Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saint Vincent vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	7.25	7.2
1961	7.16	7.21
1962	7.03	7.23
1963	6.92	7.23
1964	6.83	7.23
1965	6.74	7.23
1966	6.64	7.2
1967	6.53	7.16
1968	6.42	7.11
1969	6.28	7.04
1970	6.12	6.98
1971	5.95	6.94
1972	5.77	6.94
1973	5.59	6.94
1974	5.38	6.88
1975	5.17	6.83
1976	4.95	6.77
1977	4.75	6.71
1978	4.55	6.66
1979	4.29	6.59
1980	3.92	6.52
1981	3.85	6.45
1982	3.74	6.33
1983	3.56	6.2
1984	3.28	6.04
1985	3.08	5.87
1986	2.92	5.69
1987	2.82	5.5
1988	2.75	5.28
1989	2.73	5.07
1990	2.73	4.88
1991	2.75	4.72
1992	2.76	4.57
1993	2.74	4.39
1994	2.68	4.28
1995	2.61	4.15
1996	2.53	4.11
1997	2.43	4.08
1998	2.35	4.07
1999	2.31	4.06
2000	2.31	4.01
2001	2.3	3.98
2002	2.22	3.93
2003	2.14	3.86
2004	2.09	3.78
2005	2.07	3.69
2006	2.03	3.64
2007	2.06	3.68
2008	2.15	3.78
2009	2.17	3.95
2010	2.14	4.04
2011	2.08	4.13
2012	2.11	4.13
2013	2.11	4.11
2014	2.14	4.01
2015	2.13	3.91
2016	2.06	3.83
2017	1.94	3.77
2018	1.9	3.74
2019	1.86	3.75
2020	1.83	3.75
2021	1.81	3.77
2022	1.79	3.77
2023	1.78	3.72
2024	1.76	3.67
2025	1.75	3.62
2026	1.73	3.57
2027	1.72	3.52
2028	1.71	3.47
2029	1.71	3.43
2030	1.7	3.38
2031	1.7	3.33
2032	1.69	3.29
2033	1.69	3.25
2034	1.68	3.21
2035	1.68	3.17
2036	1.68	3.13
2037	1.68	3.09
2038	1.67	3.06
2039	1.67	3.02
2040	1.67	2.99
2041	1.67	2.96
2042	1.67	2.93
2043	1.67	2.9
2044	1.66	2.87
2045	1.66	2.84
2046	1.66	2.81
2047	1.66	2.78
2048	1.66	2.75
2049	1.66	2.72
2050	1.66	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Zimbabwe
1960	49%	47.3%
1961	48.8%	47.7%
1962	48.6%	48.1%
1963	48.2%	48.5%
1964	47.7%	48.8%
1965	47.4%	48.7%
1966	47.1%	48.6%
1967	46.8%	48.5%
1968	46.6%	48.5%
1969	46.4%	48.4%
1970	46.2%	48.3%
1971	46%	48.2%
1972	45.8%	48.2%
1973	45.7%	48.1%
1974	45.5%	48.1%
1975	45.3%	48.1%
1976	45%	48.2%
1977	44.7%	48.3%
1978	44.4%	48.5%
1979	44.1%	48.8%
1980	43.5%	48.7%
1981	42.6%	48.4%
1982	41.7%	48.3%
1983	41%	48.2%
1984	40.4%	48.1%
1985	39.9%	48%
1986	39.4%	47.9%
1987	38.9%	47.9%
1988	38.4%	47.9%
1989	38%	47.6%
1990	37.5%	47.1%
1991	36.8%	46.6%
1992	36%	46.8%
1993	35.1%	47.1%
1994	34.4%	46.6%
1995	33.7%	45.9%
1996	33.1%	45%
1997	32.5%	44%
1998	32%	43.1%
1999	31.6%	42.4%
2000	31.4%	41.9%
2001	31%	41.5%
2002	30.3%	41.4%
2003	29.7%	41.5%
2004	29%	41.7%
2005	28.4%	41.9%
2006	27.8%	42%
2007	27.2%	42.1%
2008	26.7%	42.4%
2009	26.1%	42.7%
2010	25.7%	43%
2011	25.2%	43.4%
2012	24.8%	43.7%
2013	24.4%	43.9%
2014	24%	43.9%
2015	23.7%	43.8%
2016	23.4%	43.6%
2017	23%	43.3%
2018	22.7%	42.9%
2019	22.5%	42.5%
2020	22.2%	42.2%
2021	22.1%	41.9%
2022	21.9%	41.6%
2023	21.6%	41.3%
2024	21.3%	40.9%
2025	20.9%	40.3%
2026	20.4%	39.6%
2027	20%	39%
2028	19.5%	38.4%
2029	19%	37.8%
2030	18.6%	37.4%
2031	18.1%	37%
2032	17.8%	36.8%
2033	17.5%	36.5%
2034	17.3%	36.3%
2035	17.1%	36.1%
2036	17%	35.8%
2037	16.9%	35.6%
2038	16.9%	35.3%
2039	16.9%	35.1%
2040	16.9%	34.8%
