Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Eritrea

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Eritrea 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 3.71 in Eritrea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Eritrea 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	Eritrea
1960	4.6	6.48
1961	4.56	6.47
1962	4.55	6.5
1963	4.54	6.48
1964	4.48	6.49
1965	4.42	6.49
1966	4.32	6.5
1967	4.18	6.5
1968	4.01	6.5
1969	3.83	6.5
1970	3.63	6.54
1971	3.46	6.54
1972	3.29	6.54
1973	3.13	6.55
1974	2.93	6.57
1975	2.77	6.59
1976	2.78	6.6
1977	2.78	6.61
1978	2.57	6.61
1979	2.63	6.62
1980	2.31	6.61
1981	2.17	6.62
1982	2.09	6.63
1983	2.12	6.65
1984	2.04	6.62
1985	2.15	6.59
1986	2.03	6.56
1987	2.07	6.52
1988	2.13	6.47
1989	2.2	6.41
1990	2.25	6.34
1991	2.04	6.24
1992	2.13	6.16
1993	2.04	6.07
1994	2.07	6.01
1995	2.16	5.94
1996	2.27	5.84
1997	2.19	5.74
1998	2.02	5.63
1999	1.96	5.52
2000	2.2	5.4
2001	2.02	5.31
2002	1.94	5.23
2003	1.89	5.14
2004	1.85	5.04
2005	1.83	4.93
2006	1.83	4.88
2007	1.86	4.81
2008	2.04	4.74
2009	2.01	4.66
2010	1.79	4.57
2011	1.75	4.49
2012	1.66	4.41
2013	1.54	4.34
2014	1.53	4.27
2015	1.57	4.22
2016	1.46	4.16
2017	1.49	4.11
2018	1.37	4.06
2019	1.47	4
2020	1.57	3.93
2021	1.58	3.87
2022	1.58	3.79
2023	1.58	3.71
2024	1.58	3.68
2025	1.58	3.61
2026	1.57	3.55
2027	1.57	3.49
2028	1.57	3.43
2029	1.57	3.38
2030	1.56	3.32
2031	1.56	3.27
2032	1.56	3.22
2033	1.56	3.18
2034	1.56	3.13
2035	1.56	3.09
2036	1.56	3.04
2037	1.57	3.01
2038	1.57	2.97
2039	1.57	2.93
2040	1.57	2.9
2041	1.57	2.86
2042	1.57	2.83
2043	1.57	2.8
2044	1.57	2.77
2045	1.57	2.74
2046	1.57	2.71
2047	1.57	2.68
2048	1.57	2.65
2049	1.57	2.63
2050	1.58	2.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Eritrea
1960	40.1%	41.5%
1961	40%	41.4%
1962	39.9%	41.4%
1963	39.9%	41.5%
1964	40.4%	41.6%
1965	41.3%	41.8%
1966	42.1%	42.1%
1967	42.8%	42.4%
1968	43.4%	42.8%
1969	43.9%	43%
1970	43.7%	43.3%
1971	42.7%	43.6%
1972	41.6%	43.8%
1973	40.4%	44%
1974	39.1%	44.1%
1975	37.8%	44.1%
1976	36.4%	44.2%
1977	35.2%	44.3%
1978	34%	44.3%
1979	33%	44.4%
1980	32%	44.4%
1981	31%	44.4%
1982	30%	44.4%
1983	29.2%	44.4%
1984	28.6%	44.2%
1985	28.6%	44.1%
1986	28.7%	44%
1987	28.9%	44%
1988	29.1%	44.2%
1989	29.4%	44.3%
1990	29.8%	44.5%
1991	29.7%	44.6%
1992	29.3%	44.7%
1993	29%	44.5%
1994	28.8%	44.4%
1995	28.6%	43.5%
1996	28.6%	42.9%
1997	28.4%	43.7%
1998	28.3%	44.4%
1999	28%	44.9%
2000	27.8%	45.2%
2001	27.5%	45%
2002	27.2%	44.4%
2003	26.8%	43.7%
2004	26.4%	43%
2005	25.9%	42.9%
2006	25.4%	43.1%
2007	25%	43.3%
2008	24.6%	43%
2009	24.2%	42.7%
2010	23.8%	42.6%
2011	23.2%	42.3%
2012	22.6%	42.1%
2013	22.1%	42%
2014	21.7%	42%
2015	21.2%	42.1%
2016	20.6%	42.1%
2017	20.2%	41.9%
2018	19.8%	41.5%
2019	19.4%	41%
2020	19.1%	40.4%
2021	18.8%	39.8%
2022	18.6%	39.2%
2023	18.2%	38.7%
2024	17.8%	38.1%
2025	17.5%	37.6%
2026	17.2%	37.1%
2027	17%	36.6%
2028	16.9%	36.3%
2029	16.8%	35.9%
2030	16.7%	35.7%
2031	16.6%	35.5%
2032	16.5%	35.3%
2033	16.4%	35.2%
2034	16.4%	35%
2035	16.3%	34.8%
2036	16.1%	34.7%
2037	15.9%	34.4%
2038	15.7%	34.2%
2039	15.5%	34%
2040	15.4%	33.7%
2041	15.2%	33.4%
2042	15%	33.1%
2043	14.8%	32.7%
2044	14.7%	32.3%
2045	14.5%	31.9%
2046	14.4%	31.5%
2047	14.2%	31.1%
2048	14.1%	30.7%
2049	14%	30.3%
2050	13.8%	29.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 38.1% in Eritrea in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Eritrea compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Eritrea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +2.29% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
1960	1,434	21,424
1961	1,476	22,351
1962	1,509	23,478
1963	1,543	24,393
1964	1,559	25,327
1965	1,528	26,285
1966	1,489	24,713
1967	1,431	27,992
1968	1,369	28,777
1969	1,308	29,535
1970	1,248	30,686
1971	1,219	31,490
1972	1,179	30,951
1973	1,135	31,969
1974	1,074	30,111
1975	1,028	30,971
1976	1,075	36,250
1977	1,124	37,295
1978	1,064	38,353
1979	1,150	39,577
1980	1,002	41,392
1981	940	42,924
1982	913	44,146
1983	941	33,420
1984	899	35,101
1985	955	37,362
1986	855	39,470
1987	845	52,229
1988	848	54,163
1989	845	54,299
1990	833	56,903
1991	673	57,741
1992	728	51,443
1993	706	51,679
1994	757	56,288
1995	844	56,157
1996	947	66,557
1997	932	63,953
1998	845	55,332
1999	828	45,120
2000	1,009	60,274
2001	900	61,180
2002	843	65,436
2003	793	66,291
2004	757	72,147
2005	738	72,930
2006	742	74,470
2007	770	73,101
2008	911	73,391
2009	900	76,206
2010	758	76,098
2011	743	76,806
2012	678	76,416
2013	586	75,562
2014	564	75,729
2015	583	73,682
2016	496	73,002
2017	504	72,291
2018	411	72,511
2019	461	73,572
2020	512	73,362
2021	492	74,394
2022	486	76,221
2023	462	78,073

