Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Bhutan

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Bhutan 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 1.46 in Bhutan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Bhutan 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	Bhutan
1960	4.6	6.7
1961	4.56	6.7
1962	4.55	6.69
1963	4.54	6.69
1964	4.48	6.68
1965	4.42	6.68
1966	4.32	6.67
1967	4.18	6.67
1968	4.01	6.66
1969	3.83	6.66
1970	3.63	6.65
1971	3.46	6.64
1972	3.29	6.64
1973	3.13	6.63
1974	2.93	6.62
1975	2.77	6.62
1976	2.78	6.62
1977	2.78	6.61
1978	2.57	6.58
1979	2.63	6.55
1980	2.31	6.51
1981	2.17	6.46
1982	2.09	6.4
1983	2.12	6.34
1984	2.04	6.26
1985	2.15	6.18
1986	2.03	6.1
1987	2.07	6
1988	2.13	5.88
1989	2.2	5.76
1990	2.25	5.6
1991	2.04	5.45
1992	2.13	5.27
1993	2.04	5.07
1994	2.07	4.87
1995	2.16	4.62
1996	2.27	4.37
1997	2.19	4.09
1998	2.02	3.85
1999	1.96	3.61
2000	2.2	3.38
2001	2.02	3.19
2002	1.94	3.01
2003	1.89	2.87
2004	1.85	2.78
2005	1.83	2.73
2006	1.83	2.66
2007	1.86	2.59
2008	2.04	2.48
2009	2.01	2.36
2010	1.79	2.25
2011	1.75	2.15
2012	1.66	2.07
2013	1.54	2
2014	1.53	1.92
2015	1.57	1.84
2016	1.46	1.74
2017	1.49	1.62
2018	1.37	1.52
2019	1.47	1.45
2020	1.57	1.5
2021	1.58	1.49
2022	1.58	1.48
2023	1.58	1.46
2024	1.58	1.45
2025	1.58	1.44
2026	1.57	1.43
2027	1.57	1.42
2028	1.57	1.42
2029	1.57	1.42
2030	1.56	1.42
2031	1.56	1.42
2032	1.56	1.42
2033	1.56	1.42
2034	1.56	1.42
2035	1.56	1.42
2036	1.56	1.43
2037	1.57	1.43
2038	1.57	1.43
2039	1.57	1.43
2040	1.57	1.43
2041	1.57	1.44
2042	1.57	1.44
2043	1.57	1.44
2044	1.57	1.44
2045	1.57	1.44
2046	1.57	1.45
2047	1.57	1.45
2048	1.57	1.45
2049	1.57	1.46
2050	1.58	1.46

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Bhutan
1960	40.1%	42.3%
1961	40%	42.1%
1962	39.9%	41.9%
1963	39.9%	41.8%
1964	40.4%	41.8%
1965	41.3%	41.7%
1966	42.1%	41.7%
1967	42.8%	41.7%
1968	43.4%	41.8%
1969	43.9%	41.8%
1970	43.7%	41.8%
1971	42.7%	41.9%
1972	41.6%	42%
1973	40.4%	42.1%
1974	39.1%	42.2%
1975	37.8%	42.3%
1976	36.4%	42.4%
1977	35.2%	42.5%
1978	34%	42.6%
1979	33%	42.7%
1980	32%	42.8%
1981	31%	42.9%
1982	30%	43%
1983	29.2%	43.1%
1984	28.6%	43.1%
1985	28.6%	43.1%
1986	28.7%	43.1%
1987	28.9%	43.1%
1988	29.1%	43%
1989	29.4%	43%
1990	29.8%	42.9%
1991	29.7%	42.8%
1992	29.3%	42.6%
1993	29%	42.4%
1994	28.8%	42.1%
1995	28.6%	41.7%
1996	28.6%	41.3%
1997	28.4%	40.7%
1998	28.3%	40.1%
1999	28%	39.4%
2000	27.8%	38.6%
2001	27.5%	37.7%
2002	27.2%	36.6%
2003	26.8%	35.5%
2004	26.4%	34.3%
2005	25.9%	33.2%
2006	25.4%	32.4%
2007	25%	31.6%
2008	24.6%	30.8%
2009	24.2%	30.1%
2010	23.8%	29.4%
2011	23.2%	28.8%
2012	22.6%	28.3%
2013	22.1%	27.8%
2014	21.7%	27.4%
2015	21.2%	27%
2016	20.6%	26.5%
2017	20.2%	25.8%
2018	19.8%	25%
2019	19.4%	24.2%
2020	19.1%	23.4%
2021	18.8%	22.7%
2022	18.6%	22%
2023	18.2%	21.5%
2024	17.8%	20.9%
2025	17.5%	20.4%
2026	17.2%	19.8%
2027	17%	19.3%
2028	16.9%	18.7%
2029	16.8%	18.3%
2030	16.7%	17.9%
2031	16.6%	17.6%
2032	16.5%	17.4%
2033	16.4%	17.2%
2034	16.4%	17.1%
2035	16.3%	17%
2036	16.1%	16.9%
2037	15.9%	16.8%
2038	15.7%	16.6%
2039	15.5%	16.5%
2040	15.4%	16.3%
2041	15.2%	16.2%
2042	15%	16%
2043	14.8%	15.9%
2044	14.7%	15.7%
2045	14.5%	15.6%
2046	14.4%	15.4%
2047	14.2%	15.2%
2048	14.1%	15%
2049	14%	14.8%
2050	13.8%	14.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 20.9% in Bhutan in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Bhutan compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Bhutan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.74% in Bhutan. 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	Bhutan
1960	1,434	4,888
1961	1,476	5,081
1962	1,509	5,297
1963	1,543	5,551
1964	1,559	5,818
1965	1,528	6,109
1966	1,489	6,418
1967	1,431	6,744
1968	1,369	7,085
1969	1,308	7,435
1970	1,248	7,791
1971	1,219	8,161
1972	1,179	8,549
1973	1,135	8,939
1974	1,074	9,324
1975	1,028	9,775
1976	1,075	10,228
1977	1,124	10,679
1978	1,064	11,133
1979	1,150	11,583
1980	1,002	12,016
1981	940	12,444
1982	913	12,872
1983	941	13,284
1984	899	13,688
1985	955	14,061
1986	855	14,516
1987	845	14,887
1988	848	15,212
1989	845	15,516
1990	833	15,704
1991	673	15,801
1992	728	15,594
1993	706	13,915
1994	757	13,536
1995	844	12,938
1996	947	12,153
1997	932	11,668
1998	845	11,320
1999	828	10,940
2000	1,009	10,142
2001	900	9,904
2002	843	9,464
2003	793	9,132
2004	757	9,056
2005	738	9,102
2006	742	9,197
2007	770	9,322
2008	911	9,200
2009	900	8,913
2010	758	8,598
2011	743	8,282
2012	678	7,967
2013	586	7,689
2014	564	7,290
2015	583	6,762
2016	496	6,164
2017	504	5,367
2018	411	4,909
2019	461	4,643
2020	512	5,142
2021	492	5,162
2022	486	5,204
2023	462	5,153

