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Barbados vs Iraq statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 184th vs. 57th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Iraq
Population
282698
47813338
Population rank 175/197 34/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$280B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 51/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$6,074
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 114/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$14,464
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$120B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
50.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$2,606
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 108/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$6,159
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
167,619 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
274.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
3.25
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
21.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
72.5 years
2025

Barbados and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Iraq economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Iraq
Year GDP
Barbados Iraq
1960 $80,021,847 $1,537,252,193
1961 $85,363,759 $1,671,960,965
1962 $88,782,583 $1,784,174,541
1963 $99,893,761 $1,805,901,510
1964 $99,252,731 $2,136,408,198
1965 $105,021,997 $2,335,785,506
1966 $113,195,123 $2,530,306,096
1967 $125,554,009 $2,551,522,656
1968 $125,733,669 $2,896,598,841
1969 $141,393,142 $3,007,758,797
1970 $166,210,203 $3,281,318,687
1971 $186,826,503 $3,865,346,535
1972 $213,725,217 $4,113,848,002
1973 $260,767,828 $5,134,367,778
1974 $311,804,630 $11,516,762,614
1975 $402,178,605 $13,458,516,763
1976 $435,911,269 $17,754,825,601
1977 $495,097,668 $19,838,130,715
1978 $552,883,707 $23,762,275,652
1979 $670,362,452 $37,816,457,839
1980 $1,012,280,615 $52,569,000,000
1981 $1,114,204,743 $37,823,000,000
1982 $1,163,923,830 $42,382,333,333
1983 $1,236,016,507 $40,712,903,226
1984 $1,346,890,071 $46,938,387,097
1985 $1,409,536,121 $48,425,161,290
1986 $1,547,755,183 $47,264,516,129
1987 $1,704,370,308 $56,774,193,548
1988 $1,812,757,918 $62,684,516,129
1989 $2,006,165,167 $65,831,935,484
1990 $2,012,131,457 $180,408,064,516
1991 $2,020,583,702 $407,796,350
1992 $1,957,000,000 $553,671,958
1993 $2,063,342,117 $1,031,944,881
1994 $2,151,344,901 $3,991,349,283
1995 $2,216,974,096 $12,894,029,888
1996 $2,363,645,403 $10,433,698,621
1997 $2,498,384,130 $20,764,857,056
1998 $2,817,083,478 $20,617,405,044
1999 $2,951,822,205 $36,881,601,584
2000 $3,059,500,000 $48,364,250,944
2001 $3,054,500,000 $36,176,430,129
2002 $3,106,500,000 $32,928,454,672
2003 $3,209,500,000 $21,921,569,479
2004 $3,444,500,000 $36,633,669,269
2005 $3,819,500,000 $50,065,104,668
2006 $4,217,323,400 $65,147,051,918
2007 $4,675,767,950 $88,837,057,320
2008 $4,790,410,400 $131,614,434,154
2009 $4,466,809,600 $111,657,580,326
2010 $5,191,188,500 $138,516,722,650
2011 $5,342,183,800 $185,749,664,444
2012 $5,271,257,500 $218,002,476,129
2013 $5,361,158,350 $234,637,675,129
2014 $5,365,976,700 $228,415,656,175
2015 $5,288,057,750 $166,774,104,959
2016 $5,330,761,500 $166,743,557,748
2017 $5,517,340,450 $187,217,660,051
2018 $5,629,916,200 $227,367,469,034
2019 $5,788,288,000 $233,636,097,800
2020 $5,168,344,450 $180,898,797,517
2021 $5,275,242,050 $209,691,945,713
2022 $6,257,303,500 $287,372,232,138
2023 $6,720,733,200 $268,881,051,644
2024 $7,165,000,000 $279,641,257,615

Barbados and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Iraq
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Iraq
1960 $347 $218.9
1961 $366 $232.4
1962 $377 $240.7
1963 $421 $235.5
1964 $414 $269.4
1965 $433 $284.8
1966 $462 $298.2
1967 $508 $290.6
1968 $506 $319
1969 $567 $320
1970 $666 $337
1971 $750 $384
1972 $856 $394
1973 $1,042 $476
1974 $1,243 $1,031
1975 $1,601 $1,166
1976 $1,734 $1,489
1977 $1,968 $1,609
1978 $2,198 $1,863
1979 $2,668 $2,871
1980 $4,025 $3,868
1981 $4,417 $2,700
1982 $4,599 $2,942
1983 $4,866 $2,743
1984 $5,284 $3,066
1985 $5,510 $3,088
1986 $6,031 $2,940
1987 $6,625 $3,436
1988 $7,033 $3,707
1989 $7,773 $3,791
1990 $7,781 $10,261
1991 $7,790 $23
1992 $7,519 $30.3
1993 $7,905 $53.7
1994 $8,223 $198.2
1995 $8,460 $619
1996 $9,012 $485
1997 $9,522 $936
1998 $10,734 $901
1999 $11,244 $1,560
2000 $11,675 $1,980
2001 $11,640 $1,436
2002 $11,760 $1,266
2003 $12,076 $818
2004 $12,886 $1,328
2005 $14,214 $1,762
2006 $15,620 $2,277
2007 $17,235 $3,129
2008 $17,566 $4,543
2009 $16,295 $3,715
2010 $18,860 $4,462
2011 $19,346 $5,776
2012 $19,034 $6,478
2013 $19,308 $6,650
2014 $19,278 $6,249
2015 $18,954 $4,440
2016 $19,066 $4,334
2017 $19,693 $4,759
2018 $20,056 $5,647
2019 $20,584 $5,672
2020 $18,347 $4,295
2021 $18,697 $4,868
2022 $22,164 $6,521
2023 $23,804 $5,965
2024 $25,366 $6,074

