Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and China

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

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs China 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	China
1960	4.6	4.45
1961	4.56	3.86
1962	4.55	6.09
1963	4.54	7.51
1964	4.48	6.67
1965	4.42	6.61
1966	4.32	6.31
1967	4.18	5.81
1968	4.01	6.51
1969	3.83	6.18
1970	3.63	6.09
1971	3.46	5.52
1972	3.29	5.11
1973	3.13	4.73
1974	2.93	4.17
1975	2.77	3.57
1976	2.78	3.24
1977	2.78	2.84
1978	2.57	2.72
1979	2.63	2.75
1980	2.31	2.74
1981	2.17	2.79
1982	2.09	2.97
1983	2.12	2.56
1984	2.04	2.61
1985	2.15	2.63
1986	2.03	2.72
1987	2.07	2.76
1988	2.13	2.54
1989	2.2	2.52
1990	2.25	2.51
1991	2.04	1.93
1992	2.13	1.78
1993	2.04	1.69
1994	2.07	1.63
1995	2.16	1.59
1996	2.27	1.55
1997	2.19	1.53
1998	2.02	1.52
1999	1.96	1.53
2000	2.2	1.63
2001	2.02	1.56
2002	1.94	1.57
2003	1.89	1.57
2004	1.85	1.61
2005	1.83	1.62
2006	1.83	1.64
2007	1.86	1.67
2008	2.04	1.7
2009	2.01	1.71
2010	1.79	1.69
2011	1.75	1.67
2012	1.66	1.8
2013	1.54	1.71
2014	1.53	1.77
2015	1.57	1.67
2016	1.46	1.77
2017	1.49	1.8
2018	1.37	1.54
2019	1.47	1.5
2020	1.57	1.24
2021	1.58	1.12
2022	1.58	1.03
2023	1.58	1
2024	1.58	1.01
2025	1.58	1.02
2026	1.57	1.03
2027	1.57	1.04
2028	1.57	1.05
2029	1.57	1.05
2030	1.56	1.06
2031	1.56	1.07
2032	1.56	1.08
2033	1.56	1.08
2034	1.56	1.09
2035	1.56	1.1
2036	1.56	1.1
2037	1.57	1.11
2038	1.57	1.12
2039	1.57	1.12
2040	1.57	1.13
2041	1.57	1.13
2042	1.57	1.14
2043	1.57	1.15
2044	1.57	1.15
2045	1.57	1.16
2046	1.57	1.16
2047	1.57	1.17
2048	1.57	1.17
2049	1.57	1.18
2050	1.58	1.18

