Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	5.09	2.69
1961	5.16	2.78
1962	5.13	2.86
1963	5.06	2.88
1964	4.97	2.93
1965	4.88	2.86
1966	4.79	2.78
1967	4.69	2.68
1968	4.56	2.6
1969	4.38	2.51
1970	4.21	2.44
1971	4.06	2.41
1972	3.89	2.2
1973	3.73	2.04
1974	3.57	1.92
1975	3.42	1.81
1976	3.3	1.74
1977	3.17	1.69
1978	3.05	1.75
1979	2.94	1.86
1980	2.84	1.9
1981	2.77	1.82
1982	2.71	1.78
1983	2.65	1.77
1984	2.59	1.77
1985	2.55	1.79
1986	2.53	1.78
1987	2.52	1.81
1988	2.52	1.82
1989	2.52	1.79
1990	2.52	1.83
1991	2.51	1.82
1992	2.71	1.79
1993	2.61	1.76
1994	2.47	1.74
1995	2.42	1.71
1996	2.35	1.73
1997	2.29	1.72
1998	2.23	1.71
1999	2.13	1.68
2000	2.06	1.64
2001	2.02	1.63
2002	1.98	1.63
2003	1.97	1.7
2004	1.98	1.75
2005	2.01	1.76
2006	2.02	1.82
2007	2.04	1.86
2008	2	1.91
2009	2.01	1.89
2010	1.84	1.92
2011	1.79	1.91
2012	1.76	1.92
2013	1.74	1.83
2014	1.69	1.81
2015	1.57	1.8
2016	1.5	1.79
2017	1.42	1.74
2018	1.4	1.68
2019	1.4	1.63
2020	1.39	1.57
2021	1.38	1.58
2022	1.38	1.56
2023	1.37	1.56
2024	1.37	1.55
2025	1.36	1.54
2026	1.36	1.53
2027	1.35	1.53
2028	1.35	1.53
2029	1.35	1.52
2030	1.35	1.52
2031	1.36	1.52
2032	1.36	1.53
2033	1.36	1.53
2034	1.37	1.53
2035	1.37	1.53
2036	1.37	1.53
2037	1.38	1.53
2038	1.38	1.53
2039	1.38	1.53
2040	1.39	1.53
2041	1.39	1.54
2042	1.39	1.54
2043	1.39	1.54
2044	1.4	1.54
2045	1.4	1.54
2046	1.4	1.54
2047	1.4	1.54
2048	1.41	1.54
2049	1.41	1.55
2050	1.41	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	United Kingdom
1960	41.1%	23.3%
1961	41%	23.3%
1962	40.9%	23.2%
1963	40.8%	23.2%
1964	40.7%	23.3%
1965	40.7%	23.4%
1966	40.6%	23.5%
1967	40.6%	23.7%
1968	40.4%	23.9%
1969	40.3%	24%
1970	40.1%	24.1%
1971	40%	24.1%
1972	39.9%	24%
1973	39.7%	23.9%
1974	39.4%	23.6%
1975	39%	23.3%
1976	38.4%	22.9%
1977	37.8%	22.4%
1978	37%	21.9%
1979	36.1%	21.4%
1980	35.3%	21%
1981	34.4%	20.6%
1982	33.6%	20.2%
1983	32.8%	19.8%
1984	32%	19.5%
1985	31.2%	19.3%
1986	30.6%	19.1%
1987	30%	18.9%
1988	29.5%	18.9%
1989	29.2%	19.1%
1990	28.9%	19.1%
1991	28.7%	19.3%
1992	28.6%	19.4%
1993	28.6%	19.5%
1994	28.6%	19.6%
1995	28.5%	19.5%
1996	28.5%	19.4%
1997	28.4%	19.3%
1998	28.2%	19.3%
1999	28.1%	19.2%
2000	27.8%	18.9%
2001	27.5%	18.7%
2002	27.2%	18.5%
2003	26.8%	18.4%
2004	26.3%	18.3%
2005	25.9%	18.2%
2006	25.4%	18%
2007	24.9%	17.9%
2008	24.3%	17.8%
2009	23.8%	17.8%
2010	23.3%	17.8%
2011	22.8%	17.7%
2012	22.4%	17.8%
2013	22%	17.8%
2014	21.6%	17.8%
2015	21.3%	17.9%
2016	20.9%	18%
2017	20.6%	18%
2018	20.2%	18.1%
2019	19.8%	18%
2020	19.5%	18%
2021	19.1%	17.8%
2022	18.8%	17.6%
2023	18.3%	17.4%
2024	17.9%	17.2%
2025	17.5%	17%
2026	17.2%	16.7%
2027	16.9%	16.5%
2028	16.7%	16.2%
2029	16.4%	16%
2030	16.2%	15.7%
2031	16%	15.5%
2032	15.9%	15.3%
2033	15.8%	15.2%
2034	15.7%	15.1%
2035	15.6%	15%
2036	15.5%	14.9%
2037	15.4%	14.9%
2038	15.3%	14.8%
2039	15.3%	14.8%
2040	15.2%	14.8%
2041	15.1%	14.8%
