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Barbados vs Iran statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 184th vs. 17th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Iran
Population
282698
93020793
Population rank 175/197 17/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$437B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 37/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$4,771
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 122/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$18,442
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$161B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
39.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$1,758
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 121/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$2,970
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
626,451 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
146.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.7
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
34.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
78.1 years
2025

Barbados and Iran: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Iran economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Iran
Year GDP
Barbados Iran
1960 $80,021,847 $4,199,134,390
1961 $85,363,759 $4,426,949,095
1962 $88,782,583 $4,693,566,416
1963 $99,893,761 $4,928,628,018
1964 $99,252,731 $5,379,845,648
1965 $105,021,997 $6,197,319,929
1966 $113,195,123 $6,789,938,672
1967 $125,554,009 $7,555,383,690
1968 $125,733,669 $8,623,172,960
1969 $141,393,142 $9,743,089,607
1970 $166,210,203 $10,976,245,154
1971 $186,826,503 $13,731,802,833
1972 $213,725,217 $17,153,463,263
1973 $260,767,828 $27,081,698,250
1974 $311,804,630 $46,209,092,072
1975 $402,178,605 $51,776,222,350
1976 $435,911,269 $68,055,295,081
1977 $495,097,668 $80,600,122,702
1978 $552,883,707 $77,994,316,621
1979 $670,362,452 $90,391,877,326
1980 $1,012,280,615 $94,362,275,580
1981 $1,114,204,743 $100,499,312,750
1982 $1,163,923,830 $125,948,756,439
1983 $1,236,016,507 $156,365,156,618
1984 $1,346,890,071 $162,276,728,620
1985 $1,409,536,121 $180,183,629,600
1986 $1,547,755,183 $209,094,561,833
1987 $1,704,370,308 $134,009,995,923
1988 $1,812,757,918 $123,057,861,334
1989 $2,006,165,167 $120,496,362,916
1990 $2,012,131,457 $124,813,263,926
1991 $2,020,583,702 $131,637,664,958
1992 $1,957,000,000 $119,768,691,217
1993 $2,063,342,117 $63,743,623,231
1994 $2,151,344,901 $71,841,461,172
1995 $2,216,974,096 $96,419,225,745
1996 $2,363,645,403 $120,403,931,883
1997 $2,498,384,130 $113,919,163,421
1998 $2,817,083,478 $110,276,913,362
1999 $2,951,822,205 $113,848,450,089
2000 $3,059,500,000 $109,591,707,801
2001 $3,054,500,000 $126,878,750,296
2002 $3,106,500,000 $128,626,917,504
2003 $3,209,500,000 $151,911,222,120
2004 $3,444,500,000 $187,754,571,247
2005 $3,819,500,000 $224,970,371,329
2006 $4,217,323,400 $265,602,187,406
2007 $4,675,767,950 $349,736,591,836
2008 $4,790,410,400 $406,070,949,551
2009 $4,466,809,600 $414,059,094,950
2010 $5,191,188,500 $487,069,570,461
2011 $5,342,183,800 $629,082,257,472
2012 $5,271,257,500 $644,019,315,004
2013 $5,361,158,350 $500,399,839,840
2014 $5,365,976,700 $462,284,793,281
2015 $5,288,057,750 $409,191,686,497
2016 $5,330,761,500 $459,042,684,193
2017 $5,517,340,450 $489,168,731,811
2018 $5,629,916,200 $398,880,231,367
2019 $5,788,288,000 $333,519,146,339
2020 $5,168,344,450 $262,186,179,356
2021 $5,275,242,050 $383,436,202,447
2022 $6,257,303,500 $394,362,621,793
2023 $6,720,733,200 $404,625,655,076
2024 $7,165,000,000 $436,906,331,672

Barbados and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Iran
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Iran
1960 $347 $195.6
1961 $366 $200.1
1962 $377 $205.8
1963 $421 $209.6
1964 $414 $221.7
1965 $433 $247.5
1966 $462 $262.9
1967 $508 $283.7
1968 $506 $314
1969 $567 $345
1970 $666 $377
1971 $750 $457
1972 $856 $555
1973 $1,042 $851
1974 $1,243 $1,409
1975 $1,601 $1,532
1976 $1,734 $1,954
1977 $1,968 $2,243
1978 $2,198 $2,101
1979 $2,668 $2,352
1980 $4,025 $2,368
1981 $4,417 $2,393
1982 $4,599 $2,845
1983 $4,866 $3,397
1984 $5,284 $3,395
1985 $5,510 $3,634
1986 $6,031 $4,064
1987 $6,625 $2,513
1988 $7,033 $2,234
1989 $7,773 $2,125
1990 $7,781 $2,138
1991 $7,790 $2,194
1992 $7,519 $1,957
1993 $7,905 $1,038
1994 $8,223 $1,168
1995 $8,460 $1,550
1996 $9,012 $1,915
1997 $9,522 $1,790
1998 $10,734 $1,709
1999 $11,244 $1,740
2000 $11,675 $1,650
2001 $11,640 $1,881
2002 $11,760 $1,891
2003 $12,076 $2,209
2004 $12,886 $2,672
2005 $14,214 $3,132
2006 $15,620 $3,619
2007 $17,235 $4,688
2008 $17,566 $5,377
2009 $16,295 $5,416
2010 $18,860 $6,291
2011 $19,346 $8,026
2012 $19,034 $8,114
2013 $19,308 $6,223
2014 $19,278 $5,672
2015 $18,954 $4,953
2016 $19,066 $5,477
2017 $19,693 $5,753
2018 $20,056 $4,632
2019 $20,584 $3,831
2020 $18,347 $2,989
2021 $18,697 $4,335
2022 $22,164 $4,405
2023 $23,804 $4,466
2024 $25,366 $4,771

