Fertility & birth rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Antigua and Barbuda vs Trinidad and Tobago 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 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Antigua and Barbuda vs Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	4.6	5.41
1961	4.56	5.41
1962	4.55	5.36
1963	4.54	5.24
1964	4.48	5.08
1965	4.42	4.88
1966	4.32	4.62
1967	4.18	4.35
1968	4.01	4.11
1969	3.83	3.86
1970	3.63	3.71
1971	3.46	3.61
1972	3.29	3.55
1973	3.13	3.47
1974	2.93	3.32
1975	2.77	3.21
1976	2.78	3.14
1977	2.78	3.12
1978	2.57	3.13
1979	2.63	3.13
1980	2.31	3.15
1981	2.17	3.13
1982	2.09	3.11
1983	2.12	3.07
1984	2.04	3.02
1985	2.15	2.99
1986	2.03	2.9
1987	2.07	2.78
1988	2.13	2.65
1989	2.2	2.53
1990	2.25	2.39
1991	2.04	2.29
1992	2.13	2.21
1993	2.04	2.13
1994	2.07	2.06
1995	2.16	1.97
1996	2.27	1.89
1997	2.19	1.83
1998	2.02	1.78
1999	1.96	1.76
2000	2.2	1.73
2001	2.02	1.71
2002	1.94	1.67
2003	1.89	1.65
2004	1.85	1.63
2005	1.83	1.63
2006	1.83	1.62
2007	1.86	1.62
2008	2.04	1.62
2009	2.01	1.62
2010	1.79	1.61
2011	1.75	1.61
2012	1.66	1.61
2013	1.54	1.6
2014	1.53	1.6
2015	1.57	1.6
2016	1.46	1.6
2017	1.49	1.59
2018	1.37	1.59
2019	1.47	1.58
2020	1.57	1.57
2021	1.58	1.56
2022	1.58	1.54
2023	1.58	1.53
2024	1.58	1.54
2025	1.58	1.52
2026	1.57	1.52
2027	1.57	1.51
2028	1.57	1.51
2029	1.57	1.51
2030	1.56	1.51
2031	1.56	1.51
2032	1.56	1.51
2033	1.56	1.51
2034	1.56	1.51
2035	1.56	1.51
2036	1.56	1.51
2037	1.57	1.51
2038	1.57	1.51
2039	1.57	1.51
2040	1.57	1.51
2041	1.57	1.51
2042	1.57	1.51
2043	1.57	1.51
2044	1.57	1.51
2045	1.57	1.51
2046	1.57	1.51
2047	1.57	1.51
2048	1.57	1.52
2049	1.57	1.52
2050	1.58	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Antigua	Trinidad
1960	40.1%	43.1%
1961	40%	43.2%
1962	39.9%	43.2%
1963	39.9%	43.3%
1964	40.4%	43.2%
1965	41.3%	43.1%
1966	42.1%	42.9%
1967	42.8%	42.7%
1968	43.4%	42.3%
1969	43.9%	41.9%
1970	43.7%	41.2%
1971	42.7%	40.4%
1972	41.6%	39.7%
1973	40.4%	39.1%
1974	39.1%	38.4%
1975	37.8%	37.6%
1976	36.4%	36.8%
1977	35.2%	36%
1978	34%	35.3%
1979	33%	34.8%
1980	32%	34.4%
1981	31%	34.2%
1982	30%	34.2%
1983	29.2%	34.2%
1984	28.6%	34.3%
1985	28.6%	34.4%
1986	28.7%	34.4%
1987	28.9%	34.4%
1988	29.1%	34.2%
1989	29.4%	34%
1990	29.8%	33.7%
1991	29.7%	33.3%
1992	29.3%	32.8%
1993	29%	32.2%
1994	28.8%	31.6%
1995	28.6%	30.8%
1996	28.6%	29.9%
1997	28.4%	28.9%
1998	28.3%	27.9%
1999	28%	27%
2000	27.8%	26%
2001	27.5%	25%
2002	27.2%	24.2%
2003	26.8%	23.4%
2004	26.4%	22.7%
2005	25.9%	22.1%
2006	25.4%	21.6%
2007	25%	21.2%
2008	24.6%	20.8%
2009	24.2%	20.5%
2010	23.8%	20.3%
2011	23.2%	20.1%
2012	22.6%	20%
2013	22.1%	19.9%
2014	21.7%	19.7%
2015	21.2%	19.6%
2016	20.6%	19.5%
2017	20.2%	19.3%
2018	19.8%	19%
2019	19.4%	18.8%
2020	19.1%	18.7%
2021	18.8%	18.5%
2022	18.6%	18.3%
2023	18.2%	18%
2024	17.8%	17.8%
2025	17.5%	17.5%
2026	17.2%	17.2%
2027	17%	16.9%
2028	16.9%	16.6%
2029	16.8%	16.4%
2030	16.7%	16.1%
2031	16.6%	15.8%
2032	16.5%	15.5%
2033	16.4%	15.3%
2034	16.4%	15.1%
2035	16.3%	14.9%
2036	16.1%	14.7%
2037	15.9%	14.5%
2038	15.7%	14.4%
2039	15.5%	14.2%
2040	15.4%	14.1%
2041	15.2%	14.1%
2042	15%	14%
2043	14.8%	13.9%
2044	14.7%	13.9%
2045	14.5%	13.8%
2046	14.4%	13.8%
