Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Slovenia 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 1.51 in Slovenia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Slovenia 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	Slovenia
1960	4.71	2.19
1961	4.15	2.27
1962	4.3	2.28
1963	4.3	2.27
1964	4.21	2.31
1965	4.18	2.43
1966	4.14	2.47
1967	3.6	2.37
1968	3.57	2.25
1969	3.34	2.17
1970	3.08	2.11
1971	3.2	2.16
1972	3.15	2.17
1973	2.87	2.2
1974	2.65	2.13
1975	2.45	2.17
1976	2.24	2.2
1977	2.2	2.17
1978	1.84	2.2
1979	1.86	2.22
1980	1.78	2.11
1981	1.85	1.96
1982	1.86	1.93
1983	1.86	1.81
1984	1.75	1.74
1985	1.77	1.71
1986	1.69	1.67
1987	1.61	1.65
1988	1.58	1.63
1989	1.64	1.52
1990	1.84	1.46
1991	1.84	1.42
1992	1.8	1.33
1993	1.77	1.33
1994	1.73	1.32
1995	1.7	1.29
1996	1.67	1.28
1997	1.65	1.25
1998	1.62	1.23
1999	1.78	1.21
2000	1.93	1.26
2001	1.96	1.21
2002	1.86	1.21
2003	1.86	1.2
2004	1.8	1.25
2005	1.74	1.26
2006	1.7	1.31
2007	1.76	1.38
2008	1.76	1.53
2009	1.77	1.53
2010	1.79	1.57
2011	1.76	1.56
2012	1.73	1.58
2013	1.73	1.55
2014	1.73	1.58
2015	1.73	1.57
2016	1.72	1.58
2017	1.72	1.62
2018	1.72	1.6
2019	1.72	1.61
2020	1.71	1.59
2021	1.71	1.64
2022	1.71	1.55
2023	1.71	1.51
2024	1.71	1.51
2025	1.7	1.51
2026	1.7	1.51
2027	1.7	1.51
2028	1.7	1.52
2029	1.7	1.52
2030	1.7	1.52
2031	1.69	1.52
2032	1.69	1.52
2033	1.69	1.52
2034	1.69	1.52
2035	1.69	1.52
2036	1.69	1.53
2037	1.69	1.53
2038	1.69	1.53
2039	1.69	1.53
2040	1.68	1.53
2041	1.68	1.53
2042	1.68	1.53
2043	1.68	1.53
2044	1.68	1.53
2045	1.68	1.53
2046	1.68	1.53
2047	1.68	1.53
2048	1.68	1.54
2049	1.68	1.54
2050	1.68	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Slovenia
1960	37.2%	27.2%
1961	37.2%	27.2%
1962	37.1%	27.1%
1963	37.1%	26.9%
1964	37.1%	26.6%
1965	37.1%	26.2%
1966	37.1%	25.8%
1967	36.9%	25.5%
1968	36.7%	25.1%
1969	36.4%	24.7%
1970	36%	24.3%
1971	35.7%	24%
1972	35.3%	23.9%
1973	34.9%	23.8%
1974	34.4%	23.7%
1975	33.6%	23.6%
1976	32.8%	23.4%
1977	32.1%	23.3%
1978	31.1%	23.2%
1979	30%	23.1%
1980	29%	23%
1981	28%	22.9%
1982	27.2%	22.8%
1983	26.7%	22.7%
1984	26.2%	22.5%
1985	25.8%	22.3%
1986	25.5%	22%
1987	25.1%	21.6%
1988	24.8%	21.4%
1989	24.5%	21.1%
1990	24.2%	20.8%
1991	23.9%	20.3%
1992	23.6%	19.8%
1993	23.4%	19.3%
1994	23.2%	18.8%
1995	23%	18.3%
1996	22.8%	17.8%
1997	22.6%	17.3%
1998	22.3%	16.8%
1999	22.1%	16.4%
2000	21.9%	15.9%
2001	21.7%	15.6%
2002	21.6%	15.2%
2003	21.5%	14.8%
2004	21.3%	14.5%
2005	21%	14.3%
2006	20.7%	14.1%
2007	20.5%	14%
2008	20.3%	14%
2009	20.2%	14%
2010	20.2%	14.1%
2011	20%	14.3%
2012	19.9%	14.4%
2013	19.7%	14.6%
2014	19.4%	14.7%
2015	19.2%	14.8%
2016	18.9%	14.9%
2017	18.7%	15%
2018	18.4%	15.1%
2019	18.2%	15.1%
2020	18.1%	15.1%
2021	17.9%	15.2%
2022	17.7%	15.1%
2023	17.5%	14.9%
2024	17.2%	14.7%
2025	17.1%	14.5%
2026	16.9%	14.2%
2027	16.8%	14%
2028	16.7%	13.8%
2029	16.6%	13.5%
2030	16.5%	13.3%
2031	16.4%	13.1%
2032	16.4%	13%
2033	16.3%	12.8%
2034	16.2%	12.7%
2035	16.1%	12.6%
