35	6.84
1999	2.31	6.83
2000	2.31	6.79
2001	2.3	6.76
2002	2.22	6.74
2003	2.14	6.67
2004	2.09	6.61
2005	2.07	6.53
2006	2.03	6.43
2007	2.06	6.33
2008	2.15	6.2
2009	2.17	6.12
2010	2.14	6.02
2011	2.08	5.89
2012	2.11	5.73
2013	2.11	5.56
2014	2.14	5.41
2015	2.13	5.25
2016	2.06	5.11
2017	1.94	4.99
2018	1.9	4.87
2019	1.86	4.74
2020	1.83	4.62
2021	1.81	4.51
2022	1.79	4.39
2023	1.78	4.28
2024	1.76	4.16
2025	1.75	4.06
2026	1.73	3.97
2027	1.72	3.87
2028	1.71	3.79
2029	1.71	3.69
2030	1.7	3.61
2031	1.7	3.53
2032	1.69	3.45
2033	1.69	3.38
2034	1.68	3.31
2035	1.68	3.25
2036	1.68	3.19
2037	1.68	3.14
2038	1.67	3.09
2039	1.67	3.04
2040	1.67	2.99
2041	1.67	2.94
2042	1.67	2.9
2043	1.67	2.86
2044	1.66	2.82
2045	1.66	2.78
2046	1.66	2.74
2047	1.66	2.71
2048	1.66	2.67
2049	1.66	2.64
2050	1.66	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Uganda
1960	49%	46.3%
1961	48.8%	46.6%
1962	48.6%	46.8%
1963	48.2%	46.9%
1964	47.7%	46.8%
1965	47.4%	46.7%
1966	47.1%	46.6%
1967	46.8%	46.6%
1968	46.6%	46.5%
1969	46.4%	46.5%
1970	46.2%	46.5%
1971	46%	46.7%
1972	45.8%	46.9%
1973	45.7%	47.1%
1974	45.5%	47.3%
1975	45.3%	47.4%
1976	45%	47.5%
1977	44.7%	47.5%
1978	44.4%	47.6%
1979	44.1%	47.7%
1980	43.5%	47.9%
1981	42.6%	48%
1982	41.7%	48%
1983	41%	48.1%
1984	40.4%	48%
1985	39.9%	48%
1986	39.4%	48%
1987	38.9%	48%
1988	38.4%	48.1%
1989	38%	48.1%
1990	37.5%	48.2%
1991	36.8%	48.3%
1992	36%	48.4%
1993	35.1%	48.5%
1994	34.4%	48.6%
1995	33.7%	49.1%
1996	33.1%	49.4%
1997	32.5%	49.7%
1998	32%	49.9%
1999	31.6%	50%
2000	31.4%	50.1%
2001	31%	50.1%
2002	30.3%	50.1%
2003	29.7%	50.1%
2004	29%	50.1%
2005	28.4%	50.1%
2006	27.8%	50%
2007	27.2%	50%
2008	26.7%	49.8%
2009	26.1%	49.7%
2010	25.7%	49.5%
2011	25.2%	49.3%
2012	24.8%	49.1%
2013	24.4%	48.8%
2014	24%	48.5%
2015	23.7%	48.1%
2016	23.4%	47.5%
2017	23%	46.9%
2018	22.7%	46.3%
2019	22.5%	45.8%
2020	22.2%	45.2%
2021	22.1%	44.7%
2022	21.9%	44.3%
2023	21.6%	43.9%
2024	21.3%	43.5%
2025	20.9%	43.1%
2026	20.4%	42.7%
2027	20%	42.2%
2028	19.5%	41.8%
2029	19%	41.3%
2030	18.6%	40.9%
2031	18.1%	40.5%
2032	17.8%	40%
2033	17.5%	39.5%
2034	17.3%	39%
2035	17.1%	38.4%
2036	17%	37.8%
2037	16.9%	37.3%
2038	16.9%	36.7%
2039	16.9%	36.1%
2040	16.9%	35.6%
2041	16.9%	35.1%
2042	16.9%	34.6%
2043	16.9%	34.1%
2044	17%	33.6%
2045	17%	33.1%
2046	17%	32.7%
2047	17%	32.3%
2048	16.9%	31.8%
2049	16.9%	31.5%
2050	16.9%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	3,029	225,080
1961	3,059	232,894
1962	3,073	241,513
1963	3,086	250,885
1964	3,130	260,733
1965	3,165	271,830
1966	3,194	282,225
1967	3,212	296,692
1968	3,218	309,725
1969	3,200	320,486
1970	3,161	333,202
1971	3,102	328,294
1972	3,033	335,935
