Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	5.09	8.08
1961	5.16	8.12
1962	5.13	8.12
1963	5.06	8.12
1964	4.97	8.14
1965	4.88	8.16
1966	4.79	8.2
1967	4.69	8.17
1968	4.56	8.14
1969	4.38	8.11
1970	4.21	8.07
1971	4.06	8.04
1972	3.89	8
1973	3.73	7.95
1974	3.57	7.9
1975	3.42	7.83
1976	3.3	7.76
1977	3.17	7.67
1978	3.05	7.58
1979	2.94	7.47
1980	2.84	7.37
1981	2.77	7.27
1982	2.71	7.18
1983	2.65	7.08
1984	2.59	6.99
1985	2.55	6.87
1986	2.53	6.73
1987	2.52	6.57
1988	2.52	6.38
1989	2.52	6.18
1990	2.52	5.97
1991	2.51	5.76
1992	2.71	5.55
1993	2.61	5.38
1994	2.47	5.23
1995	2.42	5.09
1996	2.35	5.02
1997	2.29	4.96
1998	2.23	4.87
1999	2.13	4.78
2000	2.06	4.7
2001	2.02	4.58
2002	1.98	4.49
2003	1.97	4.42
2004	1.98	4.34
2005	2.01	4.28
2006	2.02	4.2
2007	2.04	4.09
2008	2	3.97
2009	2.01	3.83
2010	1.84	3.67
2011	1.79	3.53
2012	1.76	3.38
2013	1.74	3.25
2014	1.69	3.18
2015	1.57	3.13
2016	1.5	3.09
2017	1.42	3.06
2018	1.4	3.04
2019	1.4	3.01
2020	1.39	2.99
2021	1.38	2.96
2022	1.38	2.94
2023	1.37	2.92
2024	1.37	2.86
2025	1.36	2.82
2026	1.36	2.77
2027	1.35	2.73
2028	1.35	2.69
2029	1.35	2.65
2030	1.35	2.6
2031	1.36	2.57
2032	1.36	2.53
2033	1.36	2.5
2034	1.37	2.47
2035	1.37	2.44
2036	1.37	2.41
2037	1.38	2.38
2038	1.38	2.36
2039	1.38	2.34
2040	1.39	2.31
2041	1.39	2.29
2042	1.39	2.26
2043	1.39	2.24
2044	1.4	2.23
2045	1.4	2.21
2046	1.4	2.19
2047	1.4	2.17
2048	1.41	2.15
2049	1.41	2.13
2050	1.41	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Marshall Islands
1960	41.1%	46.1%
1961	41%	46.7%
1962	40.9%	47.1%
1963	40.8%	47.4%
1964	40.7%	47.5%
1965	40.7%	47.5%
1966	40.6%	47.2%
1967	40.6%	46.7%
1968	40.4%	46.1%
1969	40.3%	45.3%
1970	40.1%	45%
1971	40%	45.6%
1972	39.9%	46.6%
1973	39.7%	47.3%
1974	39.4%	47.8%
1975	39%	48.2%
1976	38.4%	48.5%
1977	37.8%	49%
1978	37%	49.4%
1979	36.1%	49.8%
1980	35.3%	50.1%
1981	34.4%	50.3%
1982	33.6%	50.3%
1983	32.8%	50.4%
1984	32%	50.4%
1985	31.2%	50.6%
1986	30.6%	50.7%
1987	30%	50.8%
1988	29.5%	50.8%
1989	29.2%	50.6%
1990	28.9%	50.2%
1991	28.7%	49.7%
1992	28.6%	49.1%
1993	28.6%	48.4%
1994	28.6%	47.5%
1995	28.5%	46.6%
1996	28.5%	45.6%
1997	28.4%	44.7%
1998	28.2%	43.7%
1999	28.1%	42.8%
2000	27.8%	42%
2001	27.5%	41.3%
2002	27.2%	40.6%
2003	26.8%	39.9%
2004	26.3%	39.4%
2005	25.9%	39.1%
2006	25.4%	38.9%
2007	24.9%	39%
2008	24.3%	39.2%
2009	23.8%	39.4%
2010	23.3%	39.7%
2011	22.8%	39.7%
2012	22.4%	39.4%
2013	22%	38.8%
2014	21.6%	38.2%
2015	21.3%	37.5%
2016	20.9%	36.8%
2017	20.6%	36.2%
2018	20.2%	35.7%
2019	19.8%	35.1%
2020	19.5%	34.5%
2021	19.1%	34.4%
2022	18.8%	34.6%
2023	18.3%	34.7%
2024	17.9%	34.5%
2025	17.5%	33.9%
2026	17.2%	33.2%
2027	16.9%	32.6%
2028	16.7%	32%
2029	16.4%	31.4%
2030	16.2%	30.9%
2031	16%	30.3%
2032	15.9%	29.7%
2033	15.8%	29.2%
2034	15.7%	28.6%
2035	15.6%	28.1%
2036	15.5%	27.6%
2037	15.4%	27.3%
2038	15.3%	27.3%
2039	15.3%	27.4%
2040	15.2%	27.7%
2041	15.1%	28%
2042	15%	28.3%
2043	14.9%	28.6%
