Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Namibia

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Antigua	Namibia
1960	4.6	6.24
1961	4.56	6.29
1962	4.55	6.35
1963	4.54	6.41
1964	4.48	6.43
1965	4.42	6.45
1966	4.32	6.47
1967	4.18	6.49
1968	4.01	6.5
1969	3.83	6.51
1970	3.63	6.52
1971	3.46	6.52
1972	3.29	6.53
1973	3.13	6.54
1974	2.93	6.55
1975	2.77	6.53
1976	2.78	6.49
1977	2.78	6.44
1978	2.57	6.38
1979	2.63	6.31
1980	2.31	6.24
1981	2.17	6.16
1982	2.09	6.08
1983	2.12	6
1984	2.04	5.94
1985	2.15	5.88
1986	2.03	5.79
1987	2.07	5.7
1988	2.13	5.61
1989	2.2	5.52
1990	2.25	5.4
1991	2.04	5.29
1992	2.13	5.11
1993	2.04	4.91
1994	2.07	4.68
1995	2.16	4.42
1996	2.27	4.2
1997	2.19	4.17
1998	2.02	4.18
1999	1.96	4.14
2000	2.2	3.99
2001	2.02	3.83
2002	1.94	3.69
2003	1.89	3.58
2004	1.85	3.55
2005	1.83	3.57
2006	1.83	3.6
2007	1.86	3.61
2008	2.04	3.62
2009	2.01	3.63
2010	1.79	3.66
2011	1.75	3.66
2012	1.66	3.68
2013	1.54	3.65
2014	1.53	3.64
2015	1.57	3.6
2016	1.46	3.57
2017	1.49	3.51
2018	1.37	3.46
2019	1.47	3.4
2020	1.57	3.35
2021	1.58	3.3
2022	1.58	3.25
2023	1.58	3.21
2024	1.58	3.21
2025	1.58	3.17
2026	1.57	3.13
2027	1.57	3.09
2028	1.57	3.06
2029	1.57	3.02
2030	1.56	2.98
2031	1.56	2.94
2032	1.56	2.91
2033	1.56	2.88
2034	1.56	2.84
2035	1.56	2.81
2036	1.56	2.78
2037	1.57	2.75
2038	1.57	2.72
2039	1.57	2.68
2040	1.57	2.66
2041	1.57	2.63
2042	1.57	2.6
2043	1.57	2.58
2044	1.57	2.56
2045	1.57	2.53
2046	1.57	2.51
2047	1.57	2.49
2048	1.57	2.47
2049	1.57	2.45
2050	1.58	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Namibia
1960	40.1%	42.2%
1961	40%	42.4%
1962	39.9%	42.6%
1963	39.9%	42.7%
1964	40.4%	42.9%
1965	41.3%	43%
1966	42.1%	43.2%
1967	42.8%	43.3%
1968	43.4%	43.5%
1969	43.9%	43.6%
1970	43.7%	43.8%
1971	42.7%	43.9%
1972	41.6%	44.1%
1973	40.4%	44.3%
1974	39.1%	44.6%
1975	37.8%	44.8%
1976	36.4%	45%
1977	35.2%	45.3%
1978	34%	45.9%
1979	33%	46.3%
1980	32%	46.6%
1981	31%	47.1%
1982	30%	47.2%
1983	29.2%	46.9%
1984	28.6%	46.6%
1985	28.6%	46.2%
1986	28.7%	45.8%
1987	28.9%	45.3%
1988	29.1%	44.8%
1989	29.4%	43.4%
1990	29.8%	42.3%
1991	29.7%	42.2%
1992	29.3%	42.2%
1993	29%	42.2%
1994	28.8%	42.2%
1995	28.6%	42.1%
1996	28.6%	42%
1997	28.4%	41.9%
1998	28.3%	41.8%
1999	28%	41.7%
2000	27.8%	41.5%
2001	27.5%	41.3%
2002	27.2%	41%
2003	26.8%	40.5%
2004	26.4%	40%
2005	25.9%	39.4%
2006	25.4%	38.7%
2007	25%	38.1%
2008	24.6%	37.5%
2009	24.2%	37.1%
2010	23.8%	36.8%
2011	23.2%	36.7%
2012	22.6%	36.6%
2013	22.1%	36.6%
2014	21.7%	36.5%
2015	21.2%	36.5%
2016	20.6%	36.5%
2017	20.2%	36.7%
2018	19.8%	36.8%
2019	19.4%	37%
2020	19.1%	37.1%
2021	18.8%	37.4%
2022	18.6%	37.5%
2023	18.2%	37.3%
2024	17.8%	37%
2025	17.5%	36.7%
2026	17.2%	36.3%
2027	17%	35.9%
2028	16.9%	35.5%
2029	16.8%	35.1%
2030	16.7%	34.6%
2031	16.6%	34%
2032	16.5%	33.5%
2033	16.4%	32.9%
2034	16.4%	32.4%
2035	16.3%	31.8%
2036	16.1%	31.1%
2037	15.9%	30.6%
2038	15.7%	30.3%
2039	15.5%	30%
2040	15.4%	29.7%
