Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Lesotho 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 2.69 in Lesotho in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Lesotho 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	Lesotho
1960	4.6	5.78
1961	4.56	5.79
1962	4.55	5.79
1963	4.54	5.78
1964	4.48	5.77
1965	4.42	5.77
1966	4.32	5.76
1967	4.18	5.75
1968	4.01	5.73
1969	3.83	5.7
1970	3.63	5.7
1971	3.46	5.7
1972	3.29	5.69
1973	3.13	5.69
1974	2.93	5.75
1975	2.77	5.83
1976	2.78	5.87
1977	2.78	5.85
1978	2.57	5.82
1979	2.63	5.79
1980	2.31	5.75
1981	2.17	5.69
1982	2.09	5.63
1983	2.12	5.56
1984	2.04	5.48
1985	2.15	5.4
1986	2.03	5.32
1987	2.07	5.22
1988	2.13	5.1
1989	2.2	4.96
1990	2.25	4.81
1991	2.04	4.68
1992	2.13	4.54
1993	2.04	4.37
1994	2.07	4.21
1995	2.16	4.13
1996	2.27	4.06
1997	2.19	3.98
1998	2.02	3.82
1999	1.96	3.67
2000	2.2	3.61
2001	2.02	3.63
2002	1.94	3.68
2003	1.89	3.62
2004	1.85	3.51
2005	1.83	3.43
2006	1.83	3.41
2007	1.86	3.44
2008	2.04	3.39
2009	2.01	3.31
2010	1.79	3.25
2011	1.75	3.34
2012	1.66	3.3
2013	1.54	3.28
2014	1.53	3.24
2015	1.57	3.22
2016	1.46	3.18
2017	1.49	3.11
2018	1.37	3.02
2019	1.47	2.92
2020	1.57	2.85
2021	1.58	2.77
2022	1.58	2.72
2023	1.58	2.69
2024	1.58	2.66
2025	1.58	2.64
2026	1.57	2.61
2027	1.57	2.58
2028	1.57	2.55
2029	1.57	2.53
2030	1.56	2.5
2031	1.56	2.47
2032	1.56	2.45
2033	1.56	2.43
2034	1.56	2.41
2035	1.56	2.38
2036	1.56	2.37
2037	1.57	2.34
2038	1.57	2.32
2039	1.57	2.3
2040	1.57	2.29
2041	1.57	2.27
2042	1.57	2.25
2043	1.57	2.24
2044	1.57	2.22
2045	1.57	2.21
2046	1.57	2.19
2047	1.57	2.18
2048	1.57	2.17
2049	1.57	2.16
2050	1.58	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Lesotho
1960	40.1%	45.1%
1961	40%	45.2%
1962	39.9%	45.3%
1963	39.9%	45.2%
1964	40.4%	44.9%
1965	41.3%	44.8%
1966	42.1%	44.9%
1967	42.8%	44.8%
1968	43.4%	44.4%
1969	43.9%	44%
1970	43.7%	43.6%
1971	42.7%	43.1%
1972	41.6%	42.7%
1973	40.4%	42.3%
1974	39.1%	41.9%
1975	37.8%	41.6%
1976	36.4%	41.4%
1977	35.2%	41.5%
1978	34%	41.7%
1979	33%	41.9%
1980	32%	42.1%
1981	31%	42.3%
1982	30%	42.5%
1983	29.2%	42.7%
1984	28.6%	42.8%
1985	28.6%	43%
1986	28.7%	42.7%
1987	28.9%	42.5%
1988	29.1%	42.7%
1989	29.4%	42.8%
1990	29.8%	42.9%
1991	29.7%	42.9%
1992	29.3%	42.8%
1993	29%	42.6%
1994	28.8%	42.3%
1995	28.6%	42%
1996	28.6%	41.7%
1997	28.4%	41.2%
1998	28.3%	40.7%
1999	28%	40.2%
2000	27.8%	39.6%
2001	27.5%	39.1%
2002	27.2%	38.6%
2003	26.8%	38.1%
2004	26.4%	37.7%
2005	25.9%	37.4%
2006	25.4%	37.1%
2007	25%	36.8%
2008	24.6%	36.7%
2009	24.2%	36.6%
2010	23.8%	36.5%
2011	23.2%	36.5%
2012	22.6%	36.5%
2013	22.1%	36.5%
2014	21.7%	36.6%
2015	21.2%	36.6%
2016	20.6%	36.6%
2017	20.2%	36.5%
2018	19.8%	36.3%
2019	19.4%	36.1%
2020	19.1%	35.8%
2021	18.8%	35.6%
2022	18.6%	35.3%
2023	18.2%	34.9%
2024	17.8%	34.5%
2025	17.5%	34.1%
2026	17.2%	33.6%
2027	17%	33.1%
2028	16.9%	32.6%
2029	16.8%	32%
2030	16.7%	31.5%
2031	16.6%	31%
2032	16.5%	30.5%
2033	16.4%	30.1%
2034	16.4%	29.7%
2035	16.3%	29.3%
2036	16.1%	29%
2037	15.9%	28.8%
2038	15.7%	28.5%
2039	15.5%	28.3%
2040	15.4%	28.1%
2041	15.2%	27.8%
2042	15%	27.6%
2043	14.8%	27.4%
2044	14.7%	27.1%
