Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and United States

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Vincent vs the United States 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	United States
1960	7.25	3.65
1961	7.16	3.62
1962	7.03	3.46
1963	6.92	3.32
1964	6.83	3.19
1965	6.74	2.91
1966	6.64	2.72
1967	6.53	2.56
1968	6.42	2.46
1969	6.28	2.46
1970	6.12	2.48
1971	5.95	2.27
1972	5.77	2.01
1973	5.59	1.88
1974	5.38	1.84
1975	5.17	1.77
1976	4.95	1.74
1977	4.75	1.79
1978	4.55	1.76
1979	4.29	1.81
1980	3.92	1.84
1981	3.85	1.81
1982	3.74	1.83
1983	3.56	1.8
1984	3.28	1.81
1985	3.08	1.84
1986	2.92	1.84
1987	2.82	1.87
1988	2.75	1.93
1989	2.73	2.01
1990	2.73	2.08
1991	2.75	2.06
1992	2.76	2.05
1993	2.74	2.02
1994	2.68	2
1995	2.61	1.98
1996	2.53	1.98
1997	2.43	1.97
1998	2.35	2
1999	2.31	2.01
2000	2.31	2.06
2001	2.3	2.03
2002	2.22	2.02
2003	2.14	2.05
2004	2.09	2.05
2005	2.07	2.06
2006	2.03	2.11
2007	2.06	2.12
2008	2.15	2.07
2009	2.17	2
2010	2.14	1.93
2011	2.08	1.89
2012	2.11	1.88
2013	2.11	1.86
2014	2.14	1.86
2015	2.13	1.84
2016	2.06	1.82
2017	1.94	1.77
2018	1.9	1.73
2019	1.86	1.71
2020	1.83	1.64
2021	1.81	1.66
2022	1.79	1.66
2023	1.78	1.62
2024	1.76	1.62
2025	1.75	1.62
2026	1.73	1.62
2027	1.72	1.62
2028	1.71	1.62
2029	1.71	1.62
2030	1.7	1.62
2031	1.7	1.62
2032	1.69	1.62
2033	1.69	1.63
2034	1.68	1.62
2035	1.68	1.63
2036	1.68	1.63
2037	1.68	1.63
2038	1.67	1.63
2039	1.67	1.63
2040	1.67	1.63
2041	1.67	1.63
2042	1.67	1.63
2043	1.67	1.63
2044	1.66	1.63
2045	1.66	1.64
2046	1.66	1.64
2047	1.66	1.63
2048	1.66	1.64
2049	1.66	1.63
2050	1.66	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	United States
1960	49%	31.3%
1961	48.8%	31.4%
1962	48.6%	31.3%
1963	48.2%	31.1%
1964	47.7%	30.9%
1965	47.4%	30.7%
1966	47.1%	30.4%
1967	46.8%	30%
1968	46.6%	29.5%
1969	46.4%	29%
1970	46.2%	28.6%
1971	46%	28%
1972	45.8%	27.4%
1973	45.7%	26.6%
1974	45.5%	25.9%
1975	45.3%	25.2%
1976	45%	24.4%
1977	44.7%	23.8%
1978	44.4%	23.2%
1979	44.1%	22.8%
1980	43.5%	22.4%
1981	42.6%	22.1%
1982	41.7%	22%
1983	41%	21.8%
1984	40.4%	21.7%
1985	39.9%	21.5%
1986	39.4%	21.3%
1987	38.9%	21.3%
1988	38.4%	21.3%
1989	38%	21.5%
1990	37.5%	21.6%
1991	36.8%	21.7%
1992	36%	21.8%
1993	35.1%	21.9%
1994	34.4%	21.9%
1995	33.7%	21.8%
1996	33.1%	21.7%
1997	32.5%	21.5%
1998	32%	21.4%
1999	31.6%	21.3%
2000	31.4%	21.2%
2001	31%	21%
2002	30.3%	20.9%
2003	29.7%	20.7%
2004	29%	20.5%
2005	28.4%	20.3%
2006	27.8%	20.2%
2007	27.2%	20%
2008	26.7%	19.9%
2009	26.1%	19.8%
2010	25.7%	19.7%
2011	25.2%	19.6%
2012	24.8%	19.5%
2013	24.4%	19.4%
2014	24%	19.3%
2015	23.7%	19.2%
2016	23.4%	19.1%
2017	23%	18.9%
2018	22.7%	18.8%
2019	22.5%	18.6%
2020	22.2%	18.4%
2021	22.1%	18.1%
2022	21.9%	17.9%
2023	21.6%	17.6%
2024	21.3%	17.3%
2025	20.9%	17.1%
2026	20.4%	16.9%
2027	20%	16.7%
2028	19.5%	16.6%
2029	19%	16.4%
2030	18.6%	16.3%
2031	18.1%	16.1%
2032	17.8%	16%
2033	17.5%	16%
2034	17.3%	15.9%
2035	17.1%	15.9%
2036	17%	15.9%
2037	16.9%	15.9%
2038	16.9%	15.9%
2039	16.9%	15.9%
