Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Indonesia 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 2.13 in Indonesia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Indonesia 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	Indonesia
1960	4.71	5.51
1961	4.15	5.52
1962	4.3	5.53
1963	4.3	5.55
1964	4.21	5.57
1965	4.18	5.59
1966	4.14	5.59
1967	3.6	5.58
1968	3.57	5.57
1969	3.34	5.55
1970	3.08	5.49
1971	3.2	5.4
1972	3.15	5.32
1973	2.87	5.25
1974	2.65	5.09
1975	2.45	5.03
1976	2.24	4.92
1977	2.2	4.81
1978	1.84	4.73
1979	1.86	4.63
1980	1.78	4.5
1981	1.85	4.36
1982	1.86	4.25
1983	1.86	4.11
1984	1.75	3.96
1985	1.77	3.73
1986	1.69	3.53
1987	1.61	3.42
1988	1.58	3.35
1989	1.64	3.25
1990	1.84	3.11
1991	1.84	3.06
1992	1.8	2.95
1993	1.77	2.9
1994	1.73	2.85
1995	1.7	2.81
1996	1.67	2.78
1997	1.65	2.74
1998	1.62	2.66
1999	1.78	2.57
2000	1.93	2.5
2001	1.96	2.47
2002	1.86	2.44
2003	1.86	2.41
2004	1.8	2.42
2005	1.74	2.45
2006	1.7	2.46
2007	1.76	2.48
2008	1.76	2.44
2009	1.77	2.44
2010	1.79	2.46
2011	1.76	2.52
2012	1.73	2.51
2013	1.73	2.44
2014	1.73	2.39
2015	1.73	2.35
2016	1.72	2.31
2017	1.72	2.25
2018	1.72	2.22
2019	1.72	2.21
2020	1.71	2.19
2021	1.71	2.17
2022	1.71	2.15
2023	1.71	2.13
2024	1.71	2.11
2025	1.7	2.1
2026	1.7	2.08
2027	1.7	2.06
2028	1.7	2.04
2029	1.7	2.03
2030	1.7	2.01
2031	1.69	2
2032	1.69	1.99
2033	1.69	1.98
2034	1.69	1.97
2035	1.69	1.95
2036	1.69	1.94
2037	1.69	1.94
2038	1.69	1.93
2039	1.69	1.92
2040	1.68	1.91
2041	1.68	1.9
2042	1.68	1.89
2043	1.68	1.89
2044	1.68	1.88
2045	1.68	1.87
2046	1.68	1.87
2047	1.68	1.86
2048	1.68	1.86
2049	1.68	1.85
2050	1.68	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Indonesia
1960	37.2%	39.8%
1961	37.2%	40%
1962	37.1%	40.3%
1963	37.1%	40.7%
1964	37.1%	41.1%
1965	37.1%	41.5%
1966	37.1%	41.9%
1967	36.9%	42.2%
1968	36.7%	42.5%
1969	36.4%	42.6%
1970	36%	42.6%
1971	35.7%	42.6%
1972	35.3%	42.5%
1973	34.9%	42.4%
1974	34.4%	42.3%
1975	33.6%	42%
1976	32.8%	41.8%
1977	32.1%	41.5%
1978	31.1%	41.2%
1979	30%	40.9%
1980	29%	40.6%
1981	28%	40.2%
1982	27.2%	39.8%
1983	26.7%	39.4%
1984	26.2%	39%
1985	25.8%	38.5%
1986	25.5%	38%
1987	25.1%	37.4%
1988	24.8%	36.9%
1989	24.5%	36.4%
1990	24.2%	35.9%
1991	23.9%	35.4%
1992	23.6%	34.8%
1993	23.4%	34.3%
1994	23.2%	33.7%
1995	23%	33.2%
1996	22.8%	32.7%
1997	22.6%	32.2%
1998	22.3%	31.7%
1999	22.1%	31.3%
2000	21.9%	30.8%
2001	21.7%	30.4%
2002	21.6%	30%
2003	21.5%	29.7%
2004	21.3%	29.3%
2005	21%	29.1%
2006	20.7%	28.8%
2007	20.5%	28.6%
2008	20.3%	28.4%
2009	20.2%	28.1%
2010	20.2%	27.9%
2011	20%	27.7%
2012	19.9%	27.5%
2013	19.7%	27.3%
2014	19.4%	27.2%
2015	19.2%	27%
2016	18.9%	26.8%
2017	18.7%	26.6%
2018	18.4%	26.3%
2019	18.2%	26.1%
2020	18.1%	25.8%
2021	17.9%	25.6%
2022	17.7%	25.3%
2023	17.5%	24.9%
2024	17.2%	24.6%
2025	17.1%	24.2%
2026	16.9%	23.9%
2027	16.8%	23.5%
2028	16.7%	23.1%
2029	16.6%	22.7%
2030	16.5%	22.4%
2031	16.4%	22.1%
2032	16.4%	21.9%
2033	16.3%	21.7%
2034	16.2%	21.5%
2035	16.1%	21.3%
2036	16%	21.1%
2037	15.9%	20.9%
2038	15.8%	20.8%
2039	15.8%	20.6%
2040	15.7%	20.5%
2041	15.6%	20.4%
2042	15.5%	20.2%
2043	15.4%	20.1%
2044	15.3%	20%
2045	15.2%	19.9%
2046	15.2%	19.7%
2047	15.1%	19.6%
2048	15%	19.5%
2049	14.9%	19.3%
