Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Poland

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Poland 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 1.16 in Poland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Poland 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	Poland
1960	4.71	2.98
1961	4.15	2.83
1962	4.3	2.72
1963	4.3	2.7
1964	4.21	2.57
1965	4.18	2.52
1966	4.14	2.34
1967	3.6	2.33
1968	3.57	2.24
1969	3.34	2.2
1970	3.08	2.2
1971	3.2	2.25
1972	3.15	2.24
1973	2.87	2.26
1974	2.65	2.26
1975	2.45	2.27
1976	2.24	2.3
1977	2.2	2.23
1978	1.84	2.21
1979	1.86	2.28
1980	1.78	2.28
1981	1.85	2.24
1982	1.86	2.34
1983	1.86	2.42
1984	1.75	2.37
1985	1.77	2.33
1986	1.69	2.22
1987	1.61	2.15
1988	1.58	2.13
1989	1.64	2.08
1990	1.84	2.06
1991	1.84	2.07
1992	1.8	1.95
1993	1.77	1.87
1994	1.73	1.81
1995	1.7	1.62
1996	1.67	1.59
1997	1.65	1.51
1998	1.62	1.44
1999	1.78	1.37
2000	1.93	1.37
2001	1.96	1.31
2002	1.86	1.25
2003	1.86	1.22
2004	1.8	1.23
2005	1.74	1.24
2006	1.7	1.27
2007	1.76	1.31
2008	1.76	1.39
2009	1.77	1.4
2010	1.79	1.41
2011	1.76	1.33
2012	1.73	1.33
2013	1.73	1.29
2014	1.73	1.32
2015	1.73	1.32
2016	1.72	1.39
2017	1.72	1.48
2018	1.72	1.46
2019	1.72	1.44
2020	1.71	1.39
2021	1.71	1.33
2022	1.71	1.29
2023	1.71	1.16
2024	1.71	1.16
2025	1.7	1.17
2026	1.7	1.17
2027	1.7	1.17
2028	1.7	1.18
2029	1.7	1.18
2030	1.7	1.19
2031	1.69	1.19
2032	1.69	1.19
2033	1.69	1.2
2034	1.69	1.2
2035	1.69	1.21
2036	1.69	1.21
2037	1.69	1.21
2038	1.69	1.21
2039	1.69	1.22
2040	1.68	1.22
2041	1.68	1.22
2042	1.68	1.22
2043	1.68	1.23
2044	1.68	1.23
2045	1.68	1.24
2046	1.68	1.24
2047	1.68	1.24
2048	1.68	1.24
2049	1.68	1.24
2050	1.68	1.25

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Poland
1960	37.2%	33.4%
1961	37.2%	33.4%
1962	37.1%	33%
1963	37.1%	32.5%
1964	37.1%	31.9%
1965	37.1%	31.1%
1966	37.1%	30.3%
1967	36.9%	29.5%
1968	36.7%	28.6%
1969	36.4%	27.8%
1970	36%	26.9%
1971	35.7%	26.1%
1972	35.3%	25.4%
1973	34.9%	24.8%
1974	34.4%	24.3%
1975	33.6%	24%
1976	32.8%	24%
1977	32.1%	24%
1978	31.1%	24%
1979	30%	24.1%
1980	29%	24.3%
1981	28%	24.5%
1982	27.2%	24.7%
1983	26.7%	25%
1984	26.2%	25.3%
1985	25.8%	25.5%
1986	25.5%	25.6%
1987	25.1%	25.6%
1988	24.8%	25.5%
1989	24.5%	25.3%
1990	24.2%	25%
1991	23.9%	24.6%
1992	23.6%	24.3%
1993	23.4%	23.9%
1994	23.2%	23.4%
1995	23%	22.8%
1996	22.8%	22.2%
1997	22.6%	21.6%
1998	22.3%	20.9%
1999	22.1%	20.2%
2000	21.9%	19.4%
2001	21.7%	18.7%
2002	21.6%	18.1%
2003	21.5%	17.5%
2004	21.3%	17%
2005	21%	16.5%
2006	20.7%	16%
2007	20.5%	15.7%
2008	20.3%	15.4%
2009	20.2%	15.2%
2010	20.2%	15.1%
2011	20%	15.2%
2012	19.9%	15.1%
2013	19.7%	15.1%
2014	19.4%	15.1%
2015	19.2%	15.1%
2016	18.9%	15.1%
2017	18.7%	15.2%
2018	18.4%	15.3%
2019	18.2%	15.4%
2020	18.1%	15.5%
2021	17.9%	15.5%
2022	17.7%	15.3%
2023	17.5%	15.1%
2024	17.2%	14.8%
2025	17.1%	14.5%
2026	16.9%	14.1%
2027	16.8%	13.8%
2028	16.7%	13.5%
2029	16.6%	13.2%
2030	16.5%	13%
2031	16.4%	12.7%
2032	16.4%	12.4%
2033	16.3%	12.1%
2034	16.2%	11.8%
2035	16.1%	11.5%
2036	16%	11.3%
2037	15.9%	11.2%
2038	15.8%	11.1%
2039	15.8%	11.1%
2040	15.7%	11.1%
2041	15.6%	11%
2042	15.5%	11.1%
2043	15.4%	11.1%
2044	15.3%	11.1%
2045	15.2%	11.2%
2046	15.2%	11.3%
2047	15.1%	11.3%
2048	15%	11.4%
2049	14.9%	11.5%
2050	14.9%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 14.8% in Poland in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 25% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Poland compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Poland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and -0.18% in Poland. 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	Poland
1960	5,949	444,562
1961	5,208	398,521
1962	5,589	360,671
1963	5,706	359,330
1964	5,688	326,965
1965	5,762	314,450
1966	5,842	297,801
1967	4,984	275,089
1968	5,035	280,963
1969	4,710	270,151
1970	4,271	280,913
1971	4,530	278,660
1972	4,505	314,028
1973	3,996	320,229
1974	3,644	346,893
1975	3,321	350,356
1976	2,988	367,612
1977	2,988	353,828
1978	2,367	339,166
1979	2,485	366,571
1980	2,393	348,627
1981	2,605	351,806
1982	2,660	369,551
1983	2,656	373,032
1984	2,388	332,137
1985	2,356	297,615
1986	2,111	258,448
1987	1,841	226,008
1988	1,684	215,599
1989	1,719	182,215
1990	2,101	160,066
1991	2,055	141,511
1992	1,912	118,928
1993	1,765	103,846
1994	1,607	96,357
1995	1,467	46,314
1996	1,334	42,487
1997	1,172	34,785
1998	1,093	19,332
1999	1,351	0
2000	1,577	11,478
2001	1,578	3,825
2002	1,369	-3,823
2003	1,321	-15,281
2004	1,204	-7,637
2005	1,018	-3,817
2006	927	3,814
2007	1,028	11,436
2008	989	34,313
2009	1,000	30,521
2010	981	38,043
2011	897	11,419
2012	815	0
2013	772	-19,020
2014	730	0
2015	690	-26,590
2016	655	-3,797
2017	616	0
2018	584	-26,582
2019	542	-34,169
2020	503	-120,050
2021	415	-184,907
2022	43	-143,605
2023	158	-135,743

