Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Saint Lucia

Total fertility rate in Saint Lucia in 2024 — 1.39 births. Ranked 180 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 79.5%.

2024 1.39 births +0.44% vs 2023
World rank 180of 217
Period maximum 6.84 births1961
Period minimum 1.38 births2023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Saint Lucia, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.77 births1962: 6.82 births1964: 6.76 births1966: 6.61 births1968: 6.39 births1970: 6.1 births1972: 5.81 births1974: 5.57 births1976: 5.16 births1978: 4.83 births1980: 4.41 births1982: 4.17 births1984: 4.02 births1986: 3.8 births1988: 3.44 births1990: 3.24 births1992: 3.11 births1994: 3.03 births1996: 2.71 births1998: 2.4 births2000: 2.21 births2002: 2.03 births2004: 1.86 births2006: 1.77 births2008: 1.7 births2010: 1.67 births2012: 1.5 births2014: 1.49 births2016: 1.46 births2018: 1.44 births2020: 1.41 births2022: 1.39 births2024: 1.39 births
Change over the period: −5.38 (−79.53%) Average annual rate: -2.45 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia 1.39 births
World 2.19 births
Caribbean computed 1.93 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.39 +0.01 +0.44%
2023 1.38 −0.01 −0.58%
2022 1.39 −0.01 −0.86%
2021 1.4 −0.01 −0.85%
2020 1.41 −0.01 −0.91%
2019 1.42 −0.01 −0.84%
2018 1.44 −0.01 −0.83%
2017 1.45 −0.01 −0.89%
2016 1.46 −0.01 −0.81%
2015 1.47 −0.01 −0.81%
2014 1.49 −0.01 −1%
2013 1.5 +0 +0%
2012 1.5 +0 +0%
2011 1.5 −0.17 −10.34%
2010 1.67 −0.06 −3.57%
2009 1.74 +0.04 +2.06%
2008 1.7 +0 +0%
2007 1.7 −0.07 −3.68%
2006 1.77 −0.04 −2.32%
2005 1.81 −0.06 −3.01%
2004 1.86 −0.08 −3.92%
2003 1.94 −0.09 −4.58%
2002 2.03 −0.09 −4.38%
2001 2.13 −0.08 −3.72%
2000 2.21 −0.29 −11.76%
1999 2.5 +0.1 +4.08%
1998 2.4 −0.34 −12.4%
1997 2.74 +0.03 +1.14%
1996 2.71 −0.31 −10.38%
1995 3.03 −0 −0.07%
1994 3.03 +0.03 +0.97%
1993 3 −0.11 −3.57%
1992 3.11 −0.08 −2.51%
1991 3.19 −0.05 −1.48%
1990 3.24 −0.08 −2.29%
1989 3.31 −0.12 −3.52%
1988 3.44 −0.18 −4.93%
1987 3.61 −0.19 −4.95%
1986 3.8 −0.17 −4.26%
1985 3.97 −0.05 −1.19%
1984 4.02 −0.06 −1.57%
1983 4.08 −0.09 −2.09%
1982 4.17 −0.11 −2.5%
1981 4.28 −0.14 −3.08%
1980 4.41 −0.17 −3.73%
1979 4.58 −0.24 −5.02%
1978 4.83 −0.14 −2.84%
1977 4.97 −0.19 −3.78%
1976 5.16 −0.2 −3.68%
1975 5.36 −0.21 −3.82%
1974 5.57 −0.12 −2.02%
1973 5.69 −0.13 −2.18%
1972 5.81 −0.14 −2.35%
1971 5.95 −0.15 −2.43%
1970 6.1 −0.15 −2.37%
1969 6.25 −0.14 −2.16%
1968 6.39 −0.12 −1.86%
1967 6.51 −0.1 −1.5%
1966 6.61 −0.08 −1.21%
1965 6.69 −0.07 −1.04%
1964 6.76 +0.04 +0.55%
1963 6.72 −0.1 −1.42%
1962 6.82 −0.02 −0.25%
1961 6.84 +0.07 +1%
1960 6.77

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.