Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Russia

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	4.71	2.52
1961	4.15	2.45
1962	4.3	2.36
1963	4.3	2.27
1964	4.21	2.18
1965	4.18	2.13
1966	4.14	2.1
1967	3.6	2.04
1968	3.57	1.99
1969	3.34	1.97
1970	3.08	1.99
1971	3.2	2.03
1972	3.15	2.04
1973	2.87	2.01
1974	2.65	2
1975	2.45	1.98
1976	2.24	1.97
1977	2.2	1.95
1978	1.84	1.92
1979	1.86	1.9
1980	1.78	1.89
1981	1.85	1.91
1982	1.86	2.04
1983	1.86	2.11
1984	1.75	2.06
1985	1.77	2.05
1986	1.69	2.15
1987	1.61	2.22
1988	1.58	2.12
1989	1.64	2.01
1990	1.84	1.89
1991	1.84	1.73
1992	1.8	1.55
1993	1.77	1.39
1994	1.73	1.4
1995	1.7	1.34
1996	1.67	1.27
1997	1.65	1.22
1998	1.62	1.23
1999	1.78	1.16
2000	1.93	1.2
2001	1.96	1.22
2002	1.86	1.29
2003	1.86	1.32
2004	1.8	1.34
2005	1.74	1.29
2006	1.7	1.31
2007	1.76	1.42
2008	1.76	1.5
2009	1.77	1.54
2010	1.79	1.57
2011	1.76	1.58
2012	1.73	1.69
2013	1.73	1.71
2014	1.73	1.75
2015	1.73	1.78
2016	1.72	1.76
2017	1.72	1.62
2018	1.72	1.58
2019	1.72	1.5
2020	1.71	1.51
2021	1.71	1.51
2022	1.71	1.42
2023	1.71	1.41
2024	1.71	1.42
2025	1.7	1.43
2026	1.7	1.43
2027	1.7	1.43
2028	1.7	1.44
2029	1.7	1.44
2030	1.7	1.45
2031	1.69	1.45
2032	1.69	1.45
2033	1.69	1.46
2034	1.69	1.46
2035	1.69	1.46
2036	1.69	1.47
2037	1.69	1.47
2038	1.69	1.47
2039	1.69	1.47
2040	1.68	1.48
2041	1.68	1.48
2042	1.68	1.48
2043	1.68	1.48
2044	1.68	1.49
2045	1.68	1.49
2046	1.68	1.49
2047	1.68	1.49
2048	1.68	1.5
2049	1.68	1.5
2050	1.68	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Russia
1960	37.2%	30.5%
1961	37.2%	30.9%
1962	37.1%	30.8%
1963	37.1%	30.6%
1964	37.1%	30.2%
1965	37.1%	29.5%
1966	37.1%	28.9%
1967	36.9%	28.3%
1968	36.7%	27.6%
1969	36.4%	26.9%
1970	36%	26.1%
1971	35.7%	25.4%
1972	35.3%	24.8%
1973	34.9%	24.2%
1974	34.4%	23.6%
1975	33.6%	23%
1976	32.8%	22.5%
1977	32.1%	22.1%
1978	31.1%	21.8%
1979	30%	21.7%
1980	29%	21.7%
1981	28%	21.7%
1982	27.2%	21.9%
1983	26.7%	22.1%
1984	26.2%	22.4%
1985	25.8%	22.6%
1986	25.5%	22.8%
1987	25.1%	22.9%
1988	24.8%	23%
1989	24.5%	23%
1990	24.2%	22.9%
1991	23.9%	22.7%
1992	23.6%	22.4%
1993	23.4%	22%
1994	23.2%	21.6%
1995	23%	21.2%
1996	22.8%	20.7%
1997	22.6%	20.2%
1998	22.3%	19.5%
1999	22.1%	18.8%
2000	21.9%	18%
2001	21.7%	17.3%
2002	21.6%	16.6%
2003	21.5%	16%
2004	21.3%	15.6%
2005	21%	15.2%
2006	20.7%	14.9%
2007	20.5%	14.8%
2008	20.3%	14.9%
2009	20.2%	15%
2010	20.2%	15.2%
2011	20%	15.4%
2012	19.9%	15.7%
2013	19.7%	16.1%
2014	19.4%	16.5%
2015	19.2%	16.9%
2016	18.9%	17.2%
2017	18.7%	17.5%
2018	18.4%	17.6%
2019	18.2%	17.6%
2020	18.1%	17.7%
2021	17.9%	17.7%
2022	17.7%	17.7%
2023	17.5%	17.5%
2024	17.2%	17.3%
2025	17.1%	17%
2026	16.9%	16.7%
2027	16.8%	16.3%
2028	16.7%	15.9%
2029	16.6%	15.5%
2030	16.5%	15%
2031	16.4%	14.6%
2032	16.4%	14.2%
2033	16.3%	14%
2034	16.2%	13.8%
2035	16.1%	13.7%
2036	16%	13.6%
2037	15.9%	13.6%
2038	15.8%	13.6%
2039	15.8%	13.7%
2040	15.7%	13.9%
2041	15.6%	14%
2042	15.5%	14.2%
2043	15.4%	14.4%
2044	15.3%	14.6%
2045	15.2%	14.8%
