Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Bahrain

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Bahrain 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 1.82 in Bahrain in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Bahrain 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	Bahrain
1960	4.6	7.26
1961	4.56	7.23
1962	4.55	7.19
1963	4.54	7.14
1964	4.48	7.09
1965	4.42	7.03
1966	4.32	6.94
1967	4.18	6.84
1968	4.01	6.71
1969	3.83	6.57
1970	3.63	6.43
1971	3.46	6.28
1972	3.29	6.14
1973	3.13	5.97
1974	2.93	5.79
1975	2.77	5.62
1976	2.78	5.45
1977	2.78	5.29
1978	2.57	5.12
1979	2.63	4.94
1980	2.31	4.76
1981	2.17	4.6
1982	2.09	4.51
1983	2.12	4.41
1984	2.04	4.3
1985	2.15	4.28
1986	2.03	4.25
1987	2.07	4.13
1988	2.13	4.04
1989	2.2	3.96
1990	2.25	3.82
1991	2.04	3.63
1992	2.13	3.55
1993	2.04	3.46
1994	2.07	3.29
1995	2.16	3.13
1996	2.27	2.99
1997	2.19	2.92
1998	2.02	2.89
1999	1.96	2.9
2000	2.2	2.8
2001	2.02	2.65
2002	1.94	2.7
2003	1.89	2.78
2004	1.85	2.77
2005	1.83	2.67
2006	1.83	2.46
2007	1.86	2.28
2008	2.04	2.15
2009	2.01	2.05
2010	1.79	1.99
2011	1.75	2.03
2012	1.66	2.11
2013	1.54	2.17
2014	1.53	2.15
2015	1.57	2.11
2016	1.46	2.04
2017	1.49	1.98
2018	1.37	1.91
2019	1.47	1.84
2020	1.57	1.86
2021	1.58	1.85
2022	1.58	1.84
2023	1.58	1.82
2024	1.58	1.8
2025	1.58	1.78
2026	1.57	1.77
2027	1.57	1.75
2028	1.57	1.74
2029	1.57	1.74
2030	1.56	1.73
2031	1.56	1.72
2032	1.56	1.72
2033	1.56	1.71
2034	1.56	1.71
2035	1.56	1.7
2036	1.56	1.7
2037	1.57	1.69
2038	1.57	1.69
2039	1.57	1.69
2040	1.57	1.68
2041	1.57	1.68
2042	1.57	1.68
2043	1.57	1.68
2044	1.57	1.68
2045	1.57	1.67
2046	1.57	1.67
2047	1.57	1.67
2048	1.57	1.67
2049	1.57	1.66
2050	1.58	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Bahrain
1960	40.1%	42.7%
1961	40%	42.9%
1962	39.9%	43.2%
1963	39.9%	43.6%
1964	40.4%	44.1%
1965	41.3%	44.7%
1966	42.1%	45.3%
1967	42.8%	45.9%
1968	43.4%	46.1%
1969	43.9%	45.8%
1970	43.7%	45.3%
1971	42.7%	44.4%
1972	41.6%	43.4%
1973	40.4%	42.2%
1974	39.1%	41%
1975	37.8%	39.8%
1976	36.4%	38.7%
1977	35.2%	37.7%
1978	34%	36.8%
1979	33%	36%
1980	32%	35.3%
1981	31%	34.8%
1982	30%	34.4%
1983	29.2%	34%
1984	28.6%	33.7%
1985	28.6%	33.4%
1986	28.7%	33.3%
1987	28.9%	33.3%
1988	29.1%	33.3%
1989	29.4%	33.4%
1990	29.8%	33.6%
1991	29.7%	33.6%
1992	29.3%	33.5%
1993	29%	33.1%
1994	28.8%	32.6%
1995	28.6%	32.2%
1996	28.6%	31.7%
1997	28.4%	31.2%
1998	28.3%	30.7%
1999	28%	30.2%
2000	27.8%	29.8%
2001	27.5%	28.9%
2002	27.2%	27.6%
2003	26.8%	26.2%
2004	26.4%	24.9%
2005	25.9%	23.7%
2006	25.4%	22.8%
2007	25%	22%
2008	24.6%	21.3%
2009	24.2%	20.6%
2010	23.8%	20.4%
2011	23.2%	20.4%
2012	22.6%	19.9%
2013	22.1%	19.8%
2014	21.7%	20.3%
2015	21.2%	20.5%
2016	20.6%	20.1%
2017	20.2%	19.8%
2018	19.8%	19.8%
2019	19.4%	20.1%
2020	19.1%	19.9%
2021	18.8%	19.3%
2022	18.6%	19.1%
2023	18.2%	19%
2024	17.8%	18.7%
2025	17.5%	18.4%
2026	17.2%	18.2%
2027	17%	17.9%
2028	16.9%	17.7%
2029	16.8%	17.6%
2030	16.7%	17.4%
2031	16.6%	17.3%
2032	16.5%	17.2%
2033	16.4%	17.1%
2034	16.4%	17.1%
2035	16.3%	17.1%
2036	16.1%	17.2%
2037	15.9%	17.3%
2038	15.7%	17.3%
2039	15.5%	17.3%
2040	15.4%	17.3%
2041	15.2%	17.3%
2042	15%	17.3%
2043	14.8%	17.3%
2044	14.7%	17.3%
2045	14.5%	17.3%
2046	14.4%	17.3%
2047	14.2%	17.3%
2048	14.1%	17.2%
2049	14%	17.2%
2050	13.8%	17.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 18.7% in Bahrain in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 33.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Bahrain compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Bahrain by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +1.16% in Bahrain. 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	Bahrain
1960	1,434	5,513
1961	1,476	5,882
1962	1,509	6,232
1963	1,543	6,557
1964	1,559	6,873
1965	1,528	7,148
1966	1,489	7,342
1967	1,431	7,492
1968	1,369	7,584
1969	1,308	7,277
1970	1,248	6,973
1971	1,219	6,650
1972	1,179	6,763
1973	1,135	7,012
1974	1,074	7,265
1975	1,028	7,535
1976	1,075	7,818
1977	1,124	8,093
1978	1,064	8,358
1979	1,150	8,587
1980	1,002	8,802
1981	940	9,020
1982	913	9,396
1983	941	9,821
1984	899	10,269
1985	955	10,924
1986	855	11,455
1987	845	11,709
1988	848	11,995
1989	845	12,293
1990	833	12,337
1991	673	11,491
1992	728	11,577
1993	706	11,521
1994	757	11,133
1995	844	10,824
1996	947	10,607
1997	932	10,739
1998	845	10,970
1999	828	11,397
2000	1,009	11,339
2001	900	10,948
2002	843	11,875
2003	793	13,243
2004	757	14,454
2005	738	15,196
2006	742	15,248
2007	770	15,393
2008	911	15,541
2009	900	15,795
2010	758	16,474
2011	743	15,990
2012	678	16,219
2013	586	17,044
2014	564	17,826
2015	583	18,193
2016	496	17,996
2017	504	18,140
2018	411	17,445
2019	461	16,639
2020	512	15,056
2021	492	15,401
2022	486	17,058
2023	462	16,356

