Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Montenegro 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 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Montenegro 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	Montenegro
1960	5.09	3.53
1961	5.16	3.49
1962	5.13	3.44
1963	5.06	3.38
1964	4.97	3.28
1965	4.88	3.19
1966	4.79	3.09
1967	4.69	2.91
1968	4.56	2.8
1969	4.38	2.79
1970	4.21	2.69
1971	4.06	2.67
1972	3.89	2.61
1973	3.73	2.51
1974	3.57	2.43
1975	3.42	2.38
1976	3.3	2.35
1977	3.17	2.31
1978	3.05	2.25
1979	2.94	2.2
1980	2.84	2.22
1981	2.77	2.19
1982	2.71	2.19
1983	2.65	2.17
1984	2.59	2.14
1985	2.55	2.13
1986	2.53	2.09
1987	2.52	2.07
1988	2.52	2.01
1989	2.52	1.94
1990	2.52	1.95
1991	2.51	2.02
1992	2.71	2.01
1993	2.61	1.96
1994	2.47	1.94
1995	2.42	1.96
1996	2.35	1.92
1997	2.29	1.89
1998	2.23	1.89
1999	2.13	1.88
2000	2.06	1.9
2001	2.02	1.86
2002	1.98	1.81
2003	1.97	1.8
2004	1.98	1.73
2005	2.01	1.69
2006	2.02	1.73
2007	2.04	1.8
2008	2	1.89
2009	2.01	1.98
2010	1.84	1.7
2011	1.79	1.65
2012	1.76	1.72
2013	1.74	1.73
2014	1.69	1.75
2015	1.57	1.7
2016	1.5	1.8
2017	1.42	1.8
2018	1.4	1.8
2019	1.4	1.8
2020	1.39	1.75
2021	1.38	1.75
2022	1.38	1.8
2023	1.37	1.74
2024	1.37	1.74
2025	1.36	1.73
2026	1.36	1.73
2027	1.35	1.73
2028	1.35	1.73
2029	1.35	1.72
2030	1.35	1.72
2031	1.36	1.72
2032	1.36	1.71
2033	1.36	1.71
2034	1.37	1.71
2035	1.37	1.7
2036	1.37	1.7
2037	1.38	1.7
2038	1.38	1.69
2039	1.38	1.69
2040	1.39	1.69
2041	1.39	1.69
2042	1.39	1.68
2043	1.39	1.68
2044	1.4	1.68
2045	1.4	1.68
2046	1.4	1.68
2047	1.4	1.67
2048	1.41	1.67
2049	1.41	1.67
2050	1.41	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Montenegro
1960	41.1%	36.1%
1961	41%	36.3%
1962	40.9%	36.4%
1963	40.8%	36.2%
1964	40.7%	35.9%
1965	40.7%	35.5%
1966	40.6%	35.1%
1967	40.6%	34.5%
1968	40.4%	33.9%
1969	40.3%	33.3%
1970	40.1%	32.6%
1971	40%	32%
1972	39.9%	31.4%
1973	39.7%	30.9%
1974	39.4%	30.4%
1975	39%	29.9%
1976	38.4%	29.5%
1977	37.8%	29%
1978	37%	28.5%
1979	36.1%	28.1%
1980	35.3%	27.8%
1981	34.4%	27.5%
1982	33.6%	27.1%
1983	32.8%	26.9%
1984	32%	26.6%
1985	31.2%	26.4%
1986	30.6%	26.2%
1987	30%	26%
1988	29.5%	25.9%
1989	29.2%	25.7%
1990	28.9%	25.6%
1991	28.7%	25.4%
1992	28.6%	25.1%
1993	28.6%	24.7%
1994	28.6%	24.4%
1995	28.5%	24%
1996	28.5%	23.6%
1997	28.4%	23.2%
1998	28.2%	22.8%
1999	28.1%	22.4%
2000	27.8%	21.9%
2001	27.5%	21.5%
2002	27.2%	21.2%
2003	26.8%	20.9%
2004	26.3%	20.6%
2005	25.9%	20.4%
2006	25.4%	20.1%
2007	24.9%	19.9%
2008	24.3%	19.6%
2009	23.8%	19.4%
2010	23.3%	19.2%
2011	22.8%	19%
2012	22.4%	18.8%
2013	22%	18.7%
2014	21.6%	18.6%
2015	21.3%	18.6%
2016	20.9%	18.6%
2017	20.6%	18.5%
2018	20.2%	18.4%
2019	19.8%	18.4%
2020	19.5%	18.4%
2021	19.1%	18.5%
2022	18.8%	18.5%
2023	18.3%	18.3%
2024	17.9%	18.1%
2025	17.5%	17.9%
2026	17.2%	17.7%
2027	16.9%	17.5%
2028	16.7%	17.2%
2029	16.4%	17%
2030	16.2%	16.8%
2031	16%	16.6%
2032	15.9%	16.3%
2033	15.8%	16.2%
2034	15.7%	16%
