Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Barbados

Total fertility rate in Barbados in 2024 — 1.71 births. Ranked 127 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.7%.

2024 1.71 births +0% vs 2023
World rank 127of 217
Period maximum 4.71 births1960
Period minimum 1.58 births1988

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Barbados, 1960–2024024619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.71 births1962: 4.3 births1964: 4.21 births1966: 4.14 births1968: 3.57 births1970: 3.08 births1972: 3.15 births1974: 2.65 births1976: 2.24 births1978: 1.84 births1980: 1.78 births1982: 1.86 births1984: 1.75 births1986: 1.69 births1988: 1.58 births1990: 1.84 births1992: 1.8 births1994: 1.73 births1996: 1.67 births1998: 1.62 births2000: 1.93 births2002: 1.86 births2004: 1.8 births2006: 1.7 births2008: 1.76 births2010: 1.79 births2012: 1.73 births2014: 1.73 births2016: 1.72 births2018: 1.72 births2020: 1.71 births2022: 1.71 births2024: 1.71 births
Change over the period: −3 (−63.71%) Average annual rate: -1.57 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados

Barbados 1.71 births
World 2.19 births
Caribbean computed 1.93 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.71 +0 +0%
2023 1.71 −0 −0.23%
2022 1.71 +0 +0.18%
2021 1.71 +0 +0.06%
2020 1.71 −0.01 −0.41%
2019 1.72 −0 −0.29%
2018 1.72 −0 −0.23%
2017 1.72 +0 +0%
2016 1.72 −0 −0.12%
2015 1.73 −0 −0.06%
2014 1.73 −0 −0.12%
2013 1.73 −0 −0.12%
2012 1.73 −0.03 −1.54%
2011 1.76 −0.03 −1.51%
2010 1.79 +0.01 +0.85%
2009 1.77 +0.01 +0.8%
2008 1.76 +0 +0.06%
2007 1.76 +0.05 +3.11%
2006 1.7 −0.04 −2.07%
2005 1.74 −0.06 −3.28%
2004 1.8 −0.06 −3.18%
2003 1.86 −0.01 −0.32%
2002 1.86 −0.09 −4.76%
2001 1.96 +0.02 +1.14%
2000 1.93 +0.15 +8.66%
1999 1.78 +0.16 +9.81%
1998 1.62 −0.02 −1.52%
1997 1.65 −0.03 −1.67%
1996 1.67 −0.03 −1.82%
1995 1.7 −0.03 −1.67%
1994 1.73 −0.04 −2.04%
1993 1.77 −0.04 −1.94%
1992 1.8 −0.03 −1.85%
1991 1.84 −0 −0.22%
1990 1.84 +0.2 +12.45%
1989 1.64 +0.06 +3.67%
1988 1.58 −0.03 −1.92%
1987 1.61 −0.08 −4.9%
1986 1.69 −0.08 −4.24%
1985 1.77 +0.02 +0.97%
1984 1.75 −0.1 −5.6%
1983 1.86 −0 −0.16%
1982 1.86 +0.01 +0.7%
1981 1.85 +0.07 +3.88%
1980 1.78 −0.09 −4.56%
1979 1.86 +0.02 +1.25%
1978 1.84 −0.36 −16.45%
1977 2.2 −0.04 −1.78%
1976 2.24 −0.21 −8.42%
1975 2.45 −0.21 −7.73%
1974 2.65 −0.21 −7.43%
1973 2.87 −0.29 −9.13%
1972 3.15 −0.05 −1.44%
1971 3.2 +0.12 +3.9%
1970 3.08 −0.26 −7.87%
1969 3.34 −0.23 −6.49%
1968 3.57 −0.03 −0.69%
1967 3.6 −0.55 −13.15%
1966 4.14 −0.03 −0.77%
1965 4.18 −0.04 −0.9%
1964 4.21 −0.09 −2.09%
1963 4.3 +0 +0.09%
1962 4.3 +0.15 +3.54%
1961 4.15 −0.55 −11.75%
1960 4.71

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.