Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Malaysia 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	Malaysia
1960	4.6	6.41
1961	4.56	6.37
1962	4.55	6.3
1963	4.54	6.19
1964	4.48	6.03
1965	4.42	5.84
1966	4.32	5.64
1967	4.18	5.43
1968	4.01	5.29
1969	3.83	5.16
1970	3.63	5.04
1971	3.46	4.92
1972	3.29	4.82
1973	3.13	4.73
1974	2.93	4.62
1975	2.77	4.5
1976	2.78	4.4
1977	2.78	4.28
1978	2.57	4.18
1979	2.63	4.09
1980	2.31	4.04
1981	2.17	4
1982	2.09	3.97
1983	2.12	3.93
1984	2.04	3.89
1985	2.15	3.8
1986	2.03	3.7
1987	2.07	3.57
1988	2.13	3.5
1989	2.2	3.31
1990	2.25	3.3
1991	2.04	3.34
1992	2.13	3.37
1993	2.04	3.36
1994	2.07	3.35
1995	2.16	3.32
1996	2.27	3.3
1997	2.19	3.23
1998	2.02	3.12
1999	1.96	3.07
2000	2.2	2.94
2001	2.02	2.81
2002	1.94	2.66
2003	1.89	2.6
2004	1.85	2.49
2005	1.83	2.39
2006	1.83	2.31
2007	1.86	2.25
2008	2.04	2.26
2009	2.01	2.22
2010	1.79	2.14
2011	1.75	2.15
2012	1.66	2.12
2013	1.54	2.07
2014	1.53	2.06
2015	1.57	2.01
2016	1.46	1.94
2017	1.49	1.89
2018	1.37	1.84
2019	1.47	1.78
2020	1.57	1.68
2021	1.58	1.56
2022	1.58	1.55
2023	1.58	1.55
2024	1.58	1.54
2025	1.58	1.53
2026	1.57	1.52
2027	1.57	1.51
2028	1.57	1.51
2029	1.57	1.51
2030	1.56	1.51
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	1.51
2037	1.57	1.51
2038	1.57	1.51
2039	1.57	1.51
2040	1.57	1.51
2041	1.57	1.51
2042	1.57	1.51
2043	1.57	1.52
2044	1.57	1.52
2045	1.57	1.52
2046	1.57	1.52
2047	1.57	1.52
2048	1.57	1.53
2049	1.57	1.53
2050	1.58	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Malaysia
1960	40.1%	45.4%
1961	40%	45.9%
1962	39.9%	46.3%
1963	39.9%	46.5%
1964	40.4%	46.6%
1965	41.3%	46.5%
1966	42.1%	46.2%
1967	42.8%	45.9%
1968	43.4%	45.5%
1969	43.9%	45%
1970	43.7%	44.5%
1971	42.7%	44%
1972	41.6%	43.4%
1973	40.4%	42.8%
1974	39.1%	42.2%
1975	37.8%	41.7%
1976	36.4%	41.1%
1977	35.2%	40.6%
1978	34%	40.1%
1979	33%	39.6%
1980	32%	39.2%
1981	31%	38.8%
1982	30%	38.6%
1983	29.2%	38.4%
1984	28.6%	38.2%
1985	28.6%	38.1%
1986	28.7%	38%
1987	28.9%	37.9%
1988	29.1%	37.7%
1989	29.4%	37.5%
1990	29.8%	37.2%
1991	29.7%	36.9%
1992	29.3%	36.6%
1993	29%	36.3%
1994	28.8%	36%
1995	28.6%	35.7%
1996	28.6%	35.5%
1997	28.4%	35.3%
1998	28.3%	35%
1999	28%	34.6%
2000	27.8%	34.2%
2001	27.5%	33.7%
2002	27.2%	33.2%
2003	26.8%	32.6%
2004	26.4%	32%
2005	25.9%	31.4%
2006	25.4%	30.7%
2007	25%	30%
2008	24.6%	29.4%
2009	24.2%	28.6%
2010	23.8%	27.9%
2011	23.2%	27.4%
2012	22.6%	27%
2013	22.1%	26.6%
2014	21.7%	26.2%
2015	21.2%	25.8%
2016	20.6%	25.5%
2017	20.2%	25.2%
2018	19.8%	24.9%
2019	19.4%	24.5%
2020	19.1%	24%
2021	18.8%	23.4%
2022	18.6%	22.8%
2023	18.2%	22.3%
2024	17.8%	21.8%
2025	17.5%	21.3%
2026	17.2%	20.8%
2027	17%	20.4%
2028	16.9%	19.9%
2029	16.8%	19.4%
2030	16.7%	19%
2031	16.6%	18.5%
2032	16.5%	18.1%
2033	16.4%	17.8%
2034	16.4%	17.6%
2035	16.3%	17.4%
2036	16.1%	17.3%
2037	15.9%	17.3%
2038	15.7%	17.2%
2039	15.5%	17.1%
2040	15.4%	17%
2041	15.2%	17%
2042	15%	16.9%
2043	14.8%	16.8%
