Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Ethiopia 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 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia
1960	4.6	6.51
1961	4.56	6.53
1962	4.55	6.56
1963	4.54	6.59
1964	4.48	6.61
1965	4.42	6.63
1966	4.32	6.66
1967	4.18	6.68
1968	4.01	6.7
1969	3.83	6.72
1970	3.63	6.78
1971	3.46	6.84
1972	3.29	6.9
1973	3.13	6.96
1974	2.93	7.02
1975	2.77	7.08
1976	2.78	7.13
1977	2.78	7.19
1978	2.57	7.23
1979	2.63	7.25
1980	2.31	7.29
1981	2.17	7.31
1982	2.09	7.34
1983	2.12	7.35
1984	2.04	7.36
1985	2.15	7.34
1986	2.03	7.32
1987	2.07	7.29
1988	2.13	7.26
1989	2.2	7.23
1990	2.25	7.2
1991	2.04	7.16
1992	2.13	7.13
1993	2.04	7.09
1994	2.07	7.05
1995	2.16	7
1996	2.27	6.93
1997	2.19	6.87
1998	2.02	6.79
1999	1.96	6.72
2000	2.2	6.65
2001	2.02	6.58
2002	1.94	6.5
2003	1.89	6.4
2004	1.85	6.3
2005	1.83	6.19
2006	1.83	6.05
2007	1.86	5.89
2008	2.04	5.7
2009	2.01	5.49
2010	1.79	5.28
2011	1.75	5.08
2012	1.66	4.89
2013	1.54	4.71
2014	1.53	4.61
2015	1.57	4.53
2016	1.46	4.47
2017	1.49	4.4
2018	1.37	4.37
2019	1.47	4.35
2020	1.57	4.27
2021	1.58	4.18
2022	1.58	4.08
2023	1.58	3.99
2024	1.58	3.91
2025	1.58	3.81
2026	1.57	3.72
2027	1.57	3.64
2028	1.57	3.57
2029	1.57	3.5
2030	1.56	3.43
2031	1.56	3.36
2032	1.56	3.3
2033	1.56	3.24
2034	1.56	3.19
2035	1.56	3.14
2036	1.56	3.08
2037	1.57	3.03
2038	1.57	2.99
2039	1.57	2.94
2040	1.57	2.9
2041	1.57	2.86
2042	1.57	2.83
2043	1.57	2.79
2044	1.57	2.75
2045	1.57	2.72
2046	1.57	2.68
2047	1.57	2.65
2048	1.57	2.62
2049	1.57	2.59
2050	1.58	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Ethiopia
1960	40.1%	42.2%
1961	40%	42.2%
1962	39.9%	42.1%
1963	39.9%	42.2%
1964	40.4%	42.3%
1965	41.3%	42.5%
1966	42.1%	42.9%
1967	42.8%	43.2%
1968	43.4%	43.5%
1969	43.9%	43.8%
1970	43.7%	44.2%
1971	42.7%	44.5%
1972	41.6%	44.9%
1973	40.4%	45.2%
1974	39.1%	45.4%
1975	37.8%	45.6%
1976	36.4%	45.7%
1977	35.2%	45.9%
1978	34%	46.1%
1979	33%	46.2%
1980	32%	46.3%
1981	31%	46.4%
1982	30%	46.5%
1983	29.2%	46.4%
1984	28.6%	46.2%
1985	28.6%	46.1%
1986	28.7%	46%
1987	28.9%	46%
1988	29.1%	46%
1989	29.4%	46.1%
1990	29.8%	46.2%
1991	29.7%	46.2%
1992	29.3%	46.2%
1993	29%	46.4%
1994	28.8%	46.5%
1995	28.6%	46.7%
1996	28.6%	46.9%
1997	28.4%	47.1%
1998	28.3%	47.4%
1999	28%	47.6%
2000	27.8%	47.7%
2001	27.5%	47.8%
2002	27.2%	47.8%
2003	26.8%	47.7%
2004	26.4%	47.6%
2005	25.9%	47.4%
2006	25.4%	47.2%
2007	25%	46.9%
2008	24.6%	46.6%
2009	24.2%	46.2%
2010	23.8%	45.7%
2011	23.2%	45.2%
2012	22.6%	44.6%
2013	22.1%	44%
2014	21.7%	43.4%
2015	21.2%	42.9%
2016	20.6%	42.3%
2017	20.2%	41.8%
2018	19.8%	41.3%
2019	19.4%	40.9%
2020	19.1%	40.5%
2021	18.8%	40.1%
2022	18.6%	39.7%
2023	18.2%	39.4%
2024	17.8%	39.1%
2025	17.5%	38.8%
2026	17.2%	38.5%
2027	17%	38.3%
2028	16.9%	38.1%
2029	16.8%	37.8%
2030	16.7%	37.6%
2031	16.6%	37.3%
2032	16.5%	37%
2033	16.4%	36.6%
2034	16.4%	36.2%
2035	16.3%	35.8%
2036	16.1%	35.4%
2037	15.9%	34.9%
2038	15.7%	34.5%
2039	15.5%	34%
2040	15.4%	33.6%
2041	15.2%	33.2%
2042	15%	32.8%
2043	14.8%	32.4%
2044	14.7%	32%
