Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Dominica

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Dominica 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 1.48 in Dominica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Dominica 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	Dominica
1960	4.71	6.18
1961	4.15	6.16
1962	4.3	6.12
1963	4.3	6.08
1964	4.21	6.03
1965	4.18	5.95
1966	4.14	5.86
1967	3.6	5.74
1968	3.57	5.59
1969	3.34	5.41
1970	3.08	5.22
1971	3.2	4.99
1972	3.15	4.67
1973	2.87	4.28
1974	2.65	3.84
1975	2.45	3.46
1976	2.24	3.19
1977	2.2	3.02
1978	1.84	2.96
1979	1.86	2.96
1980	1.78	3.04
1981	1.85	3.11
1982	1.86	3.17
1983	1.86	3.18
1984	1.75	3.15
1985	1.77	3.12
1986	1.69	3.08
1987	1.61	3.06
1988	1.58	3.06
1989	1.64	3.06
1990	1.84	3.09
1991	1.84	3.15
1992	1.8	3.18
1993	1.77	3.2
1994	1.73	2.96
1995	1.7	2.71
1996	1.67	2.55
1997	1.65	2.41
1998	1.62	2.32
1999	1.78	2.46
2000	1.93	2.35
2001	1.96	2.4
2002	1.86	2.16
2003	1.86	2.08
2004	1.8	2.02
2005	1.74	2
2006	1.7	2.07
2007	1.76	2.02
2008	1.76	1.97
2009	1.77	1.92
2010	1.79	1.89
2011	1.76	1.86
2012	1.73	1.83
2013	1.73	1.78
2014	1.73	1.71
2015	1.73	1.65
2016	1.72	1.58
2017	1.72	1.54
2018	1.72	1.52
2019	1.72	1.5
2020	1.71	1.5
2021	1.71	1.48
2022	1.71	1.48
2023	1.71	1.48
2024	1.71	1.48
2025	1.7	1.47
2026	1.7	1.46
2027	1.7	1.46
2028	1.7	1.46
2029	1.7	1.46
2030	1.7	1.46
2031	1.69	1.46
2032	1.69	1.46
2033	1.69	1.46
2034	1.69	1.46
2035	1.69	1.46
2036	1.69	1.46
2037	1.69	1.47
2038	1.69	1.47
2039	1.69	1.47
2040	1.68	1.47
2041	1.68	1.48
2042	1.68	1.48
2043	1.68	1.48
2044	1.68	1.48
2045	1.68	1.49
2046	1.68	1.49
2047	1.68	1.49
2048	1.68	1.49
2049	1.68	1.5
2050	1.68	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Dominica
1960	37.2%	44.7%
1961	37.2%	45%
1962	37.1%	45.3%
1963	37.1%	45.6%
1964	37.1%	46%
1965	37.1%	46.4%
1966	37.1%	46.9%
1967	36.9%	47.5%
1968	36.7%	48.1%
1969	36.4%	48.7%
1970	36%	48.7%
1971	35.7%	48.1%
1972	35.3%	47.3%
1973	34.9%	46.5%
1974	34.4%	45.7%
1975	33.6%	44.9%
1976	32.8%	44.1%
1977	32.1%	43.3%
1978	31.1%	42.5%
1979	30%	41.7%
1980	29%	40.7%
1981	28%	39.6%
1982	27.2%	38.2%
1983	26.7%	36.9%
1984	26.2%	35.8%
1985	25.8%	34.9%
1986	25.5%	34.2%
1987	25.1%	33.6%
1988	24.8%	33.2%
1989	24.5%	33.1%
1990	24.2%	33.1%
1991	23.9%	33.2%
1992	23.6%	33%
1993	23.4%	32.8%
1994	23.2%	32.6%
1995	23%	32.3%
1996	22.8%	31.9%
1997	22.6%	31.5%
1998	22.3%	31.1%
1999	22.1%	30.6%
2000	21.9%	30%
2001	21.7%	29.3%
2002	21.6%	28.7%
2003	21.5%	28%
2004	21.3%	27.4%
2005	21%	26.8%
2006	20.7%	26.2%
2007	20.5%	25.5%
2008	20.3%	24.7%
2009	20.2%	24.1%
2010	20.2%	23.5%
2011	20%	23.1%
2012	19.9%	22.6%
2013	19.7%	22.5%
2014	19.4%	22.3%
2015	19.2%	21.7%
2016	18.9%	20.8%
2017	18.7%	19.9%
2018	18.4%	19.5%
2019	18.2%	19.2%
2020	18.1%	18.8%
2021	17.9%	18.5%
2022	17.7%	18.3%
2023	17.5%	18.1%
2024	17.2%	17.9%
2025	17.1%	17.6%
2026	16.9%	17.4%
2027	16.8%	17.1%
2028	16.7%	16.8%
2029	16.6%	16.5%
2030	16.5%	16.3%
2031	16.4%	16%
2032	16.4%	15.9%
2033	16.3%	15.7%
2034	16.2%	15.6%
2035	16.1%	15.5%
2036	16%	15.4%
2037	15.9%	15.3%
2038	15.8%	15.3%
2039	15.8%	15.2%
2040	15.7%	15.2%
2041	15.6%	15.2%
2042	15.5%	15.1%
2043	15.4%	15.1%
2044	15.3%	15.1%
2045	15.2%	15.1%
2046	15.2%	15.1%
2047	15.1%	15%
2048	15%	15%
2049	14.9%	15%
2050	14.9%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 17.9% in Dominica in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 33.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Dominica compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Dominica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and -0.03% in Dominica. 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	Dominica
1960	5,949	1,720
1961	5,208	1,762
1962	5,589	1,786
1963	5,706	1,796
1964	5,688	1,792
1965	5,762	1,778
1966	5,842	1,752
1967	4,984	1,716
1968	5,035	1,673
1969	4,710	1,628
1970	4,271	1,574
1971	4,530	1,549
1972	4,505	1,497
1973	3,996	1,400
1974	3,644	1,267
1975	3,321	1,142
1976	2,988	1,050
1977	2,988	996
1978	2,367	991
1979	2,485	981
1980	2,393	1,090
1981	2,605	1,169
1982	2,660	1,250
1983	2,656	1,301
1984	2,388	1,308
1985	2,356	1,302
1986	2,111	1,285
1987	1,841	1,256
1988	1,684	1,222
1989	1,719	1,178
1990	2,101	1,138
1991	2,055	1,103
1992	1,912	1,111
1993	1,765	1,130
1994	1,607	1,002
1995	1,467	853
1996	1,334	753
1997	1,172	662
1998	1,093	595
1999	1,351	647
2000	1,577	561
2001	1,578	556
2002	1,369	429
2003	1,321	387
2004	1,204	360
2005	1,018	339
2006	927	364
2007	1,028	319
2008	989	272
2009	1,000	220
2010	981	171
2011	897	121
2012	815	167
2013	772	110
2014	730	257
2015	690	157
2016	655	177
2017	616	-124
2018	584	-60
2019	542	-75
2020	503	-88
2021	415	-205
2022	43	-118
2023	158	-111