Barbados vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Iraq
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Iraq
1950 53.6 37.4
1951 54.7 39
1952 55.9 40.5
1953 57 42.1
1954 58.3 43.5
1955 59 45
1956 60.5 46.4
1957 61.7 47.7
1958 62.4 49
1959 63.3 49.7
1960 64.1 51.5
1961 65 52.3
1962 65.7 53.5
1963 66.2 54.4
1964 66.7 55.2
1965 67.2 56.4
1966 67.7 57.3
1967 67.9 58.4
1968 68.2 59
1969 68.5 59.6
1970 68.5 60.5
1971 68.8 61.3
1972 69.1 61.8
1973 69.1 62.3
1974 69.4 61
1975 69.8 61.4
1976 70.1 63.6
1977 70.6 63.9
1978 71.1 64.2
1979 71.5 64.4
1980 72.1 60.9
1981 72.6 58.7
1982 72.9 59
1983 73.2 59.3
1984 73.3 59.5
1985 73.3 59.8
1986 73.4 60
1987 73.5 60.3
1988 73.4 56.7
1989 73.4 57.5
1990 73.5 57.6
1991 73.5 61.3
1992 73.6 65.3
1993 73.7 65.3
1994 73.8 65
1995 73.9 64.8
1996 74.1 64.6
1997 74 64.2
1998 74.5 64.4
1999 74.6 64.5
2000 74.6 64.9
2001 74.7 65.3
2002 74.8 65.7
2003 74.9 64.8
2004 75.1 64.6
2005 75 64.9
2006 75 64
2007 75.3 64.4
2008 75.3 66.5
2009 75.5 67.8
2010 75.5 68.1
2011 75.6 68.4
2012 75.7 68.8
2013 75.8 69
2014 75.9 69.7
2015 76.1 70
2016 76.2 68.7
2017 76.2 69.8
2018 76.4 71.1
2019 76.5 71.2
2020 76.6 69.7
2021 76.6 70.7
2022 75.7 72
2023 76.2 72.3
2024 76.3 72.4
2025 76.5 72.5

Barbados and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Iraq
Year Population
Barbados Iraq
1960 230,893 7,022,052
1961 233,148 7,194,553
1962 235,224 7,413,875
1963 237,557 7,667,928
1964 239,958 7,929,566
1965 242,417 8,202,140
1966 244,996 8,485,104
1967 247,091 8,778,869
1968 248,540 9,085,016
1969 249,444 9,403,356
1970 249,387 9,735,611
1971 249,168 10,077,809
1972 249,658 10,430,164
1973 250,322 10,795,869
1974 250,777 11,167,761
1975 251,175 11,543,639
1976 251,442 11,927,651
1977 251,626 12,331,046
1978 251,551 12,753,355
1979 251,269 13,170,365
1980 251,524 13,591,992
1981 252,270 14,006,381
1982 253,095 14,406,083
1983 253,992 14,840,555
1984 254,920 15,310,733
1985 255,820 15,683,430
1986 256,618 16,074,145
1987 257,279 16,521,049
1988 257,763 16,908,819
1989 258,109 17,364,542
1990 258,582 17,581,206
1991 259,373 17,767,253
1992 260,267 18,300,845
1993 261,027 19,201,195
1994 261,620 20,139,807
1995 262,039 20,825,860
1996 262,284 21,501,321
1997 262,392 22,176,593
1998 262,436 22,884,399
1999 262,517 23,636,527
2000 262,063 24,424,056
2001 262,425 25,197,840
2002 264,148 26,006,559
2003 265,776 26,802,659
2004 267,298 27,577,878
2005 268,706 28,407,448
2006 270,002 28,616,515
2007 271,288 28,391,607
2008 272,714 28,971,036
2009 274,123 30,058,206
2010 275,243 31,045,366
2011 276,139 32,161,424
2012 276,938 33,654,842
2013 277,665 35,281,989
2014 278,348 36,550,059
2015 278,990 37,560,535
2016 279,598 38,469,627
2017 280,171 39,337,353
2018 280,711 40,265,624
2019 281,207 41,192,171
2020 281,698 42,116,605
2021 282,147 43,071,211
2022 282,318 44,070,551
2023 282,336 45,074,049
2024 282,467 46,042,015

