Skip to content

Barbados vs Chile statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 19.8M in Chile (ranked 66/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 286,809 sq mi for Chile (ranked 184th vs. 38th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Chile ranks 46/197 ($330B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Chile ranks 65/197 ($16,710).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Chile
Population
282698
19928941
Population rank 175/197 67/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$330B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 46/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$16,710
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 65/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$34,637
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$139B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
43%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$7,015
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 69/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$9,593
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
286,809 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
68.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.17
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
37.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
81.5 years
2025

Barbados and Chile: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Chile economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Chile
Year GDP
Barbados Chile
1960 $80,021,847 $4,211,103,677
1961 $85,363,759 $4,948,564,551
1962 $88,782,583 $5,765,971,144
1963 $99,893,761 $5,702,520,146
1964 $99,252,731 $6,065,708,668
1965 $105,021,997 $6,183,988,944
1966 $113,195,123 $7,256,882,086
1967 $125,554,009 $7,145,068,068
1968 $125,733,669 $7,286,820,526
1969 $141,393,142 $8,456,519,044
1970 $166,210,203 $9,261,006,540
1971 $186,826,503 $10,999,807,567
1972 $213,725,217 $12,057,501,635
1973 $260,767,828 $17,237,336,173
1974 $311,804,630 $16,584,311,220
1975 $402,178,605 $7,812,161,793
1976 $435,911,269 $10,523,479,089
1977 $495,097,668 $14,272,711,437
1978 $552,883,707 $16,373,093,554
1979 $670,362,452 $22,249,574,628
1980 $1,012,280,615 $29,586,676,576
1981 $1,114,204,743 $35,180,322,211
1982 $1,163,923,830 $19,710,229,067
1983 $1,236,016,507 $20,629,678,694
1984 $1,346,890,071 $19,974,595,028
1985 $1,409,536,121 $17,933,557,360
1986 $1,547,755,183 $19,197,818,085
1987 $1,704,370,308 $22,605,488,851
1988 $1,812,757,918 $26,174,858,614
1989 $2,006,165,167 $30,101,767,991
1990 $2,012,131,457 $33,428,580,448
1991 $2,020,583,702 $38,232,330,917
1992 $1,957,000,000 $46,538,895,686
1993 $2,063,342,117 $49,934,943,321
1994 $2,151,344,901 $57,438,273,591
1995 $2,216,974,096 $73,820,425,702
1996 $2,363,645,403 $78,584,098,984
1997 $2,498,384,130 $85,741,415,285
1998 $2,817,083,478 $81,990,010,704
1999 $2,951,822,205 $75,578,685,736
2000 $3,059,500,000 $78,339,750,721
2001 $3,054,500,000 $71,574,739,561
2002 $3,106,500,000 $70,264,045,939
2003 $3,209,500,000 $76,492,579,644
2004 $3,444,500,000 $99,075,985,774
2005 $3,819,500,000 $122,294,145,163
2006 $4,217,323,400 $153,843,518,171
2007 $4,675,767,950 $172,491,076,034
2008 $4,790,410,400 $179,894,594,475
2009 $4,466,809,600 $171,777,900,624
2010 $5,191,188,500 $217,051,209,239
2011 $5,342,183,800 $251,382,573,894
2012 $5,271,257,500 $267,024,782,487
2013 $5,361,158,350 $277,395,018,842
2014 $5,365,976,700 $259,560,978,224
2015 $5,288,057,750 $242,450,355,831
2016 $5,330,761,500 $249,344,863,928
2017 $5,517,340,450 $276,154,259,981
2018 $5,629,916,200 $295,857,562,992
2019 $5,788,288,000 $278,285,058,719
2020 $5,168,344,450 $254,042,159,309
2021 $5,275,242,050 $315,325,547,162
2022 $6,257,303,500 $301,226,575,540
2023 $6,720,733,200 $335,518,054,098
2024 $7,165,000,000 $330,267,137,372

