Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Sierra Leone 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 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Sierra Leone 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	Sierra Leone
1960	4.6	6.18
1961	4.56	6.21
1962	4.55	6.22
1963	4.54	6.26
1964	4.48	6.29
1965	4.42	6.31
1966	4.32	6.35
1967	4.18	6.38
1968	4.01	6.39
1969	3.83	6.39
1970	3.63	6.41
1971	3.46	6.43
1972	3.29	6.45
1973	3.13	6.47
1974	2.93	6.53
1975	2.77	6.55
1976	2.78	6.55
1977	2.78	6.57
1978	2.57	6.59
1979	2.63	6.58
1980	2.31	6.56
1981	2.17	6.55
1982	2.09	6.56
1983	2.12	6.57
1984	2.04	6.59
1985	2.15	6.59
1986	2.03	6.6
1987	2.07	6.61
1988	2.13	6.59
1989	2.2	6.57
1990	2.25	6.57
1991	2.04	6.55
1992	2.13	6.56
1993	2.04	6.57
1994	2.07	6.56
1995	2.16	6.56
1996	2.27	6.55
1997	2.19	6.53
1998	2.02	6.5
1999	1.96	6.42
2000	2.2	6.36
2001	2.02	6.31
2002	1.94	6.23
2003	1.89	6.09
2004	1.85	5.92
2005	1.83	5.81
2006	1.83	5.74
2007	1.86	5.64
2008	2.04	5.56
2009	2.01	5.45
2010	1.79	5.33
2011	1.75	5.21
2012	1.66	5.06
2013	1.54	4.87
2014	1.53	4.7
2015	1.57	4.55
2016	1.46	4.47
2017	1.49	4.39
2018	1.37	4.29
2019	1.47	4.19
2020	1.57	4.08
2021	1.58	3.98
2022	1.58	3.88
2023	1.58	3.79
2024	1.58	3.7
2025	1.58	3.61
2026	1.57	3.53
2027	1.57	3.47
2028	1.57	3.37
2029	1.57	3.3
2030	1.56	3.23
2031	1.56	3.18
2032	1.56	3.12
2033	1.56	3.07
2034	1.56	3.02
2035	1.56	2.97
2036	1.56	2.92
2037	1.57	2.88
2038	1.57	2.84
2039	1.57	2.79
2040	1.57	2.76
2041	1.57	2.72
2042	1.57	2.68
2043	1.57	2.65
2044	1.57	2.62
2045	1.57	2.58
2046	1.57	2.55
2047	1.57	2.53
2048	1.57	2.5
2049	1.57	2.47
2050	1.58	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Sierra Leone
1960	40.1%	38.2%
1961	40%	38.3%
1962	39.9%	38.3%
1963	39.9%	38.5%
1964	40.4%	38.8%
1965	41.3%	39.1%
1966	42.1%	39.4%
1967	42.8%	39.6%
1968	43.4%	39.9%
1969	43.9%	40.1%
1970	43.7%	40.3%
1971	42.7%	40.6%
1972	41.6%	40.7%
1973	40.4%	40.9%
1974	39.1%	41.1%
1975	37.8%	41.3%
1976	36.4%	41.4%
1977	35.2%	41.6%
1978	34%	41.7%
1979	33%	41.8%
1980	32%	41.9%
1981	31%	42%
1982	30%	42.1%
1983	29.2%	42.2%
1984	28.6%	42.3%
1985	28.6%	42.5%
1986	28.7%	42.6%
1987	28.9%	42.7%
1988	29.1%	42.8%
1989	29.4%	42.9%
1990	29.8%	42.9%
1991	29.7%	43%
1992	29.3%	43.1%
1993	29%	43.2%
1994	28.8%	43.3%
1995	28.6%	43.4%
1996	28.6%	43.5%
1997	28.4%	43.5%
1998	28.3%	43.6%
1999	28%	43.7%
2000	27.8%	43.8%
2001	27.5%	43.9%
2002	27.2%	43.9%
2003	26.8%	43.9%
2004	26.4%	43.9%
2005	25.9%	43.8%
2006	25.4%	43.7%
2007	25%	43.6%
2008	24.6%	43.5%
2009	24.2%	43.4%
2010	23.8%	43.2%
2011	23.2%	43%
2012	22.6%	42.8%
2013	22.1%	42.5%
2014	21.7%	42.2%
2015	21.2%	41.8%
2016	20.6%	41.4%
2017	20.2%	41%
2018	19.8%	40.6%
2019	19.4%	40.2%
2020	19.1%	39.8%
2021	18.8%	39.4%
2022	18.6%	39%
2023	18.2%	38.5%
2024	17.8%	38.1%
2025	17.5%	37.7%
2026	17.2%	37.2%
2027	17%	36.8%
2028	16.9%	36.3%
2029	16.8%	35.9%
2030	16.7%	35.5%
2031	16.6%	35.2%
2032	16.5%	34.8%
2033	16.4%	34.4%
2034	16.4%	34%
2035	16.3%	33.6%
2036	16.1%	33.2%
2037	15.9%	32.8%
2038	15.7%	32.4%
2039	15.5%	32%
2040	15.4%	31.6%
2041	15.2%	31.2%
2042	15%	30.9%
2043	14.8%	30.5%
