Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Chile

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Chile 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 1.17 in Chile in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Chile 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	Chile
1960	4.71	4.7
1961	4.15	4.66
1962	4.3	4.6
1963	4.3	4.54
1964	4.21	4.46
1965	4.18	4.36
1966	4.14	4.26
1967	3.6	4.14
1968	3.57	4.03
1969	3.34	3.9
1970	3.08	3.78
1971	3.2	3.65
1972	3.15	3.53
1973	2.87	3.41
1974	2.65	3.29
1975	2.45	3.18
1976	2.24	3.08
1977	2.2	2.98
1978	1.84	2.89
1979	1.86	2.81
1980	1.78	2.74
1981	1.85	2.69
1982	1.86	2.65
1983	1.86	2.62
1984	1.75	2.6
1985	1.77	2.59
1986	1.69	2.59
1987	1.61	2.59
1988	1.58	2.59
1989	1.64	2.59
1990	1.84	2.58
1991	1.84	2.56
1992	1.8	2.48
1993	1.77	2.43
1994	1.73	2.38
1995	1.7	2.35
1996	1.67	2.28
1997	1.65	2.2
1998	1.62	2.15
1999	1.78	2.07
2000	1.93	2.05
2001	1.96	2.01
2002	1.86	1.93
2003	1.86	1.89
2004	1.8	1.84
2005	1.74	1.83
2006	1.7	1.8
2007	1.76	1.83
2008	1.76	1.85
2009	1.77	1.86
2010	1.79	1.84
2011	1.76	1.82
2012	1.73	1.8
2013	1.73	1.79
2014	1.73	1.77
2015	1.73	1.74
2016	1.72	1.69
2017	1.72	1.56
2018	1.72	1.54
2019	1.72	1.43
2020	1.71	1.31
2021	1.71	1.18
2022	1.71	1.25
2023	1.71	1.17
2024	1.71	1.14
2025	1.7	1.13
2026	1.7	1.12
2027	1.7	1.12
2028	1.7	1.12
2029	1.7	1.12
2030	1.7	1.13
2031	1.69	1.13
2032	1.69	1.14
2033	1.69	1.15
2034	1.69	1.15
2035	1.69	1.16
2036	1.69	1.17
2037	1.69	1.17
2038	1.69	1.18
2039	1.69	1.19
2040	1.68	1.19
2041	1.68	1.2
2042	1.68	1.2
2043	1.68	1.21
2044	1.68	1.21
2045	1.68	1.22
2046	1.68	1.22
2047	1.68	1.22
2048	1.68	1.23
2049	1.68	1.24
2050	1.68	1.24

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Chile
1960	37.2%	39.7%
1961	37.2%	39.7%
1962	37.1%	39.7%
1963	37.1%	39.6%
1964	37.1%	39.4%
1965	37.1%	39.2%
1966	37.1%	39%
1967	36.9%	38.8%
1968	36.7%	38.5%
1969	36.4%	38.3%
1970	36%	38%
1971	35.7%	37.6%
1972	35.3%	37.2%
1973	34.9%	36.8%
1974	34.4%	36.3%
1975	33.6%	35.8%
1976	32.8%	35.3%
1977	32.1%	34.8%
1978	31.1%	34.3%
1979	30%	33.8%
1980	29%	33.3%
1981	28%	32.9%
1982	27.2%	32.4%
1983	26.7%	32%
1984	26.2%	31.5%
1985	25.8%	31.2%
1986	25.5%	30.8%
1987	25.1%	30.5%
1988	24.8%	30.2%
1989	24.5%	30%
1990	24.2%	29.8%
1991	23.9%	29.6%
1992	23.6%	29.3%
1993	23.4%	29.1%
1994	23.2%	28.9%
1995	23%	28.6%
1996	22.8%	28.3%
1997	22.6%	28%
1998	22.3%	27.7%
1999	22.1%	27.3%
2000	21.9%	26.8%
2001	21.7%	26.3%
2002	21.6%	25.8%
2003	21.5%	25.3%
2004	21.3%	24.7%
2005	21%	24.1%
2006	20.7%	23.5%
2007	20.5%	22.9%
2008	20.3%	22.4%
2009	20.2%	22%
2010	20.2%	21.5%
2011	20%	21.1%
2012	19.9%	20.8%
2013	19.7%	20.5%
2014	19.4%	20.2%
2015	19.2%	19.9%
2016	18.9%	19.7%
2017	18.7%	19.3%
2018	18.4%	19%
2019	18.2%	18.7%
2020	18.1%	18.4%
2021	17.9%	18.1%
2022	17.7%	17.8%
2023	17.5%	17.4%
2024	17.2%	17%
2025	17.1%	16.5%
2026	16.9%	16.1%
2027	16.8%	15.7%
2028	16.7%	15.3%
2029	16.6%	14.9%
2030	16.5%	14.4%
2031	16.4%	14%
2032	16.4%	13.7%
2033	16.3%	13.4%
2034	16.2%	13.1%
2035	16.1%	12.8%
2036	16%	12.7%
2037	15.9%	12.5%
2038	15.8%	12.4%
2039	15.8%	12.3%
2040	15.7%	12.2%
2041	15.6%	12.1%
2042	15.5%	12%
2043	15.4%	12%
2044	15.3%	11.9%
2045	15.2%	11.8%
2046	15.2%	11.7%
2047	15.1%	11.7%
2048	15%	11.6%
2049	14.9%	11.5%
2050	14.9%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 17% in Chile in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Chile compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Chile by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +0.45% in Chile. 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	Chile
1960	5,949	198,461
1961	5,208	198,788
1962	5,589	200,905
1963	5,706	202,370
1964	5,688	202,741
1965	5,762	203,341
1966	5,842	204,661
1967	4,984	204,377
1968	5,035	203,577
1969	4,710	202,764
1970	4,271	200,402
1971	4,530	198,523
1972	4,505	198,162
1973	3,996	197,666
1974	3,644	196,322
1975	3,321	196,890
1976	2,988	196,986
1977	2,988	197,163
1978	2,367	196,483
1979	2,485	197,198
1980	2,393	198,281
1981	2,605	198,211
1982	2,660	199,522
1983	2,656	202,352
1984	2,388	205,407
1985	2,356	208,910
1986	2,111	213,571
1987	1,841	218,034
1988	1,684	221,602
1989	1,719	224,854
1990	2,101	226,941
1991	2,055	227,180
1992	1,912	219,224
1993	1,765	215,003
1994	1,607	209,834
1995	1,467	208,017
1996	1,334	199,897
1997	1,172	190,433
1998	1,093	185,815
1999	1,351	177,995
2000	1,577	175,362
2001	1,578	171,659
2002	1,369	162,322
2003	1,321	154,287
2004	1,204	150,138
2005	1,018	147,009
2006	927	142,277
2007	1,028	145,043
2008	989	147,105
2009	1,000	147,576
2010	981	145,527
2011	897	141,053
2012	815	134,617
2013	772	133,785
2014	730	131,373
2015	690	127,074
2016	655	120,545
2017	616	106,268
2018	584	103,950
2019	542	86,006
2020	503	52,378
2021	415	27,530
2022	43	41,041
2023	158	48,518

