Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	4.6	5.35
1961	4.56	5.24
1962	4.55	5.18
1963	4.54	5.12
1964	4.48	5.06
1965	4.42	4.93
1966	4.32	4.83
1967	4.18	4.79
1968	4.01	4.66
1969	3.83	4.5
1970	3.63	4.39
1971	3.46	4.27
1972	3.29	4.16
1973	3.13	4
1974	2.93	3.86
1975	2.77	3.82
1976	2.78	3.78
1977	2.78	3.74
1978	2.57	3.81
1979	2.63	3.82
1980	2.31	3.73
1981	2.17	3.65
1982	2.09	3.32
1983	2.12	3.11
1984	2.04	3.01
1985	2.15	2.9
1986	2.03	2.74
1987	2.07	2.64
1988	2.13	2.57
1989	2.2	2.58
1990	2.25	2.54
1991	2.04	2.51
1992	2.13	2.49
1993	2.04	2.44
1994	2.07	2.4
1995	2.16	2.35
1996	2.27	2.29
1997	2.19	2.22
1998	2.02	2.14
1999	1.96	2.14
2000	2.2	2.21
2001	2.02	2.28
2002	1.94	2.31
2003	1.89	2.3
2004	1.85	2.27
2005	1.83	2.26
2006	1.83	2.29
2007	1.86	2.3
2008	2.04	2.23
2009	2.01	2.18
2010	1.79	2.13
2011	1.75	2.14
2012	1.66	2.17
2013	1.54	2.18
2014	1.53	2.13
2015	1.57	2.09
2016	1.46	2.06
2017	1.49	2.04
2018	1.37	2.03
2019	1.47	2.02
2020	1.57	2.01
2021	1.58	2
2022	1.58	1.98
2023	1.58	1.97
2024	1.58	1.95
2025	1.58	1.94
2026	1.57	1.93
2027	1.57	1.91
2028	1.57	1.9
2029	1.57	1.89
2030	1.56	1.88
2031	1.56	1.87
2032	1.56	1.86
2033	1.56	1.85
2034	1.56	1.85
2035	1.56	1.84
2036	1.56	1.83
2037	1.57	1.83
2038	1.57	1.82
2039	1.57	1.81
2040	1.57	1.81
2041	1.57	1.8
2042	1.57	1.8
2043	1.57	1.8
2044	1.57	1.79
2045	1.57	1.79
2046	1.57	1.79
2047	1.57	1.78
2048	1.57	1.78
2049	1.57	1.77
2050	1.58	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Sri Lanka
1960	40.1%	41%
1961	40%	40.9%
1962	39.9%	40.8%
1963	39.9%	40.7%
1964	40.4%	40.6%
1965	41.3%	40.5%
1966	42.1%	40.4%
1967	42.8%	40.3%
1968	43.4%	40.1%
1969	43.9%	39.9%
1970	43.7%	39.7%
1971	42.7%	39.5%
1972	41.6%	39.2%
1973	40.4%	38.8%
1974	39.1%	38.4%
1975	37.8%	38%
1976	36.4%	37.6%
1977	35.2%	37.2%
1978	34%	36.9%
1979	33%	36.7%
1980	32%	36.4%
1981	31%	36.2%
1982	30%	36%
1983	29.2%	35.8%
1984	28.6%	35.5%
1985	28.6%	35.2%
1986	28.7%	34.6%
1987	28.9%	34%
1988	29.1%	33.5%
1989	29.4%	33%
1990	29.8%	32.5%
1991	29.7%	32.1%
1992	29.3%	31.4%
1993	29%	30.6%
1994	28.8%	29.9%
1995	28.6%	29.2%
1996	28.6%	28.6%
1997	28.4%	28.2%
1998	28.3%	27.8%
1999	28%	27.4%
2000	27.8%	27%
2001	27.5%	26.6%
2002	27.2%	26.3%
2003	26.8%	26.1%
2004	26.4%	26%
2005	25.9%	25.8%
2006	25.4%	25.7%
2007	25%	25.7%
2008	24.6%	25.6%
2009	24.2%	25.5%
2010	23.8%	25.4%
2011	23.2%	25.3%
2012	22.6%	25.2%
2013	22.1%	25%
2014	21.7%	24.9%
2015	21.2%	24.7%
2016	20.6%	24.5%
2017	20.2%	24.2%
2018	19.8%	24%
2019	19.4%	23.7%
2020	19.1%	23.3%
2021	18.8%	23%
2022	18.6%	22.7%
2023	18.2%	22.4%
2024	17.8%	22%
2025	17.5%	21.7%
2026	17.2%	21.4%
2027	17%	21.1%
2028	16.9%	20.8%
2029	16.8%	20.5%
2030	16.7%	20.2%
2031	16.6%	20%
2032	16.5%	19.8%
2033	16.4%	19.6%
2034	16.4%	19.4%
2035	16.3%	19.2%
2036	16.1%	19.1%
2037	15.9%	18.9%
2038	15.7%	18.8%
2039	15.5%	18.7%
2040	15.4%	18.6%
2041	15.2%	18.4%
2042	15%	18.3%
2043	14.8%	18.2%
