Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Ireland

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Ireland 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 1.5 in Ireland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Ireland 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	Ireland
1960	4.6	3.78
1961	4.56	3.78
1962	4.55	3.92
1963	4.54	4.01
1964	4.48	4.07
1965	4.42	4.04
1966	4.32	3.94
1967	4.18	3.84
1968	4.01	3.77
1969	3.83	3.83
1970	3.63	3.85
1971	3.46	3.93
1972	3.29	3.84
1973	3.13	3.71
1974	2.93	3.59
1975	2.77	3.37
1976	2.78	3.29
1977	2.78	3.24
1978	2.57	3.21
1979	2.63	3.21
1980	2.31	3.21
1981	2.17	3.05
1982	2.09	2.94
1983	2.12	2.74
1984	2.04	2.58
1985	2.15	2.48
1986	2.03	2.44
1987	2.07	2.32
1988	2.13	2.17
1989	2.2	2.08
1990	2.25	2.11
1991	2.04	2.08
1992	2.13	1.99
1993	2.04	1.9
1994	2.07	1.85
1995	2.16	1.84
1996	2.27	1.88
1997	2.19	1.93
1998	2.02	1.94
1999	1.96	1.9
2000	2.2	1.89
2001	2.02	1.94
2002	1.94	1.97
2003	1.89	1.96
2004	1.85	1.93
2005	1.83	1.86
2006	1.83	1.91
2007	1.86	2.01
2008	2.04	2.06
2009	2.01	2.06
2010	1.79	2.05
2011	1.75	2.03
2012	1.66	1.98
2013	1.54	1.93
2014	1.53	1.89
2015	1.57	1.85
2016	1.46	1.81
2017	1.49	1.77
2018	1.37	1.75
2019	1.47	1.71
2020	1.57	1.63
2021	1.58	1.78
2022	1.58	1.54
2023	1.58	1.5
2024	1.58	1.5
2025	1.58	1.5
2026	1.57	1.5
2027	1.57	1.5
2028	1.57	1.5
2029	1.57	1.5
2030	1.56	1.5
2031	1.56	1.5
2032	1.56	1.5
2033	1.56	1.5
2034	1.56	1.5
2035	1.56	1.5
2036	1.56	1.5
2037	1.57	1.5
2038	1.57	1.5
2039	1.57	1.51
2040	1.57	1.51
2041	1.57	1.5
2042	1.57	1.5
2043	1.57	1.5
2044	1.57	1.51
2045	1.57	1.51
2046	1.57	1.5
2047	1.57	1.5
2048	1.57	1.5
2049	1.57	1.5
2050	1.58	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Ireland
1960	40.1%	30.9%
1961	40%	31%
1962	39.9%	30.9%
1963	39.9%	30.9%
1964	40.4%	30.9%
1965	41.3%	31.1%
1966	42.1%	31.1%
1967	42.8%	31.1%
1968	43.4%	31.1%
1969	43.9%	31.1%
1970	43.7%	31.1%
1971	42.7%	31.2%
1972	41.6%	31.2%
1973	40.4%	31.2%
1974	39.1%	31.2%
1975	37.8%	31.1%
1976	36.4%	31%
1977	35.2%	30.9%
1978	34%	30.7%
1979	33%	30.5%
1980	32%	30.4%
1981	31%	30.3%
1982	30%	30.1%
1983	29.2%	29.9%
1984	28.6%	29.6%
1985	28.6%	29.3%
1986	28.7%	28.9%
1987	28.9%	28.5%
1988	29.1%	28.1%
1989	29.4%	27.6%
1990	29.8%	27.1%
1991	29.7%	26.6%
1992	29.3%	26%
1993	29%	25.5%
1994	28.8%	24.9%
1995	28.6%	24.2%
1996	28.6%	23.6%
1997	28.4%	23%
1998	28.3%	22.5%
1999	28%	22.1%
2000	27.8%	21.8%
2001	27.5%	21.4%
2002	27.2%	21.1%
2003	26.8%	21%
2004	26.4%	20.8%
2005	25.9%	20.6%
2006	25.4%	20.4%
2007	25%	20.3%
2008	24.6%	20.5%
2009	24.2%	20.7%
2010	23.8%	21.1%
2011	23.2%	21.4%
2012	22.6%	21.5%
2013	22.1%	21.5%
2014	21.7%	21.4%
2015	21.2%	21.3%
2016	20.6%	21.2%
2017	20.2%	20.9%
2018	19.8%	20.7%
2019	19.4%	20.4%
2020	19.1%	20.1%
2021	18.8%	19.8%
2022	18.6%	19.5%
2023	18.2%	19%
2024	17.8%	18.6%
2025	17.5%	18.1%
2026	17.2%	17.6%
2027	17%	17.2%
2028	16.9%	16.9%
2029	16.8%	16.6%
2030	16.7%	16.3%
2031	16.6%	16%
2032	16.5%	15.8%
2033	16.4%	15.6%
2034	16.4%	15.4%
2035	16.3%	15.3%
2036	16.1%	15.2%
2037	15.9%	15.1%
2038	15.7%	15.1%
2039	15.5%	15.2%
2040	15.4%	15.2%
2041	15.2%	15.3%
2042	15%	15.4%
2043	14.8%	15.4%
2044	14.7%	15.5%
2045	14.5%	15.6%
2046	14.4%	15.6%
2047	14.2%	15.7%
2048	14.1%	15.7%
2049	14%	15.7%
2050	13.8%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 18.6% in Ireland in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 27.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Ireland compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Ireland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.58% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	1,434	28,286
1961	1,476	25,137
1962	1,509	28,077
1963	1,543	29,667
1964	1,559	31,532
1965	1,528	30,500
1966	1,489	26,866
1967	1,431	29,895
1968	1,369	27,697
1969	1,308	29,326
1970	1,248	30,756
1971	1,219	35,606
1972	1,179	34,316
1973	1,135	34,562
1974	1,074	34,199
1975	1,028	34,128
1976	1,075	33,676
1977	1,124	35,448
1978	1,064	36,288
1979	1,150	38,798
1980	1,002	40,612
1981	940	39,364
1982	913	38,344
1983	941	34,053
1984	899	31,791
1985	955	29,013
1986	855	27,963
1987	845	26,904
1988	848	22,912
1989	845	20,012
1990	833	21,787
1991	673	21,206
1992	728	20,283
1993	706	17,166
1994	757	17,234
1995	844	16,601
1996	947	18,915
1997	932	21,311
1998	845	22,277
1999	828	21,402
2000	1,009	23,592
2001	900	27,837
2002	843	31,062
2003	793	32,372
2004	757	33,376
2005	738	33,279
2006	742	36,752
2007	770	43,109
2008	911	46,691
2009	900	47,168
2010	758	47,426
2011	743	45,801
2012	678	42,775
2013	586	39,302
2014	564	37,728
2015	583	35,265
2016	496	33,339
2017	504	31,379
2018	411	29,878
2019	461	28,365
2020	512	23,687
2021	492	26,064
2022	486	19,287
2023	462	19,638

