Barbados vs Iran: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Barbados

1.71 live births per woman

in 2023

Iran

1.7 live births per woman

in 2023

Barbados rank

139th

Iran rank

140th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Barbados
Iran

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1.71 live births per woman against 1.7 live births per woman in Iran, a difference of 0.013 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iran ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 139th and Iran ranks 140th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.