Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Argentina

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Argentina chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda was 1.58 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.5 in Argentina in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Argentina population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Antigua	Argentina
1960	4.6	3.14
1961	4.56	3.12
1962	4.55	3.13
1963	4.54	3.11
1964	4.48	3.08
1965	4.42	3.01
1966	4.32	2.97
1967	4.18	2.98
1968	4.01	3.01
1969	3.83	3.05
1970	3.63	3.09
1971	3.46	3.11
1972	3.29	3.14
1973	3.13	3.17
1974	2.93	3.22
1975	2.77	3.27
1976	2.78	3.32
1977	2.78	3.36
1978	2.57	3.36
1979	2.63	3.34
1980	2.31	3.3
1981	2.17	3.25
1982	2.09	3.2
1983	2.12	3.15
1984	2.04	3.12
1985	2.15	3.07
1986	2.03	3.05
1987	2.07	3.04
1988	2.13	3.05
1989	2.2	3.02
1990	2.25	3.03
1991	2.04	3.01
1992	2.13	2.99
1993	2.04	2.97
1994	2.07	2.94
1995	2.16	2.86
1996	2.27	2.78
1997	2.19	2.71
1998	2.02	2.66
1999	1.96	2.64
2000	2.2	2.59
2001	2.02	2.53
2002	1.94	2.49
2003	1.89	2.45
2004	1.85	2.43
2005	1.83	2.43
2006	1.83	2.4
2007	1.86	2.37
2008	2.04	2.43
2009	2.01	2.4
2010	1.79	2.41
2011	1.75	2.39
2012	1.66	2.3
2013	1.54	2.34
2014	1.53	2.39
2015	1.57	2.35
2016	1.46	2.24
2017	1.49	2.17
2018	1.37	2.07
2019	1.47	1.88
2020	1.57	1.6
2021	1.58	1.59
2022	1.58	1.48
2023	1.58	1.5
2024	1.58	1.5
2025	1.58	1.5
2026	1.57	1.51
2027	1.57	1.51
2028	1.57	1.51
2029	1.57	1.51
2030	1.56	1.51
2031	1.56	1.51
2032	1.56	1.52
2033	1.56	1.52
2034	1.56	1.52
2035	1.56	1.52
2036	1.56	1.52
2037	1.57	1.52
2038	1.57	1.52
2039	1.57	1.52
2040	1.57	1.52
2041	1.57	1.52
2042	1.57	1.52
2043	1.57	1.53
2044	1.57	1.53
2045	1.57	1.53
2046	1.57	1.53
2047	1.57	1.53
2048	1.57	1.53
2049	1.57	1.53
2050	1.58	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Argentina
1960	40.1%	31.2%
1961	40%	31.1%
1962	39.9%	31%
1963	39.9%	30.8%
1964	40.4%	30.6%
1965	41.3%	30.5%
1966	42.1%	30.2%
1967	42.8%	30%
1968	43.4%	29.8%
1969	43.9%	29.7%
1970	43.7%	29.6%
1971	42.7%	29.5%
1972	41.6%	29.5%
1973	40.4%	29.5%
1974	39.1%	29.6%
1975	37.8%	29.7%
1976	36.4%	29.8%
1977	35.2%	29.9%
1978	34%	30.1%
1979	33%	30.3%
1980	32%	30.5%
1981	31%	30.6%
1982	30%	30.8%
1983	29.2%	30.9%
1984	28.6%	31%
1985	28.6%	31%
1986	28.7%	30.9%
1987	28.9%	30.9%
1988	29.1%	30.7%
1989	29.4%	30.6%
1990	29.8%	30.4%
1991	29.7%	30.3%
1992	29.3%	30%
1993	29%	29.8%
1994	28.8%	29.6%
1995	28.6%	29.3%
1996	28.6%	29.1%
1997	28.4%	28.8%
1998	28.3%	28.6%
1999	28%	28.4%
2000	27.8%	28.2%
2001	27.5%	27.9%
2002	27.2%	27.7%
2003	26.8%	27.5%
2004	26.4%	27.2%
2005	25.9%	26.9%
2006	25.4%	26.7%
2007	25%	26.4%
2008	24.6%	26.1%
2009	24.2%	25.9%
2010	23.8%	25.7%
2011	23.2%	25.5%
2012	22.6%	25.3%
2013	22.1%	25.2%
2014	21.7%	25%
2015	21.2%	24.9%
2016	20.6%	24.7%
2017	20.2%	24.6%
2018	19.8%	24.4%
2019	19.4%	24.1%
2020	19.1%	23.7%
2021	18.8%	23.2%
2022	18.6%	22.8%
2023	18.2%	22.2%
2024	17.8%	21.6%
2025	17.5%	21%
2026	17.2%	20.4%
2027	17%	19.9%
2028	16.9%	19.3%
2029	16.8%	18.7%
2030	16.7%	18.1%
2031	16.6%	17.6%
2032	16.5%	17.1%
2033	16.4%	16.7%
2034	16.4%	16.4%
2035	16.3%	16.2%
2036	16.1%	16.2%
2037	15.9%	16.1%
2038	15.7%	16.2%
2039	15.5%	16.2%
2040	15.4%	16.2%
2041	15.2%	16.1%
2042	15%	16.1%
2043	14.8%	16.1%
2044	14.7%	16%
2045	14.5%	16%
2046	14.4%	15.9%
2047	14.2%	15.8%
2048	14.1%	15.7%
2049	14%	15.6%
2050	13.8%	15.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 21.6% in Argentina in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 30.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Argentina compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Argentina by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.63% in Argentina. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Antigua	Argentina
1960	1,434	315,943
1961	1,476	317,816
1962	1,509	316,952
1963	1,543	317,041
1964	1,559	311,020
1965	1,528	304,734
1966	1,489	303,981
1967	1,431	308,904
1968	1,369	312,440
1969	1,308	319,108
1970	1,248	339,096
1971	1,219	344,889
1972	1,179	357,835
1973	1,135	370,856
1974	1,074	388,107
1975	1,028	409,561
1976	1,075	422,330
1977	1,124	441,647
1978	1,064	448,413
1979	1,150	449,952
1980	1,002	443,732
1981	940	442,501
1982	913	431,926
1983	941	426,145
1984	899	423,279
1985	955	428,866
1986	855	436,760
1987	845	443,404
1988	848	455,701
1989	845	460,991
1990	833	466,640
1991	673	474,960
1992	728	473,226
1993	706	474,791
1994	757	481,958
1995	844	469,658
1996	947	458,199
1997	932	450,930
1998	845	440,184
1999	828	444,038
2000	1,009	437,562
2001	900	430,579
2002	843	424,825
2003	793	410,141
2004	757	417,970
2005	738	428,247
2006	742	424,591
2007	770	402,889
2008	911	442,442
2009	900	439,271
2010	758	441,335
2011	743	448,730
2012	678	411,540
2013	586	421,694
2014	564	450,462
2015	583	444,161
2016	496	391,767
2017	504	375,260
2018	411	346,031
2019	461	280,005
2020	512	151,347
2021	492	88,677
2022	486	96,673
2023	462	154,648

