Fertility in Saint Lucia, 1990

Saint Lucia
1990
Total fertility rate: 3.24
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Saint Lucia was 3.24 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 3,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.24
Births
3,896
Births per 1,000 people
28.3
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
137,857
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
10-142.00.3%17
15-19103.215.9%812
20-24180.627.8%1,301
25-29157.724.3%952
30-34116.818.0%528
35-3965.610.1%220
40-4422.33.4%59
45-492.00.3%4
50-540.00.0%0