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)	(%)
1990	260.8	16.5	8.2	8.0	15.5	0.5
1991	262.5	16.2	8.7	7.5	15.3	0.4
1992	263.1	15.6	9.0	6.8	13.8	0.2
1993	263.9	14.3	9.1	5.2	9.8	0.3
1994	264.3	13.4	8.9	4.5	8.5	0.2
1995	264.4	13.1	9.4	3.7	13.2	0.4
1996	264.6	13.3	9.1	4.2	14.2	0.1
1997	266.1	14.3	8.7	5.6	13.2	0.6
1998	266.8	13.6	9.3	4.3	7.8	0.4
1999	267.4	14.5	9.0	5.5	10.0	0.2
Source: Barbados Statistical Service