2045	14.5%	26.9%
2046	14.4%	26.7%
2047	14.2%	26.4%
2048	14.1%	26.2%
2049	14%	25.9%
2050	13.8%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +1.44% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	1,434	19,981
1961	1,476	20,581
1962	1,509	21,132
1963	1,543	21,585
1964	1,559	22,116
1965	1,528	22,755
1966	1,489	23,326
1967	1,431	23,911
1968	1,369	24,490
1969	1,308	25,137
1970	1,248	25,935
1971	1,219	26,838
1972	1,179	27,841
1973	1,135	28,859
1974	1,074	30,444
1975	1,028	32,311
1976	1,075	34,117
1977	1,124	35,654
1978	1,064	37,084
1979	1,150	38,440
1980	1,002	39,617
1981	940	40,808
1982	913	41,941
1983	941	42,899
1984	899	43,785
1985	955	44,575
1986	855	45,232
1987	845	47,718
1988	848	47,158
1989	845	46,264
1990	833	45,060
1991	673	44,026
1992	728	42,579
1993	706	40,505
1994	757	38,629
1995	844	37,370
1996	947	36,228
1997	932	34,637
1998	845	30,889
1999	828	27,393
2000	1,009	24,786
2001	900	23,190
2002	843	22,274
2003	793	20,133
2004	757	17,271
2005	738	15,831
2006	742	15,234
2007	770	17,763
2008	911	19,349
2009	900	20,335
2010	758	21,877
2011	743	25,647
2012	678	27,592
2013	586	29,789
2014	564	30,922
2015	583	32,087
2016	496	33,390
2017	504	33,601
2018	411	33,112
2019	461	32,279
2020	512	30,721
2021	492	27,806
2022	486	30,803
2023	462	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Lesotho

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 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Lesotho
1985	38	711
1986	38	680
1987	40	686
1988	38	680
1989	41	680
1990	41	665
1991	42	641
1992	40	601
1993	40	542
1994	38	423
1995	38	357
1996	37	319
1997	37	312
1998	34	332
1999	34	371
2000	37	413
2001	36	465
2002	36	484
2003	33	508
2004	34	499
2005	33	549
2006	32	696
2007	32	891
2008	31	1,205
2009	32	1,387
2010	31	1,311
2011	31	1,210
2012	30	1,000
2013	32	855
2014	32	707
2015	30	594
2016	28	518
2017	31	468
2018	31	491
2019	32	467
2020	35	529
2021	32	577
2022	36	477
2023	35	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 5.89% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	8.25%	18.6%
1961	7.74%	18.5%
1962	7.18%	18.5%
1963	6.59%	18.6%
1964	6%	18.6%
1965	5.41%	18.7%
1966	4.86%	18.6%
1967	4.36%	18.5%
1968	3.92%	18.3%
1969	3.54%	18%
1970	3.23%	17.7%
1971	2.96%	17.3%
1972	2.74%	16.9%
1973	2.56%	16.5%
1974	2.4%	16%
1975	2.25%	15.5%
1976	2.11%	14.9%
1977	1.97%	14.2%
1978	1.84%	13.6%
1979	1.71%	12.9%
1980	1.6%	12.3%
1981	1.5%	11.7%
1982	1.42%	11.1%
1983	1.36%	10.6%
1984	1.31%	10.1%
1985	1.29%	9.72%
1986	1.28%	9.36%
1987	1.28%	9.06%
1988	1.3%	8.8%
1989	1.32%	8.6%
1990	1.35%	8.47%
1991	1.39%	8.43%
1992	1.43%	8.51%
1993	1.47%	8.73%
1994	1.51%	9.07%
1995	1.54%	9.45%
1996	1.55%	9.83%
1997	1.55%	10.2%
1998	1.54%	10.5%
1999	1.52%	10.7%
2000	1.49%	10.9%
2001	1.46%	11.1%
2002	1.43%	11.2%
2003	1.4%	11.4%
2004	1.36%	11.5%
2005	1.33%	11.6%
2006	1.3%	11.5%
2007	1.27%	11.2%
2008	1.24%	10.9%
2009	1.22%	9.64%
2010	1.19%	9.01%
2011	1.17%	8.59%
2012	1.15%	8.26%
2013	1.13%	8.02%
2014	1.12%	7.82%
2015	1.1%	7.51%
2016	1.08%	7.18%
2017	1.06%	7.12%
2018	1.05%	6.91%
2019	1.03%	6.87%
2020	1.01%	6.68%
2021	0.98%	6.44%
2022	0.96%	6.15%
2023	0.93%	5.89%