2044	14.7%	30.2%
2045	14.5%	29.8%
2046	14.4%	29.5%
2047	14.2%	29.2%
2048	14.1%	28.8%
2049	14%	28.5%
2050	13.8%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	1,434	38,192
1961	1,476	40,022
1962	1,509	41,603
1963	1,543	43,569
1964	1,559	45,487
1965	1,528	47,223
1966	1,489	49,486
1967	1,431	51,734
1968	1,369	53,126
1969	1,308	54,768
1970	1,248	56,513
1971	1,219	58,484
1972	1,179	60,279
1973	1,135	62,443
1974	1,074	65,357
1975	1,028	67,560
1976	1,075	69,506
1977	1,124	71,663
1978	1,064	74,130
1979	1,150	75,992
1980	1,002	77,932
1981	940	80,111
1982	913	82,457
1983	941	84,628
1984	899	87,072
1985	955	88,869
1986	855	90,902
1987	845	94,235
1988	848	96,344
1989	845	98,298
1990	833	100,778
1991	673	105,477
1992	728	103,251
1993	706	103,317
1994	757	101,486
1995	844	100,885
1996	947	104,140
1997	932	105,433
1998	845	103,906
1999	828	102,295
2000	1,009	110,754
2001	900	116,647
2002	843	126,429
2003	793	130,312
2004	757	132,661
2005	738	137,234
2006	742	144,127
2007	770	145,740
2008	911	149,855
2009	900	152,669
2010	758	155,338
2011	743	158,858
2012	678	160,915
2013	586	161,265
2014	564	160,137
2015	583	162,275
2016	496	168,784
2017	504	173,259
2018	411	178,772
2019	461	181,068
2020	512	181,015
2021	492	183,326
2022	486	186,625
2023	462	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Sierra Leone

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 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Sierra Leone
1985	38	1,506
1986	38	1,530
1987	40	1,533
1988	38	1,549
1989	41	1,575
1990	41	1,572
1991	42	1,699
1992	40	1,681
1993	40	1,696
1994	38	1,755
1995	38	1,777
1996	37	1,726
1997	37	1,721
1998	34	1,753
1999	34	1,731
2000	37	1,603
2001	36	1,518
2002	36	1,492
2003	33	1,433
2004	34	1,366
2005	33	1,294
2006	32	1,168
2007	32	1,132
2008	31	1,093
2009	32	1,054
2010	31	1,018
2011	31	967
2012	30	915
2013	32	842
2014	32	821
2015	30	730
2016	28	633
2017	31	578
2018	31	491
2019	32	464
2020	35	422
2021	32	403
2022	36	370
2023	35	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	8.25%	39.1%
1961	7.74%	38.5%
1962	7.18%	38%
1963	6.59%	37.4%
1964	6%	36.8%
1965	5.41%	36.2%
1966	4.86%	35.6%
1967	4.36%	35%
1968	3.92%	34.5%
1969	3.54%	33.9%
1970	3.23%	33.4%
1971	2.96%	32.9%
1972	2.74%	32.3%
1973	2.56%	31.9%
1974	2.4%	31.4%
1975	2.25%	30.9%
1976	2.11%	30.5%
1977	1.97%	30%
1978	1.84%	29.6%
1979	1.71%	29.2%
1980	1.6%	28.9%
1981	1.5%	28.5%
1982	1.42%	28.1%
1983	1.36%	27.8%
1984	1.31%	27.5%
1985	1.29%	27.2%
1986	1.28%	26.9%
1987	1.28%	26.6%
1988	1.3%	26.4%
1989	1.32%	26.2%
1990	1.35%	25.9%
1991	1.39%	25.7%
1992	1.43%	25.5%
1993	1.47%	25.3%
1994	1.51%	25%
1995	1.54%	24.7%
1996	1.55%	24.3%
1997	1.55%	23.9%
1998	1.54%	23.4%
1999	1.52%	22.9%
2000	1.49%	22.4%
2001	1.46%	21.8%
2002	1.43%	21.3%
2003	1.4%	20.7%
2004	1.36%	20.1%
2005	1.33%	19.4%
2006	1.3%	18.8%
2007	1.27%	18.1%
2008	1.24%	17.3%
2009	1.22%	16.6%
2010	1.19%	15.9%
2011	1.17%	15.2%
2012	1.15%	14.5%
2013	1.13%	13.9%
2014	1.12%	13.7%
2015	1.1%	13.8%
2016	1.08%	12.3%
2017	1.06%	11.8%
2018	1.05%	11.3%
2019	1.03%	10.9%
2020	1.01%	10.5%
2021	0.98%	10.1%
2022	0.96%	9.77%
2023	0.93%	9.43%