Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and East Timor

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs East Timor 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 2.71 in East Timor in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs East Timor 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	East Timor
1960	4.6	6.32
1961	4.56	6.27
1962	4.55	6.22
1963	4.54	6.16
1964	4.48	6.08
1965	4.42	6.01
1966	4.32	5.93
1967	4.18	5.86
1968	4.01	5.79
1969	3.83	5.72
1970	3.63	5.66
1971	3.46	5.58
1972	3.29	5.49
1973	3.13	5.39
1974	2.93	5.29
1975	2.77	5.19
1976	2.78	5.12
1977	2.78	5.09
1978	2.57	5.09
1979	2.63	5.14
1980	2.31	5.22
1981	2.17	5.53
1982	2.09	5.56
1983	2.12	5.59
1984	2.04	5.61
1985	2.15	5.65
1986	2.03	5.67
1987	2.07	5.68
1988	2.13	5.72
1989	2.2	5.76
1990	2.25	5.81
1991	2.04	5.84
1992	2.13	5.87
1993	2.04	5.88
1994	2.07	5.91
1995	2.16	5.94
1996	2.27	5.94
1997	2.19	5.96
1998	2.02	5.96
1999	1.96	5.97
2000	2.2	5.93
2001	2.02	5.92
2002	1.94	5.9
2003	1.89	5.85
2004	1.85	5.74
2005	1.83	5.61
2006	1.83	5.47
2007	1.86	5.33
2008	2.04	5.17
2009	2.01	4.99
2010	1.79	4.82
2011	1.75	4.61
2012	1.66	4.4
2013	1.54	4.21
2014	1.53	4
2015	1.57	3.78
2016	1.46	3.58
2017	1.49	3.4
2018	1.37	3.24
2019	1.47	3.12
2020	1.57	3.01
2021	1.58	2.89
2022	1.58	2.8
2023	1.58	2.71
2024	1.58	2.63
2025	1.58	2.56
2026	1.57	2.5
2027	1.57	2.45
2028	1.57	2.4
2029	1.57	2.36
2030	1.56	2.32
2031	1.56	2.29
2032	1.56	2.25
2033	1.56	2.22
2034	1.56	2.19
2035	1.56	2.17
2036	1.56	2.14
2037	1.57	2.12
2038	1.57	2.09
2039	1.57	2.07
2040	1.57	2.05
2041	1.57	2.03
2042	1.57	2.02
2043	1.57	2
2044	1.57	1.99
2045	1.57	1.97
2046	1.57	1.96
2047	1.57	1.95
2048	1.57	1.94
2049	1.57	1.93
2050	1.58	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	East Timor
1960	40.1%	40.1%
1961	40%	39.7%
1962	39.9%	39.3%
1963	39.9%	39%
1964	40.4%	38.8%
1965	41.3%	38.7%
1966	42.1%	38.9%
1967	42.8%	39.1%
1968	43.4%	39.3%
1969	43.9%	39.5%
1970	43.7%	39.6%
1971	42.7%	39.7%
1972	41.6%	39.7%
1973	40.4%	39.8%
1974	39.1%	39.7%
1975	37.8%	39.4%
1976	36.4%	39%
1977	35.2%	38.5%
1978	34%	38%
1979	33%	37.5%
1980	32%	37.4%
1981	31%	37.8%
1982	30%	38.4%
1983	29.2%	38.8%
1984	28.6%	39.3%
1985	28.6%	39.7%
1986	28.7%	40.2%
1987	28.9%	40.7%
1988	29.1%	41.3%
1989	29.4%	41.9%
1990	29.8%	42.2%
1991	29.7%	42.4%
1992	29.3%	42.6%
1993	29%	42.7%
1994	28.8%	42.9%
1995	28.6%	43%
1996	28.6%	43%
1997	28.4%	43%
1998	28.3%	42.9%
1999	28%	42.7%
2000	27.8%	42.6%
2001	27.5%	42.5%
2002	27.2%	42.4%
2003	26.8%	42.2%
2004	26.4%	42%
2005	25.9%	42.1%
2006	25.4%	42.2%
2007	25%	42.3%
2008	24.6%	42.1%
2009	24.2%	41.9%
2010	23.8%	41.6%
2011	23.2%	41.3%
2012	22.6%	40.9%
2013	22.1%	40.4%
2014	21.7%	39.8%
2015	21.2%	39.1%
2016	20.6%	38.4%
2017	20.2%	37.8%
2018	19.8%	37.2%
2019	19.4%	36.6%
2020	19.1%	36%
2021	18.8%	35.4%
2022	18.6%	34.8%
2023	18.2%	34.2%
2024	17.8%	33.7%
2025	17.5%	33.1%
2026	17.2%	32.6%
2027	17%	32.1%
2028	16.9%	31.6%
2029	16.8%	31%
2030	16.7%	30.4%
2031	16.6%	29.8%
2032	16.5%	29.2%
2033	16.4%	28.7%
2034	16.4%	28.1%
2035	16.3%	27.6%
2036	16.1%	27.2%
2037	15.9%	26.9%