Barbados and Chile economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Chile
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Chile
1960 $347 $516
1961 $366 $594
1962 $377 $679
1963 $421 $658
1964 $414 $686
1965 $433 $686
1966 $462 $790
1967 $508 $764
1968 $506 $766
1969 $567 $874
1970 $666 $941
1971 $750 $1,099
1972 $856 $1,185
1973 $1,042 $1,667
1974 $1,243 $1,579
1975 $1,601 $732
1976 $1,734 $971
1977 $1,968 $1,297
1978 $2,198 $1,465
1979 $2,668 $1,962
1980 $4,025 $2,571
1981 $4,417 $3,012
1982 $4,599 $1,663
1983 $4,866 $1,715
1984 $5,284 $1,636
1985 $5,510 $1,447
1986 $6,031 $1,525
1987 $6,625 $1,767
1988 $7,033 $2,014
1989 $7,773 $2,278
1990 $7,781 $2,488
1991 $7,790 $2,798
1992 $7,519 $3,352
1993 $7,905 $3,541
1994 $8,223 $4,012
1995 $8,460 $5,081
1996 $9,012 $5,334
1997 $9,522 $5,742
1998 $10,734 $5,420
1999 $11,244 $4,934
2000 $11,675 $5,053
2001 $11,640 $4,564
2002 $11,760 $4,431
2003 $12,076 $4,773
2004 $12,886 $6,121
2005 $14,214 $7,480
2006 $15,620 $9,319
2007 $17,235 $10,346
2008 $17,566 $10,683
2009 $16,295 $10,099
2010 $18,860 $12,633
2011 $19,346 $14,487
2012 $19,034 $15,242
2013 $19,308 $15,684
2014 $19,278 $14,530
2015 $18,954 $13,434
2016 $19,066 $13,650
2017 $19,693 $14,880
2018 $20,056 $15,659
2019 $20,584 $14,496
2020 $18,347 $13,115
2021 $18,697 $16,207
2022 $22,164 $15,406
2023 $23,804 $17,067
2024 $25,366 $16,710

Barbados vs. Chile life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Chile
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Chile
1950 53.6 53.2
1951 54.7 53.5
1952 55.9 53.9
1953 57 54.3
1954 58.3 54.7
1955 59 54.9
1956 60.5 55.5
1957 61.7 55.8
1958 62.4 56.3
1959 63.3 56.6
1960 64.1 57.2
1961 65 57.3
1962 65.7 57.8
1963 66.2 58.3
1964 66.7 58.8
1965 67.2 59.5
1966 67.7 60.4
1967 67.9 61.1
1968 68.2 61.7
1969 68.5 62.3
1970 68.5 62.6
1971 68.8 63.1
1972 69.1 63.7
1973 69.1 64.4
1974 69.4 65.1
1975 69.8 66
1976 70.1 66.8
1977 70.6 67.5
1978 71.1 68
1979 71.5 68.9
1980 72.1 69.5
1981 72.6 69.8
1982 72.9 70.3
1983 73.2 70.8
1984 73.3 71.2
1985 73.3 71.6
1986 73.4 72.1
1987 73.5 72.5
1988 73.4 72.8
1989 73.4 73.2
1990 73.5 73.7
1991 73.5 74.1
1992 73.6 74.4
1993 73.7 74.7
1994 73.8 75
1995 73.9 75.3
1996 74.1 75.6
1997 74 75.8
1998 74.5 76.3
1999 74.6 76.7
2000 74.6 77.1
2001 74.7 77.6
2002 74.8 77.8
2003 74.9 77.9
2004 75.1 78.3
2005 75 78.5
2006 75 78.5
2007 75.3 78.7
2008 75.3 78.8
2009 75.5 78.9
2010 75.5 79.1
2011 75.6 79.2
2012 75.7 79.2
2013 75.8 79.6
2014 75.9 79.7
2015 76.1 80
2016 76.2 80.3
2017 76.2 80.6
2018 76.4 80.6
2019 76.5 80.3
2020 76.6 79.3
2021 76.6 78.9
2022 75.7 79.2
2023 76.2 81.2
2024 76.3 81.4
2025 76.5 81.5

