Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Guyana 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 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Guyana 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	Guyana
1960	4.6	6.33
1961	4.56	6.34
1962	4.55	6.33
1963	4.54	6.31
1964	4.48	6.23
1965	4.42	6.14
1966	4.32	6.02
1967	4.18	5.89
1968	4.01	5.75
1969	3.83	5.58
1970	3.63	5.41
1971	3.46	5.26
1972	3.29	5.08
1973	3.13	4.87
1974	2.93	4.64
1975	2.77	4.45
1976	2.78	4.28
1977	2.78	4.12
1978	2.57	3.97
1979	2.63	3.86
1980	2.31	3.77
1981	2.17	3.72
1982	2.09	3.68
1983	2.12	3.64
1984	2.04	3.54
1985	2.15	3.47
1986	2.03	3.38
1987	2.07	3.31
1988	2.13	3.23
1989	2.2	3.19
1990	2.25	3.18
1991	2.04	3.18
1992	2.13	3.19
1993	2.04	3.2
1994	2.07	3.23
1995	2.16	3.24
1996	2.27	3.23
1997	2.19	3.22
1998	2.02	3.18
1999	1.96	3.13
2000	2.2	3.06
2001	2.02	2.96
2002	1.94	2.84
2003	1.89	2.75
2004	1.85	2.68
2005	1.83	2.65
2006	1.83	2.66
2007	1.86	2.68
2008	2.04	2.7
2009	2.01	2.69
2010	1.79	2.68
2011	1.75	2.69
2012	1.66	2.7
2013	1.54	2.71
2014	1.53	2.7
2015	1.57	2.67
2016	1.46	2.63
2017	1.49	2.59
2018	1.37	2.55
2019	1.47	2.52
2020	1.57	2.49
2021	1.58	2.46
2022	1.58	2.44
2023	1.58	2.41
2024	1.58	2.39
2025	1.58	2.37
2026	1.57	2.35
2027	1.57	2.32
2028	1.57	2.3
2029	1.57	2.28
2030	1.56	2.26
2031	1.56	2.23
2032	1.56	2.21
2033	1.56	2.2
2034	1.56	2.18
2035	1.56	2.16
2036	1.56	2.15
2037	1.57	2.13
2038	1.57	2.12
2039	1.57	2.11
2040	1.57	2.1
2041	1.57	2.09
2042	1.57	2.07
2043	1.57	2.06
2044	1.57	2.05
2045	1.57	2.03
2046	1.57	2.02
2047	1.57	2.01
2048	1.57	2
2049	1.57	1.98
2050	1.58	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Guyana
1960	40.1%	46.8%
1961	40%	47%
1962	39.9%	47.4%
1963	39.9%	47.6%
1964	40.4%	47.7%
1965	41.3%	47.8%
1966	42.1%	47.7%
1967	42.8%	47.5%
1968	43.4%	47.3%
1969	43.9%	46.9%
1970	43.7%	46.6%
1971	42.7%	46.3%
1972	41.6%	46%
1973	40.4%	45.7%
1974	39.1%	45.3%
1975	37.8%	44.9%
1976	36.4%	44.4%
1977	35.2%	43.9%
1978	34%	43.4%
1979	33%	42.9%
1980	32%	42.5%
1981	31%	41.9%
1982	30%	41.2%
1983	29.2%	40.5%
1984	28.6%	39.9%
1985	28.6%	39.2%
1986	28.7%	38.6%
1987	28.9%	38%
1988	29.1%	37.5%
1989	29.4%	37.2%
1990	29.8%	36.9%
1991	29.7%	36.7%
1992	29.3%	36.5%
1993	29%	36.4%
1994	28.8%	36.4%
1995	28.6%	36.4%
1996	28.6%	36.4%
1997	28.4%	36.5%
1998	28.3%	36.6%
1999	28%	36.6%
2000	27.8%	36.6%
2001	27.5%	36.5%
2002	27.2%	36.4%
2003	26.8%	36.1%
2004	26.4%	35.8%
2005	25.9%	35.3%
2006	25.4%	34.7%
2007	25%	34.1%
2008	24.6%	33.5%
2009	24.2%	32.9%
2010	23.8%	32.2%
2011	23.2%	31.6%
2012	22.6%	31.1%
2013	22.1%	30.8%
2014	21.7%	30.5%
2015	21.2%	30.3%
2016	20.6%	30.1%
2017	20.2%	30%
2018	19.8%	29.5%
2019	19.4%	29.3%
2020	19.1%	29.5%
2021	18.8%	29.4%
2022	18.6%	29.4%
2023	18.2%	29.3%
2024	17.8%	29.2%
2025	17.5%	28.9%
2026	17.2%	28.7%
2027	17%	28.4%
2028	16.9%	28.1%
2029	16.8%	27.8%
2030	16.7%	27.4%
2031	16.6%	27%
2032	16.5%	26.7%
2033	16.4%	26.3%
2034	16.4%	26%
2035	16.3%	25.6%
2036	16.1%	25.2%
2037	15.9%	24.9%
2038	15.7%	24.6%
2039	15.5%	24.3%
2040	15.4%	24.1%
2041	15.2%	23.9%
2042	15%	23.6%
2043	14.8%	23.4%
2044	14.7%	23.3%
2045	14.5%	23.1%
