Barbados Population (LIVE)

282,622

Barbados Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Barbados is 282,625 as of Sunday, July 6, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Barbados 2025 population is estimated at 282,623 people at mid-year.
Barbados population is equivalent to 0.0034% 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 (1,702 people per mi²).
The total land area is 430 Km² (166 sq. miles).
32.47% of the population is urban (91,766 people in 2025)
The median age in Barbados is 39.4 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Barbados (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Barbados Global Rank
2025	282,623	0.06%	156	−87	39.4	1.71	657	32.5%	91,766	0.0034%	8,231,613,070	185
2024	282,467	0.05%	131	−70	39.2	1.71	657	32.3%	91,256	0.0035%	8,161,972,572	185
2023	282,336	0.01%	18	−80	38.9	1.71	657	32.2%	90,795	0.0035%	8,091,734,930	185
2022	282,318	0.11%	310	−80	38.7	1.71	657	32%	90,380	0.0035%	8,021,407,192	185
2020	281,698	0.19%	542	0	38.1	1.71	655	31.8%	89,695	0.0036%	7,887,001,292	185
2015	278,990	0.27%	749	−65	37	1.73	649	31.8%	88,815	0.0037%	7,470,491,872	182
2010	275,243	0.48%	1,307	−36	35.6	1.78	640	32.4%	89,099	0.0039%	7,021,732,148	181
2005	268,706	0.5%	1,329	330	33.9	1.74	625	33.5%	89,988	0.0041%	6,586,970,132	181
2000	262,063	0%	5	−2,628	32.4	1.93	609	34.8%	91,281	0.0042%	6,171,702,993	180
1995	262,039	0.27%	691	−1,141	30.3	1.7	609	36%	94,236	0.0046%	5,758,878,982	178
1990	258,582	0.22%	552	−1,474	28.1	1.84	601	37.7%	97,406	0.0049%	5,327,803,110	176
1985	255,820	0.34%	859	−1,487	26.2	1.77	595	38.8%	99,134	0.0053%	4,868,943,465	175
1980	251,524	0.03%	70	−1,687	24.3	1.78	585	40.2%	101,136	0.0057%	4,447,606,236	173
1975	251,175	0.14%	358	−2,939	22.4	2.45	584	38.1%	95,596	0.0062%	4,070,735,277	171
1970	249,387	0.57%	1,394	−4,852	21.3	3.08	580	36%	89,687	0.0067%	3,694,683,794	170
1965	242,417	0.98%	2,305	−3,251	20.7	4.18	564	36.1%	87,420	0.0073%	3,334,533,703	169
1960	230,893	0.67%	1,521	−3,315	20.8	4.71	537	36.8%	84,932	0.0077%	3,015,470,894	166
1955	223,290	1.24%	2,675	−3,474	21.1	4.44	519	37%	82,687	0.0081%	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).

Barbados Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Barbados Global Rank
2030	282,490	−0.01%	−27	−175	40.4	1.7	657	33.6%	95,042	0.0033%	8,569,124,911	186
2035	280,342	−0.15%	−430	−178	41.6	1.69	652	35.5%	99,579	0.0032%	8,885,210,181	187
2040	276,346	−0.29%	−799	−217	42.5	1.69	643	37.9%	104,766	0.0030%	9,177,190,203	187
2045	270,774	−0.41%	−1,114	−182	43.4	1.68	630	40.5%	109,686	0.0029%	9,439,639,668	187
2050	264,216	−0.49%	−1,312	−194	44.3	1.68	614	43.3%	114,418	0.0027%	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

76.5 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

10.7

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

12.0

(per 1,000 live births)

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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 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. 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 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). 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 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). 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.