Barbados and Chile population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Chile
Year Population
Barbados Chile
1960 230,893 8,153,350
1961 233,148 8,324,802
1962 235,224 8,497,059
1963 237,557 8,670,144
1964 239,958 8,842,525
1965 242,417 9,012,938
1966 244,996 9,181,722
1967 247,091 9,348,939
1968 248,540 9,514,716
1969 249,444 9,680,282
1970 249,387 9,845,344
1971 249,168 10,009,701
1972 249,658 10,174,678
1973 250,322 10,340,362
1974 250,777 10,505,817
1975 251,175 10,671,559
1976 251,442 10,838,251
1977 251,626 11,005,519
1978 251,551 11,172,695
1979 251,269 11,339,779
1980 251,524 11,508,550
1981 252,270 11,678,717
1982 253,095 11,850,214
1983 253,992 12,026,138
1984 254,920 12,207,733
1985 255,820 12,395,274
1986 256,618 12,588,914
1987 257,279 12,790,150
1988 257,763 12,999,424
1989 258,109 13,215,005
1990 258,582 13,437,176
1991 259,373 13,662,491
1992 260,267 13,884,577
1993 261,027 14,102,276
1994 261,620 14,316,256
1995 262,039 14,527,381
1996 262,284 14,734,046
1997 262,392 14,932,434
1998 262,436 15,127,799
1999 262,517 15,319,313
2000 262,063 15,503,635
2001 262,425 15,683,849
2002 264,148 15,857,925
2003 265,776 16,024,752
2004 267,298 16,187,322
2005 268,706 16,348,778
2006 270,002 16,509,195
2007 271,288 16,671,581
2008 272,714 16,838,988
2009 274,123 17,009,731
2010 275,243 17,181,464
2011 276,139 17,351,816
2012 276,938 17,519,119
2013 277,665 17,687,006
2014 278,348 17,864,195
2015 278,990 18,047,625
2016 279,598 18,267,221
2017 280,171 18,558,868
2018 280,711 18,893,191
2019 281,207 19,197,744
2020 281,698 19,370,624
2021 282,147 19,456,334
2022 282,318 19,553,036
2023 282,336 19,658,835
2024 282,467 19,764,771

Fertility rates in Barbados and Chile

Fertility rate
Barbados

Chile
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Chile
1960 4.71 4.7
1961 4.15 4.66
1962 4.3 4.6
1963 4.3 4.54
1964 4.21 4.46
1965 4.18 4.36
1966 4.14 4.26
1967 3.6 4.14
1968 3.57 4.03
1969 3.34 3.9
1970 3.08 3.78
1971 3.2 3.65
1972 3.15 3.53
1973 2.87 3.41
1974 2.65 3.29
1975 2.45 3.18
1976 2.24 3.08
1977 2.2 2.98
1978 1.84 2.89
1979 1.86 2.81
1980 1.78 2.74
1981 1.85 2.69
1982 1.86 2.65
1983 1.86 2.62
1984 1.75 2.6
1985 1.77 2.59
1986 1.69 2.59
1987 1.61 2.59
1988 1.58 2.59
1989 1.64 2.59
1990 1.84 2.58
1991 1.84 2.56
1992 1.8 2.48
1993 1.77 2.43
1994 1.73 2.38
1995 1.7 2.35
1996 1.67 2.28
1997 1.65 2.2
1998 1.62 2.15
1999 1.78 2.07
2000 1.93 2.05
2001 1.96 2.01
2002 1.86 1.93
2003 1.86 1.89
2004 1.8 1.84
2005 1.74 1.83
2006 1.7 1.8
2007 1.76 1.83
2008 1.76 1.85
2009 1.77 1.86
2010 1.79 1.84
2011 1.76 1.82
2012 1.73 1.8
2013 1.73 1.79
2014 1.73 1.77
2015 1.73 1.74
2016 1.72 1.69
2017 1.72 1.56
2018 1.72 1.54
2019 1.72 1.43
2020 1.71 1.31
2021 1.71 1.18
2022 1.71 1.25
2023 1.71 1.17