2044	14.7%	16.7%
2045	14.5%	16.7%
2046	14.4%	16.6%
2047	14.2%	16.5%
2048	14.1%	16.4%
2049	14%	16.3%
2050	13.8%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	1,434	251,090
1961	1,476	257,270
1962	1,509	262,140
1963	1,543	265,815
1964	1,559	266,406
1965	1,528	264,836
1966	1,489	262,162
1967	1,431	258,764
1968	1,369	260,705
1969	1,308	264,327
1970	1,248	269,341
1971	1,219	272,323
1972	1,179	276,263
1973	1,135	284,611
1974	1,074	289,880
1975	1,028	294,541
1976	1,075	300,615
1977	1,124	305,515
1978	1,064	311,027
1979	1,150	317,439
1980	1,002	326,947
1981	940	339,991
1982	913	353,138
1983	941	365,290
1984	899	376,797
1985	955	383,243
1986	855	385,799
1987	845	381,999
1988	848	386,507
1989	845	373,277
1990	833	384,518
1991	673	401,938
1992	728	418,900
1993	706	429,910
1994	757	437,873
1995	844	443,349
1996	947	450,174
1997	932	447,768
1998	845	436,316
1999	828	432,355
2000	1,009	417,371
2001	900	400,939
2002	843	381,084
2003	793	377,425
2004	757	365,138
2005	738	355,324
2006	742	349,509
2007	770	348,711
2008	911	362,380
2009	900	366,157
2010	758	360,260
2011	743	372,836
2012	678	371,497
2013	586	366,738
2014	564	367,587
2015	583	358,302
2016	496	345,681
2017	504	336,434
2018	411	324,568
2019	461	309,426
2020	512	283,282
2021	492	212,002
2022	486	237,560
2023	462	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Malaysia
1985	38	63
1986	38	59
1987	40	56
1988	38	55
1989	41	52
1990	41	51
1991	42	49
1992	40	48
1993	40	46
1994	38	44
1995	38	43
1996	37	42
1997	37	40
1998	34	39
1999	34	38
2000	37	37
2001	36	36
2002	36	34
2003	33	34
2004	34	33
2005	33	31
2006	32	30
2007	32	30
2008	31	29
2009	32	29
2010	31	29
2011	31	29
2012	30	29
2013	32	29
2014	32	30
2015	30	30
2016	28	30
2017	31	29
2018	31	29
2019	32	28
2020	35	29
2021	32	52
2022	36	38
2023	35	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	8.25%	9.46%
1961	7.74%	8.83%
1962	7.18%	8.25%
1963	6.59%	7.74%
1964	6%	7.28%
1965	5.41%	6.89%
1966	4.86%	6.56%
1967	4.36%	6.27%
1968	3.92%	6.02%
1969	3.54%	5.79%
1970	3.23%	5.56%
1971	2.96%	5.32%
1972	2.74%	5.06%
1973	2.56%	4.79%
1974	2.4%	4.5%
1975	2.25%	4.23%
1976	2.11%	3.97%
1977	1.97%	3.71%
1978	1.84%	3.48%
1979	1.71%	3.25%
1980	1.6%	3.04%
1981	1.5%	2.84%
1982	1.42%	2.65%
1983	1.36%	2.47%
1984	1.31%	2.32%
1985	1.29%	2.18%
1986	1.28%	2.05%
1987	1.28%	1.93%
1988	1.3%	1.83%
1989	1.32%	1.74%
1990	1.35%	1.66%
1991	1.39%	1.58%
1992	1.43%	1.51%
1993	1.47%	1.45%
1994	1.51%	1.39%
1995	1.54%	1.34%
1996	1.55%	1.29%
1997	1.55%	1.23%
1998	1.54%	1.15%
1999	1.52%	1.07%
2000	1.49%	1%
2001	1.46%	0.93%
2002	1.43%	0.88%
2003	1.4%	0.85%
2004	1.36%	0.84%
2005	1.33%	0.83%
2006	1.3%	0.83%
2007	1.27%	0.82%
2008	1.24%	0.82%
2009	1.22%	0.82%
2010	1.19%	0.81%
2011	1.17%	0.81%
2012	1.15%	0.8%
2013	1.13%	0.81%
2014	1.12%	0.81%
2015	1.1%	0.81%
2016	1.08%	0.82%
2017	1.06%	0.82%
2018	1.05%	0.82%
2019	1.03%	0.82%
2020	1.01%	0.81%
2021	0.98%	0.81%
2022	0.96%	0.81%
2023	0.93%	0.81%