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How many babies are born in Barbados?

3.11 thousand babies born in Barbados in 2026. That is 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 188th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Barbados: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Barbados’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~0 ~7 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~1 ~17 40.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~270 ~5K 53.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~3.02K ~81.7K 37.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~7.31K ~193K 37.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 7.27K 210K 34.6 UN estimate
2000 3.97K 262K 15.2 UN estimate
2023 3.15K 282K 11.2 UN estimate
2026 3.11K 283K 11.0 UN projection
2050 2.48K 264K 9.4 UN projection
2075 1.98K 230K 8.6 UN projection
2100 1.58K 195K 8.1 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Barbados among estimates through 2023 were in 1960, at about 8.08K. That is roughly 27,884 times the estimated ~0 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.71 children per woman, fertility in Barbados is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Barbados each year?

An estimated 3.11 thousand babies are born in Barbados in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 9 a day and 0.00% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Barbados?

Barbados has an estimated 11.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.71 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.