Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Nauru

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Nauru 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 3.33 in Nauru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Nauru 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	Nauru
1960	4.6	5.34
1961	4.56	5.38
1962	4.55	5.42
1963	4.54	5.44
1964	4.48	5.47
1965	4.42	5.48
1966	4.32	5.41
1967	4.18	5.29
1968	4.01	5.14
1969	3.83	4.94
1970	3.63	4.74
1971	3.46	4.54
1972	3.29	4.36
1973	3.13	4.19
1974	2.93	4.07
1975	2.77	3.97
1976	2.78	3.9
1977	2.78	3.86
1978	2.57	3.84
1979	2.63	3.85
1980	2.31	3.88
1981	2.17	3.94
1982	2.09	3.99
1983	2.12	4.06
1984	2.04	4.11
1985	2.15	4.14
1986	2.03	4.15
1987	2.07	4.14
1988	2.13	4.11
1989	2.2	4.07
1990	2.25	4.02
1991	2.04	3.99
1992	2.13	3.95
1993	2.04	3.89
1994	2.07	3.84
1995	2.16	3.81
1996	2.27	3.78
1997	2.19	3.74
1998	2.02	3.68
1999	1.96	3.64
2000	2.2	3.54
2001	2.02	3.46
2002	1.94	3.4
2003	1.89	3.39
2004	1.85	3.38
2005	1.83	3.38
2006	1.83	3.4
2007	1.86	3.5
2008	2.04	3.67
2009	2.01	3.85
2010	1.79	4.02
2011	1.75	4.12
2012	1.66	4.12
2013	1.54	4.1
2014	1.53	4.09
2015	1.57	4.08
2016	1.46	4.03
2017	1.49	3.88
2018	1.37	3.68
2019	1.47	3.53
2020	1.57	3.47
2021	1.58	3.43
2022	1.58	3.38
2023	1.58	3.33
2024	1.58	3.29
2025	1.58	3.25
2026	1.57	3.2
2027	1.57	3.16
2028	1.57	3.12
2029	1.57	3.09
2030	1.56	3.05
2031	1.56	3.01
2032	1.56	2.98
2033	1.56	2.95
2034	1.56	2.92
2035	1.56	2.89
2036	1.56	2.86
2037	1.57	2.83
2038	1.57	2.8
2039	1.57	2.77
2040	1.57	2.75
2041	1.57	2.72
2042	1.57	2.7
2043	1.57	2.67
2044	1.57	2.65
2045	1.57	2.63
2046	1.57	2.61
2047	1.57	2.58
2048	1.57	2.56
2049	1.57	2.55
2050	1.58	2.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Nauru
1960	40.1%	34.8%
1961	40%	35.2%
1962	39.9%	35.7%
1963	39.9%	36.5%
1964	40.4%	37.5%
1965	41.3%	38.6%
1966	42.1%	39.4%
1967	42.8%	39.5%
1968	43.4%	41.3%
1969	43.9%	43.4%
1970	43.7%	42.9%
1971	42.7%	41.3%
1972	41.6%	39.7%
1973	40.4%	38.1%
1974	39.1%	36.4%
1975	37.8%	34.9%
1976	36.4%	33.4%
1977	35.2%	31.9%
1978	34%	30.9%
1979	33%	30.6%
1980	32%	30.9%
1981	31%	31.9%
1982	30%	33.2%
1983	29.2%	34.6%
1984	28.6%	35.7%
1985	28.6%	36.5%
1986	28.7%	37.5%
1987	28.9%	38.3%
1988	29.1%	39.2%
1989	29.4%	40.2%
1990	29.8%	41.2%
1991	29.7%	42.1%
1992	29.3%	42.5%
1993	29%	42.5%
1994	28.8%	42.1%
1995	28.6%	41.7%
1996	28.6%	41.1%
1997	28.4%	40.5%
1998	28.3%	39.9%
1999	28%	39.4%
2000	27.8%	38.9%
2001	27.5%	38.5%
2002	27.2%	38.2%
2003	26.8%	37.7%
2004	26.4%	37.1%
2005	25.9%	36.6%
2006	25.4%	36.1%
2007	25%	35.7%
2008	24.6%	35.6%
2009	24.2%	35.8%
2010	23.8%	36.3%
2011	23.2%	37.1%
2012	22.6%	37.7%
2013	22.1%	38%
2014	21.7%	38.2%
2015	21.2%	38.2%
2016	20.6%	38.2%
2017	20.2%	38%
2018	19.8%	37.6%
2019	19.4%	37.6%
2020	19.1%	38%
2021	18.8%	38.3%
2022	18.6%	38.3%
2023	18.2%	38.2%
2024	17.8%	37.8%
2025	17.5%	37.1%
2026	17.2%	36.4%
2027	17%	35.7%
2028	16.9%	35%
2029	16.8%	34.3%
2030	16.7%	33.7%
2031	16.6%	33.1%
2032	16.5%	32.7%
2033	16.4%	32.4%
2034	16.4%	32.1%
2035	16.3%	31.9%
2036	16.1%	31.6%
2037	15.9%	31.3%
2038	15.7%	31.1%
2039	15.5%	31%
2040	15.4%	31%
2041	15.2%	30.9%
2042	15%	30.9%
2043	14.8%	30.9%
2044	14.7%	30.9%
2045	14.5%	30.8%
2046	14.4%	30.7%
2047	14.2%	30.6%
2048	14.1%	30.4%
2049	14%	30.2%
2050	13.8%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 37.8% in Nauru in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Nauru compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Nauru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +2.28% in Nauru. 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	Nauru
1960	1,434	72
1961	1,476	70
1962	1,509	75
1963	1,543	88
1964	1,559	100
1965	1,528	113
1966	1,489	123
1967	1,431	117
1968	1,369	116
1969	1,308	71
1970	1,248	49
1971	1,219	50
1972	1,179	53
1973	1,135	57
1974	1,074	63
1975	1,028	70
1976	1,075	79
1977	1,124	89
1978	1,064	111
1979	1,150	130
1980	1,002	145
1981	940	157
1982	913	162
1983	941	163
1984	899	166
1985	955	171
1986	855	178
1987	845	186
1988	848	195
1989	845	204
1990	833	214
1991	673	225
1992	728	237
1993	706	235
1994	757	229
1995	844	225
1996	947	221
1997	932	218
1998	845	214
1999	828	212
2000	1,009	207
2001	900	203
2002	843	200
2003	793	201
2004	757	202
2005	738	204
2006	742	209
2007	770	222
2008	911	240
2009	900	261
2010	758	281
2011	743	291
2012	678	292
2013	586	291
2014	564	290
2015	583	291
2016	496	289
2017	504	279
2018	411	265
2019	461	255
2020	512	246
2021	492	236
2022	486	226
2023	462	213

