Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	4.71	7.16
1961	4.15	7.11
1962	4.3	7.1
1963	4.3	7.08
1964	4.21	7.06
1965	4.18	7.03
1966	4.14	6.99
1967	3.6	6.94
1968	3.57	6.89
1969	3.34	6.83
1970	3.08	6.77
1971	3.2	6.71
1972	3.15	6.65
1973	2.87	6.59
1974	2.65	6.52
1975	2.45	6.45
1976	2.24	6.37
1977	2.2	6.28
1978	1.84	6.16
1979	1.86	6.07
1980	1.78	5.96
1981	1.85	5.84
1982	1.86	5.74
1983	1.86	5.61
1984	1.75	5.49
1985	1.77	5.36
1986	1.69	5.22
1987	1.61	5.07
1988	1.58	4.93
1989	1.64	4.76
1990	1.84	4.6
1991	1.84	4.43
1992	1.8	4.27
1993	1.77	4.1
1994	1.73	3.94
1995	1.7	3.78
1996	1.67	3.62
1997	1.65	3.47
1998	1.62	3.34
1999	1.78	3.22
2000	1.93	3.12
2001	1.96	3
2002	1.86	2.89
2003	1.86	2.83
2004	1.8	2.78
2005	1.74	2.77
2006	1.7	2.73
2007	1.76	2.7
2008	1.76	2.66
2009	1.77	2.63
2010	1.79	2.6
2011	1.76	2.56
2012	1.73	2.53
2013	1.73	2.49
2014	1.73	2.46
2015	1.73	2.43
2016	1.72	2.41
2017	1.72	2.38
2018	1.72	2.35
2019	1.72	2.32
2020	1.71	2.3
2021	1.71	2.27
2022	1.71	2.24
2023	1.71	2.22
2024	1.71	2.21
2025	1.7	2.18
2026	1.7	2.16
2027	1.7	2.14
2028	1.7	2.11
2029	1.7	2.09
2030	1.7	2.07
2031	1.69	2.05
2032	1.69	2.04
2033	1.69	2.02
2034	1.69	2.01
2035	1.69	2
2036	1.69	1.98
2037	1.69	1.97
2038	1.69	1.96
2039	1.69	1.95
2040	1.68	1.94
2041	1.68	1.93
2042	1.68	1.92
2043	1.68	1.91
2044	1.68	1.9
2045	1.68	1.89
2046	1.68	1.89
2047	1.68	1.88
2048	1.68	1.87
2049	1.68	1.87
2050	1.68	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Nicaragua
1960	37.2%	47.6%
1961	37.2%	47.8%
1962	37.1%	48%
1963	37.1%	48.2%
1964	37.1%	48.2%
1965	37.1%	48.1%
1966	37.1%	47.9%
1967	36.9%	47.8%
1968	36.7%	47.7%
1969	36.4%	47.6%
1970	36%	47.5%
1971	35.7%	47.5%
1972	35.3%	47.4%
1973	34.9%	47.4%
1974	34.4%	47.3%
1975	33.6%	47.3%
1976	32.8%	47.3%
1977	32.1%	47.2%
1978	31.1%	47.3%
1979	30%	47.3%
1980	29%	47.3%
1981	28%	47.3%
1982	27.2%	47.3%
1983	26.7%	47.2%
1984	26.2%	47.2%
1985	25.8%	47.1%
1986	25.5%	47%
1987	25.1%	46.9%
1988	24.8%	46.7%
1989	24.5%	46.4%
1990	24.2%	46.1%
1991	23.9%	45.7%
1992	23.6%	45.2%
1993	23.4%	44.8%
1994	23.2%	44.3%
1995	23%	43.7%
1996	22.8%	43.1%
1997	22.6%	42.4%
1998	22.3%	41.7%
1999	22.1%	41%
2000	21.9%	40.3%
2001	21.7%	39.6%
2002	21.6%	38.9%
2003	21.5%	38.2%
2004	21.3%	37.5%
2005	21%	36.8%
2006	20.7%	36.2%
2007	20.5%	35.7%
2008	20.3%	35.2%
2009	20.2%	34.7%
2010	20.2%	34.2%
2011	20%	33.8%
2012	19.9%	33.3%
2013	19.7%	32.9%
2014	19.4%	32.6%
2015	19.2%	32.2%
2016	18.9%	31.8%
2017	18.7%	31.5%
2018	18.4%	31.1%
2019	18.2%	30.8%
2020	18.1%	30.4%
2021	17.9%	30.1%
2022	17.7%	29.6%
2023	17.5%	29.2%
2024	17.2%	28.8%
2025	17.1%	28.3%
2026	16.9%	27.9%
2027	16.8%	27.4%
2028	16.7%	27%
2029	16.6%	26.6%
2030	16.5%	26.2%
2031	16.4%	25.8%
2032	16.4%	25.4%
2033	16.3%	25%
2034	16.2%	24.7%
2035	16.1%	24.4%
2036	16%	24%
2037	15.9%	23.7%
2038	15.8%	23.4%
2039	15.8%	23.1%
2040	15.7%	22.8%
2041	15.6%	22.5%
2042	15.5%	22.2%
2043	15.4%	22%
2044	15.3%	21.7%
2045	15.2%	21.4%
2046	15.2%	21.2%
