Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Lesotho 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 2.69 in Lesotho in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Lesotho 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	Lesotho
1960	4.71	5.78
1961	4.15	5.79
1962	4.3	5.79
1963	4.3	5.78
1964	4.21	5.77
1965	4.18	5.77
1966	4.14	5.76
1967	3.6	5.75
1968	3.57	5.73
1969	3.34	5.7
1970	3.08	5.7
1971	3.2	5.7
1972	3.15	5.69
1973	2.87	5.69
1974	2.65	5.75
1975	2.45	5.83
1976	2.24	5.87
1977	2.2	5.85
1978	1.84	5.82
1979	1.86	5.79
1980	1.78	5.75
1981	1.85	5.69
1982	1.86	5.63
1983	1.86	5.56
1984	1.75	5.48
1985	1.77	5.4
1986	1.69	5.32
1987	1.61	5.22
1988	1.58	5.1
1989	1.64	4.96
1990	1.84	4.81
1991	1.84	4.68
1992	1.8	4.54
1993	1.77	4.37
1994	1.73	4.21
1995	1.7	4.13
1996	1.67	4.06
1997	1.65	3.98
1998	1.62	3.82
1999	1.78	3.67
2000	1.93	3.61
2001	1.96	3.63
2002	1.86	3.68
2003	1.86	3.62
2004	1.8	3.51
2005	1.74	3.43
2006	1.7	3.41
2007	1.76	3.44
2008	1.76	3.39
2009	1.77	3.31
2010	1.79	3.25
2011	1.76	3.34
2012	1.73	3.3
2013	1.73	3.28
2014	1.73	3.24
2015	1.73	3.22
2016	1.72	3.18
2017	1.72	3.11
2018	1.72	3.02
2019	1.72	2.92
2020	1.71	2.85
2021	1.71	2.77
2022	1.71	2.72
2023	1.71	2.69
2024	1.71	2.66
2025	1.7	2.64
2026	1.7	2.61
2027	1.7	2.58
2028	1.7	2.55
2029	1.7	2.53
2030	1.7	2.5
2031	1.69	2.47
2032	1.69	2.45
2033	1.69	2.43
2034	1.69	2.41
2035	1.69	2.38
2036	1.69	2.37
2037	1.69	2.34
2038	1.69	2.32
2039	1.69	2.3
2040	1.68	2.29
2041	1.68	2.27
2042	1.68	2.25
2043	1.68	2.24
2044	1.68	2.22
2045	1.68	2.21
2046	1.68	2.19
2047	1.68	2.18
2048	1.68	2.17
2049	1.68	2.16
2050	1.68	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Lesotho
1960	37.2%	45.1%
1961	37.2%	45.2%
1962	37.1%	45.3%
1963	37.1%	45.2%
1964	37.1%	44.9%
1965	37.1%	44.8%
1966	37.1%	44.9%
1967	36.9%	44.8%
1968	36.7%	44.4%
1969	36.4%	44%
1970	36%	43.6%
1971	35.7%	43.1%
1972	35.3%	42.7%
1973	34.9%	42.3%
1974	34.4%	41.9%
1975	33.6%	41.6%
1976	32.8%	41.4%
1977	32.1%	41.5%
1978	31.1%	41.7%
1979	30%	41.9%
1980	29%	42.1%
1981	28%	42.3%
1982	27.2%	42.5%
1983	26.7%	42.7%
1984	26.2%	42.8%
1985	25.8%	43%
1986	25.5%	42.7%
1987	25.1%	42.5%
1988	24.8%	42.7%
1989	24.5%	42.8%
1990	24.2%	42.9%
1991	23.9%	42.9%
1992	23.6%	42.8%
1993	23.4%	42.6%
1994	23.2%	42.3%
1995	23%	42%
1996	22.8%	41.7%
1997	22.6%	41.2%
1998	22.3%	40.7%
1999	22.1%	40.2%
2000	21.9%	39.6%
2001	21.7%	39.1%
2002	21.6%	38.6%
2003	21.5%	38.1%
2004	21.3%	37.7%
2005	21%	37.4%
2006	20.7%	37.1%
2007	20.5%	36.8%
2008	20.3%	36.7%
2009	20.2%	36.6%
2010	20.2%	36.5%
2011	20%	36.5%
2012	19.9%	36.5%
2013	19.7%	36.5%
2014	19.4%	36.6%
2015	19.2%	36.6%
2016	18.9%	36.6%
2017	18.7%	36.5%
2018	18.4%	36.3%
2019	18.2%	36.1%
2020	18.1%	35.8%
2021	17.9%	35.6%
2022	17.7%	35.3%
2023	17.5%	34.9%
2024	17.2%	34.5%
2025	17.1%	34.1%
2026	16.9%	33.6%
2027	16.8%	33.1%
2028	16.7%	32.6%
2029	16.6%	32%
2030	16.5%	31.5%
2031	16.4%	31%
2032	16.4%	30.5%
2033	16.3%	30.1%
2034	16.2%	29.7%
2035	16.1%	29.3%
2036	16%	29%
2037	15.9%	28.8%
2038	15.8%	28.5%
2039	15.8%	28.3%
2040	15.7%	28.1%
2041	15.6%	27.8%
2042	15.5%	27.6%
2043	15.4%	27.4%
2044	15.3%	27.1%
2045	15.2%	26.9%
2046	15.2%	26.7%