Barbados vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Iran
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Iran
1950 53.6 38.2
1951 54.7 38.7
1952 55.9 39.2
1953 57 39.5
1954 58.3 40
1955 59 40.6
1956 60.5 41.1
1957 61.7 41.3
1958 62.4 42.2
1959 63.3 42.8
1960 64.1 43.3
1961 65 43.9
1962 65.7 43.8
1963 66.2 45.1
1964 66.7 45.7
1965 67.2 46.4
1966 67.7 47.1
1967 67.9 47.8
1968 68.2 47.9
1969 68.5 49.4
1970 68.5 50.2
1971 68.8 51.1
1972 69.1 51.7
1973 69.1 52.9
1974 69.4 53.9
1975 69.8 54.8
1976 70.1 55.8
1977 70.6 56.7
1978 71.1 56
1979 71.5 58.5
1980 72.1 58.4
1981 72.6 56.6
1982 72.9 57.6
1983 73.2 58.5
1984 73.3 60.9
1985 73.3 61.5
1986 73.4 62.1
1987 73.5 62.7
1988 73.4 63.3
1989 73.4 65.3
1990 73.5 64.1
1991 73.5 66.2
1992 73.6 66.7
1993 73.7 67
1994 73.8 67.5
1995 73.9 67.9
1996 74.1 68.3
1997 74 68.6
1998 74.5 69.2
1999 74.6 69.7
2000 74.6 70.2
2001 74.7 70.6
2002 74.8 71.1
2003 74.9 70.5
2004 75.1 72
2005 75 72.4
2006 75 72.9
2007 75.3 73.3
2008 75.3 73.7
2009 75.5 74
2010 75.5 74.4
2011 75.6 74.7
2012 75.7 75
2013 75.8 75.3
2014 75.9 75.6
2015 76.1 75.9
2016 76.2 76.2
2017 76.2 76.4
2018 76.4 76.6
2019 76.5 76.9
2020 76.6 74.1
2021 76.6 73.8
2022 75.7 76.8
2023 76.2 77.7
2024 76.3 77.9
2025 76.5 78.1

Barbados and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Iran
Year Population
Barbados Iran
1960 230,893 21,470,434
1961 233,148 22,125,726
1962 235,224 22,807,907
1963 237,557 23,519,005
1964 239,958 24,262,859
1965 242,417 25,036,978
1966 244,996 25,829,270
1967 247,091 26,628,432
1968 248,540 27,437,391
1969 249,444 28,273,482
1970 249,387 29,145,100
1971 249,168 30,029,071
1972 249,658 30,921,179
1973 250,322 31,839,838
1974 250,777 32,796,463
1975 251,175 33,802,973
1976 251,442 34,837,271
1977 251,626 35,933,181
1978 251,551 37,126,535
1979 251,269 38,424,952
1980 251,524 39,842,324
1981 252,270 41,989,312
1982 253,095 44,272,141
1983 253,992 46,029,535
1984 254,920 47,793,998
1985 255,820 49,582,289
1986 256,618 51,446,045
1987 257,279 53,323,493
1988 257,763 55,072,694
1989 258,109 56,704,914
1990 258,582 58,380,092
1991 259,373 59,986,931
1992 260,267 61,184,983
1993 261,027 61,403,543
1994 261,620 61,520,598
1995 262,039 62,205,567
1996 262,284 62,881,300
1997 262,392 63,639,638
1998 262,436 64,519,859
1999 262,517 65,445,391
2000 262,063 66,418,659
2001 262,425 67,452,005
2002 264,148 68,011,317
2003 265,776 68,769,340
2004 267,298 70,256,316
2005 268,706 71,828,455
2006 270,002 73,392,747
2007 271,288 74,602,648
2008 272,714 75,514,204
2009 274,123 76,457,825
2010 275,243 77,420,842
2011 276,139 78,383,598
2012 276,938 79,370,580
2013 277,665 80,414,686
2014 278,348 81,502,045
2015 278,990 82,619,362
2016 279,598 83,812,228
2017 280,171 85,026,754
2018 280,711 86,117,998
2019 281,207 87,051,648
2020 281,698 87,723,443
2021 282,147 88,455,488
2022 282,318 89,524,246
2023 282,336 90,608,707
2024 282,467 91,567,738

