Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Uruguay

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

Check Barbados vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	4.71	2.83
1961	4.15	2.85
1962	4.3	2.87
1963	4.3	2.88
1964	4.21	2.86
1965	4.18	2.84
1966	4.14	2.82
1967	3.6	2.78
1968	3.57	2.77
1969	3.34	2.77
1970	3.08	2.77
1971	3.2	2.77
1972	3.15	2.78
1973	2.87	2.86
1974	2.65	2.96
1975	2.45	3.02
1976	2.24	3.01
1977	2.2	2.9
1978	1.84	2.83
1979	1.86	2.71
1980	1.78	2.59
1981	1.85	2.53
1982	1.86	2.51
1983	1.86	2.49
1984	1.75	2.47
1985	1.77	2.47
1986	1.69	2.47
1987	1.61	2.49
1988	1.58	2.5
1989	1.64	2.5
1990	1.84	2.48
1991	1.84	2.45
1992	1.8	2.43
1993	1.77	2.41
1994	1.73	2.42
1995	1.7	2.4
1996	1.67	2.36
1997	1.65	2.33
1998	1.62	2.27
1999	1.78	2.25
2000	1.93	2.2
2001	1.96	2.16
2002	1.86	2.16
2003	1.86	2.12
2004	1.8	2.09
2005	1.74	2.1
2006	1.7	2.07
2007	1.76	2.05
2008	1.76	2.03
2009	1.77	2.02
2010	1.79	2.01
2011	1.76	1.99
2012	1.73	2.01
2013	1.73	2.03
2014	1.73	2.03
2015	1.73	2.04
2016	1.72	1.97
2017	1.72	1.82
2018	1.72	1.68
2019	1.72	1.57
2020	1.71	1.5
2021	1.71	1.45
2022	1.71	1.43
2023	1.71	1.41
2024	1.71	1.4
2025	1.7	1.39
2026	1.7	1.38
2027	1.7	1.38
2028	1.7	1.38
2029	1.7	1.38
2030	1.7	1.38
2031	1.69	1.39
2032	1.69	1.39
2033	1.69	1.39
2034	1.69	1.39
2035	1.69	1.4
2036	1.69	1.4
2037	1.69	1.4
2038	1.69	1.4
2039	1.69	1.41
2040	1.68	1.41
2041	1.68	1.41
2042	1.68	1.42
2043	1.68	1.42
2044	1.68	1.42
2045	1.68	1.42
2046	1.68	1.42
2047	1.68	1.43
2048	1.68	1.43
2049	1.68	1.43
2050	1.68	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Uruguay
1960	37.2%	27.6%
1961	37.2%	27.6%
1962	37.1%	27.7%
1963	37.1%	27.8%
1964	37.1%	27.9%
1965	37.1%	27.9%
1966	37.1%	28%
1967	36.9%	28%
1968	36.7%	27.9%
1969	36.4%	27.8%
1970	36%	27.8%
1971	35.7%	27.7%
1972	35.3%	27.5%
1973	34.9%	27.4%
1974	34.4%	27.4%
1975	33.6%	27.4%
1976	32.8%	27.4%
1977	32.1%	27.3%
1978	31.1%	27.3%
1979	30%	27.2%
1980	29%	27%
1981	28%	26.9%
1982	27.2%	26.7%
1983	26.7%	26.6%
1984	26.2%	26.5%
1985	25.8%	26.4%
1986	25.5%	26.2%
1987	25.1%	26.1%
1988	24.8%	26%
1989	24.5%	25.8%
1990	24.2%	25.6%
1991	23.9%	25.3%
1992	23.6%	25.1%
1993	23.4%	24.9%
1994	23.2%	24.7%
1995	23%	24.7%
1996	22.8%	24.6%
1997	22.6%	24.6%
1998	22.3%	24.5%
1999	22.1%	24.5%
2000	21.9%	24.4%
2001	21.7%	24.2%
2002	21.6%	24.1%
2003	21.5%	23.9%
2004	21.3%	23.7%
2005	21%	23.5%
2006	20.7%	23.3%
2007	20.5%	23.1%
2008	20.3%	22.8%
2009	20.2%	22.6%
2010	20.2%	22.3%
2011	20%	22%
2012	19.9%	21.7%
2013	19.7%	21.5%
2014	19.4%	21.3%
2015	19.2%	21.1%
2016	18.9%	21%
2017	18.7%	20.8%
2018	18.4%	20.5%
2019	18.2%	20.2%
2020	18.1%	19.8%
2021	17.9%	19.4%
2022	17.7%	19.1%
2023	17.5%	18.7%
2024	17.2%	18.3%
2025	17.1%	17.9%
2026	16.9%	17.5%
2027	16.8%	17.1%
2028	16.7%	16.7%
2029	16.6%	16.3%
2030	16.5%	15.8%
2031	16.4%	15.4%
2032	16.4%	15.1%
2033	16.3%	14.8%
2034	16.2%	14.7%
2035	16.1%	14.6%
2036	16%	14.5%
2037	15.9%	14.5%
2038	15.8%	14.4%
2039	15.8%	14.4%
2040	15.7%	14.3%
2041	15.6%	14.3%
2042	15.5%	14.3%
2043	15.4%	14.2%
2044	15.3%	14.1%
2045	15.2%	14.1%
2046	15.2%	14%
2047	15.1%	13.9%
2048	15%	13.8%
2049	14.9%	13.7%
2050	14.9%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	5,949	30,438
1961	5,208	30,975
1962	5,589	31,441
1963	5,706	31,824
1964	5,688	31,340
1965	5,762	30,807
1966	5,842	30,293
1967	4,984	29,514
1968	5,035	29,103
1969	4,710	28,805
1970	4,271	28,737
1971	4,530	28,584
1972	4,505	28,896
1973	3,996	30,213
1974	3,644	32,221
1975	3,321	33,393
1976	2,988	33,199
1977	2,988	31,321
1978	2,367	30,076
1979	2,485	27,456
1980	2,393	25,451
1981	2,605	24,968
1982	2,660	25,224
1983	2,656	24,146
1984	2,388	23,684
1985	2,356	23,988
1986	2,111	24,505
1987	1,841	24,469
1988	1,684	25,071
1989	1,719	25,322
1990	2,101	25,699
1991	2,055	25,422
1992	1,912	24,847
1993	1,765	24,212
1994	1,607	24,637
1995	1,467	24,872
1996	1,334	24,635
1997	1,172	23,737
1998	1,093	22,114
1999	1,351	21,844
2000	1,577	21,060
2001	1,578	20,729
2002	1,369	20,073
2003	1,321	18,628
2004	1,204	18,067
2005	1,018	18,926
2006	927	17,783
2007	1,028	17,422
2008	989	16,838
2009	1,000	16,947
2010	981	16,231
2011	897	14,934
2012	815	15,520
2013	772	16,318
2014	730	16,238
2015	690	16,194
2016	655	14,008
2017	616	10,907
2018	584	7,322
2019	542	3,873
2020	503	4,048
2021	415	-5,621
2022	43	-2,964
2023	158	298

