Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago

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

Check the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Trinidad
1960	5.09	5.41
1961	5.16	5.41
1962	5.13	5.36
1963	5.06	5.24
1964	4.97	5.08
1965	4.88	4.88
1966	4.79	4.62
1967	4.69	4.35
1968	4.56	4.11
1969	4.38	3.86
1970	4.21	3.71
1971	4.06	3.61
1972	3.89	3.55
1973	3.73	3.47
1974	3.57	3.32
1975	3.42	3.21
1976	3.3	3.14
1977	3.17	3.12
1978	3.05	3.13
1979	2.94	3.13
1980	2.84	3.15
1981	2.77	3.13
1982	2.71	3.11
1983	2.65	3.07
1984	2.59	3.02
1985	2.55	2.99
1986	2.53	2.9
1987	2.52	2.78
1988	2.52	2.65
1989	2.52	2.53
1990	2.52	2.39
1991	2.51	2.29
1992	2.71	2.21
1993	2.61	2.13
1994	2.47	2.06
1995	2.42	1.97
1996	2.35	1.89
1997	2.29	1.83
1998	2.23	1.78
1999	2.13	1.76
2000	2.06	1.73
2001	2.02	1.71
2002	1.98	1.67
2003	1.97	1.65
2004	1.98	1.63
2005	2.01	1.63
2006	2.02	1.62
2007	2.04	1.62
2008	2	1.62
2009	2.01	1.62
2010	1.84	1.61
2011	1.79	1.61
2012	1.76	1.61
2013	1.74	1.6
2014	1.69	1.6
2015	1.57	1.6
2016	1.5	1.6
2017	1.42	1.59
2018	1.4	1.59
2019	1.4	1.58
2020	1.39	1.57
2021	1.38	1.56
2022	1.38	1.54
2023	1.37	1.53
2024	1.37	1.54
2025	1.36	1.52
2026	1.36	1.52
2027	1.35	1.51
2028	1.35	1.51
2029	1.35	1.51
2030	1.35	1.51
2031	1.36	1.51
2032	1.36	1.51
2033	1.36	1.51
2034	1.37	1.51
2035	1.37	1.51
2036	1.37	1.51
2037	1.38	1.51
2038	1.38	1.51
2039	1.38	1.51
2040	1.39	1.51
2041	1.39	1.51
2042	1.39	1.51
2043	1.39	1.51
2044	1.4	1.51
2045	1.4	1.51
2046	1.4	1.51
2047	1.4	1.51
2048	1.41	1.52
2049	1.41	1.52
2050	1.41	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Trinidad
1960	41.1%	43.1%
1961	41%	43.2%
1962	40.9%	43.2%
1963	40.8%	43.3%
1964	40.7%	43.2%
1965	40.7%	43.1%
1966	40.6%	42.9%
1967	40.6%	42.7%
1968	40.4%	42.3%
1969	40.3%	41.9%
1970	40.1%	41.2%
1971	40%	40.4%
1972	39.9%	39.7%
1973	39.7%	39.1%
1974	39.4%	38.4%
1975	39%	37.6%
1976	38.4%	36.8%
1977	37.8%	36%
1978	37%	35.3%
1979	36.1%	34.8%
1980	35.3%	34.4%
1981	34.4%	34.2%
1982	33.6%	34.2%
1983	32.8%	34.2%
1984	32%	34.3%
1985	31.2%	34.4%
1986	30.6%	34.4%
1987	30%	34.4%
1988	29.5%	34.2%
1989	29.2%	34%
1990	28.9%	33.7%
1991	28.7%	33.3%
1992	28.6%	32.8%
1993	28.6%	32.2%
1994	28.6%	31.6%
1995	28.5%	30.8%
1996	28.5%	29.9%
1997	28.4%	28.9%
1998	28.2%	27.9%
1999	28.1%	27%
2000	27.8%	26%
2001	27.5%	25%
2002	27.2%	24.2%
2003	26.8%	23.4%
2004	26.3%	22.7%
2005	25.9%	22.1%
2006	25.4%	21.6%
2007	24.9%	21.2%
2008	24.3%	20.8%
2009	23.8%	20.5%
2010	23.3%	20.3%
2011	22.8%	20.1%
2012	22.4%	20%
2013	22%	19.9%
2014	21.6%	19.7%
2015	21.3%	19.6%
2016	20.9%	19.5%
2017	20.6%	19.3%
2018	20.2%	19%
2019	19.8%	18.8%
2020	19.5%	18.7%
2021	19.1%	18.5%
2022	18.8%	18.3%
2023	18.3%	18%
2024	17.9%	17.8%
2025	17.5%	17.5%
2026	17.2%	17.2%
2027	16.9%	16.9%
2028	16.7%	16.6%
2029	16.4%	16.4%
2030	16.2%	16.1%
2031	16%	15.8%
2032	15.9%	15.5%
2033	15.8%	15.3%
2034	15.7%	15.1%
2035	15.6%	14.9%
2036	15.5%	14.7%
2037	15.4%	14.5%
2038	15.3%	14.4%
2039	15.3%	14.2%
2040	15.2%	14.1%
