Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Seychelles 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 2.02 in the Seychelles in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs the Seychelles 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	Seychelles
1960	4.6	5.31
1961	4.56	5.42
1962	4.55	5.51
1963	4.54	5.61
1964	4.48	5.69
1965	4.42	5.72
1966	4.32	6.13
1967	4.18	5.9
1968	4.01	5.61
1969	3.83	5.48
1970	3.63	5.31
1971	3.46	5.69
1972	3.29	5.16
1973	3.13	4.78
1974	2.93	5.1
1975	2.77	4.75
1976	2.78	4.09
1977	2.78	3.75
1978	2.57	3.92
1979	2.63	3.66
1980	2.31	3.79
1981	2.17	3.67
1982	2.09	3.13
1983	2.12	3.22
1984	2.04	3.24
1985	2.15	3.09
1986	2.03	3.07
1987	2.07	2.92
1988	2.13	2.79
1989	2.2	2.67
1990	2.25	2.61
1991	2.04	2.69
1992	2.13	2.53
1993	2.04	2.58
1994	2.07	2.6
1995	2.16	2.36
1996	2.27	2.31
1997	2.19	2.1
1998	2.02	2.04
1999	1.96	2.04
2000	2.2	2.08
2001	2.02	1.98
2002	1.94	2.04
2003	1.89	2.06
2004	1.85	2.01
2005	1.83	2.2
2006	1.83	2.11
2007	1.86	2.24
2008	2.04	2.33
2009	2.01	2.38
2010	1.79	2.16
2011	1.75	2.33
2012	1.66	2.37
2013	1.54	2.26
2014	1.53	2.25
2015	1.57	2.31
2016	1.46	2.39
2017	1.49	2.41
2018	1.37	2.41
2019	1.47	2.36
2020	1.57	2.29
2021	1.58	2.46
2022	1.58	2.01
2023	1.58	2.02
2024	1.58	2
2025	1.58	1.97
2026	1.57	1.95
2027	1.57	1.93
2028	1.57	1.91
2029	1.57	1.89
2030	1.56	1.88
2031	1.56	1.86
2032	1.56	1.85
2033	1.56	1.84
2034	1.56	1.83
2035	1.56	1.82
2036	1.56	1.81
2037	1.57	1.8
2038	1.57	1.79
2039	1.57	1.79
2040	1.57	1.78
2041	1.57	1.78
2042	1.57	1.77
2043	1.57	1.77
2044	1.57	1.76
2045	1.57	1.75
2046	1.57	1.75
2047	1.57	1.75
2048	1.57	1.74
2049	1.57	1.74
2050	1.58	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Seychelles
1960	40.1%	38.6%
1961	40%	39.1%
1962	39.9%	39.7%
1963	39.9%	40.3%
1964	40.4%	40.9%
1965	41.3%	41.5%
1966	42.1%	42.1%
1967	42.8%	42.7%
1968	43.4%	43.1%
1969	43.9%	43.4%
1970	43.7%	43.6%
1971	42.7%	43.4%
1972	41.6%	43%
1973	40.4%	42.5%
1974	39.1%	41.9%
1975	37.8%	41.2%
1976	36.4%	40.5%
1977	35.2%	39.7%
1978	34%	38.8%
1979	33%	37.9%
1980	32%	37.1%
1981	31%	36.4%
1982	30%	35.7%
1983	29.2%	35.2%
1984	28.6%	34.8%
1985	28.6%	34.4%
1986	28.7%	34.1%
1987	28.9%	33.8%
1988	29.1%	33.4%
1989	29.4%	32.9%
1990	29.8%	32.4%
1991	29.7%	31.9%
1992	29.3%	31.5%
1993	29%	31%
1994	28.8%	30.6%
1995	28.6%	30.3%
1996	28.6%	29.8%
1997	28.4%	29.3%
1998	28.3%	28.8%
1999	28%	28.2%
2000	27.8%	27.6%
2001	27.5%	27%
2002	27.2%	26.5%
2003	26.8%	26%
2004	26.4%	25.5%
2005	25.9%	25%
2006	25.4%	24.5%
2007	25%	24%
2008	24.6%	23.5%
2009	24.2%	22.9%
2010	23.8%	22.5%
2011	23.2%	22.2%
2012	22.6%	22%
2013	22.1%	21.8%
2014	21.7%	21.6%
2015	21.2%	21.4%
2016	20.6%	21.2%
2017	20.2%	21%
2018	19.8%	20.9%
2019	19.4%	20.7%
2020	19.1%	20.6%
2021	18.8%	20.4%
2022	18.6%	20.3%
2023	18.2%	20.1%
2024	17.8%	20%
2025	17.5%	19.8%
2026	17.2%	19.6%
2027	17%	19.4%
2028	16.9%	19.3%
2029	16.8%	19.2%
2030	16.7%	19.2%
2031	16.6%	19.1%
2032	16.5%	19%
2033	16.4%	18.8%
2034	16.4%	18.7%
2035	16.3%	18.5%
2036	16.1%	18.3%
2037	15.9%	18.1%
2038	15.7%	18%
2039	15.5%	17.8%
2040	15.4%	17.6%
2041	15.2%	17.4%
