Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Barbados vs South Sudan 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 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs South Sudan 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	South Sudan
1960	4.71	7.16
1961	4.15	7.18
1962	4.3	7.2
1963	4.3	7.2
1964	4.21	7.22
1965	4.18	7.22
1966	4.14	7.25
1967	3.6	7.26
1968	3.57	7.26
1969	3.34	7.28
1970	3.08	7.29
1971	3.2	7.3
1972	3.15	7.31
1973	2.87	7.31
1974	2.65	7.31
1975	2.45	7.33
1976	2.24	7.33
1977	2.2	7.33
1978	1.84	7.33
1979	1.86	7.32
1980	1.78	7.33
1981	1.85	7.33
1982	1.86	7.34
1983	1.86	7.34
1984	1.75	7.35
1985	1.77	7.36
1986	1.69	7.38
1987	1.61	7.39
1988	1.58	7.38
1989	1.64	7.37
1990	1.84	7.38
1991	1.84	7.38
1992	1.8	7.37
1993	1.77	7.36
1994	1.73	7.35
1995	1.7	7.34
1996	1.67	7.32
1997	1.65	7.2
1998	1.62	7.08
1999	1.78	6.94
2000	1.93	6.8
2001	1.96	6.65
2002	1.86	6.52
2003	1.86	6.35
2004	1.8	6.19
2005	1.74	6.02
2006	1.7	5.85
2007	1.76	5.7
2008	1.76	5.57
2009	1.77	5.45
2010	1.79	5.32
2011	1.76	5.19
2012	1.73	5.06
2013	1.73	4.94
2014	1.73	4.82
2015	1.73	4.7
2016	1.72	4.58
2017	1.72	4.48
2018	1.72	4.37
2019	1.72	4.26
2020	1.71	4.16
2021	1.71	4.05
2022	1.71	3.96
2023	1.71	3.86
2024	1.71	3.79
2025	1.7	3.71
2026	1.7	3.63
2027	1.7	3.56
2028	1.7	3.49
2029	1.7	3.43
2030	1.7	3.37
2031	1.69	3.31
2032	1.69	3.26
2033	1.69	3.2
2034	1.69	3.15
2035	1.69	3.1
2036	1.69	3.06
2037	1.69	3.01
2038	1.69	2.96
2039	1.69	2.92
2040	1.68	2.88
2041	1.68	2.84
2042	1.68	2.8
2043	1.68	2.76
2044	1.68	2.73
2045	1.68	2.69
2046	1.68	2.66
2047	1.68	2.63
2048	1.68	2.6
2049	1.68	2.58
2050	1.68	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	South Sudan
1960	37.2%	42.5%
1961	37.2%	42.6%
1962	37.1%	42.6%
1963	37.1%	42.8%
1964	37.1%	43%
1965	37.1%	43.3%
1966	37.1%	43.5%
1967	36.9%	43.8%
1968	36.7%	44%
1969	36.4%	44.3%
1970	36%	44.5%
1971	35.7%	44.7%
1972	35.3%	44.8%
1973	34.9%	45%
1974	34.4%	45.1%
1975	33.6%	45.2%
1976	32.8%	45.3%
1977	32.1%	45.4%
1978	31.1%	45.5%
1979	30%	45.7%
1980	29%	45.8%
1981	28%	46%
1982	27.2%	46.2%
1983	26.7%	46.3%
1984	26.2%	46.5%
1985	25.8%	46.6%
1986	25.5%	46.7%
1987	25.1%	46.9%
1988	24.8%	46.2%
1989	24.5%	45.4%
1990	24.2%	45.4%
1991	23.9%	45.5%
1992	23.6%	45.6%
1993	23.4%	45.7%
1994	23.2%	45.8%
1995	23%	45.8%
1996	22.8%	46%
1997	22.6%	46%
1998	22.3%	45.8%
1999	22.1%	45.6%
2000	21.9%	45.5%
2001	21.7%	45.5%
2002	21.6%	45.7%
2003	21.5%	45.9%
2004	21.3%	45.8%
2005	21%	45.3%
2006	20.7%	44.8%
2007	20.5%	44.3%
2008	20.3%	43.8%
2009	20.2%	43.4%
2010	20.2%	42.8%
2011	20%	42.2%
2012	19.9%	41.9%
2013	19.7%	41.9%
2014	19.4%	42.5%
2015	19.2%	43.1%
2016	18.9%	43.7%
2017	18.7%	45%
2018	18.4%	44.9%
2019	18.2%	43.6%
2020	18.1%	42.4%
2021	17.9%	41.6%
2022	17.7%	40.9%
2023	17.5%	39.9%
2024	17.2%	38.9%
2025	17.1%	38%
2026	16.9%	37.1%
2027	16.8%	36.2%
2028	16.7%	35.5%
2029	16.6%	35%
2030	16.5%	34.7%
2031	16.4%	34.5%
2032	16.4%	34.4%
2033	16.3%	34.3%
2034	16.2%	34.3%
2035	16.1%	34.2%
2036	16%	34.1%
2037	15.9%	34%
2038	15.8%	33.8%
2039	15.8%	33.7%
2040	15.7%	33.4%
2041	15.6%	33.2%
2042	15.5%	32.9%
2043	15.4%	32.5%
2044	15.3%	32.2%
2045	15.2%	31.8%
2046	15.2%	31.4%
2047	15.1%	31%
2048	15%	30.5%
2049	14.9%	30.1%
