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Barbados vs Croatia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 3.87M in Croatia (ranked 129/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 21,606 sq mi for Croatia (ranked 184th vs. 123rd).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Croatia
Population
282698
3839202
Population rank 175/197 129/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$92.5B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 74/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$23,931
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 50/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$48,575
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$53.3B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
55.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$13,796
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 42/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$20,265
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
21,606 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.46
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
46 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
78.9 years
2025

Barbados and Croatia: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Croatia economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Croatia
Year GDP
Barbados Croatia
1960 $80,021,847 -
1961 $85,363,759 -
1962 $88,782,583 -
1963 $99,893,761 -
1964 $99,252,731 -
1965 $105,021,997 -
1966 $113,195,123 -
1967 $125,554,009 -
1968 $125,733,669 -
1969 $141,393,142 -
1970 $166,210,203 -
1971 $186,826,503 -
1972 $213,725,217 -
1973 $260,767,828 -
1974 $311,804,630 -
1975 $402,178,605 -
1976 $435,911,269 -
1977 $495,097,668 -
1978 $552,883,707 -
1979 $670,362,452 -
1980 $1,012,280,615 -
1981 $1,114,204,743 -
1982 $1,163,923,830 -
1983 $1,236,016,507 -
1984 $1,346,890,071 -
1985 $1,409,536,121 -
1986 $1,547,755,183 -
1987 $1,704,370,308 -
1988 $1,812,757,918 -
1989 $2,006,165,167 -
1990 $2,012,131,457 $25,650,213,280
1991 $2,020,583,702 $18,760,386,775
1992 $1,957,000,000 $10,621,169,291
1993 $2,063,342,117 $11,259,647,874
1994 $2,151,344,901 $15,062,911,617
1995 $2,216,974,096 $22,772,394,547
1996 $2,363,645,403 $24,150,978,347
1997 $2,498,384,130 $24,175,764,812
1998 $2,817,083,478 $25,890,228,430
1999 $2,951,822,205 $23,777,026,779
2000 $3,059,500,000 $22,134,411,297
2001 $3,054,500,000 $23,066,883,850
2002 $3,106,500,000 $26,757,722,429
2003 $3,209,500,000 $35,245,317,002
2004 $3,444,500,000 $41,836,292,157
2005 $3,819,500,000 $45,013,119,282
2006 $4,217,323,400 $49,590,197,657
2007 $4,675,767,950 $59,298,265,770
2008 $4,790,410,400 $68,478,776,206
2009 $4,466,809,600 $62,321,642,125
2010 $5,191,188,500 $58,981,738,869
2011 $5,342,183,800 $62,903,737,380
2012 $5,271,257,500 $57,551,963,753
2013 $5,361,158,350 $59,852,401,272
2014 $5,365,976,700 $59,612,144,078
2015 $5,288,057,750 $51,005,200,670
2016 $5,330,761,500 $52,654,855,638
2017 $5,517,340,450 $56,186,190,438
2018 $5,629,916,200 $61,668,130,123
2019 $5,788,288,000 $61,467,582,194
2020 $5,168,344,450 $57,963,370,885
2021 $5,275,242,050 $69,006,802,299
2022 $6,257,303,500 $71,198,635,102
2023 $6,720,733,200 $84,393,795,502
2024 $7,165,000,000 $92,526,176,109

Barbados and Croatia economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Croatia
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Croatia
1960 $347 -
1961 $366 -
1962 $377 -
1963 $421 -
1964 $414 -
1965 $433 -
1966 $462 -
1967 $508 -
1968 $506 -
1969 $567 -
1970 $666 -
1971 $750 -
1972 $856 -
1973 $1,042 -
1974 $1,243 -
1975 $1,601 -
1976 $1,734 -
1977 $1,968 -
1978 $2,198 -
1979 $2,668 -
1980 $4,025 -
1981 $4,417 -
1982 $4,599 -
1983 $4,866 -
1984 $5,284 -
1985 $5,510 -
1986 $6,031 -
1987 $6,625 -
1988 $7,033 -
1989 $7,773 -
1990 $7,781 $5,369
1991 $7,790 $4,001
1992 $7,519 $2,321
1993 $7,905 $2,448
1994 $8,223 $3,238
1995 $8,460 $4,929
1996 $9,012 $5,300
1997 $9,522 $5,331
1998 $10,734 $5,713
1999 $11,244 $5,269
2000 $11,675 $4,954
2001 $11,640 $5,365
2002 $11,760 $6,220
2003 $12,076 $8,190
2004 $12,886 $9,719
2005 $14,214 $10,444
2006 $15,620 $11,503
2007 $17,235 $13,758
2008 $17,566 $15,889
2009 $16,295 $14,476
2010 $18,860 $13,731
2011 $19,346 $14,695
2012 $19,034 $13,509
2013 $19,308 $14,136
2014 $19,278 $14,188
2015 $18,954 $12,285
2016 $19,066 $12,821
2017 $19,693 $13,903
2018 $20,056 $15,460
2019 $20,584 $15,564
2020 $18,347 $14,808
2021 $18,697 $17,790
2022 $22,164 $18,466
2023 $23,804 $21,865
2024 $25,366 $23,931

