Population of Barbados

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Barbados is 282,745 as of December 01, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Barbados is projected at 287,711 or 287.7 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Barbados is projected at 287,375 or 287.4 thousands people for the year 2020. Barbados ranks number 184th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Barbados is ranked 20th among 41 countries in North America.

Barbados's population peak will be 2031 with 289.0 thousands people after Barbados's population will be decreased year by year. The Barbadosn population is projected to reach 289.0 thousands in 2030 and decrease further to 277.0 thousands in 2050 and 215.0 thousands by 2100. Barbados accounts for 0.0037 percent of the world population. However, its global share declined by 0.0082% in 1955 and is projected to decline at 0.0020% by 2100.

Barbados was at 164th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 190th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Barbados population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	210,992	-	-	0.0083
1951	215,725	4,733	2.24	0.0083
1952	219,670	3,945	1.83	0.0083
1953	222,857	3,187	1.45	0.0083
1954	225,320	2,463	1.11	0.0083
1955	227,138	1,818	0.81	0.0082
1956	228,410	1,272	0.56	0.0081
1957	229,279	869	0.38	0.0080
1958	229,885	606	0.26	0.0079
1959	230,402	517	0.22	0.0077
1960	230,980	578	0.25	0.0076
1961	231,718	738	0.32	0.0075
1962	232,633	915	0.39	0.0074
1963	233,630	997	0.43	0.0073
1964	234,586	956	0.41	0.0072
1965	235,413	827	0.35	0.0070
1966	236,088	675	0.29	0.0069
1967	236,659	571	0.24	0.0068
1968	237,241	582	0.25	0.0067
1969	237,955	714	0.30	0.0066
1970	238,896	941	0.40	0.0065
1971	240,094	1,198	0.50	0.0064
1972	241,515	1,421	0.59	0.0063
1973	243,069	1,554	0.64	0.0062
1974	244,644	1,575	0.65	0.0061
1975	246,154	1,510	0.62	0.0060
1976	247,583	1,429	0.58	0.0060
1977	248,937	1,354	0.55	0.0059
1978	250,203	1,266	0.51	0.0058
1979	251,351	1,148	0.46	0.0057
1980	252,394	1,043	0.41	0.0057
1981	253,298	904	0.36	0.0056
1982	254,082	784	0.31	0.0055
1983	254,788	706	0.28	0.0054
1984	255,497	709	0.28	0.0053
1985	256,263	766	0.30	0.0053
1986	257,107	844	0.33	0.0052
1987	258,019	912	0.35	0.0051
1988	258,977	958	0.37	0.0050
1989	259,957	980	0.38	0.0050
1990	260,936	979	0.38	0.0049
1991	261,905	969	0.37	0.0048
1992	262,886	981	0.37	0.0048
1993	263,874	988	0.38	0.0047
1994	264,893	1,019	0.39	0.0047
1995	265,955	1,062	0.40	0.0046
1996	267,049	1,094	0.41	0.0046
1997	268,187	1,138	0.43	0.0045
1998	269,336	1,149	0.43	0.0045
1999	270,451	1,115	0.41	0.0045
2000	271,515	1,064	0.39	0.0044
2001	272,500	985	0.36	0.0044
2002	273,425	925	0.34	0.0043
2003	274,329	904	0.33	0.0043
2004	275,284	955	0.35	0.0043
2005	276,323	1,039	0.38	0.0042
2006	277,477	1,154	0.42	0.0042
2007	278,700	1,223	0.44	0.0042
2008	279,946	1,246	0.45	0.0041
2009	281,104	1,158	0.41	0.0041
2010	282,131	1,027	0.37	0.0041
2011	282,987	856	0.30	0.0040
2012	283,701	714	0.25	0.0040
2013	284,296	595	0.21	0.0039
2014	284,826	530	0.19	0.0039
2015	285,324	498	0.17	0.0039
2016	285,796	472	0.17	0.0038
2017	286,232	436	0.15	0.0038
2018	286,641	409	0.14	0.0038
2019	287,025	384	0.13	0.0037

