Share of a region's people, and share of its babies — country by country. A younger population punches above its weight; an older one accounts for fewer births than its size suggests.
Region
Share of residents and of births · 2023
Caribbean
Where the births are
birthrate.io
People
43M
43,043,495 residents
Births
639.9K
639,926 births · 2023
Share of residents · 2025
Total 43M
Share of births · 2023
Total 639.9K
Population: World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL). Births: UN World Population Prospects annual birth counts (via Our World in Data), latest non-projected year — not population × crude birth rate.
birthrate.io/population/shares?region=caribbean
Younger age structures punch above their population share.
Lower fertility or older age structure — fewer births than their population share.
Δ is birth share minus population share, in percentage points.
| Country | People | Pop % | Births | Birth % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 11.9M | 27.7 | 258.3K | 40.4 | +12.7 |
| Dominican Republic | 11.5M | 26.8 | 203.2K | 31.8 | +5.0 |
| Cuba | 10.9M | 25.4 | 95.9K | 15.0 | -10.4 |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 3.2M | 7.4 | 18.9K | 2.9 | -4.5 |
| Jamaica | 2.8M | 6.6 | 33K | 5.2 | -1.4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4M | 3.2 | 16.1K | 2.5 | -0.7 |
| Bahamas, The | 403K | 0.9 | 4.3K | 0.7 | -0.3 |
| Barbados | 282.6K | 0.7 | 3.2K | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| St. Lucia | 180.1K | 0.4 | 2K | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Grenada | 117.3K | 0.3 | 1.4K | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.9K | 0.2 | 1.2K | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 94.2K | 0.2 | 1.1K | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Dominica | 65.9K | 0.2 | 738 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 46.9K | 0.1 | 549 | 0.1 | -0.0 |