Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Romania

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Romania 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 1.71 in Romania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Romania 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	Romania
1960	4.71	2.34
1961	4.15	2.17
1962	4.3	2.04
1963	4.3	2.01
1964	4.21	1.96
1965	4.18	1.91
1966	4.14	1.9
1967	3.6	3.66
1968	3.57	3.63
1969	3.34	3.19
1970	3.08	2.89
1971	3.2	2.67
1972	3.15	2.55
1973	2.87	2.44
1974	2.65	2.71
1975	2.45	2.59
1976	2.24	2.54
1977	2.2	2.57
1978	1.84	2.52
1979	1.86	2.49
1980	1.78	2.43
1981	1.85	2.36
1982	1.86	2.17
1983	1.86	2.06
1984	1.75	2.26
1985	1.77	2.31
1986	1.69	2.39
1987	1.61	2.38
1988	1.58	2.3
1989	1.64	2.22
1990	1.84	1.83
1991	1.84	1.59
1992	1.8	1.51
1993	1.77	1.43
1994	1.73	1.4
1995	1.7	1.33
1996	1.67	1.3
1997	1.65	1.32
1998	1.62	1.32
1999	1.78	1.3
2000	1.93	1.31
2001	1.96	1.27
2002	1.86	1.27
2003	1.86	1.3
2004	1.8	1.33
2005	1.74	1.4
2006	1.7	1.42
2007	1.76	1.45
2008	1.76	1.6
2009	1.77	1.66
2010	1.79	1.59
2011	1.76	1.47
2012	1.73	1.52
2013	1.73	1.46
2014	1.73	1.56
2015	1.73	1.62
2016	1.72	1.69
2017	1.72	1.78
2018	1.72	1.76
2019	1.72	1.77
2020	1.71	1.8
2021	1.71	1.81
2022	1.71	1.71
2023	1.71	1.71
2024	1.71	1.71
2025	1.7	1.71
2026	1.7	1.7
2027	1.7	1.7
2028	1.7	1.7
2029	1.7	1.7
2030	1.7	1.7
2031	1.69	1.7
2032	1.69	1.7
2033	1.69	1.69
2034	1.69	1.69
2035	1.69	1.69
2036	1.69	1.69
2037	1.69	1.69
2038	1.69	1.69
2039	1.69	1.69
2040	1.68	1.69
2041	1.68	1.68
2042	1.68	1.68
2043	1.68	1.68
2044	1.68	1.68
2045	1.68	1.68
2046	1.68	1.68
2047	1.68	1.68
2048	1.68	1.68
2049	1.68	1.68
2050	1.68	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Romania
1960	37.2%	28.1%
1961	37.2%	28%
1962	37.1%	27.7%
1963	37.1%	27.3%
1964	37.1%	26.7%
1965	37.1%	26%
1966	37.1%	25.2%
1967	36.9%	25%
1968	36.7%	25.1%
1969	36.4%	25.1%
1970	36%	25.1%
1971	35.7%	24.9%
1972	35.3%	24.9%
1973	34.9%	24.9%
1974	34.4%	25.1%
1975	33.6%	25.3%
1976	32.8%	25.7%
1977	32.1%	26%
1978	31.1%	26.3%
1979	30%	26.5%
1980	29%	26.8%
1981	28%	27.1%
1982	27.2%	26.8%
1983	26.7%	25.9%
1984	26.2%	25.1%
1985	25.8%	24.6%
1986	25.5%	24.3%
1987	25.1%	24%
1988	24.8%	23.9%
1989	24.5%	23.7%
1990	24.2%	23.3%
1991	23.9%	22.8%
1992	23.6%	22.2%
1993	23.4%	21.6%
1994	23.2%	21%
1995	23%	20.5%
1996	22.8%	20%
1997	22.6%	19.6%
1998	22.3%	19.3%
1999	22.1%	19.1%
2000	21.9%	18.6%
2001	21.7%	18.1%
2002	21.6%	17.5%
2003	21.5%	16.9%
2004	21.3%	16.4%
2005	21%	16%
2006	20.7%	15.8%
2007	20.5%	15.7%
2008	20.3%	15.7%
2009	20.2%	15.7%
2010	20.2%	15.7%
2011	20%	15.8%
2012	19.9%	15.7%
2013	19.7%	15.7%
2014	19.4%	15.7%
2015	19.2%	15.7%
2016	18.9%	15.7%
2017	18.7%	15.8%
2018	18.4%	15.9%
2019	18.2%	16%
2020	18.1%	16.1%
2021	17.9%	16.1%
2022	17.7%	16%
2023	17.5%	15.9%
2024	17.2%	15.7%
2025	17.1%	15.6%
2026	16.9%	15.4%
2027	16.8%	15.3%
2028	16.7%	15.2%
2029	16.6%	15.1%
2030	16.5%	15%
2031	16.4%	14.9%
2032	16.4%	14.7%
2033	16.3%	14.6%
2034	16.2%	14.4%
2035	16.1%	14.4%
2036	16%	14.3%
2037	15.9%	14.3%
2038	15.8%	14.3%
2039	15.8%	14.2%
2040	15.7%	14.2%
2041	15.6%	14.3%
2042	15.5%	14.3%
2043	15.4%	14.3%
2044	15.3%	14.3%
2045	15.2%	14.4%
2046	15.2%	14.4%
2047	15.1%	14.4%
2048	15%	14.4%
2049	14.9%	14.4%
2050	14.9%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 15.7% in Romania in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Romania compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Romania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and -0.4% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	5,949	191,431
1961	5,208	163,286
1962	5,589	130,736
1963	5,706	139,104
1964	5,688	134,326
1965	5,762	114,190
1966	5,842	115,293
1967	4,984	347,709
1968	5,035	338,577
1969	4,710	264,120
1970	4,271	234,905
1971	4,530	206,662
1972	4,505	198,316
1973	3,996	175,020
1974	3,644	235,530
1975	3,321	219,324
1976	2,988	213,361
1977	2,988	215,385
1978	2,367	204,148
1979	2,485	194,397
1980	2,393	168,776
1981	2,605	156,472
1982	2,660	119,121
1983	2,656	87,986
1984	2,388	117,731
1985	2,356	111,392
1986	2,111	134,737
1987	1,841	128,517
1988	1,684	126,817
1989	1,719	122,756
1990	2,101	69,605
1991	2,055	25,301
1992	1,912	-4,559
1993	1,765	-13,658
1994	1,607	-18,184
1995	1,467	-36,295
1996	1,334	-56,548
1997	1,172	-42,853
1998	1,093	-33,761
1999	1,351	-31,461
2000	1,577	-22,443
2001	1,578	-37,625
2002	1,369	-58,673
2003	1,321	-56,093
2004	1,204	-42,904
2005	1,018	-40,508
2006	927	-38,148
2007	1,028	-37,590
2008	989	-30,806
2009	1,000	-34,625
2010	981	-46,567
2011	897	-56,413
2012	815	-54,157
2013	772	-59,951
2014	730	-55,745
2015	690	-59,447
2016	655	-53,196
2017	616	-50,930
2018	584	-62,316
2019	542	-60,053
2020	503	-100,179
2021	415	-141,504
2022	43	-93,338
2023	158	-89,580

