Bahamas vs Barbados statistics compared

The Bahamas has a population of 401K (ranked 172/197), compared with 282K in Barbados (ranked 175/197). The Bahamas' land area is 3,865 sq mi versus 166 sq mi for Barbados (ranked 162nd vs. 184th).

By GDP, The Bahamas ranks 140/197 ($15.8B) and Barbados ranks 157/197 ($7.5B). By GDP per capita, The Bahamas ranks 30/197 ($39,455), while Barbados ranks 46/197 ($26,545).

Bahamas and Barbados: Comparison Charts

Bahamas and Barbados economies compared

GDP

Bahamas

Barbados

Table

Year	GDP
	Bahamas	Barbados
1960	$169,736,027	$80,021,847
1961	$190,022,030	$85,363,759
1962	$212,170,034	$88,782,583
1963	$237,650,038	$99,893,761
1964	$266,560,043	$99,252,731
1965	$300,272,048	$105,021,997
1966	$346,800,000	$113,195,123
1967	$398,000,000	$125,554,009
1968	$453,800,000	$125,733,669
1969	$538,700,000	$141,393,142
1970	$539,500,000	$166,210,203
1971	$573,400,000	$186,826,503
1972	$590,900,000	$213,725,217
1973	$670,900,000	$260,767,828
1974	$632,400,000	$311,804,630
1975	$596,200,000	$402,178,605
1976	$642,100,000	$435,911,269
1977	$713,000,000	$495,097,668
1978	$832,400,000	$552,883,707
1979	$1,139,800,100	$670,362,452
1980	$1,335,300,000	$1,012,280,615
1981	$1,426,500,000	$1,114,204,743
1982	$1,578,300,000	$1,163,923,830
1983	$1,732,800,000	$1,236,016,507
1984	$2,041,100,000	$1,346,890,071
1985	$2,320,699,900	$1,409,536,121
1986	$2,472,500,000	$1,547,755,183
1987	$2,713,999,900	$1,704,370,308
1988	$2,817,900,000	$1,812,757,918
1989	$3,062,000,000	$2,006,165,167
1990	$3,166,000,000	$2,012,131,457
1991	$3,111,160,000	$2,020,583,702
1992	$3,109,000,000	$1,957,000,000
1993	$3,092,000,000	$2,063,342,117
1994	$3,259,000,000	$2,151,344,901
1995	$3,429,000,000	$2,216,974,096
1996	$3,609,000,000	$2,363,645,403
1997	$6,332,360,000	$2,498,384,130
1998	$6,833,220,000	$2,817,083,478
1999	$7,683,870,000	$2,951,822,205
2000	$8,076,470,000	$3,059,500,000
2001	$8,317,830,000	$3,054,500,000
2002	$8,881,160,000	$3,106,500,000
2003	$8,870,090,000	$3,209,500,000
2004	$9,055,290,000	$3,444,500,000
2005	$9,836,200,000	$3,819,500,000
2006	$10,167,250,000	$4,217,323,400
2007	$10,618,340,000	$4,675,767,950
2008	$10,526,000,000	$4,790,410,400
2009	$9,981,960,000	$4,466,809,600
2010	$10,095,760,000	$5,672,900,000
2011	$10,070,450,000	$5,663,100,000
2012	$10,720,400,000	$5,761,450,000
2013	$10,475,300,000	$5,667,200,000
2014	$11,139,100,000	$5,620,600,000
2015	$11,837,600,000	$5,698,150,000
2016	$11,880,900,000	$5,674,600,000
2017	$12,446,900,000	$5,683,150,000
2018	$12,819,200,000	$6,001,950,000
2019	$13,277,000,000	$6,161,850,000
2020	$10,363,200,000	$5,407,050,000
2021	$12,037,000,000	$5,947,550,000
2022	$13,896,800,000	$6,884,900,000
2023	$15,271,300,000	$7,223,250,000
2024	$15,832,800,000	$7,498,050,000

