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In 2026, Saint Helena's total fertility rate is 1.64 children per woman, below the 2.1 replacement level. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 37 babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 7.1 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.78, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 30.8 years, up from 27.0 in 1980. By 2100, projections see it holding near 1.64 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.64 children/woman
Birth rate
7.1 per 1,000 people
Total births
37
Mean age at birth
30.8 years
Saint Helena's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 5.6 children per woman in 1950 to 1.64 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.