2047	15.1%	20.9%
2048	15%	20.7%
2049	14.9%	20.5%
2050	14.9%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	5,949	55,664
1961	5,208	57,499
1962	5,589	59,547
1963	5,706	61,738
1964	5,688	64,227
1965	5,762	67,056
1966	5,842	69,883
1967	4,984	72,722
1968	5,035	75,458
1969	4,710	78,237
1970	4,271	81,127
1971	4,530	84,139
1972	4,505	76,906
1973	3,996	89,662
1974	3,644	92,505
1975	3,321	95,230
1976	2,988	98,100
1977	2,988	100,498
1978	2,367	98,419
1979	2,485	96,429
1980	2,393	108,604
1981	2,605	110,421
1982	2,660	112,468
1983	2,656	110,618
1984	2,388	110,133
1985	2,356	110,949
1986	2,111	113,054
1987	1,841	112,885
1988	1,684	117,299
1989	1,719	120,128
1990	2,101	120,677
1991	2,055	121,787
1992	1,912	121,204
1993	1,765	120,469
1994	1,607	119,565
1995	1,467	118,325
1996	1,334	116,849
1997	1,172	114,415
1998	1,093	108,862
1999	1,351	110,217
2000	1,577	109,192
2001	1,578	107,109
2002	1,369	105,805
2003	1,321	106,142
2004	1,204	106,904
2005	1,018	108,984
2006	927	110,073
2007	1,028	110,341
2008	989	110,395
2009	1,000	110,213
2010	981	110,475
2011	897	110,026
2012	815	110,065
2013	772	109,032
2014	730	108,420
2015	690	107,344
2016	655	106,585
2017	616	105,468
2018	584	104,814
2019	542	102,817
2020	503	90,515
2021	415	89,213
2022	43	100,987
2023	158	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Nicaragua
1985	55	319
1986	56	313
1987	57	316
1988	55	301
1989	57	286
1990	59	281
1991	60	273
1992	61	272
1993	55	265
1994	53	256
1995	52	251
1996	51	244
1997	51	236
1998	45	239
1999	44	228
2000	46	213
2001	46	194
2002	43	170
2003	45	154
2004	43	140
2005	44	124
2006	45	113
2007	42	106
2008	42	101
2009	42	99
2010	42	96
2011	41	93
2012	40	88
2013	40	86
2014	39	83
2015	37	81
2016	36	77
2017	37	72
2018	37	67
2019	36	69
2020	39	87
2021	38	124
2022	38	61
2023	35	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	8.47%	19.8%
1961	7.86%	19.6%
1962	7.33%	19.4%
1963	6.86%	19.2%
1964	6.45%	19%
1965	6.1%	18.7%
1966	5.79%	18.4%
1967	5.52%	18.1%
1968	5.28%	17.8%
1969	5.03%	17.4%
1970	4.79%	17.1%
1971	4.55%	16.6%
1972	4.32%	18.7%
1973	4.08%	15.6%
1974	3.86%	15%
1975	3.64%	14.4%
1976	3.43%	13.7%
1977	3.23%	12.9%
1978	3.04%	12.2%
1979	2.86%	11.5%
1980	2.69%	10.8%
1981	2.55%	10.2%
1982	2.44%	9.58%
1983	2.34%	9.07%
1984	2.26%	8.62%
1985	2.19%	8.21%
1986	2.12%	7.85%
1987	2.05%	7.53%
1988	1.97%	7.22%
1989	1.89%	6.92%
1990	1.81%	6.62%
1991	1.73%	6.31%
1992	1.66%	6%
1993	1.59%	5.69%
1994	1.53%	5.39%
1995	1.49%	5.09%
1996	1.45%	4.81%
1997	1.43%	4.54%
1998	1.42%	5.01%
1999	1.42%	4.04%
2000	1.44%	3.82%
2001	1.45%	3.62%
2002	1.47%	3.43%
2003	1.48%	3.26%
2004	1.49%	3.1%
2005	1.48%	2.95%
2006	1.47%	2.81%
2007	1.45%	2.68%
2008	1.43%	2.55%
2009	1.41%	2.44%
2010	1.39%	2.33%
2011	1.37%	2.22%
2012	1.35%	2.13%
2013	1.33%	2.03%
2014	1.31%	1.94%
2015	1.28%	1.86%
2016	1.25%	1.78%
2017	1.21%	1.71%
2018	1.18%	1.64%
2019	1.14%	1.57%
2020	1.11%	1.51%
2021	1.07%	1.45%
2022	1.04%	1.39%
2023	1%	1.34%