YEAR	Mid-Year Population	End-of-Year Population	Birth Rate	Death Rate	Rate of Natural Increase	Infant Mortality	Rate of Population Growth
	(' 000 persons)	(' 000 persons)	(Per 1000 pop.)	(Per 1000 pop.)	(Per 1000 pop.)	(Per 1000 births)	(%)
2010	277.8	276.3	12.2	8	4.2	10.1	0.2
2011	277.8	276.8	11.8	8.8	3	13.7	0.2
2012	277.7	277.7	11.5	8.7	2.8	11	0.1
2013	277.5	277.5	10.9	8.2	2.7	7.3	0.2
2014	277.1	276.9	10.5	9.3	1.2	10	-0.2
2015	276.6	276.3	10.4	9.2	1.2	8	-0.2
2016	275.9	275.4	9.2	9.4	-0.2	13.5	-0.3
2017	274.9	274.5	9.4	9.6	-0.2	8.9	-0.3
2018	273.8	273.5	8.8	9.3	-0.5	9.1	-0.4
2019	272.9	272.3	9.5	10.6	-1.1	7.3	-0.4
Source: Barbados Statistical Service