Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and East Timor

Fertility rate in Barbados vs East Timor 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 2.71 in East Timor in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs East Timor 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	East Timor
1960	4.71	6.32
1961	4.15	6.27
1962	4.3	6.22
1963	4.3	6.16
1964	4.21	6.08
1965	4.18	6.01
1966	4.14	5.93
1967	3.6	5.86
1968	3.57	5.79
1969	3.34	5.72
1970	3.08	5.66
1971	3.2	5.58
1972	3.15	5.49
1973	2.87	5.39
1974	2.65	5.29
1975	2.45	5.19
1976	2.24	5.12
1977	2.2	5.09
1978	1.84	5.09
1979	1.86	5.14
1980	1.78	5.22
1981	1.85	5.53
1982	1.86	5.56
1983	1.86	5.59
1984	1.75	5.61
1985	1.77	5.65
1986	1.69	5.67
1987	1.61	5.68
1988	1.58	5.72
1989	1.64	5.76
1990	1.84	5.81
1991	1.84	5.84
1992	1.8	5.87
1993	1.77	5.88
1994	1.73	5.91
1995	1.7	5.94
1996	1.67	5.94
1997	1.65	5.96
1998	1.62	5.96
1999	1.78	5.97
2000	1.93	5.93
2001	1.96	5.92
2002	1.86	5.9
2003	1.86	5.85
2004	1.8	5.74
2005	1.74	5.61
2006	1.7	5.47
2007	1.76	5.33
2008	1.76	5.17
2009	1.77	4.99
2010	1.79	4.82
2011	1.76	4.61
2012	1.73	4.4
2013	1.73	4.21
2014	1.73	4
2015	1.73	3.78
2016	1.72	3.58
2017	1.72	3.4
2018	1.72	3.24
2019	1.72	3.12
2020	1.71	3.01
2021	1.71	2.89
2022	1.71	2.8
2023	1.71	2.71
2024	1.71	2.63
2025	1.7	2.56
2026	1.7	2.5
2027	1.7	2.45
2028	1.7	2.4
2029	1.7	2.36
2030	1.7	2.32
2031	1.69	2.29
2032	1.69	2.25
2033	1.69	2.22
2034	1.69	2.19
2035	1.69	2.17
2036	1.69	2.14
2037	1.69	2.12
2038	1.69	2.09
2039	1.69	2.07
2040	1.68	2.05
2041	1.68	2.03
2042	1.68	2.02
2043	1.68	2
2044	1.68	1.99
2045	1.68	1.97
2046	1.68	1.96
2047	1.68	1.95
2048	1.68	1.94
2049	1.68	1.93
2050	1.68	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	East Timor
1960	37.2%	40.1%
1961	37.2%	39.7%
1962	37.1%	39.3%
1963	37.1%	39%
1964	37.1%	38.8%
1965	37.1%	38.7%
1966	37.1%	38.9%
1967	36.9%	39.1%
1968	36.7%	39.3%
1969	36.4%	39.5%
1970	36%	39.6%
1971	35.7%	39.7%
1972	35.3%	39.7%
1973	34.9%	39.8%
1974	34.4%	39.7%
1975	33.6%	39.4%
1976	32.8%	39%
1977	32.1%	38.5%
1978	31.1%	38%
1979	30%	37.5%
1980	29%	37.4%
1981	28%	37.8%
1982	27.2%	38.4%
1983	26.7%	38.8%
1984	26.2%	39.3%
1985	25.8%	39.7%
1986	25.5%	40.2%
1987	25.1%	40.7%
1988	24.8%	41.3%
1989	24.5%	41.9%
1990	24.2%	42.2%
1991	23.9%	42.4%
1992	23.6%	42.6%
1993	23.4%	42.7%
1994	23.2%	42.9%
1995	23%	43%
1996	22.8%	43%
1997	22.6%	43%
1998	22.3%	42.9%
1999	22.1%	42.7%
2000	21.9%	42.6%
2001	21.7%	42.5%
2002	21.6%	42.4%
2003	21.5%	42.2%
2004	21.3%	42%
2005	21%	42.1%
2006	20.7%	42.2%
2007	20.5%	42.3%
2008	20.3%	42.1%
2009	20.2%	41.9%
2010	20.2%	41.6%
2011	20%	41.3%
2012	19.9%	40.9%
2013	19.7%	40.4%
2014	19.4%	39.8%
2015	19.2%	39.1%
2016	18.9%	38.4%
2017	18.7%	37.8%
2018	18.4%	37.2%
2019	18.2%	36.6%
2020	18.1%	36%
2021	17.9%	35.4%
2022	17.7%	34.8%
2023	17.5%	34.2%
2024	17.2%	33.7%
2025	17.1%	33.1%
2026	16.9%	32.6%
2027	16.8%	32.1%
2028	16.7%	31.6%
2029	16.6%	31%
2030	16.5%	30.4%
2031	16.4%	29.8%
2032	16.4%	29.2%
2033	16.3%	28.7%
2034	16.2%	28.1%
2035	16.1%	27.6%
2036	16%	27.2%
2037	15.9%	26.9%
