Barbados vs Bulgaria: Fertility rate, total

Barbados
1.71 births per woman
in 2024
Bulgaria
1.72 births per woman
in 2024
Barbados rank
127th
Bulgaria rank
125th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Barbados
  • Bulgaria
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 1.72 births per woman against 1.71 births per woman in Barbados, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 127th and Bulgaria ranks 125th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Bulgaria Difference Ahead
1960s 4.05 births per woman 2.19 births per woman 1.86 births per woman Barbados
1970s 2.55 births per woman 2.17 births per woman 0.3808 births per woman Barbados
1980s 1.74 births per woman 1.99 births per woman 0.2518 births per woman Bulgaria
1990s 1.74 births per woman 1.38 births per woman 0.3657 births per woman Barbados
2000s 1.81 births per woman 1.38 births per woman 0.4314 births per woman Barbados
2010s 1.73 births per woman 1.63 births per woman 0.1059 births per woman Barbados
2020s 1.71 births per woman 1.78 births per woman 0.067 births per woman Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Barbados or Bulgaria?
Bulgaria, at 1.72 births per woman against 1.71 births per woman in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Barbados and Bulgaria?
0.01 births per woman, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Bulgaria?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Bulgaria rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Barbados ranks 127th and Bulgaria ranks 125th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.