2040	16.9%	15.9%
2041	16.9%	16%
2042	16.9%	16%
2043	16.9%	16%
2044	17%	16%
2045	17%	16%
2046	17%	16%
2047	17%	16%
2048	16.9%	16%
2049	16.9%	15.9%
2050	16.9%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	3,029	2,565,530
1961	3,059	2,571,681
1962	3,073	2,406,337
1963	3,086	2,289,826
1964	3,130	2,245,099
1965	3,165	1,943,030
1966	3,194	1,749,387
1967	3,212	1,669,181
1968	3,218	1,565,507
1969	3,200	1,702,487
1970	3,161	1,824,965
1971	3,102	1,640,519
1972	3,033	1,301,355
1973	2,952	1,165,499
1974	2,863	1,218,968
1975	2,775	1,252,644
1976	2,694	1,264,604
1977	2,622	1,431,556
1978	2,581	1,402,283
1979	2,575	1,597,894
1980	2,362	1,608,450
1981	2,429	1,652,153
1982	2,477	1,714,317
1983	2,411	1,636,544
1984	2,248	1,627,192
1985	2,128	1,689,258
1986	2,020	1,656,917
1987	1,937	1,720,252
1988	1,876	1,735,943
1989	1,843	1,875,826
1990	1,825	2,026,068
1991	1,821	1,926,543
1992	1,849	1,875,328
1993	1,832	1,717,685
1994	1,786	1,633,302
1995	1,715	1,546,031
1996	1,610	1,510,137
1997	1,496	1,501,014
1998	1,379	1,573,857
1999	1,315	1,564,050
2000	1,279	1,664,758
2001	1,231	1,595,826
2002	1,166	1,581,938
2003	1,063	1,653,615
2004	992	1,698,271
2005	949	1,684,445
2006	881	1,849,955
2007	867	1,897,757
2008	904	1,794,154
2009	881	1,717,920
2010	796	1,548,182
2011	676	1,441,697
2012	637	1,411,822
2013	580	1,322,711
2014	580	1,357,281
2015	542	1,270,126
2016	443	1,197,627
2017	340	1,028,037
2018	271	955,022
2019	206	887,476
2020	-10	208,862
2021	-9	199,137
2022	96	399,926
2023	66	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	United States
1985	77	11
1986	71	11
1987	69	11
1988	67	12
1989	70	12
1990	72	12
1991	71	12
1992	89	11
1993	76	12
1994	78	11
1995	80	12
1996	79	11
1997	78	11
1998	77	11
1999	72	12
2000	68	12
2001	64	13
2002	62	13
2003	59	13
2004	56	13
2005	55	13
2006	54	13
2007	54	13
2008	56	14
2009	56	15
2010	59	15
2011	59	15
2012	61	16
2013	73	16
2014	64	17
2015	59	17
2016	52	18
2017	58	18
2018	56	18
2019	58	18
2020	57	22
2021	105	31
2022	56	20
2023	56	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	6.03%	2.41%
1970	6.42%	2.32%
1971	6.82%	2.24%
1972	7.2%	2.15%
1973	7.52%	2.06%
1974	7.71%	1.97%
1975	7.7%	1.88%
1976	7.45%	1.79%
1977	7.03%	1.71%
1978	6.49%	1.63%
1979	5.91%	1.56%
1980	5.34%	1.5%
1981	4.82%	1.44%
1982	4.34%	1.39%
1983	3.91%	1.34%
1984	3.54%	1.3%
1985	3.22%	1.27%
1986	2.96%	1.24%
1987	2.75%	1.21%
1988	2.59%	1.19%
1989	2.47%	1.16%
1990	2.38%	1.12%
1991	2.31%	1.09%
1992	2.26%	1.05%
1993	2.24%	1.01%
1994	2.23%	0.98%
1995	2.23%	0.95%
1996	2.23%	0.92%
1997	2.24%	0.89%
1998	2.25%	0.87%
1999	2.25%	0.86%
2000	2.25%	0.84%
2001	2.25%	0.83%
2002	2.24%	0.82%
2003	2.25%	0.81%
2004	2.25%	0.81%
2005	2.26%	0.8%
2006	2.26%	0.79%
2007	2.25%	0.77%
2008	2.23%	0.76%
2009	2.19%	0.75%
2010	2.14%	0.73%
2011	2.06%	0.72%
2012	1.98%	0.7%
2013	1.88%	0.69%
2014	1.79%	0.68%
2015	1.69%	0.68%
2016	1.59%	0.67%
2017	1.49%	0.66%
2018	1.39%	0.65%
2019	1.31%	0.65%
2020	1.23%	0.65%
2021	1.17%	0.65%
2022	1.11%	0.65%
2023	1.06%	0.65%