2046	15.2%	15%
2047	15.1%	15.2%
2048	15%	15.4%
2049	14.9%	15.5%
2050	14.9%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	5,949	1,962,834
1961	5,208	1,810,538
1962	5,589	1,573,701
1963	5,706	1,436,077
1964	5,688	1,233,520
1965	5,762	1,059,335
1966	5,842	989,279
1967	4,984	854,554
1968	5,035	787,621
1969	4,710	753,088
1970	4,271	785,554
1971	4,530	854,999
1972	4,505	872,050
1973	3,996	846,561
1974	3,644	883,186
1975	3,321	843,850
1976	2,988	852,237
1977	2,988	832,932
1978	2,367	812,766
1979	2,485	690,135
1980	2,393	681,149
1981	2,605	713,700
1982	2,660	830,855
1983	2,656	906,676
1984	2,388	756,548
1985	2,356	762,447
1986	2,111	985,279
1987	1,841	977,583
1988	1,684	778,343
1989	1,719	576,112
1990	2,101	325,533
1991	2,055	103,876
1992	1,912	-222,808
1993	1,765	-757,140
1994	1,607	-920,129
1995	1,467	-845,742
1996	1,334	-785,248
1997	1,172	-769,159
1998	1,093	-694,053
1999	1,351	-927,453
2000	1,577	-967,540
2001	1,578	-963,445
2002	1,369	-944,492
2003	1,321	-896,822
2004	1,204	-792,370
2005	1,018	-846,761
2006	927	-686,638
2007	1,028	-471,257
2008	989	-356,856
2009	1,000	-257,014
2010	981	-242,844
2011	897	-128,716
2012	815	0
2013	772	28,761
2014	730	28,848
2015	690	43,392
2016	655	0
2017	616	-130,764
2018	584	-232,637
2019	542	-319,997
2020	503	-697,177
2021	415	-1,027,702
2022	43	-576,948
2023	158	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Russia
1985	55	81
1986	56	69
1987	57	65
1988	55	63
1989	57	61
1990	59	58
1991	60	57
1992	61	62
1993	55	76
1994	53	85
1995	52	82
1996	51	69
1997	51	59
1998	45	53
1999	44	53
2000	46	51
2001	46	48
2002	43	47
2003	45	45
2004	43	41
2005	44	38
2006	45	32
2007	42	29
2008	42	27
2009	42	24
2010	42	23
2011	41	19
2012	40	18
2013	40	16
2014	39	16
2015	37	15
2016	36	14
2017	37	12
2018	37	12
2019	36	12
2020	39	19
2021	38	21
2022	38	13
2023	35	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	8.47%	4.55%
1961	7.86%	4.26%
1962	7.33%	3.99%
1963	6.86%	3.76%
1964	6.45%	3.55%
1965	6.1%	3.38%
1966	5.79%	3.23%
1967	5.52%	3.11%
1968	5.28%	3.02%
1969	5.03%	2.94%
1970	4.79%	2.88%
1971	4.55%	2.84%
1972	4.32%	2.81%
1973	4.08%	2.78%
1974	3.86%	2.77%
1975	3.64%	2.76%
1976	3.43%	2.76%
1977	3.23%	2.76%
1978	3.04%	2.76%
1979	2.86%	2.75%
1980	2.69%	2.73%
1981	2.55%	2.7%
1982	2.44%	2.66%
1983	2.34%	2.62%
1984	2.26%	2.56%
1985	2.19%	2.5%
1986	2.12%	2.42%
1987	2.05%	2.34%
1988	1.97%	2.26%
1989	1.89%	2.2%
1990	1.81%	2.17%
1991	1.73%	2.16%
1992	1.66%	2.17%
1993	1.59%	2.19%
1994	1.53%	2.2%
1995	1.49%	2.2%
1996	1.45%	2.17%
1997	1.43%	2.13%
1998	1.42%	2.08%
1999	1.42%	2.02%
2000	1.44%	1.94%
2001	1.45%	1.84%
2002	1.47%	1.73%
2003	1.48%	1.61%
2004	1.49%	1.5%
2005	1.48%	1.39%
2006	1.47%	1.29%
2007	1.45%	1.2%
2008	1.43%	1.13%
2009	1.41%	1.07%
2010	1.39%	1.04%
2011	1.37%	1.02%
2012	1.35%	0.99%
2013	1.33%	0.95%
2014	1.31%	0.89%
2015	1.28%	0.82%
2016	1.25%	0.75%
2017	1.21%	0.69%
2018	1.18%	0.63%
2019	1.14%	0.58%
2020	1.11%	0.54%
2021	1.07%	0.51%
2022	1.04%	0.47%
2023	1%	0.45%