Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Djibouti

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Djibouti 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 2.61 in Djibouti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Djibouti 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	Djibouti
1960	4.71	6.85
1961	4.15	6.85
1962	4.3	6.85
1963	4.3	6.86
1964	4.21	6.87
1965	4.18	6.86
1966	4.14	6.88
1967	3.6	6.87
1968	3.57	6.88
1969	3.34	6.88
1970	3.08	6.88
1971	3.2	6.88
1972	3.15	6.85
1973	2.87	6.82
1974	2.65	6.78
1975	2.45	6.74
1976	2.24	6.69
1977	2.2	6.64
1978	1.84	6.59
1979	1.86	6.52
1980	1.78	6.46
1981	1.85	6.4
1982	1.86	6.34
1983	1.86	6.3
1984	1.75	6.25
1985	1.77	6.19
1986	1.69	6.14
1987	1.61	6.09
1988	1.58	6.03
1989	1.64	5.97
1990	1.84	5.93
1991	1.84	5.86
1992	1.8	5.75
1993	1.77	5.64
1994	1.73	5.51
1995	1.7	5.33
1996	1.67	5.15
1997	1.65	4.97
1998	1.62	4.8
1999	1.78	4.69
2000	1.93	4.6
2001	1.96	4.52
2002	1.86	4.41
2003	1.86	4.3
2004	1.8	4.16
2005	1.74	4.04
2006	1.7	3.9
2007	1.76	3.76
2008	1.76	3.62
2009	1.77	3.52
2010	1.79	3.43
2011	1.76	3.34
2012	1.73	3.26
2013	1.73	3.19
2014	1.73	3.12
2015	1.73	3.04
2016	1.72	2.97
2017	1.72	2.92
2018	1.72	2.86
2019	1.72	2.8
2020	1.71	2.75
2021	1.71	2.7
2022	1.71	2.65
2023	1.71	2.61
2024	1.71	2.62
2025	1.7	2.58
2026	1.7	2.54
2027	1.7	2.51
2028	1.7	2.48
2029	1.7	2.45
2030	1.7	2.42
2031	1.69	2.39
2032	1.69	2.36
2033	1.69	2.33
2034	1.69	2.31
2035	1.69	2.29
2036	1.69	2.27
2037	1.69	2.25
2038	1.69	2.23
2039	1.69	2.21
2040	1.68	2.19
2041	1.68	2.17
2042	1.68	2.16
2043	1.68	2.14
2044	1.68	2.13
2045	1.68	2.11
2046	1.68	2.1
2047	1.68	2.09
2048	1.68	2.08
2049	1.68	2.06
2050	1.68	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Djibouti
1960	37.2%	44.2%
1961	37.2%	44%
1962	37.1%	43.8%
1963	37.1%	43.7%
1964	37.1%	43.5%
1965	37.1%	43.6%
1966	37.1%	43.8%
1967	36.9%	44%
1968	36.7%	44.3%
1969	36.4%	44.5%
1970	36%	44.7%
1971	35.7%	44.9%
1972	35.3%	45%
1973	34.9%	45.2%
1974	34.4%	45.3%
1975	33.6%	45.4%
1976	32.8%	45.5%
1977	32.1%	45.5%
1978	31.1%	45.6%
1979	30%	45.5%
1980	29%	45.5%
1981	28%	45.4%
1982	27.2%	45.3%
1983	26.7%	45.1%
1984	26.2%	45%
1985	25.8%	44.8%
1986	25.5%	44.6%
1987	25.1%	44.4%
1988	24.8%	44.2%
1989	24.5%	44%
1990	24.2%	43.7%
1991	23.9%	43.5%
1992	23.6%	43.3%
1993	23.4%	43.1%
1994	23.2%	42.8%
1995	23%	42.5%
1996	22.8%	42.2%
1997	22.6%	41.5%
1998	22.3%	40.6%
1999	22.1%	40%
2000	21.9%	39.6%
2001	21.7%	39.1%
2002	21.6%	38.7%
2003	21.5%	38.6%
2004	21.3%	38.5%
2005	21%	38.4%
2006	20.7%	38.1%
2007	20.5%	37.7%
2008	20.3%	37.2%
2009	20.2%	36.8%
2010	20.2%	36.4%
2011	20%	35.9%
2012	19.9%	35.5%
2013	19.7%	35.1%
2014	19.4%	34.6%
2015	19.2%	34%
2016	18.9%	33.4%
2017	18.7%	32.8%
2018	18.4%	32.2%
2019	18.2%	31.6%
2020	18.1%	31%
2021	17.9%	30.5%
2022	17.7%	30%
2023	17.5%	29.6%
2024	17.2%	29.2%
2025	17.1%	28.8%
2026	16.9%	28.5%
2027	16.8%	28.1%
2028	16.7%	27.8%
2029	16.6%	27.5%
2030	16.5%	27.3%
2031	16.4%	27%
2032	16.4%	26.8%
2033	16.3%	26.6%
2034	16.2%	26.4%
2035	16.1%	26.2%
2036	16%	26.1%
2037	15.9%	25.9%
2038	15.8%	25.7%
2039	15.8%	25.5%
