Fertility rate: births per woman in Saint Helena
Saint Helena: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.64 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Saint Helena, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Saint Helena stood at 1.64 live births per woman.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Saint Helena peaked at 5.62 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.59 live births per woman, in 2004.
That places Saint Helena 147th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.47 live births per woman | 5.35 live births per woman | 5.62 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.01 live births per woman | 4.75 live births per woman | 5.29 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.4 live births per woman | 2.81 live births per woman | 4.41 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.51 live births per woman | 2.21 live births per woman | 2.81 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.89 live births per woman | 1.71 live births per woman | 2.14 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.62 live births per woman | 1.59 live births per woman | 1.68 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.68 live births per woman | 1.65 live births per woman | 1.7 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.64 live births per woman | 1.64 live births per woman | 1.66 live births per woman | 4 |
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More reference data data for Saint Helena
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Median age 50.45 years (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Saint Helena?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Saint Helena was 1.64 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Saint Helena?
- The highest recorded value was 5.62 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Saint Helena?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.59 live births per woman in 2004.
- How does Saint Helena rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Saint Helena ranks 147th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Saint Helena?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Helena data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.