2045	14.5%	31.7%
2046	14.4%	31.3%
2047	14.2%	31%
2048	14.1%	30.7%
2049	14%	30.3%
2050	13.8%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	1,434	511,694
1961	1,476	538,518
1962	1,509	563,650
1963	1,543	590,998
1964	1,559	618,667
1965	1,528	642,359
1966	1,489	616,281
1967	1,431	695,283
1968	1,369	715,602
1969	1,308	736,428
1970	1,248	760,821
1971	1,219	787,047
1972	1,179	779,808
1973	1,135	807,535
1974	1,074	777,306
1975	1,028	801,425
1976	1,075	899,577
1977	1,124	929,381
1978	1,064	943,388
1979	1,150	987,203
1980	1,002	1,007,516
1981	940	1,018,838
1982	913	1,080,853
1983	941	863,472
1984	899	920,670
1985	955	997,050
1986	855	1,050,277
1987	845	1,356,853
1988	848	1,393,356
1989	845	1,441,769
1990	833	1,479,663
1991	673	1,579,416
1992	728	1,673,839
1993	706	1,734,851
1994	757	1,788,133
1995	844	1,831,068
1996	947	1,896,364
1997	932	1,945,112
1998	845	1,984,989
1999	828	2,010,987
2000	1,009	2,083,622
2001	900	2,137,791
2002	843	2,189,683
2003	793	2,231,223
2004	757	2,296,999
2005	738	2,353,375
2006	742	2,393,585
2007	770	2,436,753
2008	911	2,465,283
2009	900	2,467,118
2010	758	2,498,048
2011	743	2,527,811
2012	678	2,533,398
2013	586	2,546,020
2014	564	2,623,647
2015	583	2,713,529
2016	496	2,809,889
2017	504	2,899,143
2018	411	3,015,231
2019	461	3,132,780
2020	512	3,199,718
2021	492	3,204,673
2022	486	3,300,114
2023	462	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Ethiopia
1985	38	1,329
1986	38	1,317
1987	40	1,289
1988	38	1,306
1989	41	1,296
1990	41	1,320
1991	42	1,239
1992	40	1,218
1993	40	1,168
1994	38	1,113
1995	38	1,060
1996	37	1,008
1997	37	957
1998	34	911
1999	34	901
2000	37	870
2001	36	856
2002	36	826
2003	33	797
2004	34	764
2005	33	754
2006	32	729
2007	32	704
2008	31	678
2009	32	649
2010	31	619
2011	31	588
2012	30	545
2013	32	494
2014	32	444
2015	30	401
2016	28	364
2017	31	327
2018	31	297
2019	32	269
2020	35	244
2021	32	250
2022	36	207
2023	35	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	8.25%	-
1961	7.74%	-
1962	7.18%	-
1963	6.59%	-
1964	6%	-
1965	5.41%	-
1966	4.86%	27.8%
1967	4.36%	24.9%
1968	3.92%	24.8%
1969	3.54%	24.8%
1970	3.23%	24.7%
1971	2.96%	24.7%
1972	2.74%	24.7%
1973	2.56%	24.6%
1974	2.4%	28.3%
1975	2.25%	28.2%
1976	2.11%	24.5%
1977	1.97%	24.5%
1978	1.84%	24.4%
1979	1.71%	24.2%
1980	1.6%	24%
1981	1.5%	23.8%
1982	1.42%	23.5%
1983	1.36%	32%
1984	1.31%	31.4%
1985	1.29%	30.3%
1986	1.28%	29.7%
1987	1.28%	21.5%
1988	1.3%	21%
1989	1.32%	20.6%
1990	1.35%	20.2%
1991	1.39%	19.7%
1992	1.43%	19.1%
1993	1.47%	18.5%
1994	1.51%	17.9%
1995	1.54%	17.2%
1996	1.55%	16.6%
1997	1.55%	15.9%
1998	1.54%	15.3%
1999	1.52%	14.7%
2000	1.49%	14%
2001	1.46%	13.4%
2002	1.43%	12.8%
2003	1.4%	12.1%
2004	1.36%	11.5%
2005	1.33%	10.9%
2006	1.3%	10.3%
2007	1.27%	9.74%
2008	1.24%	9.23%
2009	1.22%	8.76%
2010	1.19%	8.32%
2011	1.17%	7.91%
2012	1.15%	7.53%
2013	1.13%	7.16%
2014	1.12%	6.82%
2015	1.1%	6.49%
2016	1.08%	6.17%
2017	1.06%	5.89%
2018	1.05%	5.64%
2019	1.03%	5.41%
2020	1.01%	5.2%
2021	0.98%	5%
2022	0.96%	4.82%
2023	0.93%	4.65%