2050	14.9%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +1.65% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	5,949	42,945
1961	5,208	45,186
1962	5,589	47,406
1963	5,706	46,333
1964	5,688	64,786
1965	5,762	51,682
1966	5,842	38,523
1967	4,984	41,357
1968	5,035	44,213
1969	4,710	42,015
1970	4,271	44,776
1971	4,530	72,308
1972	4,505	74,803
1973	3,996	94,765
1974	3,644	97,181
1975	3,321	99,882
1976	2,988	102,346
1977	2,988	104,886
1978	2,367	107,352
1979	2,485	109,540
1980	2,393	112,307
1981	2,605	115,163
1982	2,660	118,641
1983	2,656	104,107
1984	2,388	90,970
1985	2,356	95,342
1986	2,111	99,502
1987	1,841	5,756
1988	1,684	-125,447
1989	1,719	83,735
1990	2,101	82,900
1991	2,055	87,873
1992	1,912	28,874
1993	1,765	32,779
1994	1,607	165,407
1995	1,467	110,417
1996	1,334	116,728
1997	1,172	121,454
1998	1,093	-12,157
1999	1,351	180,721
2000	1,577	196,055
2001	1,578	204,108
2002	1,369	212,014
2003	1,321	225,822
2004	1,204	231,877
2005	1,018	239,272
2006	927	246,706
2007	1,028	256,546
2008	989	268,268
2009	1,000	278,859
2010	981	287,409
2011	897	303,181
2012	815	312,974
2013	772	315,983
2014	730	227,611
2015	690	148,542
2016	655	110,553
2017	616	72,193
2018	584	168,497
2019	542	209,708
2020	503	212,332
2021	415	213,567
2022	43	211,166
2023	158	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs South Sudan

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 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	South Sudan
1985	55	3,845
1986	56	3,720
1987	57	8,045
1988	55	5,535
1989	57	5,103
1990	59	4,877
1991	60	4,764
1992	61	7,597
1993	55	7,537
1994	53	1,666
1995	52	4,430
1996	51	4,357
1997	51	4,172
1998	45	7,514
1999	44	2,048
2000	46	1,658
2001	46	1,580
2002	43	1,521
2003	45	1,199
2004	43	1,150
2005	44	1,074
2006	45	1,005
2007	42	933
2008	42	858
2009	42	823
2010	42	776
2011	41	770
2012	40	755
2013	40	771
2014	39	1,216
2015	37	1,436
2016	36	1,629
2017	37	1,662
2018	37	913
2019	36	745
2020	39	729
2021	38	749
2022	38	704
2023	35	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 9.87% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	8.47%	35.5%
1961	7.86%	35.2%
1962	7.33%	34.9%
1963	6.86%	34.6%
1964	6.45%	34.3%
1965	6.1%	34%
1966	5.79%	33.6%
1967	5.52%	33.3%
1968	5.28%	32.9%
1969	5.03%	32.6%
1970	4.79%	32.3%
1971	4.55%	31.9%
1972	4.32%	31.6%
1973	4.08%	31.3%
1974	3.86%	30.9%
1975	3.64%	30.6%
1976	3.43%	30.2%
1977	3.23%	29.9%
1978	3.04%	29.5%
1979	2.86%	29.2%
1980	2.69%	28.9%
1981	2.55%	28.5%
1982	2.44%	28.2%
1983	2.34%	27.8%
1984	2.26%	27.5%
1985	2.19%	27.1%
1986	2.12%	26.7%
1987	2.05%	36%
1988	1.97%	76.7%
1989	1.89%	30.7%
1990	1.81%	30.3%
1991	1.73%	29.7%
1992	1.66%	33.8%
1993	1.59%	33.1%
1994	1.53%	23%
1995	1.49%	27%
1996	1.45%	26.1%
1997	1.43%	25.2%
1998	1.42%	42.6%
1999	1.42%	19.2%
2000	1.44%	18.3%
2001	1.45%	17.4%
2002	1.47%	16.5%
2003	1.48%	15.7%
2004	1.49%	14.8%
2005	1.48%	14.1%
2006	1.47%	13.4%
2007	1.45%	12.7%
2008	1.43%	12.1%
2009	1.41%	11.5%
2010	1.39%	10.9%
2011	1.37%	10.5%
2012	1.35%	10.1%
2013	1.33%	9.92%
2014	1.31%	18.2%
2015	1.28%	23.7%
2016	1.25%	26.4%
2017	1.21%	27.8%
2018	1.18%	13.2%
2019	1.14%	9.87%
2020	1.11%	9.87%
2021	1.07%	9.87%
2022	1.04%	9.87%
2023	1%	9.87%