2050	14.9%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +0.94% in Indonesia. 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	Indonesia
1960	5,949	2,350,971
1961	5,208	2,434,113
1962	5,589	2,525,163
1963	5,706	2,609,526
1964	5,688	2,700,138
1965	5,762	2,278,891
1966	5,842	2,715,011
1967	4,984	2,909,981
1968	5,035	2,961,608
1969	4,710	3,034,825
1970	4,271	3,080,421
1971	4,530	3,111,304
1972	4,505	3,149,726
1973	3,996	3,210,643
1974	3,644	3,196,136
1975	3,321	3,263,794
1976	2,988	3,291,479
1977	2,988	3,334,779
1978	2,367	3,412,980
1979	2,485	3,460,621
1980	2,393	3,484,846
1981	2,605	3,497,244
1982	2,660	3,545,504
1983	2,656	3,558,949
1984	2,388	3,549,570
1985	2,356	3,419,412
1986	2,111	3,309,905
1987	1,841	3,304,520
1988	1,684	3,331,242
1989	1,719	3,316,792
1990	2,101	3,250,906
1991	2,055	3,288,791
1992	1,912	3,241,576
1993	1,765	3,287,348
1994	1,607	3,292,127
1995	1,467	3,304,550
1996	1,334	3,331,535
1997	1,172	3,338,243
1998	1,093	3,258,820
1999	1,351	3,137,133
2000	1,577	3,080,621
2001	1,578	3,066,275
2002	1,369	3,063,044
2003	1,321	3,037,698
2004	1,204	2,894,440
2005	1,018	3,149,551
2006	927	3,163,026
2007	1,028	3,211,484
2008	989	3,138,143
2009	1,000	3,140,944
2010	981	3,161,082
2011	897	3,266,560
2012	815	3,259,811
2013	772	3,104,258
2014	730	3,000,907
2015	690	2,899,165
2016	655	2,814,578
2017	616	2,682,556
2018	584	2,587,219
2019	542	2,548,048
2020	503	2,152,076
2021	415	1,764,332
2022	43	2,429,171
2023	158	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Indonesia

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 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Indonesia
1985	55	474
1986	56	455
1987	57	437
1988	55	431
1989	57	402
1990	59	392
1991	60	378
1992	61	359
1993	55	327
1994	53	333
1995	52	334
1996	51	331
1997	51	323
1998	45	317
1999	44	321
2000	46	311
2001	46	300
2002	43	283
2003	45	279
2004	43	283
2005	44	268
2006	45	264
2007	42	257
2008	42	251
2009	42	246
2010	42	242
2011	41	230
2012	40	220
2013	40	208
2014	39	198
2015	37	190
2016	36	182
2017	37	173
2018	37	168
2019	36	161
2020	39	184
2021	38	226
2022	38	148
2023	35	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 2.06% in Indonesia. 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	Indonesia
1960	8.47%	22.4%
1961	7.86%	21.8%
1962	7.33%	21.2%
1963	6.86%	20.6%
1964	6.45%	20%
1965	6.1%	22.9%
1966	5.79%	18.9%
1967	5.52%	18.3%
1968	5.28%	17.7%
1969	5.03%	17.2%
1970	4.79%	16.6%
1971	4.55%	16.1%
1972	4.32%	15.5%
1973	4.08%	15%
1974	3.86%	14.6%
1975	3.64%	14.1%
1976	3.43%	13.7%
1977	3.23%	13.2%
1978	3.04%	12.8%
1979	2.86%	12.5%
1980	2.69%	12.1%
1981	2.55%	11.7%
1982	2.44%	11.3%
1983	2.34%	11%
1984	2.26%	10.6%
1985	2.19%	10.2%
1986	2.12%	9.88%
1987	2.05%	9.51%
1988	1.97%	9.14%
1989	1.89%	8.76%
1990	1.81%	8.39%
1991	1.73%	8.01%
1992	1.66%	7.64%
1993	1.59%	7.28%
1994	1.53%	6.94%
1995	1.49%	6.61%
1996	1.45%	6.29%
1997	1.43%	5.99%
1998	1.42%	5.71%
1999	1.42%	5.44%
2000	1.44%	5.19%
2001	1.45%	4.96%
2002	1.47%	4.73%
2003	1.48%	4.52%
2004	1.49%	4.91%
2005	1.48%	4.14%
2006	1.47%	3.96%
2007	1.45%	3.8%
2008	1.43%	3.64%
2009	1.41%	3.5%
2010	1.39%	3.36%
2011	1.37%	3.22%
2012	1.35%	3.1%
2013	1.33%	2.97%
2014	1.31%	2.86%
2015	1.28%	2.74%
2016	1.25%	2.64%
2017	1.21%	2.54%
2018	1.18%	2.45%
2019	1.14%	2.36%
2020	1.11%	2.28%
2021	1.07%	2.2%
2022	1.04%	2.13%
2023	1%	2.06%