Barbados vs Romania: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Barbados
1.68 children per women
in 2023
Romania
1.69 children per women
in 2023
Barbados rank
139th
Romania rank
137th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Barbados
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 1.69 children per women against 1.68 children per women in Barbados, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 139th and Romania ranks 137th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Romania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.75 children per women | 2.53 children per women | 1.22 children per women | Barbados |
| 1960s | 3.73 children per women | 2.25 children per women | 1.48 children per women | Barbados |
| 1970s | 2.42 children per women | 2.42 children per women | 0.006 children per women | Romania |
| 1980s | 1.67 children per women | 2.19 children per women | 0.515 children per women | Romania |
| 1990s | 1.69 children per women | 1.39 children per women | 0.3032 children per women | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.76 children per women | 1.36 children per women | 0.4014 children per women | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.69 children per women | 1.59 children per women | 0.1059 children per women | Barbados |
| 2020s | 1.68 children per women | 1.7 children per women | 0.0218 children per women | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Barbados or Romania?
- Romania, at 1.69 children per women against 1.68 children per women in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Barbados and Romania?
- 0.01 children per women, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Romania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Romania rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Barbados ranks 139th and Romania ranks 137th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).