Barbados vs Iran: Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence

Barbados

1.71 births per woman

in 2024

Iran

1.68 births per woman

in 2024

Barbados rank

127th

Iran rank

130th

Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence over time

Barbados
Iran

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1.71 births per woman against 1.68 births per woman in Iran, a difference of 0.024 births per woman.

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

Barbados ranks 127th and Iran ranks 130th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence
Unit: births per woman
Source: United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 13,943 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total fertility rate, in a given year. Contraceptive prevalence is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception.