Barbados vs Ireland statistics compared

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 184th vs. 119th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

Barbados and Ireland: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Ireland economies compared

GDP

Barbados

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	Barbados	Ireland
1960	$80,021,847	$1,998,550,222
1961	$85,363,759	$2,151,772,980
1962	$88,782,583	$2,329,372,972
1963	$99,893,761	$2,505,073,358
1964	$99,252,731	$2,851,091,646
1965	$105,021,997	$3,035,655,794
1966	$113,195,123	$3,198,820,904
1967	$125,554,009	$3,445,739,915
1968	$125,733,669	$3,378,701,147
1969	$141,393,142	$3,902,721,632
1970	$166,210,203	$4,395,995,086
1971	$186,826,503	$5,098,250,287
1972	$213,725,217	$6,318,060,582
1973	$260,767,828	$7,481,173,066
1974	$311,804,630	$7,896,860,615
1975	$402,178,605	$9,483,808,362
1976	$435,911,269	$9,453,756,015
1977	$495,097,668	$11,248,340,431
1978	$552,883,707	$14,647,996,074
1979	$670,362,452	$18,319,334,300
1980	$1,012,280,615	$21,747,855,640
1981	$1,114,204,743	$20,670,190,138
1982	$1,163,923,830	$21,474,754,080
1983	$1,236,016,507	$20,766,047,764
1984	$1,346,890,071	$20,106,648,455
1985	$1,409,536,121	$21,270,013,326
1986	$1,547,755,183	$28,714,571,852
1987	$1,704,370,308	$33,920,518,493
1988	$1,812,757,918	$37,772,897,421
1989	$2,006,165,167	$39,238,392,678
1990	$2,012,131,457	$49,305,632,408
1991	$2,020,583,702	$49,787,502,852
1992	$1,957,000,000	$55,918,538,121
1993	$2,063,342,117	$52,417,477,614
1994	$2,151,344,901	$57,097,656,066
1995	$2,216,974,096	$69,139,823,232
1996	$2,363,645,403	$75,790,785,030
1997	$2,498,384,130	$82,856,648,758
1998	$2,817,083,478	$90,199,410,116
1999	$2,951,822,205	$98,893,958,263
2000	$3,059,500,000	$100,207,610,430
2001	$3,054,500,000	$109,346,669,230
2002	$3,106,500,000	$128,596,035,288
2003	$3,209,500,000	$164,670,771,260
2004	$3,444,500,000	$194,372,115,041
2005	$3,819,500,000	$211,876,989,656
2006	$4,217,323,400	$232,180,617,162
2007	$4,675,767,950	$270,079,279,420
2008	$4,790,410,400	$275,447,471,451
2009	$4,466,809,600	$236,443,117,248
2010	$5,191,188,500	$221,985,621,538
2011	$5,342,183,800	$241,337,364,610
2012	$5,271,257,500	$227,270,922,957
2013	$5,361,158,350	$243,301,556,085
2014	$5,365,976,700	$266,787,238,499
2015	$5,288,057,750	$302,391,428,540
2016	$5,330,761,500	$305,733,136,181
2017	$5,517,340,450	$348,532,394,024
2018	$5,629,916,200	$395,461,216,460
2019	$5,788,288,000	$407,124,824,065
2020	$5,168,344,450	$436,555,518,400
2021	$5,275,242,050	$531,306,516,908
2022	$6,257,303,500	$548,570,250,342
2023	$6,720,733,200	$551,394,889,340
2024	$7,165,000,000	$577,389,475,010

Barbados and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

Barbados

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Barbados	Ireland
1960	$347	$707
1961	$366	$762
1962	$377	$821
1963	$421	$878
1964	$414	$995
1965	$433	$1,055
1966	$462	$1,107
1967	$508	$1,187
1968	$506	$1,159
1969	$567	$1,331
1970	$666	$1,487
1971	$750	$1,704
1972	$856	$2,080
1973	$1,042	$2,424
1974	$1,243	$2,517
1975	$1,601	$2,973
1976	$1,734	$2,920
1977	$1,968	$3,427
1978	$2,198	$4,400
1979	$2,668	$5,430
1980	$4,025	$6,372
1981	$4,417	$5,986
1982	$4,599	$6,161
1983	$4,866	$5,915
1984	$5,284	$5,692
1985	$5,510	$6,012
1986	$6,031	$8,112
1987	$6,625	$9,582
1988	$7,033	$10,716
1989	$7,773	$11,176
1990	$7,781	$14,031
1991	$7,790	$14,087
1992	$7,519	$15,714
1993	$7,905	$14,657
1994	$8,223	$15,903
1995	$8,460	$19,158
1996	$9,012	$20,836
1997	$9,522	$22,551
1998	$10,734	$24,295
1999	$11,244	$26,338
2000	$11,675	$26,335
2001	$11,640	$28,282
2002	$11,760	$32,705
2003	$12,076	$41,204
2004	$12,886	$47,754
2005	$14,214	$50,933
2006	$15,620	$54,329
2007	$17,235	$61,396
2008	$17,566	$61,353
2009	$16,295	$52,133
2010	$18,860	$48,679
2011	$19,346	$52,693
2012	$19,034	$49,412
2013	$19,308	$52,619
2014	$19,278	$57,278
2015	$18,954	$64,312
2016	$19,066	$64,193
2017	$19,693	$72,198
2018	$20,056	$80,739
2019	$20,584	$81,810
2020	$18,347	$86,623
2021	$18,697	$103,962
2022	$22,164	$105,235
2023	$23,804	$103,888
2024	$25,366	$107,316