2038	15.7%	26.7%
2039	15.5%	26.4%
2040	15.4%	26.2%
2041	15.2%	25.9%
2042	15%	25.6%
2043	14.8%	25.4%
2044	14.7%	25.1%
2045	14.5%	24.8%
2046	14.4%	24.5%
2047	14.2%	24.1%
2048	14.1%	23.8%
2049	14%	23.5%
2050	13.8%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +1.7% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
1960	1,434	7,012
1961	1,476	7,330
1962	1,509	7,639
1963	1,543	7,938
1964	1,559	8,235
1965	1,528	8,526
1966	1,489	8,810
1967	1,431	9,089
1968	1,369	9,356
1969	1,308	9,611
1970	1,248	9,824
1971	1,219	9,964
1972	1,179	10,030
1973	1,135	10,033
1974	1,074	8,405
1975	1,028	-1,062
1976	1,075	783
1977	1,124	296
1978	1,064	-1,000
1979	1,150	987
1980	1,002	6,940
1981	940	9,336
1982	913	9,579
1983	941	9,686
1984	899	10,922
1985	955	10,788
1986	855	11,062
1987	845	11,945
1988	848	12,118
1989	845	17,758
1990	833	18,343
1991	673	18,605
1992	728	19,880
1993	706	20,770
1994	757	21,746
1995	844	21,962
1996	947	22,703
1997	932	23,501
1998	845	23,590
1999	828	21,871
2000	1,009	21,579
2001	900	23,314
2002	843	25,410
2003	793	26,900
2004	757	26,751
2005	738	26,412
2006	742	26,221
2007	770	26,074
2008	911	25,888
2009	900	25,696
2010	758	25,515
2011	743	25,237
2012	678	24,890
2013	586	24,538
2014	564	24,040
2015	583	23,391
2016	496	22,778
2017	504	22,145
2018	411	21,650
2019	461	21,307
2020	512	21,166
2021	492	20,101
2022	486	20,625
2023	462	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs East Timor

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 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	East Timor
1985	38	1,916
1986	38	1,860
1987	40	1,763
1988	38	1,743
1989	41	1,511
1990	41	1,477
1991	42	1,439
1992	40	1,368
1993	40	1,308
1994	38	1,254
1995	38	1,239
1996	37	1,193
1997	37	1,166
1998	34	1,157
1999	34	1,488
2000	37	796
2001	36	761
2002	36	724
2003	33	714
2004	34	683
2005	33	648
2006	32	600
2007	32	559
2008	31	518
2009	32	477
2010	31	439
2011	31	404
2012	30	374
2013	32	349
2014	32	327
2015	30	305
2016	28	287
2017	31	269
2018	31	251
2019	32	237
2020	35	257
2021	32	263
2022	36	235
2023	35	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 5% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
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%	-
1970	3.23%	-
1971	2.96%	-
1972	2.74%	-
1973	2.56%	-
1974	2.4%	-
1975	2.25%	-
1976	2.11%	-
1977	1.97%	-
1978	1.84%	-
1979	1.71%	-
1980	1.6%	-
1981	1.5%	-
1982	1.42%	-
1983	1.36%	-
1984	1.31%	-
1985	1.29%	27.1%
1986	1.28%	26.3%
1987	1.28%	24.4%
1988	1.3%	24.1%
1989	1.32%	23%
1990	1.35%	22.5%
1991	1.39%	22.2%
1992	1.43%	21.1%
1993	1.47%	20%
1994	1.51%	19.2%
1995	1.54%	19.3%
1996	1.55%	18.5%
1997	1.55%	17.7%
1998	1.54%	18%
1999	1.52%	19.4%
2000	1.49%	11.1%
2001	1.46%	10.6%
2002	1.43%	10.1%
2003	1.4%	9.61%
2004	1.36%	9.17%
2005	1.33%	8.75%
2006	1.3%	8.36%
2007	1.27%	8.01%
2008	1.24%	7.68%
2009	1.22%	7.38%
2010	1.19%	7.11%
2011	1.17%	6.86%
2012	1.15%	6.63%
2013	1.13%	6.42%
2014	1.12%	6.23%
2015	1.1%	6.06%
2016	1.08%	5.91%
2017	1.06%	5.78%
2018	1.05%	5.66%
2019	1.03%	5.55%
2020	1.01%	5.42%
2021	0.98%	5.28%
2022	0.96%	5.14%
2023	0.93%	5%