Barbados Population 2024 (Live)

282,221

Barbados is not growing rapidly, but it is growing. By 2025, it is expected to break past 300,000 for the first time. From there it's projected to level off until the end of the century.

Population Rank
Growth Rate
2024 World Percentage
Land Area
430
The current population of Barbados is 282,221 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2024 population at 282,309.

Barbados Growth Rate

Barbados Population 2024 (Live)

Barbados Population Clock

Barbados Population (as of 3/11/2024)282,221
Next UN Estimate (July 1, 2024)282,309
Births per Day8
Deaths per Day7
Migrations per Day
Net Change per Day1
Population Change Since Jan. 171

Components of Population Change

One birth every 180 minutes
One death every 205.72 minutes
One immigrant every Infinity minutes
Net gain of one person every 1440 minutes

Barbados Population Clock

City
2024 Population
Bridgetown98,511
Speightstown3,634
Oistins2,285
Bathsheba1,765
Holetown1,350
Crane935
Greenland623

Barbados Population Density Map

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
2024282,3090.15%65718715
2023281,9950.16%65618715
2020280,6930.18%65318715
2019280,1800.18%65218715
2018279,6880.18%65018615
2017279,1870.19%64918516
2015278,0830.24%64718416
2010274,7110.39%63918315
2005269,4770.36%62718314
2000264,6570.18%61518113
1995262,3030.26%61017912
1990258,8680.07%60217812
1985257,9110.34%60017610
1980253,5750.52%5901749
1975247,0900.47%5751728
1970241,3970.31%5611728
1965237,6940.44%5531698
1960232,5500.46%5411678
1955227,3201.54%5291658

Barbados Population by Year (Historical)

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
2024282,3090.15%65718715
2025282,5800.13%65718715
2030283,0820.04%65818717
2035281,861-0.09%65518818
2040278,768-0.22%64818919
2045273,860-0.36%63718919
2050267,788-0.45%62318920
2055261,333-0.49%60818921
2060254,982-0.49%59318920
2065248,779-0.49%57918921
2070242,612-0.5%56418926
2075236,275-0.53%54918926
2080229,669-0.57%53418928
2085222,916-0.6%51819029
2090216,138-0.62%50319029
2095209,482-0.62%48719030

Barbados Population by Year (Projections)

Barbados Population Pyramid 2024

Barbados Median Age

39.5

Total

38.4

Male

40.7

Female

Barbados Population by Age

There are people over age 18 in Barbados.

Census Years

Year
Date
20202020
201012 May 2010
20001 May 2000
19902 May 1990

Barbados Population Pyramid

Barbados is a sovereign island nation in the Lesser Antilles with just 431 square kilometers (166 sq mi) of land area. The country was claimed for Spain in the late 15th century before being taken by English in the early 17th century. Barbados was a British colony until gaining independence in 1966, making it the only Caribbean island that didn't change hands during colonial times.

Barbados is the 4th most densely populated country in the Americas, and 15th globally, and it ranks as the 10th most populous island nation in the region. The capital and largest city of Barbados is Bridgetown, with a population of 110,000 and a density of 7,300 people per square kilometer.

Barbados Demographics

About 90% of Barbadians, or Bajans, are of Afro-Caribbean descent and mixed descent. The rest of the population is comprised of Europeans (4%) mostly from Ireland and the United Kingdom, as well as Asians, particularly Indians and Chinese. Among the white Barbadians are an underclass called Redlegs, who are descendants of Irish slaves and prisoners imported to Barbados.

The Indo-Guyanese are a major population outside of the Afro-Caribbean community. Chinese-Barbadians make up a small percentage of the country's Asian population, most of whom arrived during World War 2 from Hong Kong. There are also communities of Syrians and Lebanese on the island, most of whom arrived through trade opportunities. Barbados does have a Jewish community of descendants who arrived in the early 17th century.

While English is the official language of Barbados, a regional variant called Bajan is spoken by most people in informal settings. Interestingly, Barbados shares a unique distinction with Japan: both countries have the highest per capita occurrences of centenarians on earth.

Barbados Population Rank 2024
Area (km²)
430
2024 Growth Rate
Capital
GDP (IMF '23)
$6.22
GDP (UN '22)
$5.70 Bn

Barbados - General Info

  1. Barbados Statistical Service
  2. World Population Prospects (2022 Revision) - United Nations population estimates and projections.
  3. GeoNames

Sources