Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Grenada 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 1.49 in Grenada in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Grenada 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	Grenada
1960	4.6	6.74
1961	4.56	6.63
1962	4.55	6.44
1963	4.54	6.2
1964	4.48	5.91
1965	4.42	5.6
1966	4.32	5.3
1967	4.18	5.04
1968	4.01	4.84
1969	3.83	4.69
1970	3.63	4.46
1971	3.46	4.31
1972	3.29	4.18
1973	3.13	4.05
1974	2.93	3.92
1975	2.77	3.75
1976	2.78	3.6
1977	2.78	3.46
1978	2.57	3.35
1979	2.63	3.34
1980	2.31	3.3
1981	2.17	2.99
1982	2.09	3.15
1983	2.12	3.31
1984	2.04	3.22
1985	2.15	3.48
1986	2.03	3.58
1987	2.07	3.58
1988	2.13	3.19
1989	2.2	3.23
1990	2.25	3.06
1991	2.04	3.11
1992	2.13	2.97
1993	2.04	2.81
1994	2.07	2.79
1995	2.16	2.82
1996	2.27	2.85
1997	2.19	2.8
1998	2.02	2.49
1999	1.96	2.39
2000	2.2	2.44
2001	2.02	2.42
2002	1.94	2.38
2003	1.89	2.33
2004	1.85	2.29
2005	1.83	2.24
2006	1.83	2.19
2007	1.86	2.15
2008	2.04	2.12
2009	2.01	2.08
2010	1.79	2.04
2011	1.75	2.01
2012	1.66	1.97
2013	1.54	1.91
2014	1.53	1.8
2015	1.57	1.72
2016	1.46	1.62
2017	1.49	1.44
2018	1.37	1.53
2019	1.47	1.54
2020	1.57	1.53
2021	1.58	1.52
2022	1.58	1.5
2023	1.58	1.49
2024	1.58	1.47
2025	1.58	1.46
2026	1.57	1.45
2027	1.57	1.44
2028	1.57	1.44
2029	1.57	1.44
2030	1.56	1.44
2031	1.56	1.44
2032	1.56	1.44
2033	1.56	1.44
2034	1.56	1.44
2035	1.56	1.45
2036	1.56	1.45
2037	1.57	1.45
2038	1.57	1.45
2039	1.57	1.46
2040	1.57	1.46
2041	1.57	1.46
2042	1.57	1.46
2043	1.57	1.47
2044	1.57	1.47
2045	1.57	1.47
2046	1.57	1.47
2047	1.57	1.47
2048	1.57	1.47
2049	1.57	1.48
2050	1.58	1.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Grenada
1960	40.1%	47.3%
1961	40%	47.2%
1962	39.9%	47.2%
1963	39.9%	47.1%
1964	40.4%	46.9%
1965	41.3%	47%
1966	42.1%	47.5%
1967	42.8%	47.6%
1968	43.4%	47.5%
1969	43.9%	47.2%
1970	43.7%	46.8%
1971	42.7%	46.2%
1972	41.6%	45.5%
1973	40.4%	44.7%
1974	39.1%	43.9%
1975	37.8%	43.1%
1976	36.4%	42.3%
1977	35.2%	41.5%
1978	34%	40.8%
1979	33%	40%
1980	32%	39.4%
1981	31%	38.6%
1982	30%	37.5%
1983	29.2%	36.5%
1984	28.6%	35.6%
1985	28.6%	34.8%
1986	28.7%	34.1%
1987	28.9%	33.6%
1988	29.1%	33.2%
1989	29.4%	33%
1990	29.8%	32.8%
1991	29.7%	32.8%
1992	29.3%	32.9%
1993	29%	33.1%
1994	28.8%	33.3%
1995	28.6%	33.5%
1996	28.6%	33.6%
1997	28.4%	33.6%
1998	28.3%	33.5%
1999	28%	33.3%
2000	27.8%	32.9%
2001	27.5%	32.1%
2002	27.2%	31%
2003	26.8%	29.8%
2004	26.4%	28.7%
2005	25.9%	27.7%
2006	25.4%	26.7%
2007	25%	25.9%
2008	24.6%	25.2%
2009	24.2%	24.6%
2010	23.8%	24%
2011	23.2%	23.6%
2012	22.6%	23.3%
2013	22.1%	23%
2014	21.7%	22.7%
2015	21.2%	22.4%
2016	20.6%	22.1%
2017	20.2%	21.8%
2018	19.8%	21.5%
2019	19.4%	21.2%
2020	19.1%	20.9%
2021	18.8%	20.6%
2022	18.6%	20.2%
2023	18.2%	19.8%
2024	17.8%	19.4%
2025	17.5%	19%
2026	17.2%	18.6%
2027	17%	18.1%
2028	16.9%	17.7%
2029	16.8%	17.3%
2030	16.7%	17%
2031	16.6%	16.7%
2032	16.5%	16.5%
2033	16.4%	16.4%
2034	16.4%	16.2%
2035	16.3%	16%
2036	16.1%	15.8%
2037	15.9%	15.6%
2038	15.7%	15.4%
2039	15.5%	15.2%
2040	15.4%	15%
2041	15.2%	14.9%
2042	15%	14.8%
2043	14.8%	14.6%
2044	14.7%	14.5%
2045	14.5%	14.4%
2046	14.4%	14.3%
2047	14.2%	14.1%