Bahamas and Barbados economies compared

GDP per capita

Bahamas

Barbados

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bahamas	Barbados
1960	$1,459	$347
1961	$1,555	$366
1962	$1,651	$377
1963	$1,759	$421
1964	$1,883	$414
1965	$2,030	$433
1966	$2,239	$462
1967	$2,453	$508
1968	$2,668	$506
1969	$3,027	$567
1970	$2,916	$666
1971	$3,004	$750
1972	$3,014	$856
1973	$3,341	$1,042
1974	$3,080	$1,243
1975	$2,841	$1,601
1976	$2,993	$1,734
1977	$3,253	$1,968
1978	$3,720	$2,198
1979	$4,994	$2,668
1980	$5,743	$4,025
1981	$6,029	$4,417
1982	$6,559	$4,599
1983	$7,081	$4,866
1984	$8,202	$5,284
1985	$9,167	$5,510
1986	$9,601	$6,031
1987	$10,361	$6,625
1988	$10,576	$7,033
1989	$11,291	$7,773
1990	$11,473	$7,781
1991	$11,082	$7,790
1992	$10,873	$7,519
1993	$10,613	$7,905
1994	$10,991	$8,223
1995	$11,375	$8,460
1996	$11,784	$9,012
1997	$20,368	$9,522
1998	$21,667	$10,734
1999	$24,041	$11,244
2000	$24,940	$11,675
2001	$25,372	$11,640
2002	$26,782	$11,760
2003	$26,429	$12,076
2004	$26,650	$12,886
2005	$28,602	$14,214
2006	$29,185	$15,620
2007	$30,052	$17,235
2008	$29,392	$17,566
2009	$27,513	$16,295
2010	$27,473	$20,611
2011	$27,091	$20,508
2012	$28,552	$20,804
2013	$27,643	$20,410
2014	$29,137	$20,193
2015	$30,719	$20,424
2016	$30,617	$20,296
2017	$31,875	$20,285
2018	$32,642	$21,381
2019	$33,640	$21,912
2020	$26,179	$19,194
2021	$30,368	$21,080
2022	$34,957	$24,387
2023	$38,232	$25,584
2024	$39,455	$26,545

Bahamas vs. Barbados life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bahamas

Barbados

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bahamas	Barbados
1950	58.9	53.6
1951	59.2	54.7
1952	59.6	55.9
1953	60	57
1954	60.3	58.3
1955	60.7	59
1956	61	60.5
1957	61.4	61.7
1958	61.7	62.4
1959	62.1	63.3
1960	62.5	64.1
1961	62.8	65
1962	63.2	65.7
1963	63.5	66.2
1964	63.9	66.7
1965	64.3	67.2
1966	64.6	67.7
1967	65	67.9
1968	65.4	68.2
1969	65.8	68.5
1970	66.2	68.5
1971	66.5	68.8
1972	66.8	69.1
1973	67.1	69.1
1974	67.6	69.4
1975	68.1	69.8
1976	68.5	70.1
1977	68.8	70.6
1978	68.9	71.1
1979	69	71.5
1980	69.1	72.1
1981	69.4	72.6
1982	69.7	72.9
1983	70	73.2
1984	70.2	73.3
1985	70.3	73.3
1986	70.3	73.4
1987	70.4	73.5
1988	70.5	73.4
1989	70.7	73.4
1990	70.9	73.5
1991	71.2	73.5
1992	71.3	73.6
1993	71.4	73.7
1994	71.4	73.8
1995	71.4	73.9
1996	71.5	74.1
1997	71.6	74
1998	71.8	74.5
1999	72.1	74.6
2000	72.5	74.6
2001	72.8	74.7
2002	73	74.8
2003	73.2	74.9
2004	73.2	75.1
2005	73.4	75
2006	73.5	75
2007	73.5	75.3
2008	73.4	75.3
2009	73.5	75.5
2010	73.4	75.5
2011	73.6	75.6
2012	73.7	75.7
2013	73.9	75.8
2014	74	75.9
2015	73.8	76.1
2016	74	76.2
2017	74	76.2
2018	74.1	76.4
2019	71.4	76.5
2020	73	76.6
2021	70.8	76.6
2022	74.5	75.7
2023	74.6	76.2
2024	74.7	76.3
2025	74.9	76.5
2026	75	76.6

Bahamas and Barbados population clocks and comparison

Population

Bahamas

Barbados

Table

Year	Population
	Bahamas	Barbados
1960	116,317	230,893
1961	122,197	233,148
1962	128,493	235,224
1963	135,087	237,557
1964	141,528	239,958
1965	147,952	242,417
1966	154,874	244,996
1967	162,267	247,091
1968	170,089	248,540
1969	177,981	249,444
1970	184,982	249,387
1971	190,857	249,168
1972	196,055	249,658
1973	200,791	250,322
1974	205,342	250,777
1975	209,886	251,175
1976	214,501	251,442
1977	219,157	251,626
1978	223,761	251,551
1979	228,230	251,269
1980	232,526	251,524
1981	236,614	252,270
1982	240,614	253,095
1983	244,698	253,992
1984	248,863	254,920
1985	253,154	255,820
1986	257,536	256,618
1987	261,935	257,279
1988	266,448	257,763
1989	271,178	258,109
1990	275,945	258,582
1991	280,731	259,373
1992	285,927	260,267
1993	291,339	261,027
1994	296,509	261,620
1995	301,461	262,039
1996	306,268	262,284
1997	310,904	262,392
1998	315,368	262,436
1999	319,614	262,517
2000	323,835	262,063
2001	327,836	262,425
2002	331,614	264,148
2003	335,618	265,776
2004	339,782	267,298
2005	343,894	268,706
2006	348,375	270,002
2007	353,334	271,288
2008	358,120	272,714
2009	362,810	274,123
2010	367,478	275,243
2011	371,729	276,139
2012	375,469	276,938
2013	378,953	277,665
2014	382,298	278,348
2015	385,346	278,990
2016	388,055	279,598
2017	390,485	280,171
2018	392,717	280,711
2019	394,675	281,207
2020	395,863	281,698
2021	396,373	282,147
2022	397,538	282,318
2023	399,440	282,336
2024	401,283	282,467

