Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Guinea

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Guinea 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 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Guinea 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	Guinea
1960	4.71	6.11
1961	4.15	6.13
1962	4.3	6.14
1963	4.3	6.15
1964	4.21	6.17
1965	4.18	6.18
1966	4.14	6.19
1967	3.6	6.2
1968	3.57	6.21
1969	3.34	6.23
1970	3.08	6.24
1971	3.2	6.26
1972	3.15	6.28
1973	2.87	6.31
1974	2.65	6.34
1975	2.45	6.37
1976	2.24	6.4
1977	2.2	6.43
1978	1.84	6.44
1979	1.86	6.45
1980	1.78	6.46
1981	1.85	6.46
1982	1.86	6.49
1983	1.86	6.49
1984	1.75	6.51
1985	1.77	6.53
1986	1.69	6.55
1987	1.61	6.57
1988	1.58	6.56
1989	1.64	6.55
1990	1.84	6.52
1991	1.84	6.48
1992	1.8	6.45
1993	1.77	6.41
1994	1.73	6.36
1995	1.7	6.29
1996	1.67	6.21
1997	1.65	6.12
1998	1.62	6.05
1999	1.78	5.99
2000	1.93	5.92
2001	1.96	5.83
2002	1.86	5.78
2003	1.86	5.74
2004	1.8	5.73
2005	1.74	5.73
2006	1.7	5.7
2007	1.76	5.66
2008	1.76	5.6
2009	1.77	5.53
2010	1.79	5.44
2011	1.76	5.34
2012	1.73	5.23
2013	1.73	5.15
2014	1.73	5.07
2015	1.73	5
2016	1.72	4.92
2017	1.72	4.79
2018	1.72	4.67
2019	1.72	4.58
2020	1.71	4.49
2021	1.71	4.4
2022	1.71	4.3
2023	1.71	4.22
2024	1.71	4.13
2025	1.7	4.04
2026	1.7	3.96
2027	1.7	3.89
2028	1.7	3.81
2029	1.7	3.73
2030	1.7	3.66
2031	1.69	3.59
2032	1.69	3.52
2033	1.69	3.45
2034	1.69	3.38
2035	1.69	3.32
2036	1.69	3.27
2037	1.69	3.21
2038	1.69	3.16
2039	1.69	3.12
2040	1.68	3.07
2041	1.68	3.02
2042	1.68	2.98
2043	1.68	2.94
2044	1.68	2.9
2045	1.68	2.86
2046	1.68	2.82
2047	1.68	2.79
2048	1.68	2.75
2049	1.68	2.73
2050	1.68	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Guinea
1960	37.2%	39.6%
1961	37.2%	39.7%
1962	37.1%	39.9%
1963	37.1%	39.9%
1964	37.1%	40%
1965	37.1%	40.1%
1966	37.1%	40.2%
1967	36.9%	40.2%
1968	36.7%	40.3%
1969	36.4%	40.3%
1970	36%	40.4%
1971	35.7%	40.5%
1972	35.3%	40.7%
1973	34.9%	40.9%
1974	34.4%	41.1%
1975	33.6%	41.3%
1976	32.8%	41.5%
1977	32.1%	41.8%
1978	31.1%	42%
1979	30%	42.2%
1980	29%	42.4%
1981	28%	42.6%
1982	27.2%	42.7%
1983	26.7%	42.8%
1984	26.2%	42.9%
1985	25.8%	43%
1986	25.5%	43%
1987	25.1%	43.1%
1988	24.8%	43.1%
1989	24.5%	43.2%
1990	24.2%	43.3%
1991	23.9%	43.4%
1992	23.6%	43.5%
1993	23.4%	43.6%
1994	23.2%	43.7%
1995	23%	43.8%
1996	22.8%	43.9%
1997	22.6%	44.2%
1998	22.3%	44.5%
1999	22.1%	44.7%
2000	21.9%	44.9%
2001	21.7%	45.3%
2002	21.6%	45.5%
2003	21.5%	45.4%
2004	21.3%	45.3%
2005	21%	45.3%
2006	20.7%	45.3%
2007	20.5%	45.1%
2008	20.3%	44.9%
2009	20.2%	44.7%
2010	20.2%	44.5%
2011	20%	44.2%
2012	19.9%	44%
2013	19.7%	43.8%
2014	19.4%	43.5%
2015	19.2%	43.3%
2016	18.9%	43.1%
2017	18.7%	42.9%
2018	18.4%	42.6%
2019	18.2%	42.4%
2020	18.1%	42.1%
2021	17.9%	41.9%
2022	17.7%	41.6%
2023	17.5%	41.2%
2024	17.2%	40.9%
2025	17.1%	40.5%
2026	16.9%	40.2%
2027	16.8%	39.8%
2028	16.7%	39.5%
2029	16.6%	39.1%
2030	16.5%	38.7%
2031	16.4%	38.3%
2032	16.4%	37.9%
2033	16.3%	37.5%
2034	16.2%	37%
2035	16.1%	36.6%
2036	16%	36.2%
2037	15.9%	35.7%
2038	15.8%	35.3%
2039	15.8%	34.9%
2040	15.7%	34.5%
2041	15.6%	34.1%
2042	15.5%	33.7%
2043	15.4%	33.3%
2044	15.3%	32.9%
2045	15.2%	32.5%
2046	15.2%	32.2%
2047	15.1%	31.8%