2038	15.8%	26.7%
2039	15.8%	26.4%
2040	15.7%	26.2%
2041	15.6%	25.9%
2042	15.5%	25.6%
2043	15.4%	25.4%
2044	15.3%	25.1%
2045	15.2%	24.8%
2046	15.2%	24.5%
2047	15.1%	24.1%
2048	15%	23.8%
2049	14.9%	23.5%
2050	14.9%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +1.7% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
1960	5,949	7,012
1961	5,208	7,330
1962	5,589	7,639
1963	5,706	7,938
1964	5,688	8,235
1965	5,762	8,526
1966	5,842	8,810
1967	4,984	9,089
1968	5,035	9,356
1969	4,710	9,611
1970	4,271	9,824
1971	4,530	9,964
1972	4,505	10,030
1973	3,996	10,033
1974	3,644	8,405
1975	3,321	-1,062
1976	2,988	783
1977	2,988	296
1978	2,367	-1,000
1979	2,485	987
1980	2,393	6,940
1981	2,605	9,336
1982	2,660	9,579
1983	2,656	9,686
1984	2,388	10,922
1985	2,356	10,788
1986	2,111	11,062
1987	1,841	11,945
1988	1,684	12,118
1989	1,719	17,758
1990	2,101	18,343
1991	2,055	18,605
1992	1,912	19,880
1993	1,765	20,770
1994	1,607	21,746
1995	1,467	21,962
1996	1,334	22,703
1997	1,172	23,501
1998	1,093	23,590
1999	1,351	21,871
2000	1,577	21,579
2001	1,578	23,314
2002	1,369	25,410
2003	1,321	26,900
2004	1,204	26,751
2005	1,018	26,412
2006	927	26,221
2007	1,028	26,074
2008	989	25,888
2009	1,000	25,696
2010	981	25,515
2011	897	25,237
2012	815	24,890
2013	772	24,538
2014	730	24,040
2015	690	23,391
2016	655	22,778
2017	616	22,145
2018	584	21,650
2019	542	21,307
2020	503	21,166
2021	415	20,101
2022	43	20,625
2023	158	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs East Timor

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 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	East Timor
1985	55	1,916
1986	56	1,860
1987	57	1,763
1988	55	1,743
1989	57	1,511
1990	59	1,477
1991	60	1,439
1992	61	1,368
1993	55	1,308
1994	53	1,254
1995	52	1,239
1996	51	1,193
1997	51	1,166
1998	45	1,157
1999	44	1,488
2000	46	796
2001	46	761
2002	43	724
2003	45	714
2004	43	683
2005	44	648
2006	45	600
2007	42	559
2008	42	518
2009	42	477
2010	42	439
2011	41	404
2012	40	374
2013	40	349
2014	39	327
2015	37	305
2016	36	287
2017	37	269
2018	37	251
2019	36	237
2020	39	257
2021	38	263
2022	38	235
2023	35	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 5% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
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%	-
1977	3.23%	-
1978	3.04%	-
1979	2.86%	-
1980	2.69%	-
1981	2.55%	-
1982	2.44%	-
1983	2.34%	-
1984	2.26%	-
1985	2.19%	27.1%
1986	2.12%	26.3%
1987	2.05%	24.4%
1988	1.97%	24.1%
1989	1.89%	23%
1990	1.81%	22.5%
1991	1.73%	22.2%
1992	1.66%	21.1%
1993	1.59%	20%
1994	1.53%	19.2%
1995	1.49%	19.3%
1996	1.45%	18.5%
1997	1.43%	17.7%
1998	1.42%	18%
1999	1.42%	19.4%
2000	1.44%	11.1%
2001	1.45%	10.6%
2002	1.47%	10.1%
2003	1.48%	9.61%
2004	1.49%	9.17%
2005	1.48%	8.75%
2006	1.47%	8.36%
2007	1.45%	8.01%
2008	1.43%	7.68%
2009	1.41%	7.38%
2010	1.39%	7.11%
2011	1.37%	6.86%
2012	1.35%	6.63%
2013	1.33%	6.42%
2014	1.31%	6.23%
2015	1.28%	6.06%
2016	1.25%	5.91%
2017	1.21%	5.78%
2018	1.18%	5.66%
2019	1.14%	5.55%
2020	1.11%	5.42%
2021	1.07%	5.28%
2022	1.04%	5.14%
2023	1%	5%