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Eritrea

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 291 deaths in Eritrea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Eritrea
1985	38	1,678
1986	38	1,625
1987	40	1,555
1988	38	1,499
1989	41	1,473
1990	41	1,352
1991	42	1,384
1992	40	1,149
1993	40	1,040
1994	38	998
1995	38	854
1996	37	878
1997	37	817
1998	34	865
1999	34	734
2000	37	741
2001	36	651
2002	36	636
2003	33	588
2004	34	588
2005	33	567
2006	32	555
2007	32	541
2008	31	530
2009	32	515
2010	31	498
2011	31	478
2012	30	458
2013	32	443
2014	32	430
2015	30	413
2016	28	395
2017	31	379
2018	31	363
2019	32	351
2020	35	334
2021	32	338
2022	36	301
2023	35	291

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 3.54% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
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%	25.6%
1975	2.25%	25%
1976	2.11%	20.8%
1977	1.97%	20.4%
1978	1.84%	20%
1979	1.71%	19.7%
1980	1.6%	19.4%
1981	1.5%	19.1%
1982	1.42%	18.8%
1983	1.36%	27.8%
1984	1.31%	27.2%
1985	1.29%	26.2%
1986	1.28%	25.6%
1987	1.28%	17.1%
1988	1.3%	16.6%
1989	1.32%	16%
1990	1.35%	15.4%
1991	1.39%	14.7%
1992	1.43%	13.9%
1993	1.47%	13.1%
1994	1.51%	12.3%
1995	1.54%	11.5%
1996	1.55%	10.8%
1997	1.55%	10.1%
1998	1.54%	9.51%
1999	1.52%	10.9%
2000	1.49%	8.53%
2001	1.46%	8.11%
2002	1.43%	7.73%
2003	1.4%	7.38%
2004	1.36%	7.05%
2005	1.33%	6.75%
2006	1.3%	6.46%
2007	1.27%	6.19%
2008	1.24%	5.94%
2009	1.22%	5.71%
2010	1.19%	5.5%
2011	1.17%	5.31%
2012	1.15%	5.12%
2013	1.13%	4.94%
2014	1.12%	4.78%
2015	1.1%	4.61%
2016	1.08%	4.46%
2017	1.06%	4.32%
2018	1.05%	4.17%
2019	1.03%	4.03%
2020	1.01%	3.91%
2021	0.98%	3.79%
2022	0.96%	3.66%
2023	0.93%	3.54%