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Ireland

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 4 deaths in Ireland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Ireland
1985	38	11
1986	38	11
1987	40	10
1988	38	11
1989	41	10
1990	41	11
1991	42	10
1992	40	10
1993	40	9
1994	38	9
1995	38	9
1996	37	8
1997	37	8
1998	34	8
1999	34	7
2000	37	8
2001	36	7
2002	36	7
2003	33	6
2004	34	6
2005	33	6
2006	32	6
2007	32	6
2008	31	6
2009	32	6
2010	31	6
2011	31	6
2012	30	6
2013	32	5
2014	32	5
2015	30	5
2016	28	4
2017	31	4
2018	31	5
2019	32	4
2020	35	6
2021	32	6
2022	36	7
2023	35	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 0.38% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	8.25%	3.53%
1961	7.74%	3.38%
1962	7.18%	3.25%
1963	6.59%	3.13%
1964	6%	3.01%
1965	5.41%	2.87%
1966	4.86%	2.71%
1967	4.36%	2.55%
1968	3.92%	2.41%
1969	3.54%	2.3%
1970	3.23%	2.22%
1971	2.96%	2.17%
1972	2.74%	2.14%
1973	2.56%	2.11%
1974	2.4%	2.06%
1975	2.25%	2%
1976	2.11%	1.91%
1977	1.97%	1.81%
1978	1.84%	1.69%
1979	1.71%	1.56%
1980	1.6%	1.43%
1981	1.5%	1.32%
1982	1.42%	1.23%
1983	1.36%	1.17%
1984	1.31%	1.11%
1985	1.29%	1.07%
1986	1.28%	1.04%
1987	1.28%	1.02%
1988	1.3%	0.99%
1989	1.32%	0.96%
1990	1.35%	0.92%
1991	1.39%	0.87%
1992	1.43%	0.81%
1993	1.47%	0.77%
1994	1.51%	0.74%
1995	1.54%	0.73%
1996	1.55%	0.73%
1997	1.55%	0.73%
1998	1.54%	0.73%
1999	1.52%	0.73%
2000	1.49%	0.72%
2001	1.46%	0.69%
2002	1.43%	0.65%
2003	1.4%	0.6%
2004	1.36%	0.56%
2005	1.33%	0.52%
2006	1.3%	0.49%
2007	1.27%	0.46%
2008	1.24%	0.44%
2009	1.22%	0.43%
2010	1.19%	0.42%
2011	1.17%	0.41%
2012	1.15%	0.4%
2013	1.13%	0.39%
2014	1.12%	0.38%
2015	1.1%	0.37%
2016	1.08%	0.36%
2017	1.06%	0.35%
2018	1.05%	0.34%
2019	1.03%	0.34%
2020	1.01%	0.35%
2021	0.98%	0.36%
2022	0.96%	0.37%
2023	0.93%	0.38%