Fertility in Saint Lucia, 1950

Saint Lucia
1950
Total fertility rate: 6.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Saint Lucia was 6.42 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (324 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 4,306 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.42
Births
4,306
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
92,991
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.30.2%11
15-19183.514.3%706
20-24300.623.4%1,249
25-29324.125.2%1,106
30-34247.619.3%659
35-39160.112.5%436
40-4456.64.4%119
45-4910.60.8%19
50-540.40.0%0