2044	14.7%	18.1%
2045	14.5%	18%
2046	14.4%	17.9%
2047	14.2%	17.7%
2048	14.1%	17.6%
2049	14%	17.5%
2050	13.8%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	1,434	247,631
1961	1,476	251,087
1962	1,509	256,719
1963	1,543	262,880
1964	1,559	269,584
1965	1,528	272,422
1966	1,489	275,549
1967	1,431	284,738
1968	1,369	286,642
1969	1,308	286,218
1970	1,248	286,719
1971	1,219	281,200
1972	1,179	282,494
1973	1,135	278,577
1974	1,074	275,521
1975	1,028	282,496
1976	1,075	291,816
1977	1,124	300,038
1978	1,064	317,055
1979	1,150	329,791
1980	1,002	328,155
1981	940	328,096
1982	913	300,030
1983	941	277,768
1984	899	263,175
1985	955	247,836
1986	855	233,782
1987	845	226,414
1988	848	219,184
1989	845	212,401
1990	833	224,454
1991	673	218,117
1992	728	222,230
1993	706	226,257
1994	757	228,904
1995	844	221,957
1996	947	215,290
1997	932	208,193
1998	845	201,059
1999	828	206,876
2000	1,009	227,060
2001	900	244,377
2002	843	252,840
2003	793	252,008
2004	757	212,527
2005	738	248,683
2006	742	248,706
2007	770	248,287
2008	911	232,225
2009	900	200,175
2010	758	224,325
2011	743	224,461
2012	678	229,138
2013	586	221,021
2014	564	211,541
2015	583	201,815
2016	496	194,232
2017	504	187,993
2018	411	183,610
2019	461	172,243
2020	512	170,968
2021	492	121,858
2022	486	95,378
2023	462	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Sri Lanka
1985	38	68
1986	38	66
1987	40	64
1988	38	62
1989	41	61
1990	41	59
1991	42	57
1992	40	54
1993	40	51
1994	38	49
1995	38	48
1996	37	47
1997	37	45
1998	34	43
1999	34	41
2000	37	39
2001	36	37
2002	36	36
2003	33	35
2004	34	37
2005	33	32
2006	32	32
2007	32	31
2008	31	30
2009	32	28
2010	31	26
2011	31	25
2012	30	24
2013	32	23
2014	32	23
2015	30	22
2016	28	22
2017	31	21
2018	31	21
2019	32	20
2020	35	23
2021	32	34
2022	36	22
2023	35	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	8.25%	9.41%
1961	7.74%	8.95%
1962	7.18%	8.66%
1963	6.59%	8.48%
1964	6%	8.3%
1965	5.41%	8.07%
1966	4.86%	7.81%
1967	4.36%	7.55%
1968	3.92%	7.32%
1969	3.54%	7.14%
1970	3.23%	7.02%
1971	2.96%	6.94%
1972	2.74%	6.86%
1973	2.56%	6.77%
1974	2.4%	6.62%
1975	2.25%	6.41%
1976	2.11%	6.12%
1977	1.97%	5.77%
1978	1.84%	5.38%
1979	1.71%	4.99%
1980	1.6%	4.63%
1981	1.5%	4.29%
1982	1.42%	3.98%
1983	1.36%	3.67%
1984	1.31%	3.35%
1985	1.29%	3.02%
1986	1.28%	2.74%
1987	1.28%	2.54%
1988	1.3%	2.41%
1989	1.32%	2.74%
1990	1.35%	2.33%
1991	1.39%	2.32%
1992	1.43%	2.29%
1993	1.47%	2.22%
1994	1.51%	2.14%
1995	1.54%	2.05%
1996	1.55%	1.95%
1997	1.55%	1.86%
1998	1.54%	1.76%
1999	1.52%	1.69%
2000	1.49%	1.63%
2001	1.46%	1.58%
2002	1.43%	1.55%
2003	1.4%	1.52%
2004	1.36%	2.88%
2005	1.33%	1.4%
2006	1.3%	1.33%
2007	1.27%	1.26%
2008	1.24%	1.2%
2009	1.22%	2.08%
2010	1.19%	1.12%
2011	1.17%	1.08%
2012	1.15%	1.03%
2013	1.13%	0.98%
2014	1.12%	0.92%
2015	1.1%	0.87%
2016	1.08%	0.83%
2017	1.06%	0.79%
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%	0.61%