2042	15%	17.3%
2043	14.8%	17.1%
2044	14.7%	16.9%
2045	14.5%	16.8%
2046	14.4%	16.7%
2047	14.2%	16.6%
2048	14.1%	16.5%
2049	14%	16.4%
2050	13.8%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.82% in the Seychelles. 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	Seychelles
1960	1,434	977
1961	1,476	1,040
1962	1,509	1,083
1963	1,543	1,123
1964	1,559	1,155
1965	1,528	1,165
1966	1,489	1,280
1967	1,431	1,217
1968	1,369	1,145
1969	1,308	1,119
1970	1,248	1,087
1971	1,219	1,373
1972	1,179	1,199
1973	1,135	1,166
1974	1,074	1,361
1975	1,028	1,376
1976	1,075	1,174
1977	1,124	1,125
1978	1,064	1,330
1979	1,150	1,292
1980	1,002	1,386
1981	940	1,358
1982	913	1,069
1983	941	1,209
1984	899	1,255
1985	955	1,259
1986	855	1,222
1987	845	1,172
1988	848	1,135
1989	845	1,030
1990	833	1,070
1991	673	1,162
1992	728	1,076
1993	706	1,091
1994	757	1,136
1995	844	1,054
1996	947	1,047
1997	932	873
1998	845	844
1999	828	901
2000	1,009	958
2001	900	885
2002	843	837
2003	793	828
2004	757	842
2005	738	861
2006	742	804
2007	770	867
2008	911	887
2009	900	900
2010	758	844
2011	743	936
2012	678	989
2013	586	846
2014	564	832
2015	583	888
2016	496	900
2017	504	901
2018	411	842
2019	461	811
2020	512	886
2021	492	744
2022	486	635
2023	462	683

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Seychelles

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 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Seychelles
1985	38	69
1986	38	65
1987	40	62
1988	38	60
1989	41	61
1990	41	53
1991	42	54
1992	40	50
1993	40	49
1994	38	45
1995	38	40
1996	37	39
1997	37	37
1998	34	41
1999	34	41
2000	37	45
2001	36	43
2002	36	45
2003	33	47
2004	34	52
2005	33	50
2006	32	51
2007	32	52
2008	31	51
2009	32	51
2010	31	50
2011	31	50
2012	30	49
2013	32	48
2014	32	46
2015	30	46
2016	28	47
2017	31	47
2018	31	49
2019	32	48
2020	35	51
2021	32	74
2022	36	89
2023	35	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 1.43% in the Seychelles. 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	Seychelles
1960	8.25%	10.5%
1961	7.74%	10.3%
1962	7.18%	10.2%
1963	6.59%	10%
1964	6%	9.8%
1965	5.41%	9.55%
1966	4.86%	9.26%
1967	4.36%	8.92%
1968	3.92%	8.52%
1969	3.54%	8.07%
1970	3.23%	7.58%
1971	2.96%	7.09%
1972	2.74%	6.59%
1973	2.56%	6.09%
1974	2.4%	5.59%
1975	2.25%	5.09%
1976	2.11%	4.6%
1977	1.97%	4.14%
1978	1.84%	3.72%
1979	1.71%	3.34%
1980	1.6%	3.01%
1981	1.5%	2.74%
1982	1.42%	2.51%
1983	1.36%	2.32%
1984	1.31%	2.16%
1985	1.29%	2.04%
1986	1.28%	1.93%
1987	1.28%	1.84%
1988	1.3%	1.76%
1989	1.32%	1.69%
1990	1.35%	1.63%
1991	1.39%	1.58%
1992	1.43%	1.53%
1993	1.47%	1.49%
1994	1.51%	1.46%
1995	1.54%	1.43%
1996	1.55%	1.41%
1997	1.55%	1.4%
1998	1.54%	1.39%
1999	1.52%	1.38%
2000	1.49%	1.38%
2001	1.46%	1.37%
2002	1.43%	1.37%
2003	1.4%	1.37%
2004	1.36%	1.38%
2005	1.33%	1.38%
2006	1.3%	1.38%
2007	1.27%	1.39%
2008	1.24%	1.39%
2009	1.22%	1.4%
2010	1.19%	1.41%
2011	1.17%	1.42%
2012	1.15%	1.43%
2013	1.13%	1.44%
2014	1.12%	1.45%
2015	1.1%	1.45%
2016	1.08%	1.46%
2017	1.06%	1.47%
2018	1.05%	1.48%
2019	1.03%	1.48%
2020	1.01%	1.48%
2021	0.98%	1.47%
2022	0.96%	1.45%
2023	0.93%	1.43%