Barbados vs Iceland: Birth rate, crude

Barbados
11.12 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Iceland
11.2 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Barbados rank
134th
Iceland rank
132nd

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Barbados
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 11.2 per 1,000 people against 11.12 per 1,000 people in Barbados, a difference of 0.08 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 134th and Iceland ranks 132nd of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Iceland in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Iceland Difference Ahead
1960s 30.5 per 1,000 people 24.31 per 1,000 people 6.19 per 1,000 people Barbados
1970s 20.73 per 1,000 people 20.05 per 1,000 people 0.6835 per 1,000 people Barbados
1980s 15.81 per 1,000 people 17.84 per 1,000 people 2.03 per 1,000 people Iceland
1990s 14.86 per 1,000 people 16.56 per 1,000 people 1.7 per 1,000 people Iceland
2000s 13.58 per 1,000 people 14.71 per 1,000 people 1.13 per 1,000 people Iceland
2010s 11.94 per 1,000 people 13.11 per 1,000 people 1.17 per 1,000 people Iceland
2020s 11.23 per 1,000 people 11.86 per 1,000 people 0.628 per 1,000 people Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Barbados or Iceland?
Iceland, at 11.2 per 1,000 people against 11.12 per 1,000 people in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Barbados and Iceland?
0.08 per 1,000 people, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Iceland?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Iceland rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Barbados ranks 134th and Iceland ranks 132nd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.