2041	15.2%	29.5%
2042	15%	29.2%
2043	14.8%	29%
2044	14.7%	28.8%
2045	14.5%	28.5%
2046	14.4%	28.3%
2047	14.2%	28.1%
2048	14.1%	27.9%
2049	14%	27.7%
2050	13.8%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	1,434	14,307
1961	1,476	14,936
1962	1,509	15,656
1963	1,543	16,430
1964	1,559	17,134
1965	1,528	17,902
1966	1,489	18,635
1967	1,431	19,498
1968	1,369	20,470
1969	1,308	21,387
1970	1,248	22,414
1971	1,219	23,467
1972	1,179	24,606
1973	1,135	25,754
1974	1,074	26,844
1975	1,028	27,882
1976	1,075	28,785
1977	1,124	29,241
1978	1,064	29,821
1979	1,150	28,930
1980	1,002	28,142
1981	940	27,938
1982	913	27,474
1983	941	28,307
1984	899	29,395
1985	955	30,575
1986	855	31,764
1987	845	33,340
1988	848	34,798
1989	845	37,715
1990	833	43,956
1991	673	44,523
1992	728	43,945
1993	706	42,861
1994	757	41,316
1995	844	39,119
1996	947	37,177
1997	932	37,256
1998	845	37,500
1999	828	37,233
2000	1,009	35,280
2001	900	32,942
2002	843	31,947
2003	793	31,115
2004	757	31,478
2005	738	32,909
2006	742	34,690
2007	770	36,430
2008	911	38,147
2009	900	39,942
2010	758	42,046
2011	743	43,557
2012	678	46,204
2013	586	47,801
2014	564	49,581
2015	583	50,846
2016	496	52,228
2017	504	52,975
2018	411	53,970
2019	461	54,769
2020	512	55,034
2021	492	50,160
2022	486	54,534
2023	462	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Namibia
1985	38	354
1986	38	348
1987	40	336
1988	38	342
1989	41	306
1990	41	325
1991	42	337
1992	40	346
1993	40	354
1994	38	367
1995	38	369
1996	37	387
1997	37	383
1998	34	396
1999	34	371
2000	37	384
2001	36	376
2002	36	313
2003	33	290
2004	34	282
2005	33	344
2006	32	408
2007	32	489
2008	31	537
2009	32	547
2010	31	531
2011	31	498
2012	30	439
2013	32	402
2014	32	369
2015	30	307
2016	28	250
2017	31	213
2018	31	198
2019	32	175
2020	35	143
2021	32	254
2022	36	127
2023	35	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	8.25%	-
1961	7.74%	-
1962	7.18%	-
1963	6.59%	-
1964	6%	-
1965	5.41%	-
1966	4.86%	-
1967	4.36%	9.66%
1968	3.92%	9.64%
1969	3.54%	9.65%
1970	3.23%	9.65%
1971	2.96%	9.67%
1972	2.74%	9.68%
1973	2.56%	9.73%
1974	2.4%	9.79%
1975	2.25%	9.89%
1976	2.11%	10%
1977	1.97%	10.2%
1978	1.84%	10.3%
1979	1.71%	10.3%
1980	1.6%	10.3%
1981	1.5%	10.2%
1982	1.42%	9.93%
1983	1.36%	9.61%
1984	1.31%	9.22%
1985	1.29%	8.81%
1986	1.28%	8.43%
1987	1.28%	8.09%
1988	1.3%	7.81%
1989	1.32%	7.57%
1990	1.35%	7.39%
1991	1.39%	7.24%
1992	1.43%	7.14%
1993	1.47%	7.1%
1994	1.51%	7.13%
1995	1.54%	7.24%
1996	1.55%	7.39%
1997	1.55%	7.56%
1998	1.54%	7.7%
1999	1.52%	7.79%
2000	1.49%	7.79%
2001	1.46%	7.71%
2002	1.43%	7.61%
2003	1.4%	7.51%
2004	1.36%	7.41%
2005	1.33%	7.05%
2006	1.3%	6.49%
2007	1.27%	6.06%
2008	1.24%	5.64%
2009	1.22%	5.29%
2010	1.19%	5.08%
2011	1.17%	5.16%
2012	1.15%	5.51%
2013	1.13%	5.4%
2014	1.12%	5.31%
2015	1.1%	5.5%
2016	1.08%	5.42%
2017	1.06%	5.19%
2018	1.05%	5.01%
2019	1.03%	4.78%
2020	1.01%	4.57%
2021	0.98%	4.38%
2022	0.96%	4.2%
2023	0.93%	4.07%