Fertility rates in Barbados and Iraq

Fertility rate
Barbados

Iraq
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Iraq
1960 4.71 5.3
1961 4.15 5.8
1962 4.3 6.99
1963 4.3 7.01
1964 4.21 7.01
1965 4.18 7.02
1966 4.14 7.02
1967 3.6 7.03
1968 3.57 7.06
1969 3.34 7.08
1970 3.08 7.07
1971 3.2 7.06
1972 3.15 7.02
1973 2.87 6.99
1974 2.65 6.95
1975 2.45 6.91
1976 2.24 6.86
1977 2.2 6.8
1978 1.84 6.73
1979 1.86 6.66
1980 1.78 6.59
1981 1.85 6.53
1982 1.86 6.46
1983 1.86 6.39
1984 1.75 6.32
1985 1.77 6.25
1986 1.69 6.18
1987 1.61 6.11
1988 1.58 6.05
1989 1.64 5.99
1990 1.84 5.93
1991 1.84 5.83
1992 1.8 5.72
1993 1.77 5.61
1994 1.73 5.49
1995 1.7 5.36
1996 1.67 5.25
1997 1.65 5.19
1998 1.62 5.11
1999 1.78 5.04
2000 1.93 4.92
2001 1.96 4.8
2002 1.86 4.67
2003 1.86 4.58
2004 1.8 4.53
2005 1.74 4.45
2006 1.7 4.46
2007 1.76 4.4
2008 1.76 4.37
2009 1.77 4.38
2010 1.79 4.46
2011 1.76 4.59
2012 1.73 4.54
2013 1.73 4.44
2014 1.73 4.31
2015 1.73 4.08
2016 1.72 3.84
2017 1.72 3.64
2018 1.72 3.55
2019 1.72 3.48
2020 1.71 3.42
2021 1.71 3.36
2022 1.71 3.29
2023 1.71 3.25

Barbados and Iraq demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Iraq
Year Median age, years
Barbados Iraq
1960 21.9 20.4
1961 21.8 20.4
1962 21.8 20.1
1963 21.8 19.8
1964 21.8 19.5
1965 21.8 19.3
1966 21.8 19
1967 21.9 18.7
1968 22.1 18.5
1969 22.2 18.3
1970 22.4 18.1
1971 22.6 17.9
1972 22.8 17.7
1973 23 17.5
1974 23.2 17.2
1975 23.5 17
1976 23.8 16.7
1977 24.1 16.6
1978 24.5 16.6
1979 24.9 16.5
1980 25.3 16.5
1981 25.7 16.5
1982 26.1 16.5
1983 26.5 16.6
1984 26.9 16.6
1985 27.3 16.7
1986 27.7 16.8
1987 28 16.9
1988 28.4 16.9
1989 28.7 17
1990 29.1 17.1
1991 29.5 17.2
1992 29.9 17.3
1993 30.4 17.3
1994 30.8 17.4
1995 31.3 17.5
1996 31.7 17.6
1997 32.1 17.7
1998 32.6 17.8
1999 33 17.9
2000 33.3 17.9
2001 33.7 18
2002 34 18.1
2003 34.3 18.2
2004 34.6 18.3
2005 34.9 18.5
2006 35.3 18.6
2007 35.6 18.7
2008 36 18.8
2009 36.3 18.9
2010 36.5 19
2011 36.8 19.1
2012 37.1 19.2
2013 37.4 19.3
2014 37.7 19.4
2015 37.9 19.5
2016 38.2 19.7
2017 38.5 19.9
2018 38.7 20.1
2019 39 20.4
2020 39.2 20.6
2021 39.4 20.9
2022 39.6 21.1
2023 39.9 21.4
2024 40.2 21.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Iraq
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$278B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
42.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
3.55%
1989
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.07%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
459,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-4.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
16.2%
2021
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
45.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
51.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
15.6
2002
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
24.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
3.7%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$101B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$879M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
892,000
2013
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
1.88%
2020
Banked people share n/a
30.2%
2024

Energy

Barbados Iraq
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
1,412 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$10.2
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
192.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
4.28 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
98.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.37%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-274.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
1,373 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
3.78%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
1.98%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Iraq
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.57%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-17,735
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
71.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.7 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.21 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
37.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
50
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
9.41
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
27.3
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
44
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
84.1%
2021
English speaking
100%
2023
35%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
81.7%
2023

Health

Barbados Iraq
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$254.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$121.8
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
72.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
1.27%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
1.01
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
66
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
22.6
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
41.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
13.4%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
14
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
19.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
0.24 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Iraq
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.29%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
3,641 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
36,592 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
3,185 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
n/a

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