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Poland

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 2 deaths in Poland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Poland
1985	55	19
1986	56	19
1987	57	18
1988	55	18
1989	57	18
1990	59	18
1991	60	18
1992	61	16
1993	55	15
1994	53	14
1995	52	12
1996	51	11
1997	51	10
1998	45	9
1999	44	8
2000	46	7
2001	46	6
2002	43	5
2003	45	5
2004	43	4
2005	44	4
2006	45	4
2007	42	3
2008	42	3
2009	42	3
2010	42	3
2011	41	2
2012	40	2
2013	40	2
2014	39	2
2015	37	2
2016	36	2
2017	37	2
2018	37	2
2019	36	2
2020	39	3
2021	38	2
2022	38	2
2023	35	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 0.44% in Poland. 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	Poland
1960	8.47%	6.51%
1961	7.86%	6.02%
1962	7.33%	5.6%
1963	6.86%	5.23%
1964	6.45%	4.89%
1965	6.1%	4.57%
1966	5.79%	4.29%
1967	5.52%	4.06%
1968	5.28%	3.89%
1969	5.03%	3.75%
1970	4.79%	3.59%
1971	4.55%	3.42%
1972	4.32%	3.24%
1973	4.08%	3.06%
1974	3.86%	2.9%
1975	3.64%	2.79%
1976	3.43%	2.7%
1977	3.23%	2.62%
1978	3.04%	2.54%
1979	2.86%	2.47%
1980	2.69%	2.4%
1981	2.55%	2.33%
1982	2.44%	2.26%
1983	2.34%	2.19%
1984	2.26%	2.11%
1985	2.19%	2.03%
1986	2.12%	1.96%
1987	2.05%	1.89%
1988	1.97%	1.84%
1989	1.89%	1.79%
1990	1.81%	1.74%
1991	1.73%	1.69%
1992	1.66%	1.65%
1993	1.59%	1.6%
1994	1.53%	1.53%
1995	1.49%	1.43%
1996	1.45%	1.32%
1997	1.43%	1.2%
1998	1.42%	1.09%
1999	1.42%	1%
2000	1.44%	0.93%
2001	1.45%	0.88%
2002	1.47%	0.84%
2003	1.48%	0.81%
2004	1.49%	0.78%
2005	1.48%	0.76%
2006	1.47%	0.73%
2007	1.45%	0.7%
2008	1.43%	0.67%
2009	1.41%	0.63%
2010	1.39%	0.6%
2011	1.37%	0.57%
2012	1.35%	0.54%
2013	1.33%	0.52%
2014	1.31%	0.5%
2015	1.28%	0.49%
2016	1.25%	0.48%
2017	1.21%	0.46%
2018	1.18%	0.45%
2019	1.14%	0.44%
2020	1.11%	0.44%
2021	1.07%	0.44%
2022	1.04%	0.44%
2023	1%	0.44%