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Nauru

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 273 deaths in Nauru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Nauru
1985	38	191
1986	38	209
1987	40	206
1988	38	202
1989	41	198
1990	41	195
1991	42	216
1992	40	217
1993	40	219
1994	38	220
1995	38	219
1996	37	218
1997	37	218
1998	34	257
1999	34	277
2000	37	278
2001	36	299
2002	36	321
2003	33	323
2004	34	324
2005	33	328
2006	32	304
2007	32	303
2008	31	302
2009	32	300
2010	31	297
2011	31	260
2012	30	255
2013	32	247
2014	32	240
2015	30	253
2016	28	248
2017	31	259
2018	31	269
2019	32	267
2020	35	309
2021	32	266
2022	36	317
2023	35	273

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 0.89% in Nauru. 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	Nauru
1960	8.25%	-
1961	7.74%	-
1962	7.18%	-
1963	6.59%	-
1964	6%	-
1965	5.41%	-
1966	4.86%	-
1967	4.36%	-
1968	3.92%	-
1969	3.54%	-
1970	3.23%	-
1971	2.96%	-
1972	2.74%	-
1973	2.56%	-
1974	2.4%	-
1975	2.25%	-
1976	2.11%	-
1977	1.97%	-
1978	1.84%	-
1979	1.71%	-
1980	1.6%	-
1981	1.5%	-
1982	1.42%	-
1983	1.36%	-
1984	1.31%	-
1985	1.29%	8.62%
1986	1.28%	8.2%
1987	1.28%	7.81%
1988	1.3%	7.43%
1989	1.32%	7.08%
1990	1.35%	6.74%
1991	1.39%	6.41%
1992	1.43%	6.09%
1993	1.47%	5.78%
1994	1.51%	5.49%
1995	1.54%	5.22%
1996	1.55%	4.97%
1997	1.55%	4.74%
1998	1.54%	4.52%
1999	1.52%	4.32%
2000	1.49%	4.13%
2001	1.46%	3.96%
2002	1.43%	3.81%
2003	1.4%	3.66%
2004	1.36%	3.53%
2005	1.33%	3.41%
2006	1.3%	3.29%
2007	1.27%	3.15%
2008	1.24%	3%
2009	1.22%	2.84%
2010	1.19%	2.66%
2011	1.17%	2.48%
2012	1.15%	2.29%
2013	1.13%	2.11%
2014	1.12%	1.93%
2015	1.1%	1.76%
2016	1.08%	1.61%
2017	1.06%	1.47%
2018	1.05%	1.34%
2019	1.03%	1.22%
2020	1.01%	1.11%
2021	0.98%	1.02%
2022	0.96%	0.95%
2023	0.93%	0.89%