Barbados vs. Croatia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Croatia
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Croatia
1950 53.6 58.5
1951 54.7 59
1952 55.9 59.8
1953 57 61.5
1954 58.3 62.2
1955 59 63.1
1956 60.5 63.6
1957 61.7 64.4
1958 62.4 65
1959 63.3 65.5
1960 64.1 65.9
1961 65 66.5
1962 65.7 67.3
1963 66.2 67.6
1964 66.7 68
1965 67.2 68.5
1966 67.7 68.9
1967 67.9 69
1968 68.2 68.9
1969 68.5 69
1970 68.5 69.2
1971 68.8 69.4
1972 69.1 69.8
1973 69.1 70.1
1974 69.4 70.6
1975 69.8 71
1976 70.1 71.4
1977 70.6 71.4
1978 71.1 71.3
1979 71.5 71.1
1980 72.1 71
1981 72.6 70.9
1982 72.9 70.7
1983 73.2 70.7
1984 73.3 71
1985 73.3 71.5
1986 73.4 71.8
1987 73.5 71.9
1988 73.4 72.2
1989 73.4 72.5
1990 73.5 72.2
1991 73.5 70.6
1992 73.6 71.7
1993 73.7 72.3
1994 73.8 72.6
1995 73.9 72.6
1996 74.1 73
1997 74 73
1998 74.5 73.2
1999 74.6 73.6
2000 74.6 74
2001 74.7 74.4
2002 74.8 74.6
2003 74.9 74.7
2004 75.1 75.3
2005 75 75.6
2006 75 75.7
2007 75.3 75.9
2008 75.3 76
2009 75.5 76.3
2010 75.5 76.7
2011 75.6 77
2012 75.7 77.3
2013 75.8 77.5
2014 75.9 77.5
2015 76.1 77.6
2016 76.2 77.6
2017 76.2 77.7
2018 76.4 77.9
2019 76.5 78.2
2020 76.6 77.5
2021 76.6 77.1
2022 75.7 78.3
2023 76.2 78.6
2024 76.3 78.8
2025 76.5 78.9

Barbados and Croatia population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Croatia
Year Population
Barbados Croatia
1960 230,893 4,140,181
1961 233,148 4,167,292
1962 235,224 4,196,712
1963 237,557 4,225,675
1964 239,958 4,252,876
1965 242,417 4,280,923
1966 244,996 4,310,701
1967 247,091 4,338,683
1968 248,540 4,365,628
1969 249,444 4,391,490
1970 249,387 4,412,252
1971 249,168 4,431,275
1972 249,658 4,450,564
1973 250,322 4,470,161
1974 250,777 4,490,660
1975 251,175 4,512,082
1976 251,442 4,535,934
1977 251,626 4,559,571
1978 251,551 4,581,085
1979 251,269 4,594,778
1980 251,524 4,599,782
1981 252,270 4,611,509
1982 253,095 4,634,234
1983 253,992 4,658,254
1984 254,920 4,680,285
1985 255,820 4,701,417
1986 256,618 4,721,446
1987 257,279 4,739,745
1988 257,763 4,755,207
1989 258,109 4,767,260
1990 258,582 4,777,368
1991 259,373 4,689,022
1992 260,267 4,575,818
1993 261,027 4,600,463
1994 261,620 4,652,024
1995 262,039 4,620,030
1996 262,284 4,557,097
1997 262,392 4,534,920
1998 262,436 4,532,135
1999 262,517 4,512,597
2000 262,063 4,468,302
2001 262,425 4,299,642
2002 264,148 4,302,174
2003 265,776 4,303,399
2004 267,298 4,304,600
2005 268,706 4,310,145
2006 270,002 4,311,159
2007 271,288 4,310,217
2008 272,714 4,309,705
2009 274,123 4,305,181
2010 275,243 4,295,427
2011 276,139 4,280,622
2012 276,938 4,260,368
2013 277,665 4,233,922
2014 278,348 4,201,598
2015 278,990 4,151,725
2016 279,598 4,106,867
2017 280,171 4,041,407
2018 280,711 3,988,775
2019 281,207 3,949,390
2020 281,698 3,914,206
2021 282,147 3,878,981
2022 282,318 3,855,641
2023 282,336 3,859,686
2024 282,467 3,866,300

