Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	4.6	7.63
1961	4.56	7.63
1962	4.55	7.64
1963	4.54	7.65
1964	4.48	7.67
1965	4.42	7.66
1966	4.32	7.66
1967	4.18	7.66
1968	4.01	7.63
1969	3.83	7.6
1970	3.63	7.58
1971	3.46	7.56
1972	3.29	7.54
1973	3.13	7.48
1974	2.93	7.43
1975	2.77	7.37
1976	2.78	7.33
1977	2.78	7.3
1978	2.57	7.26
1979	2.63	7.23
1980	2.31	7.15
1981	2.17	7.07
1982	2.09	6.98
1983	2.12	6.88
1984	2.04	6.78
1985	2.15	6.65
1986	2.03	6.52
1987	2.07	6.34
1988	2.13	6.15
1989	2.2	5.98
1990	2.25	5.8
1991	2.04	5.64
1992	2.13	5.49
1993	2.04	5.33
1994	2.07	5.16
1995	2.16	4.99
1996	2.27	4.81
1997	2.19	4.66
1998	2.02	4.52
1999	1.96	4.35
2000	2.2	4.21
2001	2.02	3.96
2002	1.94	3.71
2003	1.89	3.47
2004	1.85	3.26
2005	1.83	3.16
2006	1.83	3.18
2007	1.86	3.19
2008	2.04	3.07
2009	2.01	2.95
2010	1.79	2.81
2011	1.75	2.8
2012	1.66	2.78
2013	1.54	2.67
2014	1.53	2.68
2015	1.57	2.63
2016	1.46	2.65
2017	1.49	2.67
2018	1.37	2.67
2019	1.47	2.49
2020	1.57	2.27
2021	1.58	2.17
2022	1.58	2.14
2023	1.58	2.28
2024	1.58	2.31
2025	1.58	2.29
2026	1.57	2.27
2027	1.57	2.25
2028	1.57	2.22
2029	1.57	2.2
2030	1.56	2.17
2031	1.56	2.15
2032	1.56	2.13
2033	1.56	2.11
2034	1.56	2.09
2035	1.56	2.07
2036	1.56	2.05
2037	1.57	2.03
2038	1.57	2.01
2039	1.57	1.99
2040	1.57	1.98
2041	1.57	1.97
2042	1.57	1.95
2043	1.57	1.94
2044	1.57	1.93
2045	1.57	1.92
2046	1.57	1.91
2047	1.57	1.9
2048	1.57	1.89
2049	1.57	1.88
2050	1.58	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Saudi Arabia
1960	40.1%	43.4%
1961	40%	43.6%
1962	39.9%	43.9%
1963	39.9%	44.3%
1964	40.4%	44.6%
1965	41.3%	44.8%
1966	42.1%	45.1%
1967	42.8%	45.3%
1968	43.4%	45.4%
1969	43.9%	45.5%
1970	43.7%	45.5%
1971	42.7%	45.5%
1972	41.6%	45.3%
1973	40.4%	45.2%
1974	39.1%	45%
1975	37.8%	44.8%
1976	36.4%	44.6%
1977	35.2%	44.5%
1978	34%	44.3%
1979	33%	44.2%
1980	32%	44.1%
1981	31%	43.9%
1982	30%	43.8%
1983	29.2%	43.7%
1984	28.6%	43.6%
1985	28.6%	43.6%
1986	28.7%	43.5%
1987	28.9%	43.4%
1988	29.1%	43.3%
1989	29.4%	43.2%
1990	29.8%	43%
1991	29.7%	42.7%
1992	29.3%	42.4%
1993	29%	42.1%
1994	28.8%	41.7%
1995	28.6%	41.2%
1996	28.6%	40.7%
1997	28.4%	40.1%
1998	28.3%	39.5%
1999	28%	38.9%
2000	27.8%	38.3%
2001	27.5%	37.7%
2002	27.2%	36.8%
2003	26.8%	35.7%
2004	26.4%	34.5%
2005	25.9%	33.2%
2006	25.4%	31.9%
2007	25%	30.6%
2008	24.6%	29.5%
2009	24.2%	28.5%
2010	23.8%	27.6%
2011	23.2%	26.9%
2012	22.6%	26.3%
2013	22.1%	25.8%
2014	21.7%	25.4%
2015	21.2%	25.1%
2016	20.6%	24.9%
2017	20.2%	25.2%
2018	19.8%	25.7%
2019	19.4%	25.8%
2020	19.1%	25.5%
2021	18.8%	25.2%
2022	18.6%	24.6%
2023	18.2%	24.1%
2024	17.8%	23.8%
2025	17.5%	23.6%
2026	17.2%	23.4%
2027	17%	23.3%
2028	16.9%	23.1%
2029	16.8%	22.9%
2030	16.7%	22.8%
2031	16.6%	22.6%
2032	16.5%	22.5%
2033	16.4%	22.4%
2034	16.4%	22.3%
2035	16.3%	22.2%
2036	16.1%	22.2%
2037	15.9%	22.1%
2038	15.7%	22%
2039	15.5%	21.9%
2040	15.4%	21.7%
2041	15.2%	21.5%
2042	15%	21.3%
