Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Honduras

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Honduras chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.5 in Honduras in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Honduras population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Honduras
1960	5.09	7.46
1961	5.16	7.45
1962	5.13	7.44
1963	5.06	7.44
1964	4.97	7.44
1965	4.88	7.44
1966	4.79	7.41
1967	4.69	7.36
1968	4.56	7.3
1969	4.38	7.23
1970	4.21	7.17
1971	4.06	7.11
1972	3.89	7.06
1973	3.73	6.99
1974	3.57	6.91
1975	3.42	6.87
1976	3.3	6.81
1977	3.17	6.73
1978	3.05	6.63
1979	2.94	6.53
1980	2.84	6.42
1981	2.77	6.3
1982	2.71	6.18
1983	2.65	6.06
1984	2.59	5.94
1985	2.55	5.82
1986	2.53	5.7
1987	2.52	5.58
1988	2.52	5.47
1989	2.52	5.35
1990	2.52	5.27
1991	2.51	5.19
1992	2.71	5.11
1993	2.61	5.03
1994	2.47	4.93
1995	2.42	4.84
1996	2.35	4.71
1997	2.29	4.59
1998	2.23	4.47
1999	2.13	4.37
2000	2.06	4.29
2001	2.02	4.15
2002	1.98	4
2003	1.97	3.84
2004	1.98	3.71
2005	2.01	3.58
2006	2.02	3.45
2007	2.04	3.35
2008	2	3.26
2009	2.01	3.17
2010	1.84	3.08
2011	1.79	3
2012	1.76	2.93
2013	1.74	2.86
2014	1.69	2.79
2015	1.57	2.75
2016	1.5	2.7
2017	1.42	2.66
2018	1.4	2.65
2019	1.4	2.61
2020	1.39	2.58
2021	1.38	2.55
2022	1.38	2.52
2023	1.37	2.5
2024	1.37	2.48
2025	1.36	2.45
2026	1.36	2.42
2027	1.35	2.4
2028	1.35	2.38
2029	1.35	2.35
2030	1.35	2.32
2031	1.36	2.3
2032	1.36	2.28
2033	1.36	2.26
2034	1.37	2.24
2035	1.37	2.22
2036	1.37	2.2
2037	1.38	2.18
2038	1.38	2.16
2039	1.38	2.15
2040	1.39	2.13
2041	1.39	2.12
2042	1.39	2.1
2043	1.39	2.09
2044	1.4	2.07
2045	1.4	2.06
2046	1.4	2.05
2047	1.4	2.03
2048	1.41	2.02
2049	1.41	2.01
2050	1.41	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Honduras
1960	41.1%	47%
1961	41%	47.3%
1962	40.9%	47.6%
1963	40.8%	47.8%
1964	40.7%	47.9%
1965	40.7%	48%
1966	40.6%	48%
1967	40.6%	48%
1968	40.4%	48%
1969	40.3%	48%
1970	40.1%	47.9%
1971	40%	47.9%
1972	39.9%	47.9%
1973	39.7%	47.9%
1974	39.4%	47.8%
1975	39%	47.6%
1976	38.4%	47.5%
1977	37.8%	47.4%
1978	37%	47.4%
1979	36.1%	47.3%
1980	35.3%	47.3%
1981	34.4%	47.2%
1982	33.6%	47.1%
1983	32.8%	47.1%
1984	32%	47%
1985	31.2%	46.8%
1986	30.6%	46.7%
1987	30%	46.5%
1988	29.5%	46.4%
1989	29.2%	46.3%
1990	28.9%	46.1%
1991	28.7%	45.9%
1992	28.6%	45.7%
1993	28.6%	45.4%
1994	28.6%	45.1%
1995	28.5%	44.8%
1996	28.5%	44.5%
1997	28.4%	44.2%
1998	28.2%	43.8%
1999	28.1%	43.4%
2000	27.8%	43.1%
2001	27.5%	42.7%
2002	27.2%	42.3%
2003	26.8%	41.9%
2004	26.3%	41.5%
2005	25.9%	41%
2006	25.4%	40.4%
2007	24.9%	39.9%
2008	24.3%	39.3%
2009	23.8%	38.7%
2010	23.3%	38.1%
2011	22.8%	37.4%
2012	22.4%	36.8%
2013	22%	36.2%
2014	21.6%	35.6%
2015	21.3%	34.9%
2016	20.9%	34.3%
2017	20.6%	33.7%
2018	20.2%	33.1%
2019	19.8%	32.6%
2020	19.5%	32.2%
2021	19.1%	31.8%
2022	18.8%	31.4%
2023	18.3%	31%
2024	17.9%	30.6%
2025	17.5%	30.3%
2026	17.2%	29.9%
2027	16.9%	29.6%
2028	16.7%	29.3%
2029	16.4%	28.9%
2030	16.2%	28.6%
2031	16%	28.3%
2032	15.9%	28%
2033	15.8%	27.6%
2034	15.7%	27.3%
2035	15.6%	26.9%
2036	15.5%	26.6%
2037	15.4%	26.2%
2038	15.3%	25.9%
2039	15.3%	25.5%
2040	15.2%	25.2%
2041	15.1%	24.8%
2042	15%	24.5%
2043	14.9%	24.2%
2044	14.9%	23.9%
2045	14.8%	23.6%
2046	14.7%	23.3%
2047	14.7%	23%
2048	14.6%	22.7%
2049	14.5%	22.5%
2050	14.4%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 30.6% in Honduras in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Honduras compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Honduras by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +1.85% in Honduras. 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
	Bahamas	Honduras
1960	3,351	62,602
1961	3,577	64,672
1962	3,748	67,332
1963	3,901	69,883
1964	4,037	72,756
1965	4,193	75,622
1966	4,339	78,369
1967	4,502	81,131
1968	4,622	84,070
1969	4,688	87,273
1970	4,726	90,875
1971	4,690	94,597
1972	4,583	98,634
1973	4,467	99,553
1974	4,352	98,141
1975	4,249	111,469
1976	4,167	115,754
1977	4,069	119,333
1978	3,987	122,593
1979	3,899	125,957
1980	3,845	128,856
1981	3,851	131,789
1982	3,863	134,629
1983	3,888	137,597
1984	3,892	139,851
1985	3,918	142,190
1986	3,998	144,500
1987	4,090	146,750
1988	4,198	149,130
1989	4,323	152,266
1990	4,432	156,537
1991	4,498	160,933
1992	5,064	165,434
1993	4,877	169,358
1994	4,558	173,437
1995	4,434	177,309
1996	4,265	180,083
1997	4,107	182,308
1998	3,949	169,632
1999	3,688	186,816
2000	3,487	190,308
2001	3,377	190,636
2002	3,249	189,653
2003	3,181	187,854
2004	3,165	186,774
2005	3,220	185,216
2006	3,205	183,381
2007	3,243	183,052
2008	3,134	182,607
2009	3,163	182,250
2010	2,662	180,318
2011	2,558	180,164
2012	2,485	180,384
2013	2,432	179,999
2014	2,259	180,075
2015	1,840	181,098
2016	1,569	182,243
2017	1,289	182,731
2018	1,173	184,953
2019	740	185,200
2020	631	179,553
2021	-93	172,890
2022	947	186,257
2023	854	186,125

