Demographics of Barbados
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 30 Oct 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Barbados is projected at 287.7 thousand, up by 0.12% compared with 287.3 thousand in 2020. Barbados is ranked 184th in terms of population and 194th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 3.04 thousand births in Barbados in 2021. That is 8 per day, which is ranked 189th. The crude birth rate is 10.58 per 1000 people. There are 2.7 thousand deaths in Barbados in 2021. That is 7 per day, which is ranked 177th. The crude death rate is 9.20 per 1000 people.
90 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 31.25% of Barbados population. Barbados is ranked 200th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Barbados in 2021 is 93.93 males per 100 females. There are 0.139 million males and 0.148 million females in Barbados. The percentage of female population is 51.57% compare to 48.43% male population. Barbados has 9 thousand more females than males. Barbados is at 30th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 210,990 | - |
1955 | 227,132 | 0.80 |
1960 | 230,985 | 0.25 |
1965 | 235,415 | 0.35 |
1970 | 238,895 | 0.39 |
1975 | 246,158 | 0.62 |
1980 | 252,388 | 0.41 |
1985 | 256,260 | 0.30 |
1990 | 260,933 | 0.37 |
1995 | 265,955 | 0.40 |
2000 | 271,511 | 0.39 |
2005 | 276,320 | 0.38 |
2010 | 282,131 | 0.36 |
2015 | 285,327 | 0.18 |
2016 | 285,798 | 0.17 |
2017 | 286,229 | 0.15 |
2018 | 286,640 | 0.14 |
2019 | 287,021 | 0.13 |
2020 | 287,371 | 0.12 |
2021 | 287,708 | 0.12 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 3,262 | 7,671 | 15.23 | 35.84 |
1955 | 2,937 | 7,399 | 13.06 | 32.90 |
1960 | 2,509 | 7,082 | 10.83 | 30.56 |
1965 | 2,196 | 6,195 | 9.34 | 26.35 |
1970 | 2,117 | 5,211 | 8.83 | 21.74 |
1975 | 2,124 | 4,676 | 8.64 | 19.02 |
1980 | 2,137 | 4,462 | 8.48 | 17.70 |
1985 | 2,103 | 4,381 | 8.20 | 17.08 |
1990 | 2,026 | 4,173 | 7.76 | 15.99 |
1995 | 1,992 | 3,963 | 7.49 | 14.90 |
2000 | 2,049 | 3,782 | 7.55 | 13.93 |
2005 | 2,191 | 3,616 | 7.92 | 13.07 |
2010 | 2,357 | 3,309 | 8.37 | 11.75 |
2015 | 2,507 | 3,083 | 8.79 | 10.81 |
2020 | 2,624 | 3,045 | 9.13 | 10.60 |
2021 | 2,645 | 3,043 | 9.20 | 10.58 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 76,069 | 134,923 | - | 36.053 |
1955 | 82,687 | 144,386 | 1.01 | 36.414 |
1960 | 84,932 | 146,007 | 0.46 | 36.777 |
1965 | 87,420 | 147,954 | 0.55 | 37.141 |
1970 | 89,687 | 149,161 | 0.71 | 37.550 |
1975 | 95,596 | 150,438 | 1.30 | 38.855 |
1980 | 101,136 | 151,058 | 0.89 | 40.102 |
1985 | 99,134 | 156,790 | -0.41 | 38.736 |
1990 | 97,406 | 162,968 | -0.32 | 37.370 |
1995 | 94,236 | 170,723 | -0.64 | 35.566 |
2000 | 91,281 | 178,566 | -0.61 | 33.827 |
2005 | 89,988 | 184,021 | -0.26 | 32.841 |
2010 | 89,099 | 190,470 | -0.21 | 31.870 |
2015 | 88,815 | 195,402 | 0.04 | 31.249 |
2020 | 89,695 | 197,873 | 0.30 | 31.191 |
2021 | 90,012 | 198,059 | 0.35 | 31.246 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 7,762 | 7,519 | 15,281 | 5.31 | 103.232 |
05-09 | 7,737 | 7,485 | 15,222 | 5.29 | 103.367 |
10-14 | 8,692 | 8,423 | 17,115 | 5.95 | 103.194 |
15-19 | 9,649 | 9,140 | 18,789 | 6.53 | 105.569 |
20-24 | 9,575 | 9,209 | 18,784 | 6.53 | 103.974 |
25-29 | 9,442 | 9,398 | 18,840 | 6.55 | 100.468 |
30-34 | 9,033 | 9,066 | 18,099 | 6.29 | 99.636 |
35-39 | 9,218 | 9,651 | 18,869 | 6.56 | 95.513 |
40-44 | 9,160 | 9,520 | 18,680 | 6.49 | 96.218 |
45-49 | 9,655 | 10,366 | 20,021 | 6.96 | 93.141 |
50-54 | 9,376 | 10,191 | 19,567 | 6.80 | 92.003 |
55-59 | 9,393 | 10,721 | 20,114 | 6.99 | 87.613 |
60-64 | 8,688 | 10,193 | 18,881 | 6.56 | 85.235 |
65-69 | 7,148 | 8,380 | 15,528 | 5.40 | 85.298 |
70-74 | 5,679 | 6,618 | 12,297 | 4.27 | 85.811 |
75-79 | 3,754 | 4,828 | 8,582 | 2.98 | 77.755 |
80-84 | 2,623 | 3,531 | 6,154 | 2.14 | 74.285 |
85-89 | 1,575 | 2,280 | 3,855 | 1.34 | 69.079 |
90-94 | 798 | 1,279 | 2,077 | 0.72 | 62.392 |
95-99 | 298 | 449 | 747 | 0.26 | 66.370 |
100+ | 94 | 112 | 206 | 0.07 | 83.929 |
Total | 139,349 | 148,359 | 287,708 | 93.927 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio