Barbados Population (LIVE)

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Barbados Population (1950 - 2024)
Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)
  • The current population of Barbados is 282,536 as of Monday, December 9, 2024, based on Worldometer's elaboration of the latest United Nations data1.
  • Barbados 2024 population is estimated at 282,467 people at mid year.
  • Barbados population is equivalent to 0% of the total world population.
  • Barbados ranks number 185 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
  • The population density in Barbados is 657 per Km2 (1,701 people per mi2).
  • The total land area is 430 Km2 (166 sq. miles).
  • 32.3 % of the population is urban (91,256 people in 2024).
  • The median age in Barbados is 39.2 years.
1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Barbados (2024 and historical)

YearPopulationYearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants (net)Median AgeFertility RateDensity (P/Km²)Urban
Pop %
Urban PopulationCountry's Share of
World Pop
World PopulationBarbados
Global Rank
2024 282,467 0.05 % 131 -70 39.2 1.71 657 32.3 % 91,256 0.00 % 8,161,972,572 185
2023 282,336 0.01 % 18 -80 38.9 1.71 657 32.2 % 90,795 0.00 % 8,091,734,930 185
2022 282,318 0.06 % 171 -80 38.7 1.71 657 32.0 % 90,380 0.00 % 8,021,407,192 185
2020 281,698 0.17 % 491 0 38.2 1.71 655 31.8 % 89,695 0.00 % 7,887,001,292 185
2015 278,990 0.27 % 749 -65 37.0 1.73 649 31.8 % 88,815 0.00 % 7,470,491,872 182
2010 275,243 0.48 % 1,307 -36 35.6 1.79 640 32.4 % 89,099 0.00 % 7,021,732,148 181
2005 268,706 0.50 % 1,329 330 33.9 1.74 625 33.5 % 89,988 0.00 % 6,586,970,132 181
2000 262,063 0.00 % 5-2,628 32.4 1.93 609 34.8 % 91,281 0.00 % 6,171,702,993 180
1995 262,039 0.27 % 691 -1,141 30.3 1.70 609 36.0 % 94,236 0.00 % 5,758,878,982 178
1990 258,582 0.22 % 552 -1,474 28.1 1.84 601 37.7 % 97,406 0.00 % 5,327,803,110 176
1985 255,820 0.34 % 859 -1,487 26.2 1.77 595 38.8 % 99,134 0.01 % 4,868,943,465 175
1980 251,524 0.03 % 70 -1,687 24.3 1.78 585 40.2 % 101,136 0.01 % 4,447,606,236 173
1975 251,175 0.14 % 358 -2,939 22.4 2.45 584 38.1 % 95,596 0.01 % 4,070,735,277 171
1970 249,387 0.57 % 1,394 -4,852 21.3 3.08 580 36.0 % 89,687 0.01 % 3,694,683,794 170
1965 242,417 0.98 % 2,305 -3,251 20.7 4.18 564 36.1 % 87,420 0.01 % 3,334,533,703 165
1960 230,893 0.67 % 1,521 -3,315 20.8 4.71 537 36.8 % 84,932 0.01 % 3,015,470,894 166
1955 223,290 1.24 % 2,675 -3,474 21.1 4.44 519 37.0 % 82,687 0.01 % 2,740,213,792 165
Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)
Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).
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Barbados Population Forecast

YearPopulationYearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants (net)Median AgeFertility RateDensity (P/Km²)Urban
Pop %
Urban PopulationCountry's Share of
World Pop
World PopulationBarbados
Global Rank
2025 282,623 0.07 % 185 -87 39.4 1.71 657 32.5 % 91,766 0.00 % 8,231,613,070 185
2030 282,490 -0.01 % -27 -175 40.4 1.70 657 33.6 % 95,042 0.00 % 8,569,124,911 186
2035 280,342 -0.15 % -430 -178 41.6 1.69 652 35.5 % 99,579 0.00 % 8,885,210,181 187
2040 276,346 -0.29 % -799 -217 42.5 1.69 643 37.9 % 104,766 0.00 % 9,177,190,203 187
2045 270,774 -0.41 % -1,114 -182 43.4 1.68 630 40.5 % 109,686 0.00 % 9,439,639,668 187
2050 264,216 -0.49 % -1,312   44.3 1.68 614 43.3 % 114,418 0.00 % 9,664,378,587 188
Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)
Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Barbados Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Barbados
Life Expectancy
76.33 years
(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)
View by sex and historical chart
Infant Mortality
11.0
(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
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Deaths under age 5
12.3
(per 1,000 live births)
View historical chart

Main Cities by Population in Barbados

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

# CITY NAME POPULATION
1 Bridgetown 98,511

See also

Notes

The Barbados Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Barbados delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Barbados (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.


Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Barbados in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.