Barbados population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	287,375	350	0.12	0.0037
2021	287,711	336	0.12	0.0037
2022	288,023	312	0.11	0.0036
2023	288,309	286	0.10	0.0036
2024	288,569	260	0.09	0.0036
2025	288,806	237	0.08	0.0035
2026	289,002	196	0.07	0.0035
2027	289,168	166	0.06	0.0035
2028	289,303	135	0.05	0.0034
2029	289,398	95	0.03	0.0034
2030	289,444	46	0.02	0.0034
2031	289,448	4	0.00	0.0034
2032	289,408	-40	-0.01	0.0033
2033	289,307	-101	-0.03	0.0033
2034	289,144	-163	-0.06	0.0033
2035	288,924	-220	-0.08	0.0033
2036	288,612	-312	-0.11	0.0032
2037	288,235	-377	-0.13	0.0032
2038	287,780	-455	-0.16	0.0032
2039	287,253	-527	-0.18	0.0031
2040	286,647	-606	-0.21	0.0031
2041	285,958	-689	-0.24	0.0031
2042	285,206	-752	-0.26	0.0031
2043	284,380	-826	-0.29	0.0030
2044	283,484	-896	-0.32	0.0030
2045	282,528	-956	-0.34	0.0030
2046	281,526	-1,002	-0.35	0.0030
2047	280,456	-1,070	-0.38	0.0029
2048	279,335	-1,121	-0.40	0.0029
2049	278,195	-1,140	-0.41	0.0029
2050	277,011	-1,184	-0.43	0.0028
2051	275,809	-1,202	-0.43	0.0028
2052	274,589	-1,220	-0.44	0.0028
2053	273,345	-1,244	-0.45	0.0028
2054	272,099	-1,246	-0.46	0.0027
2055	270,843	-1,256	-0.46	0.0027
2056	269,593	-1,250	-0.46	0.0027
2057	268,334	-1,259	-0.47	0.0027
2058	267,092	-1,242	-0.46	0.0027
2059	265,839	-1,253	-0.47	0.0026
2060	264,600	-1,239	-0.47	0.0026
2061	263,351	-1,249	-0.47	0.0026
2062	262,122	-1,229	-0.47	0.0026
2063	260,892	-1,230	-0.47	0.0025
2064	259,665	-1,227	-0.47	0.0025
2065	258,434	-1,231	-0.47	0.0025
2066	257,216	-1,218	-0.47	0.0025
2067	255,986	-1,230	-0.48	0.0025
2068	254,768	-1,218	-0.48	0.0024
2069	253,531	-1,237	-0.49	0.0024
2070	252,305	-1,226	-0.48	0.0024
2071	251,062	-1,243	-0.49	0.0024
2072	249,819	-1,243	-0.50	0.0024
2073	248,570	-1,249	-0.50	0.0024
2074	247,313	-1,257	-0.51	0.0023
2075	246,059	-1,254	-0.51	0.0023
2076	244,793	-1,266	-0.51	0.0023
2077	243,534	-1,259	-0.51	0.0023
2078	242,268	-1,266	-0.52	0.0023
2079	240,988	-1,280	-0.53	0.0023
2080	239,722	-1,266	-0.53	0.0022
2081	238,437	-1,285	-0.54	0.0022
2082	237,150	-1,287	-0.54	0.0022
2083	235,858	-1,292	-0.54	0.0022
2084	234,569	-1,289	-0.55	0.0022
2085	233,279	-1,290	-0.55	0.0022
2086	231,997	-1,282	-0.55	0.0022
2087	230,715	-1,282	-0.55	0.0021
2088	229,441	-1,274	-0.55	0.0021
2089	228,178	-1,263	-0.55	0.0021
2090	226,908	-1,270	-0.56	0.0021
2091	225,650	-1,258	-0.55	0.0021
2092	224,398	-1,252	-0.55	0.0021
2093	223,158	-1,240	-0.55	0.0021
2094	221,927	-1,231	-0.55	0.0020
2095	220,710	-1,217	-0.55	0.0020
2096	219,498	-1,212	-0.55	0.0020
2097	218,304	-1,194	-0.54	0.0020
2098	217,119	-1,185	-0.54	0.0020
2099	215,951	-1,168	-0.54	0.0020
2100	214,792	-1,159	-0.54	0.0020