2041	15.1%	14.1%
2042	15%	14%
2043	14.9%	13.9%
2044	14.9%	13.9%
2045	14.8%	13.8%
2046	14.7%	13.8%
2047	14.7%	13.7%
2048	14.6%	13.7%
2049	14.5%	13.6%
2050	14.4%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Trinidad
1960	3,351	24,766
1961	3,577	25,518
1962	3,748	25,763
1963	3,901	25,507
1964	4,037	25,065
1965	4,193	24,349
1966	4,339	23,228
1967	4,502	21,992
1968	4,622	20,849
1969	4,688	19,652
1970	4,726	19,074
1971	4,690	19,400
1972	4,583	20,116
1973	4,467	20,617
1974	4,352	20,412
1975	4,249	20,468
1976	4,167	20,875
1977	4,069	21,660
1978	3,987	22,538
1979	3,899	23,475
1980	3,845	24,557
1981	3,851	25,015
1982	3,863	25,181
1983	3,888	25,118
1984	3,892	24,738
1985	3,918	24,487
1986	3,998	23,705
1987	4,090	22,398
1988	4,198	21,028
1989	4,323	19,636
1990	4,432	18,052
1991	4,498	16,903
1992	5,064	15,910
1993	4,877	14,878
1994	4,558	14,032
1995	4,434	12,971
1996	4,265	12,101
1997	4,107	11,405
1998	3,949	10,964
1999	3,688	10,821
2000	3,487	10,588
2001	3,377	10,438
2002	3,249	10,316
2003	3,181	10,169
2004	3,165	10,149
2005	3,220	9,822
2006	3,205	9,889
2007	3,243	9,939
2008	3,134	9,872
2009	3,163	9,769
2010	2,662	9,698
2011	2,558	9,601
2012	2,485	9,376
2013	2,432	9,020
2014	2,259	8,571
2015	1,840	7,963
2016	1,569	7,436
2017	1,289	6,779
2018	1,173	5,869
2019	740	5,647
2020	631	4,558
2021	-93	2,091
2022	947	3,773
2023	854	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Trinidad
1985	70	87
1986	68	89
1987	66	86
1988	66	87
1989	65	86
1990	65	84
1991	67	82
1992	67	85
1993	66	85
1994	64	84
1995	63	85
1996	62	84
1997	59	82
1998	57	79
1999	54	78
2000	51	76
2001	48	72
2002	46	69
2003	57	67
2004	69	63
2005	70	60
2006	74	58
2007	78	57
2008	80	55
2009	84	54
2010	79	54
2011	74	53
2012	71	51
2013	74	50
2014	78	50
2015	83	50
2016	77	51
2017	79	51
2018	82	53
2019	82	53
2020	84	35
2021	174	54
2022	80	30
2023	76	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Trinidad
1960	-	6.74%
1961	-	6.53%
1962	-	6.33%
1963	-	6.14%
1964	-	5.96%
1965	-	5.8%
1966	-	5.66%
1967	-	5.53%
1968	2.94%	5.4%
1969	2.99%	5.28%
1970	3.03%	5.17%
1971	3.07%	5.06%
1972	3.1%	4.95%
1973	3.13%	4.84%
1974	3.14%	4.72%
1975	3.13%	4.6%
1976	3.1%	4.48%
1977	3.07%	4.37%
1978	3.03%	4.25%
1979	2.99%	4.14%
1980	2.95%	4.03%
1981	2.91%	3.92%
1982	2.88%	3.83%
1983	2.84%	3.73%
1984	2.81%	3.64%
1985	2.78%	3.56%
1986	2.73%	3.49%
1987	2.65%	3.42%
1988	2.55%	3.36%
1989	2.45%	3.3%
1990	2.34%	3.25%
1991	2.23%	3.21%
1992	2.12%	3.16%
1993	2.03%	3.13%
1994	1.93%	3.09%
1995	1.84%	3.06%
1996	1.76%	3.02%
1997	1.69%	2.99%
1998	1.65%	2.96%
1999	1.62%	2.92%
2000	1.62%	2.88%
2001	1.63%	2.84%
2002	1.65%	2.81%
2003	1.67%	2.76%
2004	1.69%	2.72%
2005	1.69%	2.68%
2006	1.68%	2.64%
2007	1.65%	2.59%
2008	1.62%	2.55%
2009	1.58%	2.51%
2010	1.54%	2.47%
2011	1.5%	2.43%
2012	1.47%	2.38%
2013	1.44%	2.35%
2014	1.42%	2.3%
2015	1.39%	2.26%
2016	1.38%	2.22%
2017	1.36%	2.18%
2018	1.35%	2.14%
2019	2.35%	2.1%
2020	1.33%	2.06%
2021	1.31%	2.01%
2022	1.29%	1.96%
2023	1.27%	1.91%