Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Syria

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	4.71	7.51
1961	4.15	7.5
1962	4.3	7.51
1963	4.3	7.51
1964	4.21	7.53
1965	4.18	7.53
1966	4.14	7.55
1967	3.6	7.56
1968	3.57	7.57
1969	3.34	7.59
1970	3.08	7.62
1971	3.2	7.6
1972	3.15	7.57
1973	2.87	7.55
1974	2.65	7.52
1975	2.45	7.49
1976	2.24	7.45
1977	2.2	7.42
1978	1.84	7.35
1979	1.86	7.25
1980	1.78	7.12
1981	1.85	6.97
1982	1.86	6.81
1983	1.86	6.69
1984	1.75	6.59
1985	1.77	6.48
1986	1.69	6.37
1987	1.61	6.2
1988	1.58	6
1989	1.64	5.78
1990	1.84	5.56
1991	1.84	5.34
1992	1.8	5.14
1993	1.77	4.99
1994	1.73	4.86
1995	1.7	4.7
1996	1.67	4.54
1997	1.65	4.37
1998	1.62	4.25
1999	1.78	4.14
2000	1.93	4.07
2001	1.96	3.98
2002	1.86	3.87
2003	1.86	3.76
2004	1.8	3.68
2005	1.74	3.61
2006	1.7	3.56
2007	1.76	3.54
2008	1.76	3.48
2009	1.77	3.42
2010	1.79	3.36
2011	1.76	3.29
2012	1.73	3.22
2013	1.73	3.17
2014	1.73	3.12
2015	1.73	3.07
2016	1.72	3.01
2017	1.72	2.97
2018	1.72	2.93
2019	1.72	2.88
2020	1.71	2.84
2021	1.71	2.8
2022	1.71	2.75
2023	1.71	2.71
2024	1.71	2.7
2025	1.7	2.66
2026	1.7	2.62
2027	1.7	2.58
2028	1.7	2.54
2029	1.7	2.51
2030	1.7	2.48
2031	1.69	2.45
2032	1.69	2.42
2033	1.69	2.39
2034	1.69	2.36
2035	1.69	2.33
2036	1.69	2.31
2037	1.69	2.29
2038	1.69	2.26
2039	1.69	2.24
2040	1.68	2.22
2041	1.68	2.2
2042	1.68	2.18
2043	1.68	2.16
2044	1.68	2.14
2045	1.68	2.13
2046	1.68	2.11
2047	1.68	2.1
2048	1.68	2.08
2049	1.68	2.07
2050	1.68	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Syria
1960	37.2%	45.3%
1961	37.2%	45.7%
1962	37.1%	46.1%
1963	37.1%	46.3%
1964	37.1%	46.6%
1965	37.1%	46.9%
1966	37.1%	47.3%
1967	36.9%	47.5%
1968	36.7%	47.8%
1969	36.4%	48%
1970	36%	48.2%
1971	35.7%	48.3%
1972	35.3%	48.4%
1973	34.9%	48.5%
1974	34.4%	48.5%
1975	33.6%	48.6%
1976	32.8%	48.6%
1977	32.1%	48.7%
1978	31.1%	48.7%
1979	30%	48.7%
1980	29%	48.7%
1981	28%	48.7%
1982	27.2%	48.5%
1983	26.7%	48.4%
1984	26.2%	48.2%
1985	25.8%	48%
1986	25.5%	47.7%
1987	25.1%	47.5%
1988	24.8%	47.2%
1989	24.5%	46.9%
1990	24.2%	46.6%
1991	23.9%	46.1%
1992	23.6%	45.7%
1993	23.4%	45.2%
1994	23.2%	44.7%
1995	23%	44.2%
1996	22.8%	43.8%
1997	22.6%	43.3%
1998	22.3%	42.9%
1999	22.1%	42.4%
2000	21.9%	41.9%
2001	21.7%	41.3%
2002	21.6%	40.8%
2003	21.5%	40.2%
2004	21.3%	39.6%
2005	21%	39.1%
2006	20.7%	38.1%
2007	20.5%	36.7%
2008	20.3%	36.3%
2009	20.2%	36.3%
2010	20.2%	36.1%
2011	20%	36.1%
2012	19.9%	36.5%
2013	19.7%	38%
2014	19.4%	39.8%
2015	19.2%	40.6%
2016	18.9%	40.2%
2017	18.7%	39.3%
2018	18.4%	37.9%
2019	18.2%	36.1%
2020	18.1%	34.6%
2021	17.9%	33.4%
2022	17.7%	31.9%
2023	17.5%	30.3%
2024	17.2%	29.2%
2025	17.1%	28.4%
2026	16.9%	27.9%
2027	16.8%	27.5%
2028	16.7%	27.3%
2029	16.6%	27.3%
2030	16.5%	27.6%
2031	16.4%	27.9%
2032	16.4%	28.3%
2033	16.3%	28.6%
2034	16.2%	28.8%
2035	16.1%	29%
2036	16%	29%
2037	15.9%	28.9%
2038	15.8%	28.7%
2039	15.8%	28.4%
2040	15.7%	28%
2041	15.6%	27.5%
2042	15.5%	27%
2043	15.4%	26.4%
2044	15.3%	25.8%
