Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Saint Lucia, 1997

Saint Lucia
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Saint Lucia was 2.74 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (147 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 3,623 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
3,623
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
152,569
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
10-141.40.2%12
15-1972.813.2%596
20-24147.326.8%1,109
25-29133.024.2%885
30-34103.618.8%613
35-3965.912.0%315
40-4424.64.5%88
45-491.30.2%3
50-540.00.0%0