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Bahrain

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 17 deaths in Bahrain.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Bahrain
1985	38	37
1986	38	37
1987	40	36
1988	38	36
1989	41	35
1990	41	35
1991	42	34
1992	40	34
1993	40	33
1994	38	33
1995	38	31
1996	37	30
1997	37	28
1998	34	27
1999	34	26
2000	37	25
2001	36	24
2002	36	23
2003	33	22
2004	34	21
2005	33	20
2006	32	20
2007	32	19
2008	31	19
2009	32	18
2010	31	18
2011	31	18
2012	30	17
2013	32	17
2014	32	16
2015	30	16
2016	28	17
2017	31	17
2018	31	16
2019	32	17
2020	35	7
2021	32	10
2022	36	5
2023	35	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 0.86% in Bahrain. 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	Bahrain
1960	8.25%	19.8%
1961	7.74%	18.2%
1962	7.18%	16.6%
1963	6.59%	15.2%
1964	6%	13.9%
1965	5.41%	12.7%
1966	4.86%	11.5%
1967	4.36%	10.5%
1968	3.92%	9.5%
1969	3.54%	8.6%
1970	3.23%	7.79%
1971	2.96%	7.05%
1972	2.74%	6.38%
1973	2.56%	5.8%
1974	2.4%	5.29%
1975	2.25%	4.84%
1976	2.11%	4.45%
1977	1.97%	4.11%
1978	1.84%	3.81%
1979	1.71%	3.54%
1980	1.6%	3.3%
1981	1.5%	3.09%
1982	1.42%	2.91%
1983	1.36%	2.76%
1984	1.31%	2.63%
1985	1.29%	2.52%
1986	1.28%	2.44%
1987	1.28%	2.38%
1988	1.3%	2.34%
1989	1.32%	2.32%
1990	1.35%	2.31%
1991	1.39%	2.27%
1992	1.43%	2.21%
1993	1.47%	2.1%
1994	1.51%	1.97%
1995	1.54%	1.82%
1996	1.55%	1.66%
1997	1.55%	1.52%
1998	1.54%	1.41%
1999	1.52%	1.32%
2000	1.49%	1.25%
2001	1.46%	1.2%
2002	1.43%	1.16%
2003	1.4%	1.13%
2004	1.36%	1.1%
2005	1.33%	1.06%
2006	1.3%	1.03%
2007	1.27%	0.98%
2008	1.24%	0.94%
2009	1.22%	0.9%
2010	1.19%	0.86%
2011	1.17%	0.83%
2012	1.15%	0.81%
2013	1.13%	0.79%
2014	1.12%	0.78%
2015	1.1%	0.77%
2016	1.08%	0.76%
2017	1.06%	0.77%
2018	1.05%	0.77%
2019	1.03%	0.78%
2020	1.01%	0.8%
2021	0.98%	0.82%
2022	0.96%	0.84%
2023	0.93%	0.86%