Barbados vs Guadeloupe: Birth rate
Barbados
11.17 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Guadeloupe
11.24 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Barbados rank
149th
Guadeloupe rank
146th
Birth rate over time
- Barbados
- Guadeloupe
How they compare
Guadeloupe currently reports 11.24 births per 1,000 people against 11.17 births per 1,000 people in Barbados, a difference of 0.07 births per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guadeloupe ahead.
Barbados ranks 149th and Guadeloupe ranks 146th of 236 countries.
Guadeloupe has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Guadeloupe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 33.37 births per 1,000 people | 38.51 births per 1,000 people | 5.14 births per 1,000 people | Guadeloupe |
| 1960s | 30.5 births per 1,000 people | 35.29 births per 1,000 people | 4.79 births per 1,000 people | Guadeloupe |
| 1970s | 20.73 births per 1,000 people | 26.09 births per 1,000 people | 5.36 births per 1,000 people | Guadeloupe |
| 1980s | 15.81 births per 1,000 people | 19.81 births per 1,000 people | 4 births per 1,000 people | Guadeloupe |
| 1990s | 14.86 births per 1,000 people | 18.23 births per 1,000 people | 3.37 births per 1,000 people | Guadeloupe |
| 2000s | 13.58 births per 1,000 people | 15.76 births per 1,000 people | 2.18 births per 1,000 people | Guadeloupe |
| 2010s | 11.94 births per 1,000 people | 12.54 births per 1,000 people | 0.6002 births per 1,000 people | Guadeloupe |
| 2020s | 11.26 births per 1,000 people | 11.73 births per 1,000 people | 0.4655 births per 1,000 people | Guadeloupe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, Barbados or Guadeloupe?
- Guadeloupe, at 11.24 births per 1,000 people against 11.17 births per 1,000 people in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in birth rate between Barbados and Guadeloupe?
- 0.07 births per 1,000 people, with Guadeloupe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Guadeloupe?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Guadeloupe rank globally for birth rate?
- Barbados ranks 149th and Guadeloupe ranks 146th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.