Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Haiti

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Haiti 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 2.66 in Haiti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Haiti 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	Haiti
1960	4.71	6.18
1961	4.15	6.18
1962	4.3	6.18
1963	4.3	6.17
1964	4.21	6.16
1965	4.18	6.13
1966	4.14	6.09
1967	3.6	6.05
1968	3.57	6.01
1969	3.34	5.96
1970	3.08	5.91
1971	3.2	5.88
1972	3.15	5.85
1973	2.87	5.81
1974	2.65	5.78
1975	2.45	5.75
1976	2.24	5.71
1977	2.2	5.67
1978	1.84	5.64
1979	1.86	5.59
1980	1.78	5.56
1981	1.85	5.53
1982	1.86	5.53
1983	1.86	5.51
1984	1.75	5.51
1985	1.77	5.5
1986	1.69	5.48
1987	1.61	5.47
1988	1.58	5.47
1989	1.64	5.44
1990	1.84	5.41
1991	1.84	5.32
1992	1.8	5.21
1993	1.77	5.1
1994	1.73	4.99
1995	1.7	4.88
1996	1.67	4.78
1997	1.65	4.67
1998	1.62	4.56
1999	1.78	4.45
2000	1.93	4.39
2001	1.96	4.25
2002	1.86	4.13
2003	1.86	4.05
2004	1.8	3.94
2005	1.74	3.84
2006	1.7	3.76
2007	1.76	3.69
2008	1.76	3.62
2009	1.77	3.57
2010	1.79	3.5
2011	1.76	3.43
2012	1.73	3.32
2013	1.73	3.22
2014	1.73	3.16
2015	1.73	3.11
2016	1.72	3.05
2017	1.72	2.99
2018	1.72	2.92
2019	1.72	2.86
2020	1.71	2.8
2021	1.71	2.75
2022	1.71	2.7
2023	1.71	2.66
2024	1.71	2.63
2025	1.7	2.59
2026	1.7	2.55
2027	1.7	2.52
2028	1.7	2.49
2029	1.7	2.46
2030	1.7	2.43
2031	1.69	2.41
2032	1.69	2.38
2033	1.69	2.35
2034	1.69	2.33
2035	1.69	2.3
2036	1.69	2.28
2037	1.69	2.26
2038	1.69	2.25
2039	1.69	2.23
2040	1.68	2.21
2041	1.68	2.19
2042	1.68	2.18
2043	1.68	2.16
2044	1.68	2.14
2045	1.68	2.13
2046	1.68	2.11
2047	1.68	2.1
2048	1.68	2.09
2049	1.68	2.07
2050	1.68	2.06

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Haiti
1960	37.2%	40.6%
1961	37.2%	40.7%
1962	37.1%	40.8%
1963	37.1%	40.8%
1964	37.1%	40.9%
1965	37.1%	40.9%
1966	37.1%	40.9%
1967	36.9%	41%
1968	36.7%	41%
1969	36.4%	41%
1970	36%	40.9%
1971	35.7%	40.9%
1972	35.3%	40.9%
1973	34.9%	40.9%
1974	34.4%	40.9%
1975	33.6%	41%
1976	32.8%	41%
1977	32.1%	41.1%
1978	31.1%	41.1%
1979	30%	41.1%
1980	29%	41.2%
1981	28%	41.2%
1982	27.2%	41.3%
1983	26.7%	41.4%
1984	26.2%	41.4%
1985	25.8%	41.5%
1986	25.5%	41.6%
1987	25.1%	41.7%
1988	24.8%	41.8%
1989	24.5%	41.8%
1990	24.2%	41.9%
1991	23.9%	41.9%
1992	23.6%	41.9%
1993	23.4%	41.8%
1994	23.2%	41.7%
1995	23%	41.6%
1996	22.8%	41.4%
1997	22.6%	41.2%
1998	22.3%	41%
1999	22.1%	40.7%
2000	21.9%	40.4%
2001	21.7%	40.1%
2002	21.6%	39.7%
2003	21.5%	39.3%
2004	21.3%	38.9%
2005	21%	38.4%
2006	20.7%	37.9%
2007	20.5%	37.5%
2008	20.3%	37.1%
2009	20.2%	36.6%
2010	20.2%	36.2%
2011	20%	35.9%
2012	19.9%	35.5%
2013	19.7%	35.1%
2014	19.4%	34.7%
2015	19.2%	34.3%
2016	18.9%	33.9%
2017	18.7%	33.6%
2018	18.4%	33.3%
2019	18.2%	32.9%
2020	18.1%	32.6%
2021	17.9%	32.3%
2022	17.7%	31.9%
2023	17.5%	31.6%
2024	17.2%	31.2%
2025	17.1%	30.8%
2026	16.9%	30.4%
2027	16.8%	30%
2028	16.7%	29.6%
2029	16.6%	29.2%
2030	16.5%	28.8%
2031	16.4%	28.5%
2032	16.4%	28.1%
2033	16.3%	27.8%
2034	16.2%	27.4%
2035	16.1%	27.1%
2036	16%	26.8%
2037	15.9%	26.5%
2038	15.8%	26.3%
2039	15.8%	26%
2040	15.7%	25.7%
2041	15.6%	25.5%
2042	15.5%	25.2%
2043	15.4%	25%
2044	15.3%	24.8%
2045	15.2%	24.5%
2046	15.2%	24.3%
2047	15.1%	24.1%
2048	15%	23.8%
2049	14.9%	23.6%
2050	14.9%	23.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 31.2% in Haiti in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 41.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Haiti compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Haiti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +1.58% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	5,949	85,368
1961	5,208	87,563
1962	5,589	89,683
1963	5,706	86,394
1964	5,688	93,987
1965	5,762	95,754
1966	5,842	96,973
1967	4,984	99,266
1968	5,035	101,300
1969	4,710	103,133
1970	4,271	105,208
1971	4,530	107,968
1972	4,505	110,709
1973	3,996	113,223
1974	3,644	115,941
1975	3,321	118,508
1976	2,988	120,992
1977	2,988	123,520
1978	2,367	125,885
1979	2,485	128,206
1980	2,393	130,773
1981	2,605	133,695
1982	2,660	137,214
1983	2,656	140,422
1984	2,388	144,211
1985	2,356	148,364
1986	2,111	152,288
1987	1,841	156,468
1988	1,684	160,750
1989	1,719	163,947
1990	2,101	167,420
1991	2,055	167,919
1992	1,912	168,980
1993	1,765	169,240
1994	1,607	169,260
1995	1,467	171,852
1996	1,334	173,351
1997	1,172	174,962
1998	1,093	175,687
1999	1,351	177,421
2000	1,577	180,677
2001	1,578	178,741
2002	1,369	178,126
2003	1,321	179,543
2004	1,204	174,071
2005	1,018	180,618
2006	927	182,866
2007	1,028	184,223
2008	989	185,364
2009	1,000	187,804
2010	981	95,965
2011	897	184,695
2012	815	183,702
2013	772	181,457
2014	730	182,009
2015	690	182,063
2016	655	180,902
2017	616	180,310
2018	584	178,632
2019	542	176,550
2020	503	169,264
2021	415	158,994
2022	43	164,214
2023	158	167,381

