Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Syria

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	4.6	7.51
1961	4.56	7.5
1962	4.55	7.51
1963	4.54	7.51
1964	4.48	7.53
1965	4.42	7.53
1966	4.32	7.55
1967	4.18	7.56
1968	4.01	7.57
1969	3.83	7.59
1970	3.63	7.62
1971	3.46	7.6
1972	3.29	7.57
1973	3.13	7.55
1974	2.93	7.52
1975	2.77	7.49
1976	2.78	7.45
1977	2.78	7.42
1978	2.57	7.35
1979	2.63	7.25
1980	2.31	7.12
1981	2.17	6.97
1982	2.09	6.81
1983	2.12	6.69
1984	2.04	6.59
1985	2.15	6.48
1986	2.03	6.37
1987	2.07	6.2
1988	2.13	6
1989	2.2	5.78
1990	2.25	5.56
1991	2.04	5.34
1992	2.13	5.14
1993	2.04	4.99
1994	2.07	4.86
1995	2.16	4.7
1996	2.27	4.54
1997	2.19	4.37
1998	2.02	4.25
1999	1.96	4.14
2000	2.2	4.07
2001	2.02	3.98
2002	1.94	3.87
2003	1.89	3.76
2004	1.85	3.68
2005	1.83	3.61
2006	1.83	3.56
2007	1.86	3.54
2008	2.04	3.48
2009	2.01	3.42
2010	1.79	3.36
2011	1.75	3.29
2012	1.66	3.22
2013	1.54	3.17
2014	1.53	3.12
2015	1.57	3.07
2016	1.46	3.01
2017	1.49	2.97
2018	1.37	2.93
2019	1.47	2.88
2020	1.57	2.84
2021	1.58	2.8
2022	1.58	2.75
2023	1.58	2.71
2024	1.58	2.7
2025	1.58	2.66
2026	1.57	2.62
2027	1.57	2.58
2028	1.57	2.54
2029	1.57	2.51
2030	1.56	2.48
2031	1.56	2.45
2032	1.56	2.42
2033	1.56	2.39
2034	1.56	2.36
2035	1.56	2.33
2036	1.56	2.31
2037	1.57	2.29
2038	1.57	2.26
2039	1.57	2.24
2040	1.57	2.22
2041	1.57	2.2
2042	1.57	2.18
2043	1.57	2.16
2044	1.57	2.14
2045	1.57	2.13
2046	1.57	2.11
2047	1.57	2.1
2048	1.57	2.08
2049	1.57	2.07
2050	1.58	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Syria
1960	40.1%	45.3%
1961	40%	45.7%
1962	39.9%	46.1%
1963	39.9%	46.3%
1964	40.4%	46.6%
1965	41.3%	46.9%
1966	42.1%	47.3%
1967	42.8%	47.5%
1968	43.4%	47.8%
1969	43.9%	48%
1970	43.7%	48.2%
1971	42.7%	48.3%
1972	41.6%	48.4%
1973	40.4%	48.5%
1974	39.1%	48.5%
1975	37.8%	48.6%
1976	36.4%	48.6%
1977	35.2%	48.7%
1978	34%	48.7%
1979	33%	48.7%
1980	32%	48.7%
1981	31%	48.7%
1982	30%	48.5%
1983	29.2%	48.4%
1984	28.6%	48.2%
1985	28.6%	48%
1986	28.7%	47.7%
1987	28.9%	47.5%
1988	29.1%	47.2%
1989	29.4%	46.9%
1990	29.8%	46.6%
1991	29.7%	46.1%
1992	29.3%	45.7%
1993	29%	45.2%
1994	28.8%	44.7%
1995	28.6%	44.2%
1996	28.6%	43.8%
1997	28.4%	43.3%
1998	28.3%	42.9%
1999	28%	42.4%
2000	27.8%	41.9%
2001	27.5%	41.3%
2002	27.2%	40.8%
2003	26.8%	40.2%
2004	26.4%	39.6%
2005	25.9%	39.1%
2006	25.4%	38.1%
2007	25%	36.7%
2008	24.6%	36.3%
2009	24.2%	36.3%
2010	23.8%	36.1%
2011	23.2%	36.1%
2012	22.6%	36.5%
2013	22.1%	38%
2014	21.7%	39.8%
2015	21.2%	40.6%
2016	20.6%	40.2%
2017	20.2%	39.3%
2018	19.8%	37.9%
2019	19.4%	36.1%
2020	19.1%	34.6%
2021	18.8%	33.4%
2022	18.6%	31.9%
2023	18.2%	30.3%
2024	17.8%	29.2%
2025	17.5%	28.4%
2026	17.2%	27.9%
2027	17%	27.5%
2028	16.9%	27.3%
2029	16.8%	27.3%
2030	16.7%	27.6%
2031	16.6%	27.9%
2032	16.5%	28.3%
2033	16.4%	28.6%
2034	16.4%	28.8%
2035	16.3%	29%
2036	16.1%	29%
2037	15.9%	28.9%
2038	15.7%	28.7%
2039	15.5%	28.4%
2040	15.4%	28%
2041	15.2%	27.5%
2042	15%	27%
