Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Sudan

Fertility rate in Barbados vs 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 4.32 in Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs 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	Sudan
1960	4.71	6.66
1961	4.15	6.66
1962	4.3	6.7
1963	4.3	6.76
1964	4.21	6.8
1965	4.18	6.84
1966	4.14	6.88
1967	3.6	6.91
1968	3.57	6.95
1969	3.34	6.97
1970	3.08	6.99
1971	3.2	7.02
1972	3.15	6.98
1973	2.87	6.94
1974	2.65	6.91
1975	2.45	6.87
1976	2.24	6.82
1977	2.2	6.78
1978	1.84	6.72
1979	1.86	6.65
1980	1.78	6.59
1981	1.85	6.53
1982	1.86	6.47
1983	1.86	6.41
1984	1.75	6.34
1985	1.77	6.28
1986	1.69	6.23
1987	1.61	6.18
1988	1.58	6.13
1989	1.64	6.11
1990	1.84	6.07
1991	1.84	6.05
1992	1.8	6.02
1993	1.77	5.97
1994	1.73	5.91
1995	1.7	5.86
1996	1.67	5.79
1997	1.65	5.72
1998	1.62	5.65
1999	1.78	5.62
2000	1.93	5.6
2001	1.96	5.56
2002	1.86	5.53
2003	1.86	5.49
2004	1.8	5.46
2005	1.74	5.4
2006	1.7	5.33
2007	1.76	5.27
2008	1.76	5.21
2009	1.77	5.17
2010	1.79	5.14
2011	1.76	5.09
2012	1.73	5.03
2013	1.73	4.97
2014	1.73	4.91
2015	1.73	4.9
2016	1.72	4.83
2017	1.72	4.76
2018	1.72	4.68
2019	1.72	4.62
2020	1.71	4.54
2021	1.71	4.46
2022	1.71	4.38
2023	1.71	4.32
2024	1.71	4.26
2025	1.7	4.19
2026	1.7	4.13
2027	1.7	4.06
2028	1.7	4
2029	1.7	3.95
2030	1.7	3.88
2031	1.69	3.82
2032	1.69	3.77
2033	1.69	3.7
2034	1.69	3.66
2035	1.69	3.6
2036	1.69	3.54
2037	1.69	3.49
2038	1.69	3.45
2039	1.69	3.4
2040	1.68	3.36
2041	1.68	3.32
2042	1.68	3.28
2043	1.68	3.24
2044	1.68	3.2
2045	1.68	3.17
2046	1.68	3.13
2047	1.68	3.1
2048	1.68	3.07
2049	1.68	3.03
2050	1.68	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Sudan
1960	37.2%	46.5%
1961	37.2%	46.6%
1962	37.1%	46.6%
1963	37.1%	46.7%
1964	37.1%	46.9%
1965	37.1%	47%
1966	37.1%	47.1%
1967	36.9%	47.2%
1968	36.7%	47.3%
1969	36.4%	47.4%
1970	36%	47.5%
1971	35.7%	47.6%
1972	35.3%	47.7%
1973	34.9%	47.9%
1974	34.4%	48.1%
1975	33.6%	48%
1976	32.8%	47.8%
1977	32.1%	47.7%
1978	31.1%	47.4%
1979	30%	47.1%
1980	29%	46.8%
1981	28%	46.6%
1982	27.2%	46.4%
1983	26.7%	46.3%
1984	26.2%	46.2%
1985	25.8%	46.1%
1986	25.5%	46.1%
1987	25.1%	46%
1988	24.8%	46%
1989	24.5%	46.1%
1990	24.2%	46.1%
1991	23.9%	46.2%
1992	23.6%	46.3%
1993	23.4%	46.3%
1994	23.2%	46.3%
1995	23%	46.3%
1996	22.8%	46.2%
1997	22.6%	46.2%
1998	22.3%	46.1%
1999	22.1%	45.9%
2000	21.9%	45.8%
2001	21.7%	45.7%
2002	21.6%	45.6%
2003	21.5%	45.6%
2004	21.3%	45.5%
2005	21%	45.4%
2006	20.7%	45.3%
2007	20.5%	45.1%
2008	20.3%	44.9%
2009	20.2%	44.7%
2010	20.2%	44.6%
2011	20%	44.6%
2012	19.9%	44.5%
2013	19.7%	44.4%
2014	19.4%	44%
2015	19.2%	43.6%
2016	18.9%	43.1%
2017	18.7%	42.6%
2018	18.4%	42%
2019	18.2%	41.7%
2020	18.1%	41.4%
2021	17.9%	41.2%
2022	17.7%	40.9%
2023	17.5%	40.6%
2024	17.2%	40.5%
2025	17.1%	40.2%
2026	16.9%	39.8%
2027	16.8%	39.5%
2028	16.7%	39.3%
2029	16.6%	39.1%
2030	16.5%	38.9%
2031	16.4%	38.6%
2032	16.4%	38.3%
2033	16.3%	37.9%
2034	16.2%	37.5%
2035	16.1%	37.1%
2036	16%	36.7%
2037	15.9%	36.3%
2038	15.8%	35.9%
2039	15.8%	35.5%
2040	15.7%	35.1%
2041	15.6%	34.7%
2042	15.5%	34.3%
2043	15.4%	33.9%
2044	15.3%	33.6%
2045	15.2%	33.2%
2046	15.2%	32.8%
2047	15.1%	32.5%
2048	15%	32.2%
2049	14.9%	31.9%
2050	14.9%	31.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 40.5% in Sudan in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +2.79% in 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	Sudan
1960	5,949	262,235
1961	5,208	272,562
1962	5,589	287,317
1963	5,706	302,132
1964	5,688	315,166
1965	5,762	327,799
1966	5,842	342,118
1967	4,984	356,599
1968	5,035	370,917
1969	4,710	385,712
1970	4,271	401,013
1971	4,530	417,641
1972	4,505	428,340
1973	3,996	439,201
1974	3,644	444,456
1975	3,321	454,813
1976	2,988	470,019
1977	2,988	483,089
1978	2,367	497,987
1979	2,485	524,942
1980	2,393	552,930
1981	2,605	585,087
1982	2,660	606,362
1983	2,656	570,198
1984	2,388	577,405
1985	2,356	583,382
1986	2,111	649,649
1987	1,841	658,416
1988	1,684	672,604
1989	1,719	683,743
1990	2,101	699,953
1991	2,055	714,612
1992	1,912	731,177
1993	1,765	743,249
1994	1,607	764,645
1995	1,467	780,700
1996	1,334	792,926
1997	1,172	802,245
1998	1,093	814,752
1999	1,351	835,840
2000	1,577	858,536
2001	1,578	880,284
2002	1,369	897,965
2003	1,321	898,226
2004	1,204	889,382
2005	1,018	907,017
2006	927	963,740
2007	1,028	992,819
2008	989	1,001,826
2009	1,000	1,041,810
2010	981	1,068,381
2011	897	1,070,888
2012	815	1,073,062
2013	772	1,078,446
2014	730	1,097,962
2015	690	1,145,259
2016	655	1,174,422
2017	616	1,208,046
2018	584	1,257,387
2019	542	1,291,747
2020	503	1,295,781
2021	415	1,293,817
2022	43	1,333,992
2023	158	1,361,564

