Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Central African Republic 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 6.01 in the Central African Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs the Central African Republic 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	CAR
1960	4.71	5.95
1961	4.15	5.96
1962	4.3	5.97
1963	4.3	5.99
1964	4.21	6.01
1965	4.18	6.03
1966	4.14	6.06
1967	3.6	6.08
1968	3.57	6.1
1969	3.34	6.06
1970	3.08	6.03
1971	3.2	5.99
1972	3.15	5.96
1973	2.87	5.93
1974	2.65	5.9
1975	2.45	5.88
1976	2.24	5.94
1977	2.2	5.99
1978	1.84	6.04
1979	1.86	6.09
1980	1.78	6.13
1981	1.85	6.17
1982	1.86	6.16
1983	1.86	6.15
1984	1.75	6.14
1985	1.77	6.12
1986	1.69	6.11
1987	1.61	6.12
1988	1.58	6.1
1989	1.64	6.07
1990	1.84	6.05
1991	1.84	6.03
1992	1.8	5.96
1993	1.77	5.93
1994	1.73	5.92
1995	1.7	5.94
1996	1.67	5.96
1997	1.65	5.92
1998	1.62	5.89
1999	1.78	5.88
2000	1.93	5.85
2001	1.96	5.81
2002	1.86	5.79
2003	1.86	5.8
2004	1.8	5.78
2005	1.74	5.81
2006	1.7	5.84
2007	1.76	5.87
2008	1.76	5.9
2009	1.77	5.94
2010	1.79	5.96
2011	1.76	6.01
2012	1.73	6.05
2013	1.73	6.08
2014	1.73	6.1
2015	1.73	6.13
2016	1.72	6.13
2017	1.72	6.13
2018	1.72	6.11
2019	1.72	6.09
2020	1.71	6.06
2021	1.71	6.05
2022	1.71	6.02
2023	1.71	6.01
2024	1.71	5.95
2025	1.7	5.81
2026	1.7	5.69
2027	1.7	5.58
2028	1.7	5.47
2029	1.7	5.36
2030	1.7	5.25
2031	1.69	5.14
2032	1.69	5.04
2033	1.69	4.91
2034	1.69	4.78
2035	1.69	4.67
2036	1.69	4.56
2037	1.69	4.46
2038	1.69	4.35
2039	1.69	4.26
2040	1.68	4.15
2041	1.68	4.03
2042	1.68	3.94
2043	1.68	3.86
2044	1.68	3.78
2045	1.68	3.7
2046	1.68	3.63
2047	1.68	3.56
2048	1.68	3.49
2049	1.68	3.43
2050	1.68	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	CAR
1960	37.2%	40.5%
1961	37.2%	40.8%
1962	37.1%	41.1%
1963	37.1%	41.4%
1964	37.1%	41.6%
1965	37.1%	41.7%
1966	37.1%	41.7%
1967	36.9%	41.8%
1968	36.7%	41.9%
1969	36.4%	41.9%
1970	36%	42.1%
1971	35.7%	42.2%
1972	35.3%	42.4%
1973	34.9%	42.6%
1974	34.4%	42.7%
1975	33.6%	42.9%
1976	32.8%	42.9%
1977	32.1%	42.8%
1978	31.1%	42.8%
1979	30%	42.8%
1980	29%	42.8%
1981	28%	42.8%
1982	27.2%	42.9%
1983	26.7%	43%
1984	26.2%	43%
1985	25.8%	43.2%
1986	25.5%	43.3%
1987	25.1%	43.5%
1988	24.8%	43.8%
1989	24.5%	44.1%
1990	24.2%	44.5%
1991	23.9%	44.9%
1992	23.6%	45.2%
1993	23.4%	45.4%
1994	23.2%	45.5%
1995	23%	45.6%
1996	22.8%	45.7%
1997	22.6%	45.7%
1998	22.3%	45.7%
1999	22.1%	45.6%
2000	21.9%	45.5%
2001	21.7%	45.4%
2002	21.6%	45.3%
2003	21.5%	45.2%
2004	21.3%	45.1%
2005	21%	45.1%
2006	20.7%	45.1%
2007	20.5%	45.3%
2008	20.3%	45.4%
2009	20.2%	45.6%
2010	20.2%	45.9%
2011	20%	46.3%
2012	19.9%	46.9%
2013	19.7%	47.6%
2014	19.4%	48.5%
2015	19.2%	49%
2016	18.9%	49%
2017	18.7%	49%
2018	18.4%	49%
2019	18.2%	49%
2020	18.1%	48.9%
2021	17.9%	49%
2022	17.7%	49.2%
2023	17.5%	49.2%
2024	17.2%	49%
2025	17.1%	48.7%
2026	16.9%	48.2%
2027	16.8%	47.8%
2028	16.7%	47.5%
2029	16.6%	47.2%
2030	16.5%	47.1%
2031	16.4%	46.9%
2032	16.4%	46.8%
2033	16.3%	46.7%
2034	16.2%	46.5%
2035	16.1%	46.3%
2036	16%	46.1%
2037	15.9%	45.8%
2038	15.8%	45.3%
2039	15.8%	44.7%
2040	15.7%	44.1%
2041	15.6%	43.5%
2042	15.5%	42.8%
2043	15.4%	42.2%
2044	15.3%	41.5%
2045	15.2%	40.9%
2046	15.2%	40.2%
2047	15.1%	39.6%
2048	15%	39%
2049	14.9%	38.4%