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Dominica

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 36 deaths in Dominica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Dominica
1985	55	61
1986	56	63
1987	57	63
1988	55	68
1989	57	69
1990	59	77
1991	60	81
1992	61	80
1993	55	79
1994	53	77
1995	52	73
1996	51	71
1997	51	67
1998	45	64
1999	44	64
2000	46	61
2001	46	58
2002	43	56
2003	45	55
2004	43	54
2005	44	54
2006	45	54
2007	42	53
2008	42	53
2009	42	50
2010	42	50
2011	41	49
2012	40	51
2013	40	50
2014	39	53
2015	37	63
2016	36	48
2017	37	44
2018	37	43
2019	36	41
2020	39	47
2021	38	110
2022	38	44
2023	35	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 3.55% in Dominica. 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	Dominica
1960	8.47%	13.6%
1961	7.86%	12.4%
1962	7.33%	11.3%
1963	6.86%	10.3%
1964	6.45%	9.41%
1965	6.1%	8.59%
1966	5.79%	7.84%
1967	5.52%	7.16%
1968	5.28%	6.54%
1969	5.03%	5.98%
1970	4.79%	5.48%
1971	4.55%	5.02%
1972	4.32%	4.61%
1973	4.08%	4.24%
1974	3.86%	3.91%
1975	3.64%	3.61%
1976	3.43%	3.35%
1977	3.23%	3.12%
1978	3.04%	2.92%
1979	2.86%	2.74%
1980	2.69%	2.58%
1981	2.55%	2.45%
1982	2.44%	2.33%
1983	2.34%	2.22%
1984	2.26%	2.14%
1985	2.19%	2.06%
1986	2.12%	2%
1987	2.05%	1.95%
1988	1.97%	1.91%
1989	1.89%	1.88%
1990	1.81%	1.85%
1991	1.73%	1.84%
1992	1.66%	1.82%
1993	1.59%	1.82%
1994	1.53%	1.82%
1995	1.49%	1.83%
1996	1.45%	1.84%
1997	1.43%	1.86%
1998	1.42%	1.88%
1999	1.42%	1.91%
2000	1.44%	1.94%
2001	1.45%	1.97%
2002	1.47%	2.01%
2003	1.48%	2.06%
2004	1.49%	2.11%
2005	1.48%	2.16%
2006	1.47%	2.22%
2007	1.45%	2.28%
2008	1.43%	2.35%
2009	1.41%	2.42%
2010	1.39%	2.5%
2011	1.37%	2.57%
2012	1.35%	2.66%
2013	1.33%	2.74%
2014	1.31%	2.83%
2015	1.28%	2.93%
2016	1.25%	3.02%
2017	1.21%	3.12%
2018	1.18%	3.21%
2019	1.14%	3.3%
2020	1.11%	3.38%
2021	1.07%	3.45%
2022	1.04%	3.51%
2023	1%	3.55%