Fertility rates in Barbados and Iran

Fertility rate
Barbados

Iran
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Iran
1960 4.71 7.52
1961 4.15 7.46
1962 4.3 7.4
1963 4.3 7.32
1964 4.21 7.24
1965 4.18 7.22
1966 4.14 7.21
1967 3.6 7.19
1968 3.57 7.12
1969 3.34 7.01
1970 3.08 6.8
1971 3.2 6.55
1972 3.15 6.26
1973 2.87 6.06
1974 2.65 5.97
1975 2.45 5.95
1976 2.24 6.07
1977 2.2 6.18
1978 1.84 6.34
1979 1.86 6.55
1980 1.78 6.63
1981 1.85 6.62
1982 1.86 6.59
1983 1.86 6.53
1984 1.75 6.43
1985 1.77 6.24
1986 1.69 6.01
1987 1.61 5.72
1988 1.58 5.43
1989 1.64 5.17
1990 1.84 4.93
1991 1.84 4.57
1992 1.8 4.1
1993 1.77 3.67
1994 1.73 3.24
1995 1.7 2.85
1996 1.67 2.54
1997 1.65 2.32
1998 1.62 2.19
1999 1.78 2.09
2000 1.93 2
2001 1.96 1.92
2002 1.86 1.84
2003 1.86 1.8
2004 1.8 1.78
2005 1.74 1.76
2006 1.7 1.76
2007 1.76 1.75
2008 1.76 1.74
2009 1.77 1.74
2010 1.79 1.75
2011 1.76 1.79
2012 1.73 1.85
2013 1.73 1.91
2014 1.73 1.98
2015 1.73 2.02
2016 1.72 2.05
2017 1.72 2.02
2018 1.72 1.92
2019 1.72 1.77
2020 1.71 1.7
2021 1.71 1.71
2022 1.71 1.7
2023 1.71 1.7

Barbados and Iran demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Iran
Year Median age, years
Barbados Iran
1960 21.9 19.1
1961 21.8 18.7
1962 21.8 18.4
1963 21.8 18.1
1964 21.8 17.9
1965 21.8 17.8
1966 21.8 17.7
1967 21.9 17.7
1968 22.1 17.6
1969 22.2 17.6
1970 22.4 17.6
1971 22.6 17.7
1972 22.8 17.8
1973 23 17.9
1974 23.2 18
1975 23.5 18.1
1976 23.8 18.2
1977 24.1 18.3
1978 24.5 18.3
1979 24.9 18.3
1980 25.3 18.2
1981 25.7 18.4
1982 26.1 18.6
1983 26.5 18.5
1984 26.9 18.4
1985 27.3 18.3
1986 27.7 18.2
1987 28 18.2
1988 28.4 18.2
1989 28.7 18.1
1990 29.1 18.2
1991 29.5 18.3
1992 29.9 18.4
1993 30.4 18.3
1994 30.8 18.4
1995 31.3 18.7
1996 31.7 19.1
1997 32.1 19.5
1998 32.6 20
1999 33 20.7
2000 33.3 21.4
2001 33.7 22
2002 34 22.6
2003 34.3 23.1
2004 34.6 23.7
2005 34.9 24.3
2006 35.3 24.8
2007 35.6 25.5
2008 36 26.1
2009 36.3 26.6
2010 36.5 27.2
2011 36.8 27.7
2012 37.1 28.2
2013 37.4 28.7
2014 37.7 29.2
2015 37.9 29.7
2016 38.2 30.2
2017 38.5 30.7
2018 38.7 31.2
2019 39 31.7
2020 39.2 32.3
2021 39.4 32.8
2022 39.6 33.3
2023 39.9 33.8
2024 40.2 34.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Iran
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$426B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
15%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
2.82%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
650,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-5.47%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
8.13%
2023
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
47.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
36.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
42.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
28.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
2.8%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
594
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$172B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$7.69B
1982
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
1,550,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
2.28%
2000
Banked people share n/a
91.1%
2024

Energy

Barbados Iran
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
3,266 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$5.03
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
779 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
8.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
98.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
0.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.14%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-32.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,664 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
4.24%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
3.43%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
2.2%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Iran
% of world population
0.003%
2024
1.12%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
+190,156
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
77.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
40.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
23
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
78
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
2.42
2014
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
21.5
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
55
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
88.9%
2023
English speaking
100%
2023
12%
2025
People using the Internet
80%
2023
79.6%
2023

Health

Barbados Iran
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$237.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$92.9
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
78.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0.43%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
1.51
2018
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
16
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
11.8
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
25.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
9%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
27
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
13.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
0.51 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Iran
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
1.09%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
6,841 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
181,727 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
41,654 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
138,867 mi
2018

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