Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Vincent vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	7.25	2.83
1961	7.16	2.85
1962	7.03	2.87
1963	6.92	2.88
1964	6.83	2.86
1965	6.74	2.84
1966	6.64	2.82
1967	6.53	2.78
1968	6.42	2.77
1969	6.28	2.77
1970	6.12	2.77
1971	5.95	2.77
1972	5.77	2.78
1973	5.59	2.86
1974	5.38	2.96
1975	5.17	3.02
1976	4.95	3.01
1977	4.75	2.9
1978	4.55	2.83
1979	4.29	2.71
1980	3.92	2.59
1981	3.85	2.53
1982	3.74	2.51
1983	3.56	2.49
1984	3.28	2.47
1985	3.08	2.47
1986	2.92	2.47
1987	2.82	2.49
1988	2.75	2.5
1989	2.73	2.5
1990	2.73	2.48
1991	2.75	2.45
1992	2.76	2.43
1993	2.74	2.41
1994	2.68	2.42
1995	2.61	2.4
1996	2.53	2.36
1997	2.43	2.33
1998	2.35	2.27
1999	2.31	2.25
2000	2.31	2.2
2001	2.3	2.16
2002	2.22	2.16
2003	2.14	2.12
2004	2.09	2.09
2005	2.07	2.1
2006	2.03	2.07
2007	2.06	2.05
2008	2.15	2.03
2009	2.17	2.02
2010	2.14	2.01
2011	2.08	1.99
2012	2.11	2.01
2013	2.11	2.03
2014	2.14	2.03
2015	2.13	2.04
2016	2.06	1.97
2017	1.94	1.82
2018	1.9	1.68
2019	1.86	1.57
2020	1.83	1.5
2021	1.81	1.45
2022	1.79	1.43
2023	1.78	1.41
2024	1.76	1.4
2025	1.75	1.39
2026	1.73	1.38
2027	1.72	1.38
2028	1.71	1.38
2029	1.71	1.38
2030	1.7	1.38
2031	1.7	1.39
2032	1.69	1.39
2033	1.69	1.39
2034	1.68	1.39
2035	1.68	1.4
2036	1.68	1.4
2037	1.68	1.4
2038	1.67	1.4
2039	1.67	1.41
2040	1.67	1.41
2041	1.67	1.41
2042	1.67	1.42
2043	1.67	1.42
2044	1.66	1.42
2045	1.66	1.42
2046	1.66	1.42
2047	1.66	1.43
2048	1.66	1.43
2049	1.66	1.43
2050	1.66	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Uruguay
1960	49%	27.6%
1961	48.8%	27.6%
1962	48.6%	27.7%
1963	48.2%	27.8%
1964	47.7%	27.9%
1965	47.4%	27.9%
1966	47.1%	28%
1967	46.8%	28%
1968	46.6%	27.9%
1969	46.4%	27.8%
1970	46.2%	27.8%
1971	46%	27.7%
1972	45.8%	27.5%
1973	45.7%	27.4%
1974	45.5%	27.4%
1975	45.3%	27.4%
1976	45%	27.4%
1977	44.7%	27.3%
1978	44.4%	27.3%
1979	44.1%	27.2%
1980	43.5%	27%
1981	42.6%	26.9%
1982	41.7%	26.7%
1983	41%	26.6%
1984	40.4%	26.5%
1985	39.9%	26.4%
1986	39.4%	26.2%
1987	38.9%	26.1%
1988	38.4%	26%
1989	38%	25.8%
1990	37.5%	25.6%
1991	36.8%	25.3%
1992	36%	25.1%
1993	35.1%	24.9%
1994	34.4%	24.7%
1995	33.7%	24.7%
1996	33.1%	24.6%
1997	32.5%	24.6%
1998	32%	24.5%
1999	31.6%	24.5%
2000	31.4%	24.4%
2001	31%	24.2%
2002	30.3%	24.1%
2003	29.7%	23.9%
2004	29%	23.7%
2005	28.4%	23.5%
2006	27.8%	23.3%
2007	27.2%	23.1%
2008	26.7%	22.8%
2009	26.1%	22.6%
2010	25.7%	22.3%
2011	25.2%	22%
2012	24.8%	21.7%
2013	24.4%	21.5%
2014	24%	21.3%
2015	23.7%	21.1%
2016	23.4%	21%
2017	23%	20.8%
2018	22.7%	20.5%
2019	22.5%	20.2%
2020	22.2%	19.8%
2021	22.1%	19.4%
2022	21.9%	19.1%
2023	21.6%	18.7%
2024	21.3%	18.3%
2025	20.9%	17.9%
2026	20.4%	17.5%
2027	20%	17.1%
2028	19.5%	16.7%
2029	19%	16.3%
2030	18.6%	15.8%
2031	18.1%	15.4%
2032	17.8%	15.1%
2033	17.5%	14.8%
2034	17.3%	14.7%
2035	17.1%	14.6%
2036	17%	14.5%
2037	16.9%	14.5%
2038	16.9%	14.4%
2039	16.9%	14.4%
2040	16.9%	14.3%
2041	16.9%	14.3%
2042	16.9%	14.3%
2043	16.9%	14.2%
2044	17%	14.1%
2045	17%	14.1%
2046	17%	14%