Barbados and Chile demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Chile
Year Median age, years
Barbados Chile
1960 21.9 20.4
1961 21.8 20.3
1962 21.8 20.3
1963 21.8 20.3
1964 21.8 20.3
1965 21.8 20.3
1966 21.8 20.3
1967 21.9 20.4
1968 22.1 20.5
1969 22.2 20.6
1970 22.4 20.8
1971 22.6 20.9
1972 22.8 21.1
1973 23 21.3
1974 23.2 21.5
1975 23.5 21.7
1976 23.8 22
1977 24.1 22.3
1978 24.5 22.5
1979 24.9 22.8
1980 25.3 23
1981 25.7 23.3
1982 26.1 23.6
1983 26.5 23.9
1984 26.9 24.2
1985 27.3 24.4
1986 27.7 24.7
1987 28 25
1988 28.4 25.3
1989 28.7 25.6
1990 29.1 25.9
1991 29.5 26.1
1992 29.9 26.4
1993 30.4 26.7
1994 30.8 27
1995 31.3 27.3
1996 31.7 27.7
1997 32.1 28
1998 32.6 28.3
1999 33 28.7
2000 33.3 29
2001 33.7 29.4
2002 34 29.8
2003 34.3 30.2
2004 34.6 30.6
2005 34.9 30.9
2006 35.3 31.3
2007 35.6 31.7
2008 36 32.1
2009 36.3 32.4
2010 36.5 32.7
2011 36.8 33.1
2012 37.1 33.4
2013 37.4 33.7
2014 37.7 34
2015 37.9 34.3
2016 38.2 34.6
2017 38.5 34.9
2018 38.7 35.1
2019 39 35.3
2020 39.2 35.7
2021 39.4 36.2
2022 39.6 36.6
2023 39.9 37
2024 40.2 37.5

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Barbados and Chile.

GDP per capita

GDP

Life expectancy

Population

Population density

Fertility rate

Median age

Land area

National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Chile
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$311B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
26.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
4.9%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.63%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
114,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-2.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
8.76%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
56.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
30.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
73.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
34.5%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
2.3%
2022
Number of millionaires n/a
81,274
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.53%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
437
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$262B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$44.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$100M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
5,431,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
1.3%
2020
Banked people share n/a
85.1%
2024

Energy

Barbados Chile
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
2,039 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$16.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
84 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
4.27 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
66.7%
2023
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
12%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
62.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
4,323 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
48.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
26%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Chile
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
+58,316
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
88.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.67 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
67.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
63
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
6.74
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
162
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
97.2%
2022
English speaking
100%
2023
9.53%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
94.5%
2023

Health

Barbados Chile
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$1,715
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$601
2023
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
81.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0%
2023
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
3.17
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
10
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
7.2
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
39.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
12.2%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
46
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
28.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
7.56 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Chile
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.5%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
14,511 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
41,303 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
71,736 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
53,427 mi
2020