2043	14.8%	26.4%
2044	14.7%	25.8%
2045	14.5%	25.1%
2046	14.4%	24.5%
2047	14.2%	23.9%
2048	14.1%	23.3%
2049	14%	22.8%
2050	13.8%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	1,434	143,687
1961	1,476	151,485
1962	1,509	159,155
1963	1,543	166,555
1964	1,559	174,549
1965	1,528	182,560
1966	1,489	191,122
1967	1,431	199,223
1968	1,369	209,454
1969	1,308	219,114
1970	1,248	230,117
1971	1,219	239,610
1972	1,179	249,027
1973	1,135	254,687
1974	1,074	270,735
1975	1,028	282,299
1976	1,075	294,267
1977	1,124	306,630
1978	1,064	316,724
1979	1,150	324,943
1980	1,002	332,464
1981	940	330,237
1982	913	319,664
1983	941	355,375
1984	899	366,768
1985	955	379,231
1986	855	390,821
1987	845	399,159
1988	848	404,285
1989	845	406,111
1990	833	409,177
1991	673	410,830
1992	728	412,878
1993	706	420,244
1994	757	426,996
1995	844	430,172
1996	947	430,765
1997	932	429,887
1998	845	433,447
1999	828	439,261
2000	1,009	446,211
2001	900	451,503
2002	843	453,967
2003	793	457,000
2004	757	461,209
2005	738	468,960
2006	742	480,616
2007	770	529,162
2008	911	576,593
2009	900	559,314
2010	758	558,666
2011	743	543,950
2012	678	475,520
2013	586	419,341
2014	564	333,116
2015	583	253,977
2016	496	236,007
2017	504	237,214
2018	411	242,530
2019	461	293,762
2020	512	327,992
2021	492	350,560
2022	486	369,750
2023	462	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Syria
1985	38	55
1986	38	52
1987	40	48
1988	38	44
1989	41	41
1990	41	37
1991	42	35
1992	40	33
1993	40	32
1994	38	32
1995	38	33
1996	37	34
1997	37	34
1998	34	34
1999	34	32
2000	37	31
2001	36	29
2002	36	26
2003	33	24
2004	34	22
2005	33	21
2006	32	20
2007	32	19
2008	31	20
2009	32	19
2010	31	19
2011	31	21
2012	30	22
2013	32	25
2014	32	25
2015	30	24
2016	28	23
2017	31	23
2018	31	21
2019	32	24
2020	35	23
2021	32	30
2022	36	21
2023	35	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	8.25%	16.9%
1961	7.74%	16.1%
1962	7.18%	15.3%
1963	6.59%	14.7%
1964	6%	14.1%
1965	5.41%	13.5%
1966	4.86%	12.9%
1967	4.36%	12.3%
1968	3.92%	11.7%
1969	3.54%	11.1%
1970	3.23%	10.5%
1971	2.96%	9.91%
1972	2.74%	9.4%
1973	2.56%	8.92%
1974	2.4%	8.47%
1975	2.25%	8.03%
1976	2.11%	7.61%
1977	1.97%	7.19%
1978	1.84%	6.79%
1979	1.71%	6.4%
1980	1.6%	6.03%
1981	1.5%	6.33%
1982	1.42%	7.06%
1983	1.36%	5.1%
1984	1.31%	4.84%
1985	1.29%	4.6%
1986	1.28%	4.39%
1987	1.28%	4.19%
1988	1.3%	4.02%
1989	1.32%	3.85%
1990	1.35%	3.7%
1991	1.39%	3.55%
1992	1.43%	3.4%
1993	1.47%	3.24%
1994	1.51%	3.09%
1995	1.54%	2.94%
1996	1.55%	2.8%
1997	1.55%	2.66%
1998	1.54%	2.53%
1999	1.52%	2.42%
2000	1.49%	2.32%
2001	1.46%	2.23%
2002	1.43%	2.15%
2003	1.4%	2.09%
2004	1.36%	2.03%
2005	1.33%	1.98%
2006	1.3%	1.95%
2007	1.27%	1.92%
2008	1.24%	1.9%
2009	1.22%	1.9%
2010	1.19%	1.9%
2011	1.17%	2.17%
2012	1.15%	3.39%
2013	1.13%	3.65%
2014	1.12%	3.53%
2015	1.1%	3.7%
2016	1.08%	3.22%
2017	1.06%	3.3%
2018	1.05%	3.26%
2019	1.03%	2.5%
2020	1.01%	2.24%
2021	0.98%	2.1%
2022	0.96%	2.11%
2023	0.93%	2.06%