2036	16%	12.5%
2037	15.9%	12.4%
2038	15.8%	12.4%
2039	15.8%	12.5%
2040	15.7%	12.5%
2041	15.6%	12.6%
2042	15.5%	12.7%
2043	15.4%	12.8%
2044	15.3%	12.9%
2045	15.2%	13%
2046	15.2%	13.2%
2047	15.1%	13.3%
2048	15%	13.4%
2049	14.9%	13.5%
2050	14.9%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and -0.08% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
1960	5,949	12,678
1961	5,208	14,985
1962	5,589	13,150
1963	5,706	14,068
1964	5,688	12,567
1965	5,762	14,513
1966	5,842	15,697
1967	4,984	13,516
1968	5,035	11,250
1969	4,710	9,427
1970	4,271	10,004
1971	4,530	10,951
1972	4,505	10,513
1973	3,996	11,837
1974	3,644	11,367
1975	3,321	11,658
1976	2,988	12,196
1977	2,988	12,160
1978	2,367	11,920
1979	2,485	12,614
1980	2,393	11,027
1981	2,605	10,485
1982	2,660	9,170
1983	2,656	6,343
1984	2,388	5,990
1985	2,356	6,213
1986	2,111	6,094
1987	1,841	5,771
1988	1,684	5,986
1989	1,719	4,592
1990	2,101	3,797
1991	2,055	2,199
1992	1,912	598
1993	1,765	-199
1994	1,607	199
1995	1,467	0
1996	1,334	0
1997	1,172	-794
1998	1,093	-1,189
1999	1,351	-1,388
2000	1,577	-398
2001	1,578	-996
2002	1,369	-1,197
2003	1,321	-1,996
2004	1,204	-599
2005	1,018	-600
2006	927	602
2007	1,028	1,211
2008	989	3,437
2009	1,000	3,060
2010	981	3,687
2011	897	3,285
2012	815	2,674
2013	772	1,648
2014	730	2,268
2015	690	826
2016	655	826
2017	616	-207
2018	584	-1,037
2019	542	-1,254
2020	503	-5,256
2021	415	-4,216
2022	43	-4,858
2023	158	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Slovenia
1985	55	17
1986	56	16
1987	57	16
1988	55	16
1989	57	15
1990	59	14
1991	60	13
1992	61	13
1993	55	12
1994	53	12
1995	52	11
1996	51	10
1997	51	9
1998	45	9
1999	44	8
2000	46	7
2001	46	6
2002	43	6
2003	45	6
2004	43	6
2005	44	6
2006	45	6
2007	42	6
2008	42	7
2009	42	7
2010	42	7
2011	41	6
2012	40	6
2013	40	6
2014	39	6
2015	37	5
2016	36	5
2017	37	5
2018	37	4
2019	36	4
2020	39	12
2021	38	8
2022	38	15
2023	35	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 0.22% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
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%	-
1969	5.03%	-
1970	4.79%	-
1971	4.55%	-
1972	4.32%	-
1973	4.08%	-
1974	3.86%	-
1975	3.64%	-
1976	3.43%	-
1977	3.23%	-
1978	3.04%	-
1979	2.86%	-
1980	2.69%	-
1981	2.55%	1.78%
1982	2.44%	1.69%
1983	2.34%	1.61%
1984	2.26%	1.53%
1985	2.19%	1.44%
1986	2.12%	1.36%
1987	2.05%	1.27%
1988	1.97%	1.19%
1989	1.89%	1.11%
1990	1.81%	1.04%
1991	1.73%	0.97%
1992	1.66%	0.9%
1993	1.59%	0.84%
1994	1.53%	0.79%
1995	1.49%	0.73%
1996	1.45%	0.69%
1997	1.43%	0.65%
1998	1.42%	0.61%
1999	1.42%	0.58%
2000	1.44%	0.54%
2001	1.45%	0.52%
2002	1.47%	0.49%
2003	1.48%	0.47%
2004	1.49%	0.44%
2005	1.48%	0.42%
2006	1.47%	0.4%
2007	1.45%	0.38%
2008	1.43%	0.36%
2009	1.41%	0.34%
2010	1.39%	0.32%
2011	1.37%	0.31%
2012	1.35%	0.29%
2013	1.33%	0.28%
2014	1.31%	0.27%
2015	1.28%	0.26%
2016	1.25%	0.26%
2017	1.21%	0.25%
2018	1.18%	0.24%
2019	1.14%	0.24%
2020	1.11%	0.24%
2021	1.07%	0.23%
2022	1.04%	0.23%
2023	1%	0.22%