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Bhutan

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 47 deaths in Bhutan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Bhutan
1985	38	969
1986	38	911
1987	40	857
1988	38	798
1989	41	747
1990	41	704
1991	42	671
1992	40	656
1993	40	578
1994	38	544
1995	38	498
1996	37	450
1997	37	415
1998	34	378
1999	34	346
2000	37	324
2001	36	286
2002	36	257
2003	33	229
2004	34	207
2005	33	186
2006	32	167
2007	32	149
2008	31	133
2009	32	121
2010	31	107
2011	31	96
2012	30	86
2013	32	79
2014	32	73
2015	30	68
2016	28	63
2017	31	58
2018	31	55
2019	32	52
2020	35	51
2021	32	50
2022	36	49
2023	35	47

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 2.31% in Bhutan. 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	Bhutan
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%	27.4%
1969	3.54%	26.7%
1970	3.23%	26.2%
1971	2.96%	25.5%
1972	2.74%	24.9%
1973	2.56%	24.3%
1974	2.4%	23.6%
1975	2.25%	22.9%
1976	2.11%	22.3%
1977	1.97%	21.6%
1978	1.84%	20.9%
1979	1.71%	20.2%
1980	1.6%	19.5%
1981	1.5%	18.7%
1982	1.42%	18%
1983	1.36%	17.3%
1984	1.31%	16.6%
1985	1.29%	15.9%
1986	1.28%	15.3%
1987	1.28%	14.6%
1988	1.3%	14%
1989	1.32%	13.4%
1990	1.35%	12.8%
1991	1.39%	12.3%
1992	1.43%	11.8%
1993	1.47%	11.3%
1994	1.51%	10.8%
1995	1.54%	10.3%
1996	1.55%	9.75%
1997	1.55%	9.26%
1998	1.54%	8.77%
1999	1.52%	8.3%
2000	1.49%	7.85%
2001	1.46%	7.4%
2002	1.43%	6.96%
2003	1.4%	6.54%
2004	1.36%	6.12%
2005	1.33%	5.71%
2006	1.3%	5.32%
2007	1.27%	4.96%
2008	1.24%	4.62%
2009	1.22%	4.31%
2010	1.19%	4.03%
2011	1.17%	3.77%
2012	1.15%	3.56%
2013	1.13%	3.38%
2014	1.12%	3.22%
2015	1.1%	3.08%
2016	1.08%	2.96%
2017	1.06%	2.85%
2018	1.05%	2.74%
2019	1.03%	2.65%
2020	1.01%	2.55%
2021	0.98%	2.47%
2022	0.96%	2.39%
2023	0.93%	2.31%