1973	2,952	340,780
1974	2,863	345,773
1975	2,775	354,278
1976	2,694	359,458
1977	2,622	365,216
1978	2,581	371,930
1979	2,575	381,626
1980	2,362	370,287
1981	2,429	380,028
1982	2,477	390,820
1983	2,411	404,940
1984	2,248	421,241
1985	2,128	462,534
1986	2,020	487,693
1987	1,937	527,397
1988	1,876	547,759
1989	1,843	565,367
1990	1,825	587,291
1991	1,821	602,740
1992	1,849	627,139
1993	1,832	650,032
1994	1,786	675,092
1995	1,715	697,218
1996	1,610	699,707
1997	1,496	727,523
1998	1,379	741,175
1999	1,315	775,166
2000	1,279	803,069
2001	1,231	836,751
2002	1,166	868,756
2003	1,063	901,374
2004	992	938,623
2005	949	969,096
2006	881	999,958
2007	867	1,029,893
2008	904	1,055,935
2009	881	1,090,600
2010	796	1,121,564
2011	676	1,147,263
2012	637	1,167,473
2013	580	1,184,250
2014	580	1,201,599
2015	542	1,224,839
2016	443	1,249,565
2017	340	1,290,658
2018	271	1,332,600
2019	206	1,367,044
2020	-10	1,397,288
2021	-9	1,423,377
2022	96	1,455,576
2023	66	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Uganda
1985	77	842
1986	71	781
1987	69	709
1988	67	655
1989	70	609
1990	72	575
1991	71	549
1992	89	530
1993	76	515
1994	78	507
1995	80	514
1996	79	513
1997	78	522
1998	77	523
1999	72	504
2000	68	475
2001	64	440
2002	62	416
2003	59	395
2004	56	384
2005	55	417
2006	54	409
2007	54	345
2008	56	324
2009	56	322
2010	59	304
2011	59	295
2012	61	285
2013	73	308
2014	64	311
2015	59	299
2016	52	272
2017	58	246
2018	56	232
2019	58	219
2020	57	209
2021	105	216
2022	56	184
2023	56	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	-	22.3%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	20.9%
1965	-	20.6%
1966	-	20.3%
1967	-	19.9%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	6.03%	19.4%
1970	6.42%	19.3%
1971	6.82%	19.3%
1972	7.2%	19.4%
1973	7.52%	19.6%
1974	7.71%	19.9%
1975	7.7%	20.3%
1976	7.45%	20.7%
1977	7.03%	21.2%
1978	6.49%	21.6%
1979	5.91%	21.8%
1980	5.34%	22%
1981	4.82%	21.9%
1982	4.34%	21.4%
1983	3.91%	20.9%
1984	3.54%	20.3%
1985	3.22%	19.9%
1986	2.96%	19.5%
1987	2.75%	19.2%
1988	2.59%	18.9%
1989	2.47%	18.7%
1990	2.38%	18.3%
1991	2.31%	17.9%
1992	2.26%	17.4%
1993	2.24%	17%
1994	2.23%	16.7%
1995	2.23%	16.5%
1996	2.23%	16.2%
1997	2.24%	16%
1998	2.25%	15.6%
1999	2.25%	15.2%
2000	2.25%	14.6%
2001	2.25%	13.9%
2002	2.24%	13.1%
2003	2.25%	12.3%
2004	2.25%	11.5%
2005	2.26%	10.7%
2006	2.26%	9.97%
2007	2.25%	9.3%
2008	2.23%	8.69%
2009	2.19%	8.14%
2010	2.14%	7.61%
2011	2.06%	7.1%
2012	1.98%	6.67%
2013	1.88%	6.24%
2014	1.79%	5.91%
2015	1.69%	5.58%
2016	1.59%	5.25%
2017	1.49%	4.98%
2018	1.39%	4.74%
2019	1.31%	4.53%
2020	1.23%	4.35%
2021	1.17%	4.18%
2022	1.11%	4.05%
2023	1.06%	3.88%