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Romania

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 12 deaths in Romania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Romania
1985	55	184
1986	56	180
1987	57	173
1988	55	159
1989	57	143
1990	59	118
1991	60	104
1992	61	95
1993	55	87
1994	53	80
1995	52	75
1996	51	72
1997	51	66
1998	45	58
1999	44	51
2000	46	45
2001	46	41
2002	43	38
2003	45	35
2004	43	32
2005	44	30
2006	45	27
2007	42	25
2008	42	25
2009	42	25
2010	42	23
2011	41	20
2012	40	19
2013	40	18
2014	39	18
2015	37	18
2016	36	17
2017	37	17
2018	37	15
2019	36	14
2020	39	16
2021	38	20
2022	38	13
2023	35	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 0.66% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	8.47%	8.82%
1961	7.86%	7.98%
1962	7.33%	6.98%
1963	6.86%	6.03%
1964	6.45%	5.45%
1965	6.1%	5.44%
1966	5.79%	5.83%
1967	5.52%	6.27%
1968	5.28%	6.44%
1969	5.03%	6.23%
1970	4.79%	5.69%
1971	4.55%	5.06%
1972	4.32%	4.64%
1973	4.08%	4.49%
1974	3.86%	4.43%
1975	3.64%	4.27%
1976	3.43%	4.05%
1977	3.23%	3.86%
1978	3.04%	3.76%
1979	2.86%	3.68%
1980	2.69%	3.57%
1981	2.55%	3.44%
1982	2.44%	3.28%
1983	2.34%	3.14%
1984	2.26%	3.08%
1985	2.19%	3.16%
1986	2.12%	3.33%
1987	2.05%	3.45%
1988	1.97%	3.43%
1989	1.89%	3.31%
1990	1.81%	3.14%
1991	1.73%	2.97%
1992	1.66%	2.84%
1993	1.59%	2.79%
1994	1.53%	2.76%
1995	1.49%	2.73%
1996	1.45%	2.68%
1997	1.43%	2.58%
1998	1.42%	2.44%
1999	1.42%	2.29%
2000	1.44%	2.16%
2001	1.45%	2.06%
2002	1.47%	2.01%
2003	1.48%	1.99%
2004	1.49%	1.94%
2005	1.48%	1.82%
2006	1.47%	1.66%
2007	1.45%	1.51%
2008	1.43%	1.4%
2009	1.41%	1.31%
2010	1.39%	1.24%
2011	1.37%	1.18%
2012	1.35%	1.12%
2013	1.33%	1.05%
2014	1.31%	0.99%
2015	1.28%	0.92%
2016	1.25%	0.85%
2017	1.21%	0.79%
2018	1.18%	0.73%
2019	1.14%	0.68%
2020	1.11%	0.66%
2021	1.07%	0.65%
2022	1.04%	0.66%
2023	1%	0.66%