Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Belarus

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Belarus chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Barbados was 1.71 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.21 in Belarus in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Belarus population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Barbados	Belarus
1960	4.71	2.67
1961	4.15	2.59
1962	4.3	2.5
1963	4.3	2.4
1964	4.21	2.31
1965	4.18	2.27
1966	4.14	2.29
1967	3.6	2.26
1968	3.57	2.22
1969	3.34	2.26
1970	3.08	2.31
1971	3.2	2.31
1972	3.15	2.28
1973	2.87	2.25
1974	2.65	2.21
1975	2.45	2.17
1976	2.24	2.12
1977	2.2	2.08
1978	1.84	2.06
1979	1.86	2.05
1980	1.78	2.03
1981	1.85	2.02
1982	1.86	2.05
1983	1.86	2.11
1984	1.75	2.11
1985	1.77	2.09
1986	1.69	2.09
1987	1.61	2.03
1988	1.58	2.03
1989	1.64	2.03
1990	1.84	1.91
1991	1.84	1.81
1992	1.8	1.76
1993	1.77	1.62
1994	1.73	1.53
1995	1.7	1.41
1996	1.67	1.34
1997	1.65	1.25
1998	1.62	1.3
1999	1.78	1.31
2000	1.93	1.32
2001	1.96	1.29
2002	1.86	1.24
2003	1.86	1.23
2004	1.8	1.23
2005	1.74	1.25
2006	1.7	1.34
2007	1.76	1.43
2008	1.76	1.49
2009	1.77	1.51
2010	1.79	1.49
2011	1.76	1.52
2012	1.73	1.62
2013	1.73	1.67
2014	1.73	1.7
2015	1.73	1.72
2016	1.72	1.73
2017	1.72	1.54
2018	1.72	1.45
2019	1.72	1.38
2020	1.71	1.37
2021	1.71	1.37
2022	1.71	1.33
2023	1.71	1.21
2024	1.71	1.22
2025	1.7	1.23
2026	1.7	1.23
2027	1.7	1.24
2028	1.7	1.25
2029	1.7	1.25
2030	1.7	1.26
2031	1.69	1.27
2032	1.69	1.28
2033	1.69	1.28
2034	1.69	1.29
2035	1.69	1.3
2036	1.69	1.31
2037	1.69	1.31
2038	1.69	1.32
2039	1.69	1.32
2040	1.68	1.33
2041	1.68	1.34
2042	1.68	1.34
2043	1.68	1.35
2044	1.68	1.35
2045	1.68	1.36
2046	1.68	1.36
2047	1.68	1.37
2048	1.68	1.37
2049	1.68	1.38
2050	1.68	1.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Belarus
1960	37.2%	30.8%
1961	37.2%	31.2%
1962	37.1%	31.2%
1963	37.1%	31.1%
1964	37.1%	30.8%
1965	37.1%	30.5%
1966	37.1%	30.2%
1967	36.9%	29.9%
1968	36.7%	29.6%
1969	36.4%	29.3%
1970	36%	28.7%
1971	35.7%	27.9%
1972	35.3%	27.2%
1973	34.9%	26.4%
1974	34.4%	25.7%
1975	33.6%	25%
1976	32.8%	24.4%
1977	32.1%	23.9%
1978	31.1%	23.5%
1979	30%	23.1%
1980	29%	22.9%
1981	28%	22.8%
1982	27.2%	22.7%
1983	26.7%	22.7%
1984	26.2%	22.8%
1985	25.8%	22.9%
1986	25.5%	23%
1987	25.1%	23%
1988	24.8%	23.1%
1989	24.5%	23.1%
1990	24.2%	23.1%
1991	23.9%	23%
1992	23.6%	22.8%
1993	23.4%	22.6%
1994	23.2%	22.2%
1995	23%	21.8%
1996	22.8%	21.3%
1997	22.6%	20.7%
1998	22.3%	20%
1999	22.1%	19.3%
2000	21.9%	18.6%
2001	21.7%	17.9%
2002	21.6%	17.3%
2003	21.5%	16.6%
2004	21.3%	16%
2005	21%	15.5%
2006	20.7%	15.2%
2007	20.5%	14.9%
2008	20.3%	14.8%
2009	20.2%	14.8%
2010	20.2%	14.8%
2011	20%	15%
2012	19.9%	15.3%
2013	19.7%	15.6%
2014	19.4%	15.9%
2015	19.2%	16.2%
2016	18.9%	16.5%
2017	18.7%	16.7%
2018	18.4%	16.9%
2019	18.2%	17%
2020	18.1%	17%
2021	17.9%	17.1%
2022	17.7%	17%
2023	17.5%	16.7%
2024	17.2%	16.3%
2025	17.1%	15.9%
2026	16.9%	15.5%
2027	16.8%	15%
2028	16.7%	14.4%
2029	16.6%	13.8%
2030	16.5%	13.2%
2031	16.4%	12.6%
2032	16.4%	12.1%
2033	16.3%	11.7%
2034	16.2%	11.5%
2035	16.1%	11.3%
2036	16%	11.1%
2037	15.9%	11%
2038	15.8%	11%
2039	15.8%	11.1%
2040	15.7%	11.2%
2041	15.6%	11.3%
2042	15.5%	11.5%
2043	15.4%	11.6%
2044	15.3%	11.8%
2045	15.2%	12%
2046	15.2%	12.2%
2047	15.1%	12.3%
2048	15%	12.5%
2049	14.9%	12.6%
2050	14.9%	12.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 16.3% in Belarus in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 23.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Belarus compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Belarus by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and -0.34% in Belarus. 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
	Barbados	Belarus
1960	5,949	136,399
1961	5,208	134,490
1962	5,589	124,945
1963	5,706	113,160
1964	5,688	101,618
1965	5,762	90,611
1966	5,842	84,191
1967	4,984	81,136
1968	5,035	76,782
1969	4,710	74,567
1970	4,271	75,520
1971	4,530	77,464
1972	4,505	74,036
1973	3,996	70,911
1974	3,644	71,158
1975	3,321	65,494
1976	2,988	66,677
1977	2,988	67,434
1978	2,367	67,342
1979	2,485	64,481
1980	2,393	62,101
1981	2,605	65,057
1982	2,660	65,499
1983	2,656	75,791
1984	2,388	64,415
1985	2,356	58,852
1986	2,111	74,318
1987	1,841	62,689
1988	1,684	60,840
1989	1,719	49,833
1990	2,101	32,606
1991	2,055	18,349
1992	1,912	11,238
1993	1,765	-11,263
1994	1,607	-19,431
1995	1,467	-32,621
1996	1,334	-37,591
1997	1,172	-46,540
1998	1,093	-44,316
1999	1,351	-49,131
2000	1,577	-40,916
2001	1,578	-48,650
2002	1,369	-58,207
2003	1,321	-53,882
2004	1,204	-50,597
2005	1,018	-50,252
2006	927	-41,301
2007	1,028	-28,683
2008	989	-25,726
2009	1,000	-25,662
2010	981	-29,400
2011	897	-26,493
2012	815	-11,336
2013	772	-6,610
2014	730	-2,834
2015	690	-946
2016	655	-1,894
2017	616	-17,026
2018	584	-26,429
2019	542	-32,969
2020	503	-64,703
2021	415	-67,118
2022	43	-47,839
2023	158	-56,924