2045	15.2%	25.1%
2046	15.2%	24.5%
2047	15.1%	23.9%
2048	15%	23.3%
2049	14.9%	22.8%
2050	14.9%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	5,949	143,687
1961	5,208	151,485
1962	5,589	159,155
1963	5,706	166,555
1964	5,688	174,549
1965	5,762	182,560
1966	5,842	191,122
1967	4,984	199,223
1968	5,035	209,454
1969	4,710	219,114
1970	4,271	230,117
1971	4,530	239,610
1972	4,505	249,027
1973	3,996	254,687
1974	3,644	270,735
1975	3,321	282,299
1976	2,988	294,267
1977	2,988	306,630
1978	2,367	316,724
1979	2,485	324,943
1980	2,393	332,464
1981	2,605	330,237
1982	2,660	319,664
1983	2,656	355,375
1984	2,388	366,768
1985	2,356	379,231
1986	2,111	390,821
1987	1,841	399,159
1988	1,684	404,285
1989	1,719	406,111
1990	2,101	409,177
1991	2,055	410,830
1992	1,912	412,878
1993	1,765	420,244
1994	1,607	426,996
1995	1,467	430,172
1996	1,334	430,765
1997	1,172	429,887
1998	1,093	433,447
1999	1,351	439,261
2000	1,577	446,211
2001	1,578	451,503
2002	1,369	453,967
2003	1,321	457,000
2004	1,204	461,209
2005	1,018	468,960
2006	927	480,616
2007	1,028	529,162
2008	989	576,593
2009	1,000	559,314
2010	981	558,666
2011	897	543,950
2012	815	475,520
2013	772	419,341
2014	730	333,116
2015	690	253,977
2016	655	236,007
2017	616	237,214
2018	584	242,530
2019	542	293,762
2020	503	327,992
2021	415	350,560
2022	43	369,750
2023	158	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Syria
1985	55	55
1986	56	52
1987	57	48
1988	55	44
1989	57	41
1990	59	37
1991	60	35
1992	61	33
1993	55	32
1994	53	32
1995	52	33
1996	51	34
1997	51	34
1998	45	34
1999	44	32
2000	46	31
2001	46	29
2002	43	26
2003	45	24
2004	43	22
2005	44	21
2006	45	20
2007	42	19
2008	42	20
2009	42	19
2010	42	19
2011	41	21
2012	40	22
2013	40	25
2014	39	25
2015	37	24
2016	36	23
2017	37	23
2018	37	21
2019	36	24
2020	39	23
2021	38	30
2022	38	21
2023	35	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	8.47%	16.9%
1961	7.86%	16.1%
1962	7.33%	15.3%
1963	6.86%	14.7%
1964	6.45%	14.1%
1965	6.1%	13.5%
1966	5.79%	12.9%
1967	5.52%	12.3%
1968	5.28%	11.7%
1969	5.03%	11.1%
1970	4.79%	10.5%
1971	4.55%	9.91%
1972	4.32%	9.4%
1973	4.08%	8.92%
1974	3.86%	8.47%
1975	3.64%	8.03%
1976	3.43%	7.61%
1977	3.23%	7.19%
1978	3.04%	6.79%
1979	2.86%	6.4%
1980	2.69%	6.03%
1981	2.55%	6.33%
1982	2.44%	7.06%
1983	2.34%	5.1%
1984	2.26%	4.84%
1985	2.19%	4.6%
1986	2.12%	4.39%
1987	2.05%	4.19%
1988	1.97%	4.02%
1989	1.89%	3.85%
1990	1.81%	3.7%
1991	1.73%	3.55%
1992	1.66%	3.4%
1993	1.59%	3.24%
1994	1.53%	3.09%
1995	1.49%	2.94%
1996	1.45%	2.8%
1997	1.43%	2.66%
1998	1.42%	2.53%
1999	1.42%	2.42%
2000	1.44%	2.32%
2001	1.45%	2.23%
2002	1.47%	2.15%
2003	1.48%	2.09%
2004	1.49%	2.03%
2005	1.48%	1.98%
2006	1.47%	1.95%
2007	1.45%	1.92%
2008	1.43%	1.9%
2009	1.41%	1.9%
2010	1.39%	1.9%
2011	1.37%	2.17%
2012	1.35%	3.39%
2013	1.33%	3.65%
2014	1.31%	3.53%
2015	1.28%	3.7%
2016	1.25%	3.22%
2017	1.21%	3.3%
2018	1.18%	3.26%
2019	1.14%	2.5%
2020	1.11%	2.24%
2021	1.07%	2.1%
2022	1.04%	2.11%
2023	1%	2.06%