2043	14.8%	21.2%
2044	14.7%	21%
2045	14.5%	20.8%
2046	14.4%	20.7%
2047	14.2%	20.5%
2048	14.1%	20.4%
2049	14%	20.2%
2050	13.8%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,434	74,143
1961	1,476	77,743
1962	1,509	81,393
1963	1,543	85,480
1964	1,559	89,776
1965	1,528	93,820
1966	1,489	98,361
1967	1,431	103,343
1968	1,369	108,281
1969	1,308	113,859
1970	1,248	120,440
1971	1,219	127,600
1972	1,179	136,360
1973	1,135	145,450
1974	1,074	155,478
1975	1,028	166,223
1976	1,075	178,024
1977	1,124	191,103
1978	1,064	205,331
1979	1,150	220,186
1980	1,002	234,372
1981	940	249,156
1982	913	264,831
1983	941	280,616
1984	899	296,615
1985	955	310,558
1986	855	322,340
1987	845	333,088
1988	848	342,865
1989	845	349,399
1990	833	355,495
1991	673	361,329
1992	728	366,763
1993	706	372,621
1994	757	377,351
1995	844	380,231
1996	947	382,248
1997	932	385,033
1998	845	389,499
1999	828	390,112
2000	1,009	392,407
2001	900	382,153
2002	843	372,099
2003	793	364,520
2004	757	362,843
2005	738	375,938
2006	742	399,333
2007	770	425,199
2008	911	433,457
2009	900	438,557
2010	758	418,641
2011	743	443,675
2012	678	465,649
2013	586	475,299
2014	564	493,431
2015	583	511,023
2016	496	537,829
2017	504	546,751
2018	411	528,767
2019	461	474,407
2020	512	447,036
2021	492	409,032
2022	486	406,920
2023	462	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Saudi Arabia

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 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Saudi Arabia
1985	38	40
1986	38	38
1987	40	36
1988	38	34
1989	41	32
1990	41	30
1991	42	29
1992	40	27
1993	40	26
1994	38	25
1995	38	24
1996	37	23
1997	37	23
1998	34	22
1999	34	21
2000	37	20
2001	36	19
2002	36	18
2003	33	16
2004	34	16
2005	33	15
2006	32	14
2007	32	13
2008	31	12
2009	32	11
2010	31	11
2011	31	10
2012	30	9
2013	32	9
2014	32	8
2015	30	8
2016	28	8
2017	31	8
2018	31	8
2019	32	8
2020	35	11
2021	32	12
2022	36	9
2023	35	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
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%	16%
1973	2.56%	14.9%
1974	2.4%	14%
1975	2.25%	13.1%
1976	2.11%	12.2%
1977	1.97%	11.4%
1978	1.84%	10.7%
1979	1.71%	9.99%
1980	1.6%	9.34%
1981	1.5%	8.71%
1982	1.42%	8.12%
1983	1.36%	7.56%
1984	1.31%	7.04%
1985	1.29%	6.55%
1986	1.28%	6.07%
1987	1.28%	5.62%
1988	1.3%	5.19%
1989	1.32%	4.8%
1990	1.35%	4.44%
1991	1.39%	4.11%
1992	1.43%	3.81%
1993	1.47%	3.54%
1994	1.51%	3.29%
1995	1.54%	3.06%
1996	1.55%	2.86%
1997	1.55%	2.67%
1998	1.54%	2.5%
1999	1.52%	2.35%
2000	1.49%	2.21%
2001	1.46%	2.08%
2002	1.43%	1.96%
2003	1.4%	1.85%
2004	1.36%	1.75%
2005	1.33%	1.65%
2006	1.3%	1.56%
2007	1.27%	1.47%
2008	1.24%	1.38%
2009	1.22%	1.3%
2010	1.19%	1.22%
2011	1.17%	1.15%
2012	1.15%	1.08%
2013	1.13%	1.02%
2014	1.12%	0.96%
2015	1.1%	0.9%
2016	1.08%	0.85%
2017	1.06%	0.8%
2018	1.05%	0.76%
2019	1.03%	0.72%
2020	1.01%	0.69%
2021	0.98%	0.66%
2022	0.96%	0.64%
2023	0.93%	0.62%