Fertility rates in Bahamas and Barbados

Fertility rate

Bahamas

Barbados

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Barbados
1960	5.09	4.71
1961	5.16	4.15
1962	5.13	4.3
1963	5.06	4.3
1964	4.97	4.21
1965	4.88	4.18
1966	4.79	4.14
1967	4.69	3.6
1968	4.56	3.57
1969	4.38	3.34
1970	4.21	3.08
1971	4.06	3.2
1972	3.89	3.15
1973	3.73	2.87
1974	3.57	2.65
1975	3.42	2.45
1976	3.3	2.24
1977	3.17	2.2
1978	3.05	1.84
1979	2.94	1.86
1980	2.84	1.78
1981	2.77	1.85
1982	2.71	1.86
1983	2.65	1.86
1984	2.59	1.75
1985	2.55	1.77
1986	2.53	1.69
1987	2.52	1.61
1988	2.52	1.58
1989	2.52	1.64
1990	2.52	1.84
1991	2.51	1.84
1992	2.71	1.8
1993	2.61	1.77
1994	2.47	1.73
1995	2.42	1.7
1996	2.35	1.67
1997	2.29	1.65
1998	2.23	1.62
1999	2.13	1.78
2000	2.06	1.93
2001	2.02	1.96
2002	1.98	1.86
2003	1.97	1.86
2004	1.98	1.8
2005	2.01	1.74
2006	2.02	1.7
2007	2.04	1.76
2008	2	1.76
2009	2.01	1.77
2010	1.84	1.79
2011	1.79	1.76
2012	1.76	1.73
2013	1.74	1.73
2014	1.69	1.73
2015	1.57	1.73
2016	1.5	1.72
2017	1.42	1.72
2018	1.4	1.72
2019	1.4	1.72
2020	1.39	1.71
2021	1.38	1.71
2022	1.38	1.71
2023	1.37	1.71

Bahamas and Barbados demographics compared

Median age

Bahamas

Barbados

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bahamas	Barbados
1960	19.5	21.9
1961	19.6	21.8
1962	19.6	21.8
1963	19.7	21.8
1964	19.8	21.8
1965	19.9	21.8
1966	20.1	21.8
1967	20.2	21.9
1968	20.3	22.1
1969	20.5	22.2
1970	20.6	22.4
1971	20.6	22.6
1972	20.7	22.8
1973	20.7	23
1974	20.8	23.2
1975	20.9	23.5
1976	21.1	23.8
1977	21.3	24.1
1978	21.6	24.5
1979	21.8	24.9
1980	22.1	25.3
1981	22.4	25.7
1982	22.7	26.1
1983	23	26.5
1984	23.4	26.9
1985	23.7	27.3
1986	24	27.7
1987	24.3	28
1988	24.7	28.4
1989	25	28.7
1990	25.4	29.1
1991	25.7	29.5
1992	26	29.9
1993	26.3	30.4
1994	26.6	30.8
1995	26.9	31.3
1996	27.2	31.7
1997	27.5	32.1
1998	27.9	32.6
1999	28.2	33
2000	28.5	33.3
2001	28.9	33.7
2002	29.3	34
2003	29.6	34.3
2004	30	34.6
2005	30.3	34.9
2006	30.6	35.3
2007	30.8	35.6
2008	31	36
2009	31.3	36.3
2010	31.5	36.5
2011	31.8	36.8
2012	32.1	37.1
2013	32.4	37.4
2014	32.6	37.7
2015	33	37.9
2016	33.3	38.2
2017	33.6	38.5
2018	33.9	38.7
2019	34.3	39
2020	34.6	39.2
2021	34.9	39.4
2022	35.2	39.6
2023	35.6	39.9
2024	36	40.2

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