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs 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 256 deaths in Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Sudan
1985	55	980
1986	56	938
1987	57	914
1988	55	877
1989	57	881
1990	59	840
1991	60	873
1992	61	863
1993	55	839
1994	53	775
1995	52	730
1996	51	712
1997	51	681
1998	45	669
1999	44	662
2000	46	645
2001	46	616
2002	43	588
2003	45	593
2004	43	536
2005	44	506
2006	45	485
2007	42	445
2008	42	426
2009	42	382
2010	42	370
2011	41	357
2012	40	340
2013	40	327
2014	39	309
2015	37	298
2016	36	288
2017	37	277
2018	37	268
2019	36	262
2020	39	273
2021	38	305
2022	38	263
2023	35	256

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 5.01% in 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	Sudan
1960	8.47%	17.8%
1961	7.86%	17.5%
1962	7.33%	17.2%
1963	6.86%	17%
1964	6.45%	16.7%
1965	6.1%	16.5%
1966	5.79%	16.3%
1967	5.52%	16.2%
1968	5.28%	16%
1969	5.03%	15.9%
1970	4.79%	15.8%
1971	4.55%	15.7%
1972	4.32%	15.6%
1973	4.08%	15.5%
1974	3.86%	15.4%
1975	3.64%	15.3%
1976	3.43%	15.2%
1977	3.23%	15.1%
1978	3.04%	15%
1979	2.86%	14.9%
1980	2.69%	14.8%
1981	2.55%	14.6%
1982	2.44%	14.5%
1983	2.34%	18.2%
1984	2.26%	18%
1985	2.19%	17.8%
1986	2.12%	14%
1987	2.05%	13.8%
1988	1.97%	13.6%
1989	1.89%	13.4%
1990	1.81%	13.2%
1991	1.73%	13%
1992	1.66%	12.7%
1993	1.59%	12.5%
1994	1.53%	12.2%
1995	1.49%	11.9%
1996	1.45%	11.6%
1997	1.43%	11.3%
1998	1.42%	11%
1999	1.42%	10.7%
2000	1.44%	10.3%
2001	1.45%	9.99%
2002	1.47%	9.65%
2003	1.48%	9.31%
2004	1.49%	10.3%
2005	1.48%	10%
2006	1.47%	8.4%
2007	1.45%	8.13%
2008	1.43%	7.88%
2009	1.41%	7.64%
2010	1.39%	7.42%
2011	1.37%	7.22%
2012	1.35%	7.02%
2013	1.33%	6.83%
2014	1.31%	6.64%
2015	1.28%	6.45%
2016	1.25%	6.26%
2017	1.21%	6.07%
2018	1.18%	5.89%
2019	1.14%	5.71%
2020	1.11%	5.53%
2021	1.07%	5.36%
2022	1.04%	5.18%
2023	1%	5.01%