2042	15%	14.8%
2043	14.9%	14.9%
2044	14.9%	14.9%
2045	14.8%	14.9%
2046	14.7%	15%
2047	14.7%	15%
2048	14.6%	15%
2049	14.5%	15%
2050	14.4%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	3,351	314,400
1961	3,577	311,519
1962	3,748	340,800
1963	3,901	337,995
1964	4,037	405,000
1965	4,193	364,132
1966	4,339	333,356
1967	4,502	346,145
1968	4,622	292,622
1969	4,688	260,577
1970	4,726	244,918
1971	4,690	257,123
1972	4,583	162,650
1973	4,467	112,389
1974	4,352	67,476
1975	4,249	33,735
1976	4,167	-5,621
1977	4,069	0
1978	3,987	16,859
1979	3,899	61,872
1980	3,845	95,734
1981	3,851	73,234
1982	3,863	56,314
1983	3,888	61,966
1984	3,892	84,633
1985	3,918	79,170
1986	3,998	90,690
1987	4,090	136,325
1988	4,198	136,628
1989	4,323	119,861
1990	4,432	154,569
1991	4,498	143,562
1992	5,064	149,709
1993	4,877	103,893
1994	4,558	127,304
1995	4,434	87,028
1996	4,265	98,884
1997	4,107	99,138
1998	3,949	87,730
1999	3,688	64,551
2000	3,487	70,671
2001	3,377	65,032
2002	3,249	65,308
2003	3,181	89,471
2004	3,165	131,974
2005	3,220	144,963
2006	3,205	176,455
2007	3,243	196,232
2008	3,134	216,325
2009	3,163	230,422
2010	2,662	251,066
2011	2,558	259,361
2012	2,485	248,473
2013	2,432	198,830
2014	2,259	206,784
2015	1,840	175,738
2016	1,569	177,139
2017	1,289	145,125
2018	1,173	119,321
2019	740	108,342
2020	631	-4,272
2021	-93	30,612
2022	947	39,751
2023	854	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	United Kingdom
1985	70	2
1986	68	2
1987	66	3
1988	66	4
1989	65	5
1990	65	6
1991	67	7
1992	67	7
1993	66	8
1994	64	9
1995	63	9
1996	62	8
1997	59	9
1998	57	10
1999	54	11
2000	51	12
2001	48	13
2002	46	13
2003	57	14
2004	69	13
2005	70	12
2006	74	12
2007	78	11
2008	80	11
2009	84	11
2010	79	10
2011	74	10
2012	71	9
2013	74	9
2014	78	9
2015	83	9
2016	77	9
2017	79	9
2018	82	9
2019	82	9
2020	84	14
2021	174	13
2022	80	15
2023	76	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	2.94%	2.18%
1969	2.99%	2.14%
1970	3.03%	2.1%
1971	3.07%	2.06%
1972	3.1%	2%
1973	3.13%	1.94%
1974	3.14%	1.87%
1975	3.13%	1.8%
1976	3.1%	1.72%
1977	3.07%	1.64%
1978	3.03%	1.57%
1979	2.99%	1.49%
1980	2.95%	1.41%
1981	2.91%	1.34%
1982	2.88%	1.27%
1983	2.84%	1.22%
1984	2.81%	1.17%
1985	2.78%	1.14%
1986	2.73%	1.11%
1987	2.65%	1.08%
1988	2.55%	1.04%
1989	2.45%	0.99%
1990	2.34%	0.93%
1991	2.23%	0.87%
1992	2.12%	0.82%
1993	2.03%	0.77%
1994	1.93%	0.74%
1995	1.84%	0.72%
1996	1.76%	0.7%
1997	1.69%	0.69%
1998	1.65%	0.68%
1999	1.62%	0.67%
2000	1.62%	0.65%
2001	1.63%	0.64%
2002	1.65%	0.63%
2003	1.67%	0.63%
2004	1.69%	0.61%
2005	1.69%	0.6%
2006	1.68%	0.59%
2007	1.65%	0.58%
2008	1.62%	0.56%
2009	1.58%	0.54%
2010	1.54%	0.52%
2011	1.5%	0.5%
2012	1.47%	0.48%
2013	1.44%	0.46%
2014	1.42%	0.45%
2015	1.39%	0.45%
2016	1.38%	0.44%
2017	1.36%	0.44%
2018	1.35%	0.44%
2019	2.35%	0.44%
2020	1.33%	0.44%
2021	1.31%	0.44%
2022	1.29%	0.45%
2023	1.27%	0.45%