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	China
1960	40.1%	40.3%
1961	40%	40%
1962	39.9%	40%
1963	39.9%	40.6%
1964	40.4%	41.2%
1965	41.3%	41.5%
1966	42.1%	41.5%
1967	42.8%	41.3%
1968	43.4%	41%
1969	43.9%	41%
1970	43.7%	40.8%
1971	42.7%	40.7%
1972	41.6%	40.4%
1973	40.4%	40.1%
1974	39.1%	40.2%
1975	37.8%	40.2%
1976	36.4%	40.3%
1977	35.2%	39.8%
1978	34%	38.6%
1979	33%	37.2%
1980	32%	36.1%
1981	31%	35.1%
1982	30%	34.3%
1983	29.2%	33.3%
1984	28.6%	32.2%
1985	28.6%	31.2%
1986	28.7%	30.4%
1987	28.9%	29.8%
1988	29.1%	29.3%
1989	29.4%	28.9%
1990	29.8%	28.8%
1991	29.7%	28.6%
1992	29.3%	28.4%
1993	29%	28.2%
1994	28.8%	27.8%
1995	28.6%	27.4%
1996	28.6%	27%
1997	28.4%	26.3%
1998	28.3%	25.7%
1999	28%	25.2%
2000	27.8%	24.5%
2001	27.5%	23.8%
2002	27.2%	22.9%
2003	26.8%	22%
2004	26.4%	21.2%
2005	25.9%	20.3%
2006	25.4%	19.6%
2007	25%	19.2%
2008	24.6%	18.9%
2009	24.2%	18.6%
2010	23.8%	18.5%
2011	23.2%	18.3%
2012	22.6%	18.3%
2013	22.1%	18.3%
2014	21.7%	18.3%
2015	21.2%	18.3%
2016	20.6%	18.3%
2017	20.2%	18.4%
2018	19.8%	18.3%
2019	19.4%	18.2%
2020	19.1%	18%
2021	18.8%	17.6%
2022	18.6%	17.1%
2023	18.2%	16.6%
2024	17.8%	16%
2025	17.5%	15.4%
2026	17.2%	14.8%
2027	17%	14.1%
2028	16.9%	13.5%
2029	16.8%	12.8%
2030	16.7%	12.1%
2031	16.6%	11.5%
2032	16.5%	10.8%
2033	16.4%	10.3%
2034	16.4%	9.83%
2035	16.3%	9.53%
2036	16.1%	9.37%
2037	15.9%	9.31%
2038	15.7%	9.31%
2039	15.5%	9.34%
2040	15.4%	9.38%
2041	15.2%	9.43%
2042	15%	9.49%
2043	14.8%	9.56%
2044	14.7%	9.63%
2045	14.5%	9.71%
2046	14.4%	9.78%
2047	14.2%	9.85%
2048	14.1%	9.9%
2049	14%	9.93%
2050	13.8%	9.94%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 16% in China in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 28.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and China compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs China by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.31% in China. 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	China
1960	1,434	-3,048,510
1961	1,476	2,496,047
1962	1,509	17,969,132
1963	1,543	22,742,225
1964	1,559	19,302,532
1965	1,528	20,296,950
1966	1,489	19,282,187
1967	1,431	19,263,662
1968	1,369	21,206,083
1969	1,308	20,760,332
1970	1,248	21,137,076
1971	1,219	19,622,980
1972	1,179	19,102,585
1973	1,135	18,423,727
1974	1,074	15,738,118
1975	1,028	14,378,237
1976	1,075	11,782,472
1977	1,124	11,378,068
1978	1,064	11,473,980
1979	1,150	11,250,148
1980	1,002	11,647,260
1981	940	14,461,027
1982	913	15,815,318
1983	941	13,599,789
1984	899	13,561,671
1985	955	14,987,830
1986	855	16,609,920
1987	845	18,005,821
1988	848	17,328,640
1989	845	16,824,495
1990	833	16,335,313
1991	673	14,937,124
1992	728	13,548,601
1993	706	13,493,138
1994	757	13,360,470
1995	844	12,711,220
1996	947	12,686,872
1997	932	12,374,554
1998	845	11,351,286
1999	828	10,247,372
2000	1,009	9,570,849
2001	900	8,839,358
2002	843	8,258,580
2003	793	7,743,284
2004	757	7,607,960
2005	738	7,678,911
2006	742	6,922,185
2007	770	6,813,465
2008	911	6,729,247
2009	900	6,483,236
2010	758	6,407,607
2011	743	8,245,065
2012	678	10,075,174
2013	586	8,043,116
2014	564	9,205,180
2015	583	6,788,911
2016	496	9,062,269
2017	504	7,790,880
2018	411	5,302,433
2019	461	4,673,713
2020	512	2,046,095
2021	492	480,203
2022	486	-847,305
2023	462	-2,087,851

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs China

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 16 deaths in China.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	China
1985	38	125
1986	38	120
1987	40	114
1988	38	108
1989	41	104
1990	41	102
1991	42	92
1992	40	86
1993	40	80
1994	38	76
1995	38	71
1996	37	67
1997	37	63
1998	34	60
1999	34	58
2000	37	56
2001	36	52
2002	36	50
2003	33	47
2004	34	45
2005	33	42
2006	32	40
2007	32	38
2008	31	38
2009	32	35
2010	31	34
2011	31	33
2012	30	32
2013	32	30
2014	32	28
2015	30	26
2016	28	25
2017	31	24
2018	31	22
2019	32	21
2020	35	20
2021	32	21
2022	36	18
2023	35	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 0.62% in China. 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	China
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%	11.9%
1970	3.23%	11.3%
1971	2.96%	10.7%
1972	2.74%	10.2%
1973	2.56%	9.61%
1974	2.4%	9.05%
1975	2.25%	8.5%
1976	2.11%	7.97%
1977	1.97%	7.47%
1978	1.84%	7.01%
1979	1.71%	6.62%
1980	1.6%	6.28%
1981	1.5%	6%
1982	1.42%	5.78%
1983	1.36%	5.61%
1984	1.31%	5.5%
1985	1.29%	5.43%
1986	1.28%	5.4%
1987	1.28%	5.4%
1988	1.3%	5.4%
1989	1.32%	5.39%
1990	1.35%	5.37%
1991	1.39%	5.31%
1992	1.43%	5.22%
1993	1.47%	5.08%
1994	1.51%	4.93%
1995	1.54%	4.75%
1996	1.55%	4.56%
1997	1.55%	4.36%
1998	1.54%	4.14%
1999	1.52%	3.91%
2000	1.49%	3.67%
2001	1.46%	3.42%
2002	1.43%	3.15%
2003	1.4%	2.89%
2004	1.36%	2.64%
2005	1.33%	2.4%
2006	1.3%	2.19%
2007	1.27%	2.01%
2008	1.24%	1.85%
2009	1.22%	1.71%
2010	1.19%	1.58%
2011	1.17%	1.46%
2012	1.15%	1.35%
2013	1.13%	1.25%
2014	1.12%	1.15%
2015	1.1%	1.07%
2016	1.08%	0.99%
2017	1.06%	0.92%
2018	1.05%	0.86%
2019	1.03%	0.8%
2020	1.01%	0.75%
2021	0.98%	0.7%
2022	0.96%	0.66%
2023	0.93%	0.62%