Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Burkina Faso

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Burkina Faso 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 4.19 in Burkina Faso in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Burkina Faso 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	Burkina Faso
1960	4.6	6.25
1961	4.56	6.29
1962	4.55	6.32
1963	4.54	6.36
1964	4.48	6.42
1965	4.42	6.47
1966	4.32	6.53
1967	4.18	6.59
1968	4.01	6.65
1969	3.83	6.66
1970	3.63	6.69
1971	3.46	6.7
1972	3.29	6.72
1973	3.13	6.77
1974	2.93	6.84
1975	2.77	6.91
1976	2.78	6.95
1977	2.78	7.05
1978	2.57	7.15
1979	2.63	7.19
1980	2.31	7.22
1981	2.17	7.26
1982	2.09	7.25
1983	2.12	7.25
1984	2.04	7.25
1985	2.15	7.24
1986	2.03	7.22
1987	2.07	7.17
1988	2.13	7.11
1989	2.2	7.05
1990	2.25	7.01
1991	2.04	6.97
1992	2.13	6.94
1993	2.04	6.89
1994	2.07	6.84
1995	2.16	6.81
1996	2.27	6.78
1997	2.19	6.72
1998	2.02	6.66
1999	1.96	6.59
2000	2.2	6.52
2001	2.02	6.43
2002	1.94	6.34
2003	1.89	6.28
2004	1.85	6.22
2005	1.83	6.18
2006	1.83	6.17
2007	1.86	6.11
2008	2.04	6.05
2009	2.01	5.99
2010	1.79	5.94
2011	1.75	5.87
2012	1.66	5.79
2013	1.54	5.7
2014	1.53	5.6
2015	1.57	5.48
2016	1.46	5.33
2017	1.49	5.17
2018	1.37	4.92
2019	1.47	4.68
2020	1.57	4.44
2021	1.58	4.36
2022	1.58	4.28
2023	1.58	4.19
2024	1.58	4.11
2025	1.58	4
2026	1.57	3.91
2027	1.57	3.82
2028	1.57	3.73
2029	1.57	3.64
2030	1.56	3.57
2031	1.56	3.5
2032	1.56	3.43
2033	1.56	3.38
2034	1.56	3.31
2035	1.56	3.24
2036	1.56	3.17
2037	1.57	3.11
2038	1.57	3.05
2039	1.57	3.01
2040	1.57	2.96
2041	1.57	2.92
2042	1.57	2.88
2043	1.57	2.84
2044	1.57	2.81
2045	1.57	2.77
2046	1.57	2.73
2047	1.57	2.7
2048	1.57	2.67
2049	1.57	2.64
2050	1.58	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Burkina Faso
1960	40.1%	39.9%
1961	40%	39.9%
1962	39.9%	39.9%
1963	39.9%	40.2%
1964	40.4%	40.5%
1965	41.3%	40.9%
1966	42.1%	41.2%
1967	42.8%	41.5%
1968	43.4%	41.8%
1969	43.9%	42.1%
1970	43.7%	42.4%
1971	42.7%	42.6%
1972	41.6%	42.9%
1973	40.4%	43.1%
1974	39.1%	43.4%
1975	37.8%	43.6%
1976	36.4%	43.8%
1977	35.2%	44%
1978	34%	44.2%
1979	33%	44.5%
1980	32%	44.7%
1981	31%	44.9%
1982	30%	45.2%
1983	29.2%	45.4%
1984	28.6%	45.6%
1985	28.6%	45.8%
1986	28.7%	46.1%
1987	28.9%	46.3%
1988	29.1%	46.6%
1989	29.4%	46.8%
1990	29.8%	46.9%
1991	29.7%	47.1%
1992	29.3%	47.3%
1993	29%	47.3%
1994	28.8%	47.3%
1995	28.6%	47.3%
1996	28.6%	47.2%
1997	28.4%	47.2%
1998	28.3%	47%
1999	28%	46.8%
2000	27.8%	46.6%
2001	27.5%	46.3%
2002	27.2%	46%
2003	26.8%	45.8%
2004	26.4%	45.6%
2005	25.9%	45.5%
2006	25.4%	45.4%
2007	25%	45.4%
2008	24.6%	45.4%
2009	24.2%	45.5%
2010	23.8%	45.6%
2011	23.2%	45.6%
2012	22.6%	45.6%
2013	22.1%	45.6%
2014	21.7%	45.6%
2015	21.2%	45.5%
2016	20.6%	45.3%
2017	20.2%	45.1%
2018	19.8%	44.9%
2019	19.4%	44.5%
2020	19.1%	44%
2021	18.8%	43.5%
2022	18.6%	43%
2023	18.2%	42.4%
2024	17.8%	41.8%
2025	17.5%	41.2%
2026	17.2%	40.5%
2027	17%	39.9%
2028	16.9%	39.2%
2029	16.8%	38.5%
2030	16.7%	37.9%
2031	16.6%	37.2%
2032	16.5%	36.7%
2033	16.4%	36.1%
2034	16.4%	35.7%
2035	16.3%	35.4%
2036	16.1%	35%
2037	15.9%	34.7%
2038	15.7%	34.4%
2039	15.5%	34%
2040	15.4%	33.7%
2041	15.2%	33.4%
2042	15%	33%
2043	14.8%	32.7%
2044	14.7%	32.4%
2045	14.5%	32.1%
2046	14.4%	31.7%
2047	14.2%	31.4%
2048	14.1%	31%
2049	14%	30.6%
2050	13.8%	30.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 41.8% in Burkina Faso in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 46.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Burkina Faso compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Burkina Faso by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +2.68% in Burkina Faso. 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	Burkina Faso
1960	1,434	92,055
1961	1,476	95,059
1962	1,509	98,561
1963	1,543	101,760
1964	1,559	105,741
1965	1,528	109,544
1966	1,489	113,344
1967	1,431	117,223
1968	1,369	121,264
1969	1,308	123,666
1970	1,248	127,814
1971	1,219	130,924
1972	1,179	135,756
1973	1,135	141,751
1974	1,074	149,231
1975	1,028	157,174
1976	1,075	165,224
1977	1,124	175,672
1978	1,064	187,019
1979	1,150	196,647
1980	1,002	205,248
1981	940	212,623
1982	913	220,896
1983	941	228,467
1984	899	237,838
1985	955	246,574
1986	855	252,922
1987	845	257,730
1988	848	262,065
1989	845	267,314
1990	833	273,846
1991	673	280,111
1992	728	284,622
1993	706	289,044
1994	757	296,465
1995	844	305,878
1996	947	315,820
1997	932	322,253
1998	845	333,196
1999	828	342,630
2000	1,009	356,657
2001	900	367,731
2002	843	377,333
2003	793	394,516
2004	757	408,567
2005	738	427,243
2006	742	450,357
2007	770	467,277
2008	911	485,223
2009	900	499,596
2010	758	515,480
2011	743	530,765
2012	678	544,293
2013	586	556,096
2014	564	563,218
2015	583	570,554
2016	496	571,519
2017	504	569,975
2018	411	556,493
2019	461	540,001
2020	512	524,359
2021	492	527,468
2022	486	538,146
2023	462	545,227