2048	15%	31.5%
2049	14.9%	31.2%
2050	14.9%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +2.6% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	5,949	61,848
1961	5,208	63,766
1962	5,589	65,672
1963	5,706	67,690
1964	5,688	69,848
1965	5,762	72,134
1966	5,842	74,748
1967	4,984	77,251
1968	5,035	79,892
1969	4,710	82,799
1970	4,271	85,418
1971	4,530	88,358
1972	4,505	91,147
1973	3,996	93,764
1974	3,644	96,315
1975	3,321	99,267
1976	2,988	102,449
1977	2,988	105,990
1978	2,367	109,415
1979	2,485	113,141
1980	2,393	117,186
1981	2,605	121,223
1982	2,660	126,831
1983	2,656	130,629
1984	2,388	136,640
1985	2,356	142,313
1986	2,111	148,137
1987	1,841	154,178
1988	1,684	159,566
1989	1,719	164,707
1990	2,101	169,926
1991	2,055	181,299
1992	1,912	189,682
1993	1,765	195,612
1994	1,607	201,439
1995	1,467	205,644
1996	1,334	214,896
1997	1,172	220,373
1998	1,093	219,385
1999	1,351	223,968
2000	1,577	227,081
2001	1,578	227,642
2002	1,369	229,022
2003	1,321	234,774
2004	1,204	242,075
2005	1,018	251,209
2006	927	258,518
2007	1,028	266,070
2008	989	274,327
2009	1,000	281,920
2010	981	288,512
2011	897	293,318
2012	815	298,094
2013	772	304,430
2014	730	309,539
2015	690	316,604
2016	655	324,608
2017	616	328,542
2018	584	332,585
2019	542	338,984
2020	503	342,289
2021	415	345,121
2022	43	352,517
2023	158	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Guinea

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 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Guinea
1985	55	1,248
1986	56	1,234
1987	57	1,218
1988	55	1,202
1989	57	1,188
1990	59	1,162
1991	60	1,143
1992	61	1,124
1993	55	1,094
1994	53	1,081
1995	52	1,042
1996	51	1,010
1997	51	994
1998	45	971
1999	44	960
2000	46	951
2001	46	946
2002	43	916
2003	45	892
2004	43	869
2005	44	843
2006	45	825
2007	42	802
2008	42	772
2009	42	766
2010	42	750
2011	41	728
2012	40	703
2013	40	682
2014	39	664
2015	37	642
2016	36	606
2017	37	582
2018	37	560
2019	36	548
2020	39	528
2021	38	533
2022	38	500
2023	35	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 9.5% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	8.47%	35%
1961	7.86%	34.7%
1962	7.33%	34.4%
1963	6.86%	34.2%
1964	6.45%	33.9%
1965	6.1%	33.6%
1966	5.79%	33.4%
1967	5.52%	33.1%
1968	5.28%	32.8%
1969	5.03%	32.5%
1970	4.79%	32.2%
1971	4.55%	31.9%
1972	4.32%	31.6%
1973	4.08%	31.3%
1974	3.86%	30.9%
1975	3.64%	30.6%
1976	3.43%	30.1%
1977	3.23%	29.7%
1978	3.04%	29.2%
1979	2.86%	28.7%
1980	2.69%	28.2%
1981	2.55%	27.7%
1982	2.44%	27.2%
1983	2.34%	26.7%
1984	2.26%	26.2%
1985	2.19%	25.8%
1986	2.12%	25.3%
1987	2.05%	24.8%
1988	1.97%	24.4%
1989	1.89%	23.9%
1990	1.81%	23.3%
1991	1.73%	22.7%
1992	1.66%	22.1%
1993	1.59%	21.4%
1994	1.53%	20.7%
1995	1.49%	20%
1996	1.45%	19.3%
1997	1.43%	18.6%
1998	1.42%	17.9%
1999	1.42%	17.2%
2000	1.44%	16.5%
2001	1.45%	15.9%
2002	1.47%	15.2%
2003	1.48%	14.6%
2004	1.49%	14.1%
2005	1.48%	13.7%
2006	1.47%	13.3%
2007	1.45%	12.9%
2008	1.43%	12.7%
2009	1.41%	12.4%
2010	1.39%	12.2%
2011	1.37%	12%
2012	1.35%	11.8%
2013	1.33%	11.7%
2014	1.31%	11.6%
2015	1.28%	11.4%
2016	1.25%	11.2%
2017	1.21%	11%
2018	1.18%	10.8%
2019	1.14%	10.6%
2020	1.11%	10.3%
2021	1.07%	10.1%
2022	1.04%	9.78%
2023	1%	9.5%