2047	14.2%	13.7%
2048	14.1%	13.7%
2049	14%	13.6%
2050	13.8%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Antigua and Barbuda and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Antigua and Barbuda vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.55% in Antigua and Barbuda and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	1,434	24,766
1961	1,476	25,518
1962	1,509	25,763
1963	1,543	25,507
1964	1,559	25,065
1965	1,528	24,349
1966	1,489	23,228
1967	1,431	21,992
1968	1,369	20,849
1969	1,308	19,652
1970	1,248	19,074
1971	1,219	19,400
1972	1,179	20,116
1973	1,135	20,617
1974	1,074	20,412
1975	1,028	20,468
1976	1,075	20,875
1977	1,124	21,660
1978	1,064	22,538
1979	1,150	23,475
1980	1,002	24,557
1981	940	25,015
1982	913	25,181
1983	941	25,118
1984	899	24,738
1985	955	24,487
1986	855	23,705
1987	845	22,398
1988	848	21,028
1989	845	19,636
1990	833	18,052
1991	673	16,903
1992	728	15,910
1993	706	14,878
1994	757	14,032
1995	844	12,971
1996	947	12,101
1997	932	11,405
1998	845	10,964
1999	828	10,821
2000	1,009	10,588
2001	900	10,438
2002	843	10,316
2003	793	10,169
2004	757	10,149
2005	738	9,822
2006	742	9,889
2007	770	9,939
2008	911	9,872
2009	900	9,769
2010	758	9,698
2011	743	9,601
2012	678	9,376
2013	586	9,020
2014	564	8,571
2015	583	7,963
2016	496	7,436
2017	504	6,779
2018	411	5,869
2019	461	5,647
2020	512	4,558
2021	492	2,091
2022	486	3,773
2023	462	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Antigua and Barbuda vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Antigua	Trinidad
1985	38	87
1986	38	89
1987	40	86
1988	38	87
1989	41	86
1990	41	84
1991	42	82
1992	40	85
1993	40	85
1994	38	84
1995	38	85
1996	37	84
1997	37	82
1998	34	79
1999	34	78
2000	37	76
2001	36	72
2002	36	69
2003	33	67
2004	34	63
2005	33	60
2006	32	58
2007	32	57
2008	31	55
2009	32	54
2010	31	54
2011	31	53
2012	30	51
2013	32	50
2014	32	50
2015	30	50
2016	28	51
2017	31	51
2018	31	53
2019	32	53
2020	35	35
2021	32	54
2022	36	30
2023	35	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.93% in Antigua and Barbuda and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	8.25%	6.74%
1961	7.74%	6.53%
1962	7.18%	6.33%
1963	6.59%	6.14%
1964	6%	5.96%
1965	5.41%	5.8%
1966	4.86%	5.66%
1967	4.36%	5.53%
1968	3.92%	5.4%
1969	3.54%	5.28%
1970	3.23%	5.17%
1971	2.96%	5.06%
1972	2.74%	4.95%
1973	2.56%	4.84%
1974	2.4%	4.72%
1975	2.25%	4.6%
1976	2.11%	4.48%
1977	1.97%	4.37%
1978	1.84%	4.25%
1979	1.71%	4.14%
1980	1.6%	4.03%
1981	1.5%	3.92%
1982	1.42%	3.83%
1983	1.36%	3.73%
1984	1.31%	3.64%
1985	1.29%	3.56%
1986	1.28%	3.49%
1987	1.28%	3.42%
1988	1.3%	3.36%
1989	1.32%	3.3%
1990	1.35%	3.25%
1991	1.39%	3.21%
1992	1.43%	3.16%
1993	1.47%	3.13%
1994	1.51%	3.09%
1995	1.54%	3.06%
1996	1.55%	3.02%
1997	1.55%	2.99%
1998	1.54%	2.96%
1999	1.52%	2.92%
2000	1.49%	2.88%
2001	1.46%	2.84%
2002	1.43%	2.81%
2003	1.4%	2.76%
2004	1.36%	2.72%
2005	1.33%	2.68%
2006	1.3%	2.64%
2007	1.27%	2.59%
2008	1.24%	2.55%
2009	1.22%	2.51%
2010	1.19%	2.47%
2011	1.17%	2.43%
2012	1.15%	2.38%
2013	1.13%	2.35%
2014	1.12%	2.3%
2015	1.1%	2.26%
2016	1.08%	2.22%
2017	1.06%	2.18%
2018	1.05%	2.14%
2019	1.03%	2.1%
2020	1.01%	2.06%
2021	0.98%	2.01%
2022	0.96%	1.96%
2023	0.93%	1.91%