2048	14.1%	14%
2049	14%	13.9%
2050	13.8%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 19.4% in Grenada in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 32.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Grenada by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.42% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	1,434	3,678
1961	1,476	3,703
1962	1,509	3,674
1963	1,543	3,601
1964	1,559	3,508
1965	1,528	3,399
1966	1,489	3,278
1967	1,431	3,158
1968	1,369	3,040
1969	1,308	2,948
1970	1,248	2,793
1971	1,219	2,705
1972	1,179	2,578
1973	1,135	2,464
1974	1,074	2,360
1975	1,028	2,224
1976	1,075	2,092
1977	1,124	1,974
1978	1,064	1,882
1979	1,150	1,871
1980	1,002	1,840
1981	940	1,625
1982	913	1,798
1983	941	1,817
1984	899	1,975
1985	955	2,215
1986	855	2,324
1987	845	2,345
1988	848	2,044
1989	845	2,084
1990	833	1,931
1991	673	1,953
1992	728	1,811
1993	706	1,641
1994	757	1,596
1995	844	1,580
1996	947	1,559
1997	932	1,480
1998	845	1,204
1999	828	1,092
2000	1,009	1,105
2001	900	1,082
2002	843	1,077
2003	793	1,074
2004	757	1,034
2005	738	1,075
2006	742	1,068
2007	770	1,059
2008	911	1,046
2009	900	1,024
2010	758	989
2011	743	954
2012	678	925
2013	586	878
2014	564	772
2015	583	684
2016	496	579
2017	504	402
2018	411	470
2019	461	462
2020	512	433
2021	492	343
2022	486	371
2023	462	334

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Grenada

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 48 deaths in Grenada.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Grenada
1985	38	71
1986	38	68
1987	40	68
1988	38	61
1989	41	64
1990	41	61
1991	42	59
1992	40	56
1993	40	53
1994	38	55
1995	38	54
1996	37	51
1997	37	50
1998	34	50
1999	34	48
2000	37	46
2001	36	45
2002	36	42
2003	33	42
2004	34	48
2005	33	40
2006	32	39
2007	32	40
2008	31	41
2009	32	41
2010	31	43
2011	31	44
2012	30	44
2013	32	44
2014	32	45
2015	30	46
2016	28	44
2017	31	45
2018	31	46
2019	32	48
2020	35	51
2021	32	52
2022	36	50
2023	35	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 1.83% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	8.25%	9.5%
1961	7.74%	8.83%
1962	7.18%	8.15%
1963	6.59%	7.5%
1964	6%	6.91%
1965	5.41%	6.39%
1966	4.86%	5.95%
1967	4.36%	5.59%
1968	3.92%	5.3%
1969	3.54%	5.06%
1970	3.23%	4.87%
1971	2.96%	4.71%
1972	2.74%	4.58%
1973	2.56%	4.47%
1974	2.4%	4.36%
1975	2.25%	4.25%
1976	2.11%	4.15%
1977	1.97%	4.03%
1978	1.84%	3.9%
1979	1.71%	3.77%
1980	1.6%	3.62%
1981	1.5%	3.46%
1982	1.42%	3.3%
1983	1.36%	3.15%
1984	1.31%	2.99%
1985	1.29%	2.85%
1986	1.28%	2.71%
1987	1.28%	2.58%
1988	1.3%	2.46%
1989	1.32%	2.35%
1990	1.35%	2.24%
1991	1.39%	2.13%
1992	1.43%	2.04%
1993	1.47%	1.95%
1994	1.51%	1.87%
1995	1.54%	1.79%
1996	1.55%	1.73%
1997	1.55%	1.67%
1998	1.54%	1.62%
1999	1.52%	1.58%
2000	1.49%	1.55%
2001	1.46%	1.52%
2002	1.43%	1.5%
2003	1.4%	1.49%
2004	1.36%	1.49%
2005	1.33%	1.48%
2006	1.3%	1.49%
2007	1.27%	1.5%
2008	1.24%	1.51%
2009	1.22%	1.54%
2010	1.19%	1.57%
2011	1.17%	1.6%
2012	1.15%	1.64%
2013	1.13%	1.68%
2014	1.12%	1.72%
2015	1.1%	1.75%
2016	1.08%	1.79%
2017	1.06%	1.81%
2018	1.05%	1.83%
2019	1.03%	1.85%
2020	1.01%	1.87%
2021	0.98%	1.87%
2022	0.96%	1.85%
2023	0.93%	1.83%