Fertility rate: births per woman in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.58 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Antigua and Barbuda, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Antigua and Barbuda stood at 1.58 live births per woman.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 5.12 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.37 live births per woman, in 2018.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 153rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.89 live births per woman | 4.66 live births per woman | 5.12 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.35 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 4.6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3 live births per woman | 2.57 live births per woman | 3.63 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.13 live births per woman | 2.03 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.11 live births per woman | 1.96 live births per woman | 2.27 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.95 live births per woman | 1.83 live births per woman | 2.2 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.56 live births per woman | 1.37 live births per woman | 1.78 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.58 live births per woman | 1.57 live births per woman | 1.58 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 150 Brazil 1.62 live births per woman compare
- 151 Aruba 1.6 live births per woman compare
- 152 Ireland 1.6 live births per woman compare
- 154 Slovenia 1.58 live births per woman compare
- 155 Maldives 1.57 live births per woman compare
- 156 Slovakia 1.56 live births per woman compare
- 156 United Kingdom 1.56 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0636 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 0.0009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 16.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0141 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.0057 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 13.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 0.9372 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0153 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Antigua and Barbuda was 1.58 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 5.12 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.37 live births per woman in 2018.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 153rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.