In-depth comparisons

Facts comparisons

Facts vs Barbados vs Chile
Afghanistan Compare Compare
Albania Compare Compare
Algeria Compare Compare
Andorra Compare Compare
Angola Compare Compare
Antigua Compare Compare
Argentina Compare Compare
Armenia Compare Compare
Australia Compare Compare
Austria Compare Compare
Azerbaijan Compare Compare
Bahamas Compare Compare
Bahrain Compare Compare
Bangladesh Compare Compare
Belarus Compare Compare
Belgium Compare Compare
Belize Compare Compare
Benin Compare Compare
Bhutan Compare Compare
Bolivia Compare Compare
Bosnia Compare Compare
Botswana Compare Compare
Brazil Compare Compare
Brunei Compare Compare
Bulgaria Compare Compare
Burkina Faso Compare Compare
Burundi Compare Compare
Cambodia Compare Compare
Cameroon Compare Compare
Canada Compare Compare
Cape Verde Compare Compare
Cayman Islands Compare Compare
CAR Compare Compare
Chad Compare Compare
China Compare Compare
Colombia Compare Compare
Comoros Compare Compare
Congo Compare Compare
Costa Rica Compare Compare
Croatia Compare Compare
Cuba Compare Compare
Curacao Compare Compare
Cyprus Compare Compare
Czech Republic Compare Compare
DR Congo Compare Compare
Denmark Compare Compare
Djibouti Compare Compare
Dominica Compare Compare
Dominican Republic Compare Compare
East Timor Compare Compare
Ecuador Compare Compare
Egypt Compare Compare
El Salvador Compare Compare
Equatorial Guinea Compare Compare
Eritrea Compare Compare
Estonia Compare Compare
Eswatini Compare Compare
Ethiopia Compare Compare
Fiji Compare Compare
Finland Compare Compare
France Compare Compare
Gabon Compare Compare
Gambia Compare Compare
Georgia Compare Compare
Germany Compare Compare
Ghana Compare Compare
Greece Compare Compare
Grenada Compare Compare
Guatemala Compare Compare
Guinea Compare Compare
Guinea-Bissau Compare Compare
Guyana Compare Compare
Haiti Compare Compare
Honduras Compare Compare
Hungary Compare Compare
Iceland Compare Compare
India Compare Compare
Indonesia Compare Compare
Iran Compare Compare
Iraq Compare Compare
Ireland Compare Compare
Israel Compare Compare
Italy Compare Compare
Ivory Coast Compare Compare
Jamaica Compare Compare
Japan Compare Compare
Jordan Compare Compare
Kazakhstan Compare Compare
Kenya Compare Compare
Kiribati Compare Compare
Kuwait Compare Compare
Kyrgyzstan Compare Compare
Laos Compare Compare
Latvia Compare Compare
Lebanon Compare Compare
Lesotho Compare Compare
Liberia Compare Compare
Libya Compare Compare
Liechtenstein Compare Compare
Lithuania Compare Compare
Luxembourg Compare Compare
Madagascar Compare Compare
Malawi Compare Compare
Malaysia Compare Compare
Maldives Compare Compare
Mali Compare Compare
Malta Compare Compare
Marshall Islands Compare Compare
Mauritania Compare Compare
Mauritius Compare Compare
Mexico Compare Compare
Moldova Compare Compare
Monaco Compare Compare
Mongolia Compare Compare
Montenegro Compare Compare
Morocco Compare Compare
Mozambique Compare Compare
Myanmar Compare Compare
Namibia Compare Compare
Nauru Compare Compare
Nepal Compare Compare
Netherlands Compare Compare
New Zealand Compare Compare
Nicaragua Compare Compare
Niger Compare Compare
Nigeria Compare Compare
North Korea Compare Compare
North Macedonia Compare Compare
Norway Compare Compare
Oman Compare Compare
Pakistan Compare Compare
Palau Compare Compare
Palestine Compare Compare
Panama Compare Compare
Papua New Guinea Compare Compare
Paraguay Compare Compare
Peru Compare Compare
Philippines Compare Compare
Poland Compare Compare
Portugal Compare Compare
Qatar Compare Compare
Romania Compare Compare
Russia Compare Compare
Rwanda Compare Compare
Saint Kitts Compare Compare
Saint Lucia Compare Compare
Saint Vincent Compare Compare
Samoa Compare Compare
San Marino Compare Compare
Sao Tome Compare Compare
Saudi Arabia Compare Compare
Senegal Compare Compare
Serbia Compare Compare
Seychelles Compare Compare
Sierra Leone Compare Compare
Singapore Compare Compare
Slovakia Compare Compare
Slovenia Compare Compare
Solomon Islands Compare Compare
Somalia Compare Compare
South Africa Compare Compare
South Korea Compare Compare
South Sudan Compare Compare
Spain Compare Compare
Sri Lanka Compare Compare
Sudan Compare Compare
Suriname Compare Compare
Sweden Compare Compare
Switzerland Compare Compare
Syria Compare Compare
Taiwan Compare Compare
Tajikistan Compare Compare
Tanzania Compare Compare
Thailand Compare Compare
Togo Compare Compare
Tonga Compare Compare
Trinidad Compare Compare
Tunisia Compare Compare
Turkey Compare Compare
Turkmenistan Compare Compare
Tuvalu Compare Compare
Uganda Compare Compare
Ukraine Compare Compare
UAE Compare Compare
United Kingdom Compare Compare
United States Compare Compare
Uruguay Compare Compare
Uzbekistan Compare Compare
Vanuatu Compare Compare
Vatican Compare Compare
Venezuela Compare Compare
Vietnam Compare Compare
Yemen Compare Compare
Zambia Compare Compare
Zimbabwe Compare Compare