2046	14.4%	22.9%
2047	14.2%	22.7%
2048	14.1%	22.6%
2049	14%	22.4%
2050	13.8%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +1.36% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	1,434	17,867
1961	1,476	18,092
1962	1,509	18,344
1963	1,543	18,606
1964	1,559	18,729
1965	1,528	18,791
1966	1,489	18,862
1967	1,431	18,933
1968	1,369	19,035
1969	1,308	19,133
1970	1,248	19,233
1971	1,219	19,273
1972	1,179	19,219
1973	1,135	18,991
1974	1,074	18,589
1975	1,028	18,317
1976	1,075	18,083
1977	1,124	17,805
1978	1,064	17,539
1979	1,150	17,402
1980	1,002	17,298
1981	940	17,471
1982	913	17,644
1983	941	17,753
1984	899	17,466
1985	955	17,292
1986	855	16,940
1987	845	16,600
1988	848	16,189
1989	845	15,947
1990	833	15,917
1991	673	15,896
1992	728	15,990
1993	706	16,099
1994	757	16,185
1995	844	15,991
1996	947	15,768
1997	932	15,568
1998	845	15,292
1999	828	14,763
2000	1,009	14,128
2001	900	13,307
2002	843	12,218
2003	793	11,344
2004	757	10,767
2005	738	10,455
2006	742	10,525
2007	770	10,741
2008	911	10,792
2009	900	10,758
2010	758	10,652
2011	743	10,713
2012	678	10,633
2013	586	10,887
2014	564	11,143
2015	583	11,199
2016	496	11,168
2017	504	11,108
2018	411	10,946
2019	461	11,665
2020	512	10,307
2021	492	8,125
2022	486	11,042
2023	462	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Guyana

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 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Guyana
1985	38	241
1986	38	238
1987	40	234
1988	38	230
1989	41	227
1990	41	224
1991	42	219
1992	40	208
1993	40	205
1994	38	204
1995	38	207
1996	37	202
1997	37	195
1998	34	184
1999	34	178
2000	37	171
2001	36	163
2002	36	164
2003	33	164
2004	34	162
2005	33	166
2006	32	167
2007	32	158
2008	31	153
2009	32	146
2010	31	141
2011	31	135
2012	30	133
2013	32	128
2014	32	121
2015	30	117
2016	28	114
2017	31	110
2018	31	105
2019	32	107
2020	35	109
2021	32	189
2022	36	83
2023	35	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 2.57% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	8.25%	9.19%
1961	7.74%	8.81%
1962	7.18%	8.49%
1963	6.59%	8.21%
1964	6%	7.99%
1965	5.41%	7.8%
1966	4.86%	7.66%
1967	4.36%	7.56%
1968	3.92%	7.48%
1969	3.54%	7.43%
1970	3.23%	7.39%
1971	2.96%	7.37%
1972	2.74%	7.35%
1973	2.56%	7.33%
1974	2.4%	7.31%
1975	2.25%	7.27%
1976	2.11%	7.24%
1977	1.97%	7.19%
1978	1.84%	7.14%
1979	1.71%	7.08%
1980	1.6%	7.02%
1981	1.5%	6.96%
1982	1.42%	6.89%
1983	1.36%	6.82%
1984	1.31%	6.74%
1985	1.29%	6.66%
1986	1.28%	6.57%
1987	1.28%	6.47%
1988	1.3%	6.35%
1989	1.32%	6.22%
1990	1.35%	6.08%
1991	1.39%	5.92%
1992	1.43%	5.77%
1993	1.47%	5.6%
1994	1.51%	5.45%
1995	1.54%	5.3%
1996	1.55%	5.16%
1997	1.55%	5.02%
1998	1.54%	4.89%
1999	1.52%	4.77%
2000	1.49%	4.65%
2001	1.46%	4.53%
2002	1.43%	4.42%
2003	1.4%	4.32%
2004	1.36%	4.23%
2005	1.33%	4.14%
2006	1.3%	4.05%
2007	1.27%	3.97%
2008	1.24%	3.89%
2009	1.22%	3.81%
2010	1.19%	3.73%
2011	1.17%	3.65%
2012	1.15%	3.58%
2013	1.13%	3.49%
2014	1.12%	3.4%
2015	1.1%	3.31%
2016	1.08%	3.21%
2017	1.06%	3.11%
2018	1.05%	3.02%
2019	1.03%	2.93%
2020	1.01%	2.84%
2021	0.98%	2.75%
2022	0.96%	2.66%
2023	0.93%	2.57%