Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Libya

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Libya 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 2.36 in Libya in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Libya 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	Libya
1960	4.71	7.51
1961	4.15	7.56
1962	4.3	7.61
1963	4.3	7.69
1964	4.21	7.75
1965	4.18	7.82
1966	4.14	7.89
1967	3.6	7.93
1968	3.57	7.97
1969	3.34	8.01
1970	3.08	8.05
1971	3.2	8.1
1972	3.15	8.07
1973	2.87	8.05
1974	2.65	8.02
1975	2.45	7.98
1976	2.24	7.93
1977	2.2	7.87
1978	1.84	7.79
1979	1.86	7.68
1980	1.78	7.54
1981	1.85	7.37
1982	1.86	7.16
1983	1.86	6.91
1984	1.75	6.62
1985	1.77	6.33
1986	1.69	6.02
1987	1.61	5.72
1988	1.58	5.41
1989	1.64	5.09
1990	1.84	4.78
1991	1.84	4.46
1992	1.8	4.16
1993	1.77	3.88
1994	1.73	3.65
1995	1.7	3.44
1996	1.67	3.26
1997	1.65	3.13
1998	1.62	3.04
1999	1.78	2.97
2000	1.93	2.91
2001	1.96	2.87
2002	1.86	2.83
2003	1.86	2.8
2004	1.8	2.77
2005	1.74	2.77
2006	1.7	2.7
2007	1.76	2.65
2008	1.76	2.6
2009	1.77	2.56
2010	1.79	2.6
2011	1.76	2.65
2012	1.73	2.68
2013	1.73	2.72
2014	1.73	2.75
2015	1.73	2.71
2016	1.72	2.67
2017	1.72	2.63
2018	1.72	2.58
2019	1.72	2.54
2020	1.71	2.51
2021	1.71	2.46
2022	1.71	2.4
2023	1.71	2.36
2024	1.71	2.3
2025	1.7	2.25
2026	1.7	2.21
2027	1.7	2.18
2028	1.7	2.14
2029	1.7	2.11
2030	1.7	2.08
2031	1.69	2.06
2032	1.69	2.03
2033	1.69	2.01
2034	1.69	1.99
2035	1.69	1.97
2036	1.69	1.95
2037	1.69	1.94
2038	1.69	1.92
2039	1.69	1.91
2040	1.68	1.9
2041	1.68	1.89
2042	1.68	1.88
2043	1.68	1.87
2044	1.68	1.86
2045	1.68	1.85
2046	1.68	1.84
2047	1.68	1.83
2048	1.68	1.83
2049	1.68	1.82
2050	1.68	1.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Libya
1960	37.2%	43.6%
1961	37.2%	44.2%
1962	37.1%	44.8%
1963	37.1%	45.5%
1964	37.1%	46.1%
1965	37.1%	47%
1966	37.1%	48.4%
1967	36.9%	49.5%
1968	36.7%	50.3%
1969	36.4%	50.7%
1970	36%	50.9%
1971	35.7%	50.9%
1972	35.3%	50.9%
1973	34.9%	50.2%
1974	34.4%	49.3%
1975	33.6%	48.9%
1976	32.8%	48.6%
1977	32.1%	48.2%
1978	31.1%	48%
1979	30%	47.9%
1980	29%	47.7%
1981	28%	47.5%
1982	27.2%	47.3%
1983	26.7%	46.8%
1984	26.2%	46.1%
1985	25.8%	45.5%
1986	25.5%	44.8%
1987	25.1%	44.1%
1988	24.8%	43.4%
1989	24.5%	42.6%
1990	24.2%	41.7%
1991	23.9%	40.7%
1992	23.6%	39.7%
1993	23.4%	38.6%
1994	23.2%	37.4%
1995	23%	36.3%
1996	22.8%	35.2%
1997	22.6%	34.2%
1998	22.3%	33.3%
1999	22.1%	32.5%
2000	21.9%	32%
2001	21.7%	31.7%
2002	21.6%	31.5%
2003	21.5%	31.3%
2004	21.3%	31.2%
2005	21%	31.1%
2006	20.7%	30.9%
2007	20.5%	30.6%
2008	20.3%	30.3%
2009	20.2%	30.1%
2010	20.2%	29.9%
2011	20%	30.7%
2012	19.9%	31.5%
2013	19.7%	31.3%
2014	19.4%	31.1%
2015	19.2%	31%
2016	18.9%	30.9%
2017	18.7%	30.6%
2018	18.4%	30.3%
2019	18.2%	29.9%
2020	18.1%	29.5%
2021	17.9%	29%
2022	17.7%	28.5%
2023	17.5%	28%
2024	17.2%	27.4%
2025	17.1%	26.8%
2026	16.9%	26.2%
2027	16.8%	25.6%
2028	16.7%	25.1%
2029	16.6%	24.5%
2030	16.5%	23.9%
2031	16.4%	23.4%
2032	16.4%	23%
2033	16.3%	22.5%
2034	16.2%	22.1%
2035	16.1%	21.8%
2036	16%	21.5%
2037	15.9%	21.3%
2038	15.8%	21%
2039	15.8%	20.9%
2040	15.7%	20.7%
2041	15.6%	20.6%
2042	15.5%	20.5%
2043	15.4%	20.4%
2044	15.3%	20.3%
2045	15.2%	20.2%
2046	15.2%	20.1%
2047	15.1%	20%
2048	15%	19.9%
2049	14.9%	19.8%
2050	14.9%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 27.4% in Libya in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Libya compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Libya by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +1.43% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	5,949	38,391
1961	5,208	42,167
1962	5,589	46,252
1963	5,706	50,421
1964	5,688	55,227
1965	5,762	59,134
1966	5,842	60,394
1967	4,984	61,889
1968	5,035	63,971
1969	4,710	66,782
1970	4,271	70,488
1971	4,530	74,934
1972	4,505	77,864
1973	3,996	81,256
1974	3,644	89,337
1975	3,321	94,862
1976	2,988	101,146
1977	2,988	107,769
1978	2,367	114,669
1979	2,485	121,469
1980	2,393	128,034
1981	2,605	130,233
1982	2,660	133,511
1983	2,656	122,183
1984	2,388	110,028
1985	2,356	110,194
1986	2,111	109,325
1987	1,841	107,761
1988	1,684	105,469
1989	1,719	102,823
1990	2,101	99,898
1991	2,055	96,582
1992	1,912	93,568
1993	1,765	90,553
1994	1,607	88,765
1995	1,467	87,661
1996	1,334	86,945
1997	1,172	86,899
1998	1,093	87,613
1999	1,351	88,743
2000	1,577	89,814
2001	1,578	93,370
2002	1,369	97,598
2003	1,321	102,144
2004	1,204	107,144
2005	1,018	112,823
2006	927	115,645
2007	1,028	116,704
2008	989	117,481
2009	1,000	118,102
2010	981	122,926
2011	897	121,016
2012	815	108,855
2013	772	110,772
2014	730	110,420
2015	690	108,096
2016	655	105,265
2017	616	103,891
2018	584	101,619
2019	542	97,842
2020	503	92,950
2021	415	88,005
2022	43	91,951
2023	158	75,760

