Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	4.71	5.9
1961	4.15	5.9
1962	4.3	5.9
1963	4.3	5.91
1964	4.21	5.91
1965	4.18	5.91
1966	4.14	5.88
1967	3.6	5.84
1968	3.57	5.8
1969	3.34	5.75
1970	3.08	5.68
1971	3.2	5.62
1972	3.15	5.53
1973	2.87	5.44
1974	2.65	5.34
1975	2.45	5.25
1976	2.24	5.16
1977	2.2	5.07
1978	1.84	4.99
1979	1.86	4.9
1980	1.78	4.79
1981	1.85	4.69
1982	1.86	4.66
1983	1.86	4.63
1984	1.75	4.52
1985	1.77	4.32
1986	1.69	4.08
1987	1.61	3.86
1988	1.58	3.67
1989	1.64	3.59
1990	1.84	3.5
1991	1.84	3.43
1992	1.8	3.35
1993	1.77	3.28
1994	1.73	3.2
1995	1.7	3.13
1996	1.67	3.06
1997	1.65	2.99
1998	1.62	2.91
1999	1.78	2.85
2000	1.93	2.81
2001	1.96	2.79
2002	1.86	2.77
2003	1.86	2.68
2004	1.8	2.59
2005	1.74	2.52
2006	1.7	2.47
2007	1.76	2.45
2008	1.76	2.4
2009	1.77	2.37
2010	1.79	2.34
2011	1.76	2.31
2012	1.73	2.28
2013	1.73	2.26
2014	1.73	2.25
2015	1.73	2.27
2016	1.72	2.27
2017	1.72	2.25
2018	1.72	2.23
2019	1.72	2.21
2020	1.71	2.18
2021	1.71	2.16
2022	1.71	2.13
2023	1.71	2.12
2024	1.71	2.1
2025	1.7	2.08
2026	1.7	2.06
2027	1.7	2.04
2028	1.7	2.02
2029	1.7	2.01
2030	1.7	2
2031	1.69	1.98
2032	1.69	1.97
2033	1.69	1.96
2034	1.69	1.94
2035	1.69	1.93
2036	1.69	1.92
2037	1.69	1.92
2038	1.69	1.91
2039	1.69	1.9
2040	1.68	1.89
2041	1.68	1.89
2042	1.68	1.88
2043	1.68	1.87
2044	1.68	1.86
2045	1.68	1.86
2046	1.68	1.85
2047	1.68	1.85
2048	1.68	1.84
2049	1.68	1.83
2050	1.68	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Myanmar
1960	37.2%	39.9%
1961	37.2%	40.2%
1962	37.1%	40.6%
1963	37.1%	40.9%
1964	37.1%	41%
1965	37.1%	41.1%
1966	37.1%	41.1%
1967	36.9%	41%
1968	36.7%	40.9%
1969	36.4%	40.8%
1970	36%	40.7%
1971	35.7%	40.6%
1972	35.3%	40.5%
1973	34.9%	40.3%
1974	34.4%	40.2%
1975	33.6%	40.1%
1976	32.8%	40%
1977	32.1%	39.8%
1978	31.1%	39.6%
1979	30%	39.4%
1980	29%	39.2%
1981	28%	39%
1982	27.2%	38.8%
1983	26.7%	38.6%
1984	26.2%	38.3%
1985	25.8%	38.1%
1986	25.5%	37.8%
1987	25.1%	37.4%
1988	24.8%	37%
1989	24.5%	36.6%
1990	24.2%	36.2%
1991	23.9%	35.8%
1992	23.6%	35.4%
1993	23.4%	35.1%
1994	23.2%	34.7%
1995	23%	34.2%
1996	22.8%	33.8%
1997	22.6%	33.3%
1998	22.3%	32.8%
1999	22.1%	32.3%
2000	21.9%	31.8%
2001	21.7%	31.4%
2002	21.6%	31%
2003	21.5%	30.7%
2004	21.3%	30.4%
2005	21%	30.1%
2006	20.7%	29.7%
2007	20.5%	29.4%
2008	20.3%	29%
2009	20.2%	28.6%
2010	20.2%	28.2%
2011	20%	27.9%
2012	19.9%	27.5%
2013	19.7%	27.1%
2014	19.4%	26.8%
2015	19.2%	26.5%
2016	18.9%	26.2%
2017	18.7%	25.9%
2018	18.4%	25.6%
2019	18.2%	25.4%
2020	18.1%	25.1%
2021	17.9%	24.9%
2022	17.7%	24.7%
2023	17.5%	24.5%
2024	17.2%	24.3%
2025	17.1%	24.1%
2026	16.9%	23.9%
2027	16.8%	23.6%
2028	16.7%	23.4%
2029	16.6%	23.2%
2030	16.5%	23%
2031	16.4%	22.7%
2032	16.4%	22.4%
2033	16.3%	22.2%
2034	16.2%	21.9%
2035	16.1%	21.7%
2036	16%	21.4%
2037	15.9%	21.2%
2038	15.8%	21%
2039	15.8%	20.8%
2040	15.7%	20.6%
2041	15.6%	20.4%
2042	15.5%	20.2%
2043	15.4%	20.1%
2044	15.3%	19.9%
2045	15.2%	19.8%
2046	15.2%	19.6%