2040	15.7%	25.3%
2041	15.6%	25.1%
2042	15.5%	24.9%
2043	15.4%	24.7%
2044	15.3%	24.5%
2045	15.2%	24.3%
2046	15.2%	24.1%
2047	15.1%	23.8%
2048	15%	23.6%
2049	14.9%	23.4%
2050	14.9%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1960	5,949	2,299
1961	5,208	2,412
1962	5,589	2,538
1963	5,706	2,687
1964	5,688	2,864
1965	5,762	3,054
1966	5,842	3,268
1967	4,984	3,484
1968	5,035	3,712
1969	4,710	3,950
1970	4,271	4,249
1971	4,530	4,484
1972	4,505	4,885
1973	3,996	5,234
1974	3,644	5,601
1975	3,321	6,034
1976	2,988	6,567
1977	2,988	7,195
1978	2,367	7,886
1979	2,485	8,573
1980	2,393	9,187
1981	2,605	9,654
1982	2,660	10,058
1983	2,656	10,391
1984	2,388	10,713
1985	2,356	11,106
1986	2,111	11,671
1987	1,841	12,357
1988	1,684	13,107
1989	1,719	13,851
1990	2,101	15,074
1991	2,055	16,553
1992	1,912	16,971
1993	1,765	15,805
1994	1,607	15,989
1995	1,467	15,651
1996	1,334	15,408
1997	1,172	15,255
1998	1,093	15,845
1999	1,351	16,491
2000	1,577	17,014
2001	1,578	17,710
2002	1,369	18,167
2003	1,321	18,341
2004	1,204	17,756
2005	1,018	17,361
2006	927	16,901
2007	1,028	16,647
2008	989	16,356
2009	1,000	16,323
2010	981	16,225
2011	897	16,169
2012	815	16,026
2013	772	15,986
2014	730	15,857
2015	690	15,718
2016	655	15,621
2017	616	15,593
2018	584	15,524
2019	542	15,368
2020	503	14,970
2021	415	14,555
2022	43	15,337
2023	158	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Djibouti

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 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Djibouti
1985	55	821
1986	56	804
1987	57	785
1988	55	768
1989	57	746
1990	59	725
1991	60	731
1992	61	780
1993	55	704
1994	53	682
1995	52	634
1996	51	609
1997	51	582
1998	45	555
1999	44	524
2000	46	501
2001	46	441
2002	43	404
2003	45	391
2004	43	364
2005	44	315
2006	45	298
2007	42	285
2008	42	273
2009	42	263
2010	42	243
2011	41	229
2012	40	221
2013	40	219
2014	39	212
2015	37	210
2016	36	204
2017	37	201
2018	37	199
2019	36	194
2020	39	192
2021	38	221
2022	38	174
2023	35	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1960	8.47%	-
1961	7.86%	-
1962	7.33%	-
1963	6.86%	-
1964	6.45%	-
1965	6.1%	-
1966	5.79%	-
1967	5.52%	-
1968	5.28%	-
1969	5.03%	-
1970	4.79%	-
1971	4.55%	-
1972	4.32%	-
1973	4.08%	-
1974	3.86%	-
1975	3.64%	-
1976	3.43%	17.1%
1977	3.23%	16.6%
1978	3.04%	16.2%
1979	2.86%	15.7%
1980	2.69%	15.3%
1981	2.55%	14.8%
1982	2.44%	14.4%
1983	2.34%	14%
1984	2.26%	13.6%
1985	2.19%	13.2%
1986	2.12%	12.8%
1987	2.05%	12.5%
1988	1.97%	12.2%
1989	1.89%	11.9%
1990	1.81%	11.6%
1991	1.73%	11.4%
1992	1.66%	11.2%
1993	1.59%	11.1%
1994	1.53%	10.9%
1995	1.49%	10.8%
1996	1.45%	10.7%
1997	1.43%	10.5%
1998	1.42%	10.3%
1999	1.42%	10.2%
2000	1.44%	9.95%
2001	1.45%	9.72%
2002	1.47%	9.48%
2003	1.48%	9.24%
2004	1.49%	9%
2005	1.48%	8.77%
2006	1.47%	8.53%
2007	1.45%	8.28%
2008	1.43%	8.03%
2009	1.41%	7.81%
2010	1.39%	7.59%
2011	1.37%	7.36%
2012	1.35%	7.14%
2013	1.33%	6.93%
2014	1.31%	6.72%
2015	1.28%	6.51%
2016	1.25%	6.33%
2017	1.21%	6.13%
2018	1.18%	5.94%
2019	1.14%	5.75%
2020	1.11%	5.56%
2021	1.07%	5.38%
2022	1.04%	5.22%
2023	1%	5.04%