2044	14.9%	28.8%
2045	14.8%	29%
2046	14.7%	29.1%
2047	14.7%	29.1%
2048	14.6%	29%
2049	14.5%	28.8%
2050	14.4%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	3,351	452
1961	3,577	469
1962	3,748	488
1963	3,901	509
1964	4,037	536
1965	4,193	566
1966	4,339	603
1967	4,502	636
1968	4,622	685
1969	4,688	747
1970	4,726	819
1971	4,690	877
1972	4,583	913
1973	4,467	954
1974	4,352	1,000
1975	4,249	1,055
1976	4,167	1,109
1977	4,069	1,160
1978	3,987	1,207
1979	3,899	1,250
1980	3,845	1,287
1981	3,851	1,328
1982	3,863	1,375
1983	3,888	1,422
1984	3,892	1,470
1985	3,918	1,511
1986	3,998	1,544
1987	4,090	1,566
1988	4,198	1,575
1989	4,323	1,574
1990	4,432	1,556
1991	4,498	1,540
1992	5,064	1,525
1993	4,877	1,524
1994	4,558	1,524
1995	4,434	1,522
1996	4,265	1,542
1997	4,107	1,564
1998	3,949	1,576
1999	3,688	1,590
2000	3,487	1,592
2001	3,377	1,596
2002	3,249	1,594
2003	3,181	1,600
2004	3,165	1,595
2005	3,220	1,586
2006	3,205	1,556
2007	3,243	1,507
2008	3,134	1,443
2009	3,163	1,365
2010	2,662	1,273
2011	2,558	1,185
2012	2,485	1,097
2013	2,432	1,014
2014	2,259	959
2015	1,840	912
2016	1,569	866
2017	1,289	826
2018	1,173	785
2019	740	746
2020	631	689
2021	-93	653
2022	947	606
2023	854	550

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Marshall Islands
1985	70	254
1986	68	274
1987	66	282
1988	66	276
1989	65	299
1990	65	311
1991	67	297
1992	67	322
1993	66	320
1994	64	303
1995	63	303
1996	62	292
1997	59	274
1998	57	259
1999	54	250
2000	51	251
2001	48	231
2002	46	223
2003	57	221
2004	69	238
2005	70	234
2006	74	233
2007	78	229
2008	80	226
2009	84	224
2010	79	212
2011	74	209
2012	71	207
2013	74	201
2014	78	199
2015	83	184
2016	77	183
2017	79	179
2018	82	167
2019	82	168
2020	84	178
2021	174	206
2022	80	174
2023	76	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	-	12.2%
1961	-	11.6%
1962	-	11%
1963	-	10.5%
1964	-	10.1%
1965	-	9.64%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	8.88%
1968	2.94%	8.53%
1969	2.99%	8.19%
1970	3.03%	7.87%
1971	3.07%	7.58%
1972	3.1%	7.33%
1973	3.13%	7.13%
1974	3.14%	6.97%
1975	3.13%	6.86%
1976	3.1%	6.77%
1977	3.07%	6.69%
1978	3.03%	6.61%
1979	2.99%	6.52%
1980	2.95%	6.42%
1981	2.91%	6.29%
1982	2.88%	6.15%
1983	2.84%	6%
1984	2.81%	5.83%
1985	2.78%	5.66%
1986	2.73%	5.49%
1987	2.65%	5.31%
1988	2.55%	5.13%
1989	2.45%	4.95%
1990	2.34%	4.76%
1991	2.23%	4.59%
1992	2.12%	4.43%
1993	2.03%	4.29%
1994	1.93%	4.2%
1995	1.84%	4.15%
1996	1.76%	4.14%
1997	1.69%	4.15%
1998	1.65%	4.19%
1999	1.62%	4.23%
2000	1.62%	4.25%
2001	1.63%	4.25%
2002	1.65%	4.24%
2003	1.67%	4.21%
2004	1.69%	4.18%
2005	1.69%	4.14%
2006	1.68%	4.1%
2007	1.65%	4.06%
2008	1.62%	4.02%
2009	1.58%	3.97%
2010	1.54%	3.94%
2011	1.5%	3.89%
2012	1.47%	3.82%
2013	1.44%	3.75%
2014	1.42%	3.66%
2015	1.39%	3.57%
2016	1.38%	3.48%
2017	1.36%	3.38%
2018	1.35%	3.29%
2019	2.35%	3.19%
2020	1.33%	3.1%
2021	1.31%	3%
2022	1.29%	2.91%
2023	1.27%	2.82%