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Argentina

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 35 deaths per 100,000 live births in Antigua and Barbuda, compared to 33 deaths in Argentina.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Argentina
1985	38	80
1986	38	76
1987	40	73
1988	38	70
1989	41	68
1990	41	68
1991	42	67
1992	40	65
1993	40	62
1994	38	62
1995	38	60
1996	37	59
1997	37	60
1998	34	57
1999	34	57
2000	37	58
2001	36	60
2002	36	59
2003	33	61
2004	34	58
2005	33	57
2006	32	60
2007	32	62
2008	31	59
2009	32	62
2010	31	55
2011	31	48
2012	30	49
2013	32	47
2014	32	43
2015	30	39
2016	28	40
2017	31	38
2018	31	38
2019	32	36
2020	35	40
2021	32	76
2022	36	39
2023	35	33

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 0.96% in Argentina. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Antigua	Argentina
1960	8.25%	-
1961	7.74%	-
1962	7.18%	-
1963	6.59%	-
1964	6%	-
1965	5.41%	-
1966	4.86%	-
1967	4.36%	-
1968	3.92%	-
1969	3.54%	7.25%
1970	3.23%	7.17%
1971	2.96%	7.08%
1972	2.74%	6.97%
1973	2.56%	6.82%
1974	2.4%	6.61%
1975	2.25%	6.33%
1976	2.11%	5.98%
1977	1.97%	5.56%
1978	1.84%	5.12%
1979	1.71%	4.68%
1980	1.6%	4.28%
1981	1.5%	3.94%
1982	1.42%	3.65%
1983	1.36%	3.41%
1984	1.31%	3.21%
1985	1.29%	3.06%
1986	1.28%	2.96%
1987	1.28%	2.91%
1988	1.3%	2.9%
1989	1.32%	2.89%
1990	1.35%	2.88%
1991	1.39%	2.84%
1992	1.43%	2.76%
1993	1.47%	2.66%
1994	1.51%	2.54%
1995	1.54%	2.42%
1996	1.55%	2.31%
1997	1.55%	2.19%
1998	1.54%	2.09%
1999	1.52%	2.01%
2000	1.49%	1.94%
2001	1.46%	1.88%
2002	1.43%	1.83%
2003	1.4%	1.78%
2004	1.36%	1.73%
2005	1.33%	1.67%
2006	1.3%	1.62%
2007	1.27%	1.58%
2008	1.24%	1.54%
2009	1.22%	1.49%
2010	1.19%	1.44%
2011	1.17%	1.39%
2012	1.15%	1.33%
2013	1.13%	1.27%
2014	1.12%	1.22%
2015	1.1%	1.17%
2016	1.08%	1.14%
2017	1.06%	1.1%
2018	1.05%	1.07%
2019	1.03%	1.05%
2020	1.01%	1.03%
2021	0.98%	1%
2022	0.96%	0.98%
2023	0.93%	0.96%