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Chile

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 10 deaths in Chile.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Chile
1985	55	73
1986	56	70
1987	57	67
1988	55	64
1989	57	62
1990	59	56
1991	60	54
1992	61	52
1993	55	49
1994	53	47
1995	52	44
1996	51	41
1997	51	39
1998	45	36
1999	44	35
2000	46	33
2001	46	32
2002	43	30
2003	45	29
2004	43	28
2005	44	27
2006	45	27
2007	42	26
2008	42	24
2009	42	24
2010	42	22
2011	41	20
2012	40	18
2013	40	17
2014	39	16
2015	37	14
2016	36	13
2017	37	12
2018	37	11
2019	36	11
2020	39	12
2021	38	14
2022	38	12
2023	35	10

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 0.72% in Chile. 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	Chile
1960	8.47%	15.3%
1961	7.86%	14.9%
1962	7.33%	14.3%
1963	6.86%	13.6%
1964	6.45%	12.7%
1965	6.1%	11.6%
1966	5.79%	10.4%
1967	5.52%	9.36%
1968	5.28%	8.69%
1969	5.03%	8.26%
1970	4.79%	8.01%
1971	4.55%	7.86%
1972	4.32%	7.73%
1973	4.08%	7.54%
1974	3.86%	7.14%
1975	3.64%	6.46%
1976	3.43%	5.63%
1977	3.23%	4.85%
1978	3.04%	4.2%
1979	2.86%	3.69%
1980	2.69%	3.29%
1981	2.55%	2.98%
1982	2.44%	2.71%
1983	2.34%	2.47%
1984	2.26%	2.3%
1985	2.19%	2.23%
1986	2.12%	2.22%
1987	2.05%	2.2%
1988	1.97%	2.14%
1989	1.89%	2.03%
1990	1.81%	1.91%
1991	1.73%	1.76%
1992	1.66%	1.63%
1993	1.59%	1.5%
1994	1.53%	1.39%
1995	1.49%	1.31%
1996	1.45%	1.26%
1997	1.43%	1.22%
1998	1.42%	1.19%
1999	1.42%	1.15%
2000	1.44%	1.09%
2001	1.45%	1.03%
2002	1.47%	0.98%
2003	1.48%	0.95%
2004	1.49%	0.93%
2005	1.48%	0.91%
2006	1.47%	0.9%
2007	1.45%	0.89%
2008	1.43%	0.89%
2009	1.41%	0.88%
2010	1.39%	0.87%
2011	1.37%	0.86%
2012	1.35%	0.84%
2013	1.33%	0.82%
2014	1.31%	0.81%
2015	1.28%	0.79%
2016	1.25%	0.77%
2017	1.21%	0.75%
2018	1.18%	0.72%
2019	1.14%	0.7%
2020	1.11%	0.68%
2021	1.07%	0.67%
2022	1.04%	0.68%
2023	1%	0.72%