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Honduras

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 47 deaths in Honduras.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Honduras
1985	70	199
1986	68	191
1987	66	183
1988	66	177
1989	65	169
1990	65	159
1991	67	148
1992	67	138
1993	66	128
1994	64	119
1995	63	109
1996	62	101
1997	59	96
1998	57	91
1999	54	86
2000	51	82
2001	48	78
2002	46	75
2003	57	75
2004	69	74
2005	70	73
2006	74	72
2007	78	72
2008	80	72
2009	84	71
2010	79	72
2011	74	68
2012	71	64
2013	74	62
2014	78	60
2015	83	57
2016	77	55
2017	79	53
2018	82	52
2019	82	51
2020	84	57
2021	174	88
2022	80	48
2023	76	47

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 1.55% in Honduras. 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
	Bahamas	Honduras
1960	-	20.7%
1961	-	20%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	18.7%
1964	-	18.1%
1965	-	17.5%
1966	-	16.9%
1967	-	16.3%
1968	2.94%	15.7%
1969	2.99%	15.2%
1970	3.03%	14.6%
1971	3.07%	14%
1972	3.1%	13.5%
1973	3.13%	12.9%
1974	3.14%	14.9%
1975	3.13%	11.9%
1976	3.1%	11.4%
1977	3.07%	10.9%
1978	3.03%	10.4%
1979	2.99%	9.94%
1980	2.95%	9.48%
1981	2.91%	9.05%
1982	2.88%	8.62%
1983	2.84%	8.2%
1984	2.81%	7.81%
1985	2.78%	7.43%
1986	2.73%	7.07%
1987	2.65%	6.73%
1988	2.55%	6.4%
1989	2.45%	6.1%
1990	2.34%	5.81%
1991	2.23%	5.54%
1992	2.12%	5.29%
1993	2.03%	5.06%
1994	1.93%	4.84%
1995	1.84%	4.64%
1996	1.76%	4.44%
1997	1.69%	4.25%
1998	1.65%	6.49%
1999	1.62%	3.9%
2000	1.62%	3.73%
2001	1.63%	3.57%
2002	1.65%	3.41%
2003	1.67%	3.26%
2004	1.69%	3.11%
2005	1.69%	2.98%
2006	1.68%	2.86%
2007	1.65%	2.75%
2008	1.62%	2.65%
2009	1.58%	2.55%
2010	1.54%	2.46%
2011	1.5%	2.37%
2012	1.47%	2.28%
2013	1.44%	2.2%
2014	1.42%	2.12%
2015	1.39%	2.05%
2016	1.38%	1.98%
2017	1.36%	1.91%
2018	1.35%	1.84%
2019	2.35%	1.78%
2020	1.33%	1.72%
2021	1.31%	1.66%
2022	1.29%	1.6%
2023	1.27%	1.55%