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Belarus

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 35 deaths per 100,000 live births in Barbados, compared to 1 deaths in Belarus.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Belarus
1985	55	30
1986	56	30
1987	57	30
1988	55	32
1989	57	33
1990	59	33
1991	60	32
1992	61	32
1993	55	31
1994	53	30
1995	52	29
1996	51	28
1997	51	27
1998	45	25
1999	44	23
2000	46	20
2001	46	18
2002	43	16
2003	45	14
2004	43	12
2005	44	9
2006	45	7
2007	42	6
2008	42	4
2009	42	4
2010	42	3
2011	41	2
2012	40	2
2013	40	2
2014	39	2
2015	37	1
2016	36	1
2017	37	1
2018	37	1
2019	36	1
2020	39	2
2021	38	2
2022	38	1
2023	35	1

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 0.24% in Belarus. 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
	Barbados	Belarus
1960	8.47%	4.49%
1961	7.86%	4.05%
1962	7.33%	3.68%
1963	6.86%	3.36%
1964	6.45%	3.1%
1965	6.1%	2.88%
1966	5.79%	2.7%
1967	5.52%	2.56%
1968	5.28%	2.45%
1969	5.03%	2.37%
1970	4.79%	2.3%
1971	4.55%	2.25%
1972	4.32%	2.22%
1973	4.08%	2.2%
1974	3.86%	2.19%
1975	3.64%	2.18%
1976	3.43%	2.18%
1977	3.23%	2.16%
1978	3.04%	2.14%
1979	2.86%	2.11%
1980	2.69%	2.06%
1981	2.55%	2%
1982	2.44%	1.94%
1983	2.34%	1.88%
1984	2.26%	1.82%
1985	2.19%	1.76%
1986	2.12%	1.7%
1987	2.05%	1.64%
1988	1.97%	1.59%
1989	1.89%	1.55%
1990	1.81%	1.52%
1991	1.73%	1.52%
1992	1.66%	1.53%
1993	1.59%	1.55%
1994	1.53%	1.57%
1995	1.49%	1.57%
1996	1.45%	1.55%
1997	1.43%	1.51%
1998	1.42%	1.45%
1999	1.42%	1.37%
2000	1.44%	1.28%
2001	1.45%	1.18%
2002	1.47%	1.1%
2003	1.48%	1.02%
2004	1.49%	0.94%
2005	1.48%	0.87%
2006	1.47%	0.8%
2007	1.45%	0.73%
2008	1.43%	0.66%
2009	1.41%	0.61%
2010	1.39%	0.56%
2011	1.37%	0.52%
2012	1.35%	0.49%
2013	1.33%	0.46%
2014	1.31%	0.43%
2015	1.28%	0.41%
2016	1.25%	0.39%
2017	1.21%	0.36%
2018	1.18%	0.34%
2019	1.14%	0.31%
2020	1.11%	0.29%
2021	1.07%	0.27%
2022	1.04%	0.26%
2023	1%	0.24%