Fertility in Saint Lucia, 2000

Saint Lucia
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Saint Lucia was 2.21 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 2,987 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
2,987
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
158,616
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
10-141.40.3%12
15-1958.513.3%497
20-24112.425.4%824
25-29105.323.8%716
30-3491.320.7%557
35-3952.912.0%296
40-4418.74.2%83
45-491.20.3%3
50-540.00.0%0