What is birth rate in Antigua and Barbuda?

Birth rate in Antigua and Barbuda was 11.85 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest birth rate recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?

The highest recorded value was 36.55 births per 1,000 people in 1950.

What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?

The lowest recorded value was 10.82 births per 1,000 people in 2018.

How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for birth rate?

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 135th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is birth rate rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?

Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Antigua and Barbuda data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Birth rate in Antigua and Barbuda

Name: Birth rate in Antigua and Barbuda
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Antigua and Barbuda: Birth rate was 11.85 births per 1,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

11.85 births per 1,000 people

Change on year

down 1.3%

World rank

135th

of 236 countries

All-time high

36.55 births per 1,000 people

in 1950

All-time low

10.82 births per 1,000 people

in 2018

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate in Antigua and Barbuda, 1950–2023

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per 1,000 people.

Analysis

Antigua and Barbuda recorded 11.85 births per 1,000 people for birth rate in 2023.

The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 36.55 births per 1,000 people in 1950 and was at its lowest, 10.82 births per 1,000 people, in 2018.

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 135th 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	35.69 births per 1,000 people	35.13 births per 1,000 people	36.55 births per 1,000 people	10
1960s	32.45 births per 1,000 people	26.89 births per 1,000 people	34.96 births per 1,000 people	10
1970s	23.81 births per 1,000 people	22.32 births per 1,000 people	25.54 births per 1,000 people	10
1980s	20.93 births per 1,000 people	20.34 births per 1,000 people	21.95 births per 1,000 people	10
1990s	19.13 births per 1,000 people	17.69 births per 1,000 people	20.81 births per 1,000 people	10
2000s	16.74 births per 1,000 people	15.46 births per 1,000 people	19.72 births per 1,000 people	10
2010s	12.55 births per 1,000 people	10.82 births per 1,000 people	14.66 births per 1,000 people	10
2020s	12.04 births per 1,000 people	11.85 births per 1,000 people	12.18 births per 1,000 people	4

Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda

132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.16 births per 1,000 people compare
133 Azerbaijan 12.13 births per 1,000 people compare
134 Gibraltar 12.07 births per 1,000 people compare
136 Cayman Islands 11.84 births per 1,000 people compare
137 Armenia 11.78 births per 1,000 people compare
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.74 births per 1,000 people compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Antigua and Barbuda

World population growth -0.8% (2100)
Population density 154.54 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 2,658 people (2100)
Population growth rate, by level of development -0.8% (2100)
Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.58 births per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.58 births per woman (2024)
Refugees by country of asylum 0 people (2024)
Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.58 births per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 1.58 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 1.55 children per women (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate in Antigua and Barbuda?: Birth rate in Antigua and Barbuda was 11.85 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth rate recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?: The highest recorded value was 36.55 births per 1,000 people in 1950.
What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?: The lowest recorded value was 10.82 births per 1,000 people in 2018.
How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for birth rate?: Antigua and Barbuda ranks 135th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?: Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Antigua and Barbuda data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Birth rate
Unit: births per 1,000 people
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.