2047	15.1%	19.5%
2048	15%	19.4%
2049	14.9%	19.2%
2050	14.9%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	5,949	465,049
1961	5,208	474,818
1962	5,589	487,925
1963	5,706	501,548
1964	5,688	516,334
1965	5,762	533,443
1966	5,842	546,378
1967	4,984	559,577
1968	5,035	571,123
1969	4,710	584,979
1970	4,271	595,337
1971	4,530	608,784
1972	4,505	616,411
1973	3,996	624,619
1974	3,644	628,458
1975	3,321	635,005
1976	2,988	642,829
1977	2,988	649,915
1978	2,367	658,068
1979	2,485	669,338
1980	2,393	673,815
1981	2,605	679,851
1982	2,660	701,212
1983	2,656	719,710
1984	2,388	723,623
1985	2,356	705,905
1986	2,111	679,467
1987	1,841	652,960
1988	1,684	630,392
1989	1,719	636,610
1990	2,101	636,081
1991	2,055	637,622
1992	1,912	634,484
1993	1,765	633,576
1994	1,607	626,411
1995	1,467	620,376
1996	1,334	619,488
1997	1,172	613,103
1998	1,093	606,110
1999	1,351	597,916
2000	1,577	596,979
2001	1,578	601,524
2002	1,369	602,873
2003	1,321	582,173
2004	1,204	556,494
2005	1,018	537,429
2006	927	527,165
2007	1,028	523,745
2008	989	373,287
2009	1,000	505,144
2010	981	497,745
2011	897	492,271
2012	815	487,210
2013	772	487,648
2014	730	488,114
2015	690	495,769
2016	655	499,508
2017	616	492,276
2018	584	482,316
2019	542	469,924
2020	503	448,626
2021	415	394,104
2022	43	415,647
2023	158	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Myanmar
1985	55	674
1986	56	652
1987	57	631
1988	55	616
1989	57	603
1990	59	586
1991	60	566
1992	61	542
1993	55	522
1994	53	498
1995	52	472
1996	51	442
1997	51	416
1998	45	398
1999	44	388
2000	46	375
2001	46	361
2002	43	347
2003	45	335
2004	43	324
2005	44	312
2006	45	301
2007	42	290
2008	42	286
2009	42	268
2010	42	259
2011	41	249
2012	40	243
2013	40	237
2014	39	228
2015	37	222
2016	36	215
2017	37	209
2018	37	201
2019	36	195
2020	39	198
2021	38	231
2022	38	193
2023	35	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	8.47%	-
1961	7.86%	-
1962	7.33%	-
1963	6.86%	-
1964	6.45%	-
1965	6.1%	-
1966	5.79%	-
1967	5.52%	-
1968	5.28%	18%
1969	5.03%	17.7%
1970	4.79%	17.4%
1971	4.55%	17%
1972	4.32%	16.7%
1973	4.08%	16.3%
1974	3.86%	16%
1975	3.64%	15.6%
1976	3.43%	15.3%
1977	3.23%	14.9%
1978	3.04%	14.6%
1979	2.86%	14.3%
1980	2.69%	14%
1981	2.55%	13.7%
1982	2.44%	13.4%
1983	2.34%	13.1%
1984	2.26%	12.9%
1985	2.19%	12.7%
1986	2.12%	12.5%
1987	2.05%	12.2%
1988	1.97%	12%
1989	1.89%	11.8%
1990	1.81%	11.5%
1991	1.73%	11.3%
1992	1.66%	11%
1993	1.59%	10.7%
1994	1.53%	10.5%
1995	1.49%	10.2%
1996	1.45%	9.94%
1997	1.43%	9.68%
1998	1.42%	9.43%
1999	1.42%	9.19%
2000	1.44%	8.95%
2001	1.45%	8.71%
2002	1.47%	8.47%
2003	1.48%	8.22%
2004	1.49%	7.97%
2005	1.48%	7.71%
2006	1.47%	7.44%
2007	1.45%	7.16%
2008	1.43%	10.1%
2009	1.41%	6.6%
2010	1.39%	6.32%
2011	1.37%	6.05%
2012	1.35%	5.8%
2013	1.33%	5.56%
2014	1.31%	5.34%
2015	1.28%	5.13%
2016	1.25%	4.95%
2017	1.21%	4.77%
2018	1.18%	4.6%
2019	1.14%	4.44%
2020	1.11%	4.29%
2021	1.07%	4.14%
2022	1.04%	4%
2023	1%	3.87%