2047	17%	13.9%
2048	16.9%	13.8%
2049	16.9%	13.7%
2050	16.9%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	3,029	30,438
1961	3,059	30,975
1962	3,073	31,441
1963	3,086	31,824
1964	3,130	31,340
1965	3,165	30,807
1966	3,194	30,293
1967	3,212	29,514
1968	3,218	29,103
1969	3,200	28,805
1970	3,161	28,737
1971	3,102	28,584
1972	3,033	28,896
1973	2,952	30,213
1974	2,863	32,221
1975	2,775	33,393
1976	2,694	33,199
1977	2,622	31,321
1978	2,581	30,076
1979	2,575	27,456
1980	2,362	25,451
1981	2,429	24,968
1982	2,477	25,224
1983	2,411	24,146
1984	2,248	23,684
1985	2,128	23,988
1986	2,020	24,505
1987	1,937	24,469
1988	1,876	25,071
1989	1,843	25,322
1990	1,825	25,699
1991	1,821	25,422
1992	1,849	24,847
1993	1,832	24,212
1994	1,786	24,637
1995	1,715	24,872
1996	1,610	24,635
1997	1,496	23,737
1998	1,379	22,114
1999	1,315	21,844
2000	1,279	21,060
2001	1,231	20,729
2002	1,166	20,073
2003	1,063	18,628
2004	992	18,067
2005	949	18,926
2006	881	17,783
2007	867	17,422
2008	904	16,838
2009	881	16,947
2010	796	16,231
2011	676	14,934
2012	637	15,520
2013	580	16,318
2014	580	16,238
2015	542	16,194
2016	443	14,008
2017	340	10,907
2018	271	7,322
2019	206	3,873
2020	-10	4,048
2021	-9	-5,621
2022	96	-2,964
2023	66	298

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Uruguay

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 Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Uruguay
1985	77	41
1986	71	41
1987	69	41
1988	67	39
1989	70	36
1990	72	35
1991	71	33
1992	89	33
1993	76	31
1994	78	30
1995	80	29
1996	79	28
1997	78	27
1998	77	25
1999	72	24
2000	68	23
2001	64	24
2002	62	23
2003	59	23
2004	56	21
2005	55	20
2006	54	20
2007	54	19
2008	56	19
2009	56	18
2010	59	17
2011	59	17
2012	61	16
2013	73	16
2014	64	16
2015	59	16
2016	52	16
2017	58	16
2018	56	16
2019	58	16
2020	57	20
2021	105	49
2022	56	20
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 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	-	6.33%
1961	-	6.21%
1962	-	6.06%
1963	-	5.93%
1964	-	5.83%
1965	-	5.77%
1966	-	5.74%
1967	-	5.7%
1968	-	5.64%
1969	6.03%	5.53%
1970	6.42%	5.4%
1971	6.82%	5.33%
1972	7.2%	5.34%
1973	7.52%	5.39%
1974	7.71%	5.46%
1975	7.7%	5.49%
1976	7.45%	5.41%
1977	7.03%	5.18%
1978	6.49%	4.83%
1979	5.91%	4.41%
1980	5.34%	3.98%
1981	4.82%	3.6%
1982	4.34%	3.31%
1983	3.91%	3.1%
1984	3.54%	2.95%
1985	3.22%	2.84%
1986	2.96%	2.74%
1987	2.75%	2.62%
1988	2.59%	2.51%
1989	2.47%	2.42%
1990	2.38%	2.37%
1991	2.31%	2.32%
1992	2.26%	2.29%
1993	2.24%	2.25%
1994	2.23%	2.19%
1995	2.23%	2.12%
1996	2.23%	2.03%
1997	2.24%	1.93%
1998	2.25%	1.84%
1999	2.25%	1.76%
2000	2.25%	1.7%
2001	2.25%	1.66%
2002	2.24%	1.62%
2003	2.25%	1.58%
2004	2.25%	1.52%
2005	2.26%	1.44%
2006	2.26%	1.35%
2007	2.25%	1.27%
2008	2.23%	1.19%
2009	2.19%	1.13%
2010	2.14%	1.08%
2011	2.06%	1.04%
2012	1.98%	1%
2013	1.88%	0.97%
2014	1.79%	0.93%
2015	1.69%	0.89%
2016	1.59%	0.85%
2017	1.49%	0.81%
2018	1.39%	0.77%
2019	1.31%	0.74%
2020	1.23%	0.71%
2021	1.17%	0.7%
2022	1.11%	0.68%
2023	1.06%	0.67%