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Barbados: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
282,623people
Change on 2024
+0.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.1%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20310.282Forecast
20300.282Forecast
20290.283Forecast
20280.283Forecast
20270.283Forecast
20260.283Forecast
20250.283
20240.282
20230.282
20220.282
20210.282
20200.282
20190.281
20180.281
20170.28
20160.28

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1960–2014
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Barbados documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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