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Uruguay

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 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Uruguay
1985	55	41
1986	56	41
1987	57	41
1988	55	39
1989	57	36
1990	59	35
1991	60	33
1992	61	33
1993	55	31
1994	53	30
1995	52	29
1996	51	28
1997	51	27
1998	45	25
1999	44	24
2000	46	23
2001	46	24
2002	43	23
2003	45	23
2004	43	21
2005	44	20
2006	45	20
2007	42	19
2008	42	19
2009	42	18
2010	42	17
2011	41	17
2012	40	16
2013	40	16
2014	39	16
2015	37	16
2016	36	16
2017	37	16
2018	37	16
2019	36	16
2020	39	20
2021	38	49
2022	38	20
2023	35	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	8.47%	6.33%
1961	7.86%	6.21%
1962	7.33%	6.06%
1963	6.86%	5.93%
1964	6.45%	5.83%
1965	6.1%	5.77%
1966	5.79%	5.74%
1967	5.52%	5.7%
1968	5.28%	5.64%
1969	5.03%	5.53%
1970	4.79%	5.4%
1971	4.55%	5.33%
1972	4.32%	5.34%
1973	4.08%	5.39%
1974	3.86%	5.46%
1975	3.64%	5.49%
1976	3.43%	5.41%
1977	3.23%	5.18%
1978	3.04%	4.83%
1979	2.86%	4.41%
1980	2.69%	3.98%
1981	2.55%	3.6%
1982	2.44%	3.31%
1983	2.34%	3.1%
1984	2.26%	2.95%
1985	2.19%	2.84%
1986	2.12%	2.74%
1987	2.05%	2.62%
1988	1.97%	2.51%
1989	1.89%	2.42%
1990	1.81%	2.37%
1991	1.73%	2.32%
1992	1.66%	2.29%
1993	1.59%	2.25%
1994	1.53%	2.19%
1995	1.49%	2.12%
1996	1.45%	2.03%
1997	1.43%	1.93%
1998	1.42%	1.84%
1999	1.42%	1.76%
2000	1.44%	1.7%
2001	1.45%	1.66%
2002	1.47%	1.62%
2003	1.48%	1.58%
2004	1.49%	1.52%
2005	1.48%	1.44%
2006	1.47%	1.35%
2007	1.45%	1.27%
2008	1.43%	1.19%
2009	1.41%	1.13%
2010	1.39%	1.08%
2011	1.37%	1.04%
2012	1.35%	1%
2013	1.33%	0.97%
2014	1.31%	0.93%
2015	1.28%	0.89%
2016	1.25%	0.85%
2017	1.21%	0.81%
2018	1.18%	0.77%
2019	1.14%	0.74%
2020	1.11%	0.71%
2021	1.07%	0.7%
2022	1.04%	0.68%
2023	1%	0.67%