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Libya

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 59 deaths in Libya.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Libya
1985	55	86
1986	56	82
1987	57	77
1988	55	74
1989	57	70
1990	59	67
1991	60	64
1992	61	61
1993	55	60
1994	53	59
1995	52	59
1996	51	61
1997	51	64
1998	45	67
1999	44	69
2000	46	71
2001	46	71
2002	43	69
2003	45	68
2004	43	67
2005	44	66
2006	45	66
2007	42	67
2008	42	68
2009	42	70
2010	42	71
2011	41	81
2012	40	74
2013	40	75
2014	39	77
2015	37	76
2016	36	74
2017	37	69
2018	37	66
2019	36	65
2020	39	71
2021	38	98
2022	38	60
2023	35	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 3.08% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	8.47%	27.7%
1961	7.86%	26%
1962	7.33%	24.3%
1963	6.86%	22.7%
1964	6.45%	21.2%
1965	6.1%	19.7%
1966	5.79%	18.3%
1967	5.52%	17%
1968	5.28%	15.8%
1969	5.03%	14.7%
1970	4.79%	13.6%
1971	4.55%	12.6%
1972	4.32%	11.7%
1973	4.08%	10.9%
1974	3.86%	10.2%
1975	3.64%	9.5%
1976	3.43%	8.91%
1977	3.23%	8.39%
1978	3.04%	7.92%
1979	2.86%	7.5%
1980	2.69%	7.11%
1981	2.55%	6.76%
1982	2.44%	6.42%
1983	2.34%	6.1%
1984	2.26%	5.79%
1985	2.19%	5.5%
1986	2.12%	5.21%
1987	2.05%	4.94%
1988	1.97%	4.67%
1989	1.89%	4.42%
1990	1.81%	4.19%
1991	1.73%	3.98%
1992	1.66%	3.78%
1993	1.59%	3.61%
1994	1.53%	3.46%
1995	1.49%	3.32%
1996	1.45%	3.2%
1997	1.43%	3.09%
1998	1.42%	2.99%
1999	1.42%	2.9%
2000	1.44%	2.81%
2001	1.45%	2.73%
2002	1.47%	2.65%
2003	1.48%	2.55%
2004	1.49%	2.44%
2005	1.48%	2.31%
2006	1.47%	2.17%
2007	1.45%	2.02%
2008	1.43%	1.88%
2009	1.41%	1.76%
2010	1.39%	1.66%
2011	1.37%	1.96%
2012	1.35%	1.51%
2013	1.33%	1.45%
2014	1.31%	1.39%
2015	1.28%	1.33%
2016	1.25%	1.28%
2017	1.21%	1.24%
2018	1.18%	1.19%
2019	1.14%	1.16%
2020	1.11%	1.12%
2021	1.07%	1.08%
2022	1.04%	1.05%
2023	1%	3.08%