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Burkina Faso

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 242 deaths in Burkina Faso.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Burkina Faso
1985	38	850
1986	38	834
1987	40	820
1988	38	806
1989	41	787
1990	41	759
1991	42	732
1992	40	703
1993	40	677
1994	38	651
1995	38	629
1996	37	605
1997	37	610
1998	34	567
1999	34	547
2000	37	524
2001	36	513
2002	36	508
2003	33	495
2004	34	481
2005	33	467
2006	32	463
2007	32	453
2008	31	429
2009	32	419
2010	31	404
2011	31	388
2012	30	376
2013	32	361
2014	32	344
2015	30	328
2016	28	313
2017	31	298
2018	31	286
2019	32	274
2020	35	334
2021	32	354
2022	36	316
2023	35	242

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 7.73% in Burkina Faso. 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	Burkina Faso
1960	8.25%	34.5%
1961	7.74%	34.1%
1962	7.18%	33.7%
1963	6.59%	33.4%
1964	6%	33.1%
1965	5.41%	32.8%
1966	4.86%	32.5%
1967	4.36%	32.2%
1968	3.92%	32%
1969	3.54%	31.8%
1970	3.23%	31.5%
1971	2.96%	31.2%
1972	2.74%	30.7%
1973	2.56%	30.1%
1974	2.4%	29.3%
1975	2.25%	28.4%
1976	2.11%	27.3%
1977	1.97%	26.3%
1978	1.84%	25.4%
1979	1.71%	24.6%
1980	1.6%	23.9%
1981	1.5%	23.3%
1982	1.42%	22.8%
1983	1.36%	22.3%
1984	1.31%	21.9%
1985	1.29%	21.4%
1986	1.28%	21%
1987	1.28%	20.6%
1988	1.3%	20.2%
1989	1.32%	20%
1990	1.35%	19.8%
1991	1.39%	19.8%
1992	1.43%	19.7%
1993	1.47%	19.7%
1994	1.51%	19.6%
1995	1.54%	19.4%
1996	1.55%	19.2%
1997	1.55%	18.9%
1998	1.54%	18.5%
1999	1.52%	18.2%
2000	1.49%	17.8%
2001	1.46%	17.4%
2002	1.43%	16.9%
2003	1.4%	16.4%
2004	1.36%	15.9%
2005	1.33%	15.2%
2006	1.3%	14.6%
2007	1.27%	13.9%
2008	1.24%	13.3%
2009	1.22%	12.7%
2010	1.19%	12.2%
2011	1.17%	11.7%
2012	1.15%	11.3%
2013	1.13%	10.9%
2014	1.12%	10.5%
2015	1.1%	10.1%
2016	1.08%	9.77%
2017	1.06%	9.43%
2018	1.05%	9.12%
2019	1.03%	8.82%
2020	1.01%	8.53%
2021	0.98%	8.25%
2022	0.96%	7.99%
2023	0.93%	7.73%