2047	15.1%	26.4%
2048	15%	26.2%
2049	14.9%	25.9%
2050	14.9%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +1.44% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	5,949	19,981
1961	5,208	20,581
1962	5,589	21,132
1963	5,706	21,585
1964	5,688	22,116
1965	5,762	22,755
1966	5,842	23,326
1967	4,984	23,911
1968	5,035	24,490
1969	4,710	25,137
1970	4,271	25,935
1971	4,530	26,838
1972	4,505	27,841
1973	3,996	28,859
1974	3,644	30,444
1975	3,321	32,311
1976	2,988	34,117
1977	2,988	35,654
1978	2,367	37,084
1979	2,485	38,440
1980	2,393	39,617
1981	2,605	40,808
1982	2,660	41,941
1983	2,656	42,899
1984	2,388	43,785
1985	2,356	44,575
1986	2,111	45,232
1987	1,841	47,718
1988	1,684	47,158
1989	1,719	46,264
1990	2,101	45,060
1991	2,055	44,026
1992	1,912	42,579
1993	1,765	40,505
1994	1,607	38,629
1995	1,467	37,370
1996	1,334	36,228
1997	1,172	34,637
1998	1,093	30,889
1999	1,351	27,393
2000	1,577	24,786
2001	1,578	23,190
2002	1,369	22,274
2003	1,321	20,133
2004	1,204	17,271
2005	1,018	15,831
2006	927	15,234
2007	1,028	17,763
2008	989	19,349
2009	1,000	20,335
2010	981	21,877
2011	897	25,647
2012	815	27,592
2013	772	29,789
2014	730	30,922
2015	690	32,087
2016	655	33,390
2017	616	33,601
2018	584	33,112
2019	542	32,279
2020	503	30,721
2021	415	27,806
2022	43	30,803
2023	158	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Lesotho

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 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Lesotho
1985	55	711
1986	56	680
1987	57	686
1988	55	680
1989	57	680
1990	59	665
1991	60	641
1992	61	601
1993	55	542
1994	53	423
1995	52	357
1996	51	319
1997	51	312
1998	45	332
1999	44	371
2000	46	413
2001	46	465
2002	43	484
2003	45	508
2004	43	499
2005	44	549
2006	45	696
2007	42	891
2008	42	1,205
2009	42	1,387
2010	42	1,311
2011	41	1,210
2012	40	1,000
2013	40	855
2014	39	707
2015	37	594
2016	36	518
2017	37	468
2018	37	491
2019	36	467
2020	39	529
2021	38	577
2022	38	477
2023	35	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 5.89% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	8.47%	18.6%
1961	7.86%	18.5%
1962	7.33%	18.5%
1963	6.86%	18.6%
1964	6.45%	18.6%
1965	6.1%	18.7%
1966	5.79%	18.6%
1967	5.52%	18.5%
1968	5.28%	18.3%
1969	5.03%	18%
1970	4.79%	17.7%
1971	4.55%	17.3%
1972	4.32%	16.9%
1973	4.08%	16.5%
1974	3.86%	16%
1975	3.64%	15.5%
1976	3.43%	14.9%
1977	3.23%	14.2%
1978	3.04%	13.6%
1979	2.86%	12.9%
1980	2.69%	12.3%
1981	2.55%	11.7%
1982	2.44%	11.1%
1983	2.34%	10.6%
1984	2.26%	10.1%
1985	2.19%	9.72%
1986	2.12%	9.36%
1987	2.05%	9.06%
1988	1.97%	8.8%
1989	1.89%	8.6%
1990	1.81%	8.47%
1991	1.73%	8.43%
1992	1.66%	8.51%
1993	1.59%	8.73%
1994	1.53%	9.07%
1995	1.49%	9.45%
1996	1.45%	9.83%
1997	1.43%	10.2%
1998	1.42%	10.5%
1999	1.42%	10.7%
2000	1.44%	10.9%
2001	1.45%	11.1%
2002	1.47%	11.2%
2003	1.48%	11.4%
2004	1.49%	11.5%
2005	1.48%	11.6%
2006	1.47%	11.5%
2007	1.45%	11.2%
2008	1.43%	10.9%
2009	1.41%	9.64%
2010	1.39%	9.01%
2011	1.37%	8.59%
2012	1.35%	8.26%
2013	1.33%	8.02%
2014	1.31%	7.82%
2015	1.28%	7.51%
2016	1.25%	7.18%
2017	1.21%	7.12%
2018	1.18%	6.91%
2019	1.14%	6.87%
2020	1.11%	6.68%
2021	1.07%	6.44%
2022	1.04%	6.15%
2023	1%	5.89%