Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Luxembourg

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Luxembourg 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 1.25 in Luxembourg in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Luxembourg 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	Luxembourg
1960	5.09	2.29
1961	5.16	-
1962	5.13	2.37
1963	5.06	-
1964	4.97	2.34
1965	4.88	2.42
1966	4.79	2.34
1967	4.69	2.24
1968	4.56	2.12
1969	4.38	2.02
1970	4.21	1.97
1971	4.06	1.95
1972	3.89	1.75
1973	3.73	1.58
1974	3.57	1.58
1975	3.42	1.55
1976	3.3	1.48
1977	3.17	1.5
1978	3.05	1.48
1979	2.94	1.48
1980	2.84	1.5
1981	2.77	1.55
1982	2.71	1.49
1983	2.65	1.43
1984	2.59	1.42
1985	2.55	1.38
1986	2.53	1.43
1987	2.52	1.4
1988	2.52	1.51
1989	2.52	1.52
1990	2.52	1.6
1991	2.51	1.6
1992	2.71	1.64
1993	2.61	1.7
1994	2.47	1.72
1995	2.42	1.7
1996	2.35	1.77
1997	2.29	1.71
1998	2.23	1.68
1999	2.13	1.74
2000	2.06	1.76
2001	2.02	1.66
2002	1.98	1.63
2003	1.97	1.62
2004	1.98	1.66
2005	2.01	1.63
2006	2.02	1.65
2007	2.04	1.61
2008	2	1.61
2009	2.01	1.59
2010	1.84	1.63
2011	1.79	1.52
2012	1.76	1.57
2013	1.74	1.55
2014	1.69	1.5
2015	1.57	1.47
2016	1.5	1.41
2017	1.42	1.39
2018	1.4	1.38
2019	1.4	1.34
2020	1.39	1.36
2021	1.38	1.38
2022	1.38	1.31
2023	1.37	1.25
2024	1.37	1.25
2025	1.36	1.26
2026	1.36	1.26
2027	1.35	1.27
2028	1.35	1.27
2029	1.35	1.28
2030	1.35	1.28
2031	1.36	1.29
2032	1.36	1.29
2033	1.36	1.29
2034	1.37	1.29
2035	1.37	1.3
2036	1.37	1.3
2037	1.38	1.3
2038	1.38	1.3
2039	1.38	1.3
2040	1.39	1.31
2041	1.39	1.31
2042	1.39	1.31
2043	1.39	1.31
2044	1.4	1.32
2045	1.4	1.32
2046	1.4	1.32
2047	1.4	1.32
2048	1.41	1.32
2049	1.41	1.33
2050	1.41	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Luxembourg
1960	41.1%	21.2%
1961	41%	21.5%
1962	40.9%	21.7%
1963	40.8%	21.9%
1964	40.7%	22.1%
1965	40.7%	22.3%
1966	40.6%	22.5%
1967	40.6%	22.6%
1968	40.4%	22.5%
1969	40.3%	22.4%
1970	40.1%	22.2%
1971	40%	22%
1972	39.9%	21.6%
1973	39.7%	21.2%
1974	39.4%	20.9%
1975	39%	20.5%
1976	38.4%	20.2%
1977	37.8%	19.9%
1978	37%	19.5%
1979	36.1%	19.2%
1980	35.3%	18.8%
1981	34.4%	18.4%
1982	33.6%	18.1%
1983	32.8%	17.8%
1984	32%	17.5%
1985	31.2%	17.2%
1986	30.6%	17%
1987	30%	16.9%
1988	29.5%	17%
1989	29.2%	17.2%
1990	28.9%	17.4%
1991	28.7%	17.6%
1992	28.6%	17.8%
1993	28.6%	18%
1994	28.6%	18.3%
1995	28.5%	18.4%
1996	28.5%	18.6%
1997	28.4%	18.7%
1998	28.2%	18.8%
1999	28.1%	18.9%
2000	27.8%	18.9%
2001	27.5%	18.9%
2002	27.2%	18.9%
2003	26.8%	18.8%
2004	26.3%	18.7%
2005	25.9%	18.5%
2006	25.4%	18.4%
2007	24.9%	18.2%
2008	24.3%	18%
2009	23.8%	17.8%
2010	23.3%	17.7%
2011	22.8%	17.4%
2012	22.4%	17.1%
2013	22%	16.9%
2014	21.6%	16.7%
2015	21.3%	16.6%
2016	20.9%	16.4%
2017	20.6%	16.2%
2018	20.2%	16.1%
2019	19.8%	16%
2020	19.5%	16%
2021	19.1%	15.9%
2022	18.8%	15.9%
2023	18.3%	15.8%
2024	17.9%	15.8%
2025	17.5%	15.7%
2026	17.2%	15.7%
2027	16.9%	15.7%
2028	16.7%	15.6%
2029	16.4%	15.5%
2030	16.2%	15.4%
2031	16%	15.3%
2032	15.9%	15.2%
2033	15.8%	15.1%
2034	15.7%	15%
2035	15.6%	14.9%
2036	15.5%	14.7%
2037	15.4%	14.6%
2038	15.3%	14.5%
2039	15.3%	14.3%
2040	15.2%	14.2%
2041	15.1%	14%
2042	15%	13.9%
2043	14.9%	13.8%
2044	14.9%	13.7%
2045	14.8%	13.6%
2046	14.7%	13.5%
2047	14.7%	13.5%
2048	14.6%	13.5%
2049	14.5%	13.5%
2050	14.4%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 15.8% in Luxembourg in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 17.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Luxembourg compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Luxembourg by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +0.33% in Luxembourg. 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	Luxembourg
1960	3,351	1,319
1961	3,577	1,489
1962	3,748	1,091
1963	3,901	1,199
1964	4,037	1,377
1965	4,193	1,260
1966	4,339	1,168
1967	4,502	837
1968	4,622	604
1969	4,688	303
1970	4,726	272
1971	4,690	69
1972	4,583	-35
1973	4,467	-421
1974	4,352	-390
1975	4,249	-395
1976	4,167	-578
1977	4,069	-36
1978	3,987	-145
1979	3,899	72
1980	3,845	37
1981	3,851	329
1982	3,863	183
1983	3,888	37
1984	3,892	146
1985	3,918	74
1986	3,998	331
1987	4,090	222
1988	4,198	747
1989	4,323	679
1990	4,432	1,145
1991	4,498	1,239
1992	5,064	1,098
1993	4,877	1,470
1994	4,558	1,652
1995	4,434	1,634
1996	4,265	1,781
1997	4,107	1,552
1998	3,949	1,486
1999	3,688	1,808
2000	3,487	1,963
2001	3,377	1,766
2002	3,249	1,607
2003	3,181	1,220
2004	3,165	1,878
2005	3,220	1,721
2006	3,205	1,748
2007	3,243	1,584
2008	3,134	2,003
2009	3,163	1,991
2010	2,662	2,129
2011	2,558	1,814
2012	2,485	2,124
2013	2,432	2,336
2014	2,259	2,225
2015	1,840	2,107
2016	1,569	2,095
2017	1,289	1,968
2018	1,173	1,945
2019	740	1,922
2020	631	1,828
2021	-93	2,240
2022	947	2,024
2023	854	1,933

