Demographics of Barbados

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 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.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Barbados population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950210,990-
1955227,1320.80
1960230,9850.25
1965235,4150.35
1970238,8950.39
1975246,1580.62
1980252,3880.41
1985256,2600.30
1990260,9330.37
1995265,9550.40
2000271,5110.39
2005276,3200.38
2010282,1310.36
2015285,3270.18
2016285,7980.17
2017286,2290.15
2018286,6400.14
2019287,0210.13
2020287,3710.12
2021287,7080.12
  • Total
  • Crude

Barbados death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19503,2627,67115.2335.84
19552,9377,39913.0632.90
19602,5097,08210.8330.56
19652,1966,1959.3426.35
19702,1175,2118.8321.74
19752,1244,6768.6419.02
19802,1374,4628.4817.70
19852,1034,3818.2017.08
19902,0264,1737.7615.99
19951,9923,9637.4914.90
20002,0493,7827.5513.93
20052,1913,6167.9213.07
20102,3573,3098.3711.75
20152,5073,0838.7910.81
20202,6243,0459.1310.60
20212,6453,0439.2010.58
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Barbados

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195076,069134,923-36.053
195582,687144,3861.0136.414
196084,932146,0070.4636.777
196587,420147,9540.5537.141
197089,687149,1610.7137.550
197595,596150,4381.3038.855
1980101,136151,0580.8940.102
198599,134156,790-0.4138.736
199097,406162,968-0.3237.370
199594,236170,723-0.6435.566
200091,281178,566-0.6133.827
200589,988184,021-0.2632.841
201089,099190,470-0.2131.870
201588,815195,4020.0431.249
202089,695197,8730.3031.191
202190,012198,0590.3531.246
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  • Gender ratio

Barbados population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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