2050	14.9%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +2.39% in the Central African Republic. 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	CAR
1960	5,949	31,131
1961	5,208	32,383
1962	5,589	33,731
1963	5,706	35,218
1964	5,688	36,878
1965	5,762	38,710
1966	5,842	40,804
1967	4,984	42,979
1968	5,035	45,377
1969	4,710	47,066
1970	4,271	48,690
1971	4,530	50,142
1972	4,505	51,390
1973	3,996	52,525
1974	3,644	53,777
1975	3,321	55,106
1976	2,988	57,725
1977	2,988	60,436
1978	2,367	63,285
1979	2,485	66,104
1980	2,393	68,759
1981	2,605	71,391
1982	2,660	73,330
1983	2,656	75,399
1984	2,388	77,395
1985	2,356	79,266
1986	2,111	81,149
1987	1,841	83,408
1988	1,684	84,654
1989	1,719	85,969
1990	2,101	87,507
1991	2,055	88,688
1992	1,912	88,939
1993	1,765	89,873
1994	1,607	90,943
1995	1,467	92,748
1996	1,334	93,369
1997	1,172	93,378
1998	1,093	94,361
1999	1,351	96,108
2000	1,577	97,468
2001	1,578	99,598
2002	1,369	100,588
2003	1,321	105,540
2004	1,204	108,548
2005	1,018	113,534
2006	927	118,882
2007	1,028	123,137
2008	989	128,627
2009	1,000	-130,613
2010	981	130,539
2011	897	142,913
2012	815	146,791
2013	772	140,489
2014	730	107,448
2015	690	141,912
2016	655	142,419
2017	616	128,461
2018	584	153,361
2019	542	68,523
2020	503	156,911
2021	415	124,408
2022	43	-49,456
2023	158	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Central African Republic

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 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	CAR
1985	55	796
1986	56	795
1987	57	803
1988	55	815
1989	57	835
1990	59	866
1991	60	910
1992	61	956
1993	55	997
1994	53	1,053
1995	52	1,123
1996	51	1,191
1997	51	1,270
1998	45	1,346
1999	44	1,411
2000	46	1,490
2001	46	1,504
2002	43	1,496
2003	45	1,487
2004	43	1,450
2005	44	1,389
2006	45	1,337
2007	42	1,271
2008	42	1,234
2009	42	1,272
2010	42	1,230
2011	41	1,131
2012	40	1,092
2013	40	1,092
2014	39	1,034
2015	37	981
2016	36	962
2017	37	1,093
2018	37	881
2019	36	1,650
2020	39	1,296
2021	38	1,127
2022	38	841
2023	35	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 9.22% in the Central African Republic. 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	CAR
1960	8.47%	28.3%
1961	7.86%	27.8%
1962	7.33%	27.2%
1963	6.86%	26.7%
1964	6.45%	26.1%
1965	6.1%	25.5%
1966	5.79%	24.9%
1967	5.52%	24.3%
1968	5.28%	23.7%
1969	5.03%	23.2%
1970	4.79%	22.6%
1971	4.55%	22.1%
1972	4.32%	21.7%
1973	4.08%	21.2%
1974	3.86%	20.8%
1975	3.64%	20.4%
1976	3.43%	20%
1977	3.23%	19.7%
1978	3.04%	19.4%
1979	2.86%	19.1%
1980	2.69%	18.8%
1981	2.55%	18.6%
1982	2.44%	18.4%
1983	2.34%	18.2%
1984	2.26%	18.1%
1985	2.19%	18%
1986	2.12%	17.9%
1987	2.05%	17.9%
1988	1.97%	17.8%
1989	1.89%	17.8%
1990	1.81%	17.8%
1991	1.73%	17.7%
1992	1.66%	17.7%
1993	1.59%	17.6%
1994	1.53%	17.5%
1995	1.49%	17.5%
1996	1.45%	17.3%
1997	1.43%	17.2%
1998	1.42%	17%
1999	1.42%	16.8%
2000	1.44%	16.6%
2001	1.45%	16.3%
2002	1.47%	15.9%
2003	1.48%	15.6%
2004	1.49%	15.2%
2005	1.48%	14.8%
2006	1.47%	14.4%
2007	1.45%	14%
2008	1.43%	13.6%
2009	1.41%	47.9%
2010	1.39%	14.9%
2011	1.37%	12.5%
2012	1.35%	12.2%
2013	1.33%	13.4%
2014	1.31%	18.3%
2015	1.28%	11.4%
2016	1.25%	12.6%
2017	1.21%	15.2%
2018	1.18%	12%
2019	1.14%	24.3%
2020	1.11%	12.3%
2021	1.07%	17.1%
2022	1.04%	38.7%
2023	1%	9.22%