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Luxembourg

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 11 deaths in Luxembourg.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Luxembourg
1985	70	24
1986	68	24
1987	66	23
1988	66	24
1989	65	21
1990	65	24
1991	67	25
1992	67	26
1993	66	20
1994	64	20
1995	63	22
1996	62	23
1997	59	22
1998	57	18
1999	54	21
2000	51	18
2001	48	19
2002	46	17
2003	57	15
2004	69	17
2005	70	17
2006	74	16
2007	78	14
2008	80	13
2009	84	15
2010	79	17
2011	74	13
2012	71	13
2013	74	15
2014	78	13
2015	83	13
2016	77	13
2017	79	15
2018	82	9
2019	82	12
2020	84	6
2021	174	6
2022	80	6
2023	76	11

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 0.23% in Luxembourg. 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	Luxembourg
1960	-	3.72%
1961	-	3.54%
1962	-	3.36%
1963	-	3.2%
1964	-	3.04%
1965	-	2.89%
1966	-	2.75%
1967	-	2.61%
1968	2.94%	2.48%
1969	2.99%	2.36%
1970	3.03%	2.24%
1971	3.07%	2.11%
1972	3.1%	1.99%
1973	3.13%	1.88%
1974	3.14%	1.77%
1975	3.13%	1.67%
1976	3.1%	1.58%
1977	3.07%	1.51%
1978	3.03%	1.44%
1979	2.99%	1.39%
1980	2.95%	1.34%
1981	2.91%	1.29%
1982	2.88%	1.25%
1983	2.84%	1.21%
1984	2.81%	1.16%
1985	2.78%	1.12%
1986	2.73%	1.07%
1987	2.65%	1.02%
1988	2.55%	0.97%
1989	2.45%	0.93%
1990	2.34%	0.88%
1991	2.23%	0.83%
1992	2.12%	0.78%
1993	2.03%	0.73%
1994	1.93%	0.68%
1995	1.84%	0.64%
1996	1.76%	0.6%
1997	1.69%	0.56%
1998	1.65%	0.53%
1999	1.62%	0.5%
2000	1.62%	0.47%
2001	1.63%	0.44%
2002	1.65%	0.42%
2003	1.67%	0.39%
2004	1.69%	0.37%
2005	1.69%	0.35%
2006	1.68%	0.33%
2007	1.65%	0.31%
2008	1.62%	0.3%
2009	1.58%	0.29%
2010	1.54%	0.28%
2011	1.5%	0.27%
2012	1.47%	0.27%
2013	1.44%	0.26%
2014	1.42%	0.26%
2015	1.39%	0.26%
2016	1.38%	0.25%
2017	1.36%	0.25%
2018	1.35%	0.25%
2019	2.35%	0.25%
2020	1.33%	0.25%
2021	1.31%	0.24%
2022	1.29%	0.24%
2023	1.27%	0.23%