YEAR	End-of-Year Population	Birth Rate	Death Rate	Rate of Natural Increase	Infant Mortality	Rate of Population Growth
	(' 000 persons)	(Per 1000 pop.)	(Per 1000 pop.)	(Per 1000 pop.)	(Per 1000 births)	(%)
1950	209.3	30.7	12.8	17.9	125	2.4
1951	212.0	32.0	14.2	17.9	136	1.3
1952	216.3	33.7	14.7	19.0	145	2.0
1953	220.5	33.1	13.6	19.5	139	1.9
1954	225.0	33.7	11.3	22.4	109	2.0
1955	228.9	33.2	12.6	20.6	134	1.7
1956	228.2	31	10.6	20.4	97	(0.3)
1957	230.5	31.7	10.7	21.0	87	1.0
1958	234.5	30.3	9.8	20.5	82	1.7
1959	238.4	29.8	8.7	21.1	71	1.7
Source: Barbados Statistical Service