2041	16.9%	34.6%
2042	16.9%	34.3%
2043	16.9%	34.1%
2044	17%	33.8%
2045	17%	33.5%
2046	17%	33.2%
2047	17%	32.9%
2048	16.9%	32.6%
2049	16.9%	32.2%
2050	16.9%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	3,029	126,959
1961	3,059	131,531
1962	3,073	136,317
1963	3,086	140,984
1964	3,130	145,848
1965	3,165	151,164
1966	3,194	156,014
1967	3,212	161,205
1968	3,218	166,865
1969	3,200	172,626
1970	3,161	178,979
1971	3,102	185,427
1972	3,033	193,725
1973	2,952	201,885
1974	2,863	208,806
1975	2,775	216,947
1976	2,694	221,419
1977	2,622	225,139
1978	2,581	222,979
1979	2,575	223,657
1980	2,362	241,179
1981	2,429	271,361
1982	2,477	279,934
1983	2,411	286,545
1984	2,248	290,052
1985	2,128	290,756
1986	2,020	289,894
1987	1,937	286,766
1988	1,876	277,498
1989	1,843	270,838
1990	1,825	265,444
1991	1,821	260,943
1992	1,849	255,291
1993	1,832	228,045
1994	1,786	216,343
1995	1,715	206,695
1996	1,610	205,269
1997	1,496	216,288
1998	1,379	225,614
1999	1,315	232,393
2000	1,279	236,343
2001	1,231	227,909
2002	1,166	244,170
2003	1,063	243,057
2004	992	248,307
2005	949	248,545
2006	881	248,963
2007	867	261,805
2008	904	280,527
2009	881	309,316
2010	796	335,570
2011	676	359,572
2012	637	371,135
2013	580	374,757
2014	580	366,350
2015	542	356,203
2016	443	348,772
2017	340	344,035
2018	271	345,883
2019	206	348,798
2020	-10	354,790
2021	-9	349,908
2022	96	371,243
2023	66	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Zimbabwe
1985	77	573
1986	71	525
1987	69	480
1988	67	431
1989	70	382
1990	72	353
1991	71	332
1992	89	333
1993	76	331
1994	78	332
1995	80	332
1996	79	352
1997	78	357
1998	77	368
1999	72	399
2000	68	405
2001	64	467
2002	62	418
2003	59	455
2004	56	451
2005	55	454
2006	54	480
2007	54	519
2008	56	526
2009	56	540
2010	59	567
2011	59	564
2012	61	558
2013	73	525
2014	64	468
2015	59	428
2016	52	411
2017	58	389
2018	56	386
2019	58	388
2020	57	380
2021	105	446
2022	56	368
2023	56	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	6.03%	11.8%
1970	6.42%	11.7%
1971	6.82%	11.5%
1972	7.2%	11.5%
1973	7.52%	11.4%
1974	7.71%	11.4%
1975	7.7%	11.4%
1976	7.45%	11.5%
1977	7.03%	11.5%
1978	6.49%	11.5%
1979	5.91%	11.3%
1980	5.34%	11.1%
1981	4.82%	10.7%
1982	4.34%	10.1%
1983	3.91%	9.5%
1984	3.54%	8.87%
1985	3.22%	8.31%
1986	2.96%	7.86%
1987	2.75%	7.61%
1988	2.59%	7.55%
1989	2.47%	7.69%
1990	2.38%	7.97%
1991	2.31%	8.33%
1992	2.26%	8.73%
1993	2.24%	9.16%
1994	2.23%	9.52%
1995	2.23%	9.83%
1996	2.23%	10%
1997	2.24%	10.1%
1998	2.25%	10%
1999	2.25%	9.92%
2000	2.25%	9.83%
2001	2.25%	9.79%
2002	2.24%	8.48%
2003	2.25%	8.85%
2004	2.25%	9.17%
2005	2.26%	9.23%
2006	2.26%	9.4%
2007	2.25%	9.47%
2008	2.23%	9.34%
2009	2.19%	9.03%
2010	2.14%	8.5%
2011	2.06%	7.88%
2012	1.98%	7.14%
2013	1.88%	6.55%
2014	1.79%	6.18%
2015	1.69%	5.98%
2016	1.59%	5.69%
2017	1.49%	5.5%
2018	1.39%	5.23%
2019	1.31%	5.11%
2020	1.23%	5.01%
2021	1.17%	4.76%
2022	1.11%	4.6%
2023	1.06%	4.42%