Fertility rates in Barbados and Croatia

Fertility rate
Barbados

Croatia
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Croatia
1960 4.71 2.24
1961 4.15 2.22
1962 4.3 2.19
1963 4.3 2.15
1964 4.21 2.14
1965 4.18 2.22
1966 4.14 2.23
1967 3.6 2.1
1968 3.57 2.03
1969 3.34 1.95
1970 3.08 1.88
1971 3.2 1.97
1972 3.15 2.01
1973 2.87 2.01
1974 2.65 1.98
1975 2.45 1.95
1976 2.24 1.94
1977 2.2 1.95
1978 1.84 1.96
1979 1.86 1.95
1980 1.78 1.93
1981 1.85 1.93
1982 1.86 1.9
1983 1.86 1.88
1984 1.75 1.87
1985 1.77 1.82
1986 1.69 1.76
1987 1.61 1.64
1988 1.58 1.79
1989 1.64 1.63
1990 1.84 1.63
1991 1.84 1.53
1992 1.8 1.48
1993 1.77 1.52
1994 1.73 1.47
1995 1.7 1.58
1996 1.67 1.67
1997 1.65 1.69
1998 1.62 1.45
1999 1.78 1.38
2000 1.93 1.39
2001 1.96 1.46
2002 1.86 1.42
2003 1.86 1.41
2004 1.8 1.43
2005 1.74 1.5
2006 1.7 1.47
2007 1.76 1.48
2008 1.76 1.47
2009 1.77 1.5
2010 1.79 1.46
2011 1.76 1.41
2012 1.73 1.52
2013 1.73 1.46
2014 1.73 1.46
2015 1.73 1.41
2016 1.72 1.43
2017 1.72 1.42
2018 1.72 1.47
2019 1.72 1.47
2020 1.71 1.48
2021 1.71 1.62
2022 1.71 1.53
2023 1.71 1.46

Barbados and Croatia demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Croatia
Year Median age, years
Barbados Croatia
1960 21.9 29
1961 21.8 29.4
1962 21.8 29.7
1963 21.8 30
1964 21.8 30.3
1965 21.8 30.6
1966 21.8 30.9
1967 21.9 31.2
1968 22.1 31.5
1969 22.2 31.8
1970 22.4 32.1
1971 22.6 32.3
1972 22.8 32.5
1973 23 32.7
1974 23.2 32.8
1975 23.5 33
1976 23.8 33.1
1977 24.1 33.2
1978 24.5 33.3
1979 24.9 33.4
1980 25.3 33.4
1981 25.7 33.5
1982 26.1 33.6
1983 26.5 33.8
1984 26.9 34
1985 27.3 34.2
1986 27.7 34.4
1987 28 34.7
1988 28.4 35
1989 28.7 35.3
1990 29.1 35.6
1991 29.5 36
1992 29.9 36.4
1993 30.4 36.9
1994 30.8 37.3
1995 31.3 37.8
1996 31.7 38.2
1997 32.1 38.6
1998 32.6 38.9
1999 33 39.2
2000 33.3 39.6
2001 33.7 39.9
2002 34 40.2
2003 34.3 40.5
2004 34.6 40.7
2005 34.9 40.9
2006 35.3 41.2
2007 35.6 41.4
2008 36 41.6
2009 36.3 41.8
2010 36.5 41.9
2011 36.8 42.2
2012 37.1 42.5
2013 37.4 42.7
2014 37.7 43
2015 37.9 43.3
2016 38.2 43.7
2017 38.5 44.2
2018 38.7 44.6
2019 39 45
2020 39.2 45.2
2021 39.4 45.4
2022 39.6 45.6
2023 39.9 45.8
2024 40.2 46

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Croatia
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$85.4B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
48.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
4.09%
2021
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.78%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
20,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-2.36%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
5.03%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
59.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
19.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
68.7
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
23.3%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
2.9%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
0.00003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
81
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$27.8B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$3.34B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$6.74B
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
21,608,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
23.4%
2020
Banked people share n/a
92.6%
2024

Energy

Barbados Croatia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
2,237 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$20.4
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
17.5 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
4.52 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
68%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
34.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
11.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
57.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
4,484 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
69.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
47%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Croatia
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.05%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-5,186
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
58.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
73
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
47
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
83
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
0.77
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
7.9
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
173
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
99.4%
2021
English speaking
100%
2023
57.1%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
83.6%
2024

Health

Barbados Croatia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$1,344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$123.5
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
78.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0.009%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
3.61
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
29.3 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
4.6
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
31.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
10.5%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
64
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
37%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
7.65 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Croatia
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
5,588 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
5,737 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
7,516 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
16,751 mi
2015

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