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Haiti

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 328 deaths in Haiti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Haiti
1985	55	991
1986	56	975
1987	57	952
1988	55	929
1989	57	900
1990	59	874
1991	60	831
1992	61	793
1993	55	747
1994	53	710
1995	52	638
1996	51	588
1997	51	551
1998	45	511
1999	44	464
2000	46	440
2001	46	428
2002	43	410
2003	45	385
2004	43	427
2005	44	355
2006	45	368
2007	42	383
2008	42	394
2009	42	397
2010	42	398
2011	41	409
2012	40	385
2013	40	380
2014	39	373
2015	37	364
2016	36	356
2017	37	351
2018	37	358
2019	36	351
2020	39	346
2021	38	385
2022	38	331
2023	35	328

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 5.51% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	8.47%	29.2%
1961	7.86%	28.8%
1962	7.33%	28.3%
1963	6.86%	27.9%
1964	6.45%	27.4%
1965	6.1%	27%
1966	5.79%	26.5%
1967	5.52%	26%
1968	5.28%	25.5%
1969	5.03%	25%
1970	4.79%	24.5%
1971	4.55%	23.9%
1972	4.32%	23.4%
1973	4.08%	22.8%
1974	3.86%	22.3%
1975	3.64%	21.7%
1976	3.43%	21.2%
1977	3.23%	20.6%
1978	3.04%	20.1%
1979	2.86%	19.6%
1980	2.69%	19.1%
1981	2.55%	18.6%
1982	2.44%	18.1%
1983	2.34%	17.6%
1984	2.26%	17.1%
1985	2.19%	16.6%
1986	2.12%	16.2%
1987	2.05%	15.8%
1988	1.97%	15.3%
1989	1.89%	14.9%
1990	1.81%	14.5%
1991	1.73%	14.1%
1992	1.66%	13.7%
1993	1.59%	13.2%
1994	1.53%	12.8%
1995	1.49%	12.4%
1996	1.45%	12%
1997	1.43%	11.5%
1998	1.42%	11.1%
1999	1.42%	10.7%
2000	1.44%	10.4%
2001	1.45%	10%
2002	1.47%	9.68%
2003	1.48%	9.4%
2004	1.49%	9.14%
2005	1.48%	8.91%
2006	1.47%	8.69%
2007	1.45%	8.49%
2008	1.43%	8.29%
2009	1.41%	8.11%
2010	1.39%	13.7%
2011	1.37%	7.74%
2012	1.35%	7.56%
2013	1.33%	7.38%
2014	1.31%	7.19%
2015	1.28%	6.99%
2016	1.25%	6.79%
2017	1.21%	6.61%
2018	1.18%	6.42%
2019	1.14%	6.23%
2020	1.11%	6.04%
2021	1.07%	5.85%
2022	1.04%	5.69%
2023	1%	5.51%