2035	15.6%	15.8%
2036	15.5%	15.7%
2037	15.4%	15.5%
2038	15.3%	15.4%
2039	15.3%	15.3%
2040	15.2%	15.2%
2041	15.1%	15.1%
2042	15%	15.1%
2043	14.9%	15%
2044	14.9%	15%
2045	14.8%	15%
2046	14.7%	14.9%
2047	14.7%	14.9%
2048	14.6%	14.9%
2049	14.5%	14.9%
2050	14.4%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1960	3,351	9,144
1961	3,577	9,278
1962	3,748	9,402
1963	3,901	9,449
1964	4,037	9,227
1965	4,193	9,010
1966	4,339	8,661
1967	4,502	7,961
1968	4,622	7,497
1969	4,688	7,449
1970	4,726	7,069
1971	4,690	7,168
1972	4,583	7,252
1973	4,467	7,096
1974	4,352	6,919
1975	4,249	6,878
1976	4,167	6,845
1977	4,069	6,650
1978	3,987	6,408
1979	3,899	6,139
1980	3,845	6,383
1981	3,851	6,275
1982	3,863	6,419
1983	3,888	6,482
1984	3,892	6,337
1985	3,918	6,283
1986	3,998	6,097
1987	4,090	5,958
1988	4,198	5,529
1989	4,323	5,129
1990	4,432	5,010
1991	4,498	5,191
1992	5,064	5,015
1993	4,877	4,638
1994	4,558	4,381
1995	4,434	4,527
1996	4,265	4,155
1997	4,107	3,597
1998	3,949	3,889
1999	3,688	3,454
2000	3,487	3,751
2001	3,377	3,462
2002	3,249	2,988
2003	3,181	2,632
2004	3,165	2,146
2005	3,220	1,536
2006	3,205	1,599
2007	3,243	1,848
2008	3,134	2,530
2009	3,163	2,783
2010	2,662	1,797
2011	2,558	1,365
2012	2,485	1,554
2013	2,432	1,557
2014	2,259	1,560
2015	1,840	1,062
2016	1,569	1,125
2017	1,289	939
2018	1,173	752
2019	740	627
2020	631	-188
2021	-93	-2,062
2022	947	0
2023	854	686

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Montenegro

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 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Montenegro
1985	70	11
1986	68	11
1987	66	10
1988	66	10
1989	65	10
1990	65	10
1991	67	11
1992	67	11
1993	66	11
1994	64	11
1995	63	11
1996	62	12
1997	59	12
1998	57	12
1999	54	12
2000	51	11
2001	48	11
2002	46	10
2003	57	10
2004	69	9
2005	70	8
2006	74	8
2007	78	8
2008	80	8
2009	84	8
2010	79	7
2011	74	7
2012	71	7
2013	74	7
2014	78	7
2015	83	7
2016	77	6
2017	79	7
2018	82	7
2019	82	6
2020	84	15
2021	174	15
2022	80	13
2023	76	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1968	2.94%	-
1969	2.99%	-
1970	3.03%	-
1971	3.07%	-
1972	3.1%	-
1973	3.13%	-
1974	3.14%	-
1975	3.13%	-
1976	3.1%	-
1977	3.07%	-
1978	3.03%	-
1979	2.99%	-
1980	2.95%	-
1981	2.91%	-
1982	2.88%	-
1983	2.84%	-
1984	2.81%	2.72%
1985	2.78%	2.48%
1986	2.73%	2.25%
1987	2.65%	2.05%
1988	2.55%	1.89%
1989	2.45%	1.75%
1990	2.34%	1.65%
1991	2.23%	1.58%
1992	2.12%	1.54%
1993	2.03%	1.52%
1994	1.93%	1.51%
1995	1.84%	1.51%
1996	1.76%	1.51%
1997	1.69%	1.51%
1998	1.65%	1.49%
1999	1.62%	1.46%
2000	1.62%	1.42%
2001	1.63%	1.37%
2002	1.65%	1.3%
2003	1.67%	1.22%
2004	1.69%	1.14%
2005	1.69%	1.06%
2006	1.68%	0.97%
2007	1.65%	0.89%
2008	1.62%	0.8%
2009	1.58%	0.73%
2010	1.54%	0.66%
2011	1.5%	0.59%
2012	1.47%	0.54%
2013	1.44%	0.49%
2014	1.42%	0.45%
2015	1.39%	0.41%
2016	1.38%	0.38%
2017	1.36%	0.36%
2018	1.35%	0.33%
2019	2.35%	0.32%
2020	1.33%	0.3%
2021	1.31%	0.28%
2022	1.29%	0.27%
2023	1.27%	0.26%