Barbados vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Barbados

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Barbados	Ireland
1950	53.6	65.6
1951	54.7	64.8
1952	55.9	67.2
1953	57	67.9
1954	58.3	68
1955	59	68
1956	60.5	69
1957	61.7	69
1958	62.4	69.3
1959	63.3	69.4
1960	64.1	70.2
1961	65	69.6
1962	65.7	69.9
1963	66.2	70.2
1964	66.7	70.4
1965	67.2	70.6
1966	67.7	70.2
1967	67.9	71.2
1968	68.2	70.9
1969	68.5	70.8
1970	68.5	70.8
1971	68.8	71.6
1972	69.1	71
1973	69.1	71.2
1974	69.4	71.1
1975	69.8	71.7
1976	70.1	71.8
1977	70.6	71.9
1978	71.1	71.9
1979	71.5	72.2
1980	72.1	72.5
1981	72.6	72.9
1982	72.9	73.2
1983	73.2	73.2
1984	73.3	73.6
1985	73.3	73.6
1986	73.4	73.6
1987	73.5	74.4
1988	73.4	74.4
1989	73.4	74.5
1990	73.5	74.8
1991	73.5	75
1992	73.6	75.4
1993	73.7	75.3
1994	73.8	75.8
1995	73.9	75.5
1996	74.1	75.8
1997	74	76
1998	74.5	76.2
1999	74.6	76.1
2000	74.6	76.5
2001	74.7	77.1
2002	74.8	77.6
2003	74.9	78.1
2004	75.1	78.5
2005	75	78.9
2006	75	79.2
2007	75.3	79.6
2008	75.3	79.8
2009	75.5	80.1
2010	75.5	80.6
2011	75.6	80.7
2012	75.7	80.9
2013	75.8	81.1
2014	75.9	81.4
2015	76.1	81.5
2016	76.2	81.7
2017	76.2	82.1
2018	76.4	82.1
2019	76.5	82.4
2020	76.6	82.4
2021	76.6	81.9
2022	75.7	82.1
2023	76.2	82.4
2024	76.3	82.6
2025	76.5	82.7

Barbados and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

Barbados

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	Barbados	Ireland
1960	230,893	2,828,600
1961	233,148	2,824,400
1962	235,224	2,836,050
1963	237,557	2,852,650
1964	239,958	2,866,550
1965	242,417	2,877,300
1966	244,996	2,888,800
1967	247,091	2,902,450
1968	248,540	2,915,550
1969	249,444	2,932,650
1970	249,387	2,957,250
1971	249,168	2,992,050
1972	249,658	3,036,850
1973	250,322	3,085,950
1974	250,777	3,137,500
1975	251,175	3,189,550
1976	251,442	3,238,050
1977	251,626	3,282,200
1978	251,551	3,329,100
1979	251,269	3,373,750
1980	251,524	3,412,800
1981	252,270	3,453,000
1982	253,095	3,485,800
1983	253,992	3,510,600
1984	254,920	3,532,423
1985	255,820	3,538,082
1986	256,618	3,539,690
1987	257,279	3,540,057
1988	257,763	3,524,949
1989	258,109	3,511,009
1990	258,582	3,513,974
1991	259,373	3,534,235
1992	260,267	3,558,430
1993	261,027	3,576,261
1994	261,620	3,590,386
1995	262,039	3,608,841
1996	262,284	3,637,510
1997	262,392	3,674,171
1998	262,436	3,712,696
1999	262,517	3,754,786
2000	262,063	3,805,174
2001	262,425	3,866,243
2002	264,148	3,931,947
2003	265,776	3,996,521
2004	267,298	4,070,262
2005	268,706	4,159,914
2006	270,002	4,273,591
2007	271,288	4,398,942
2008	272,714	4,489,544
2009	274,123	4,535,375
2010	275,243	4,560,155
2011	276,139	4,580,084
2012	276,938	4,599,533
2013	277,665	4,623,816
2014	278,348	4,657,740
2015	278,990	4,701,957
2016	279,598	4,762,722
2017	280,171	4,827,445
2018	280,711	4,898,022
2019	281,207	4,976,456
2020	281,698	5,039,747
2021	282,147	5,110,585
2022	282,318	5,212,836
2023	282,336	5,307,600
2024	282,467	5,380,257

Fertility rates in Barbados and Ireland

Fertility rate

Barbados

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Barbados	Ireland
1960	4.71	3.78
1961	4.15	3.78
1962	4.3	3.92
1963	4.3	4.01
1964	4.21	4.07
1965	4.18	4.04
1966	4.14	3.94
1967	3.6	3.84
1968	3.57	3.77
1969	3.34	3.83
1970	3.08	3.85
1971	3.2	3.93
1972	3.15	3.84
1973	2.87	3.71
1974	2.65	3.59
1975	2.45	3.37
1976	2.24	3.29
1977	2.2	3.24
1978	1.84	3.21
1979	1.86	3.21
1980	1.78	3.21
1981	1.85	3.05
1982	1.86	2.94
1983	1.86	2.74
1984	1.75	2.58
1985	1.77	2.48
1986	1.69	2.44
1987	1.61	2.32
1988	1.58	2.17
1989	1.64	2.08
1990	1.84	2.11
1991	1.84	2.08
1992	1.8	1.99
1993	1.77	1.9
1994	1.73	1.85
1995	1.7	1.84
1996	1.67	1.88
1997	1.65	1.93
1998	1.62	1.94
1999	1.78	1.9
2000	1.93	1.89
2001	1.96	1.94
2002	1.86	1.97
2003	1.86	1.96
2004	1.8	1.93
2005	1.74	1.86
2006	1.7	1.91
2007	1.76	2.01
2008	1.76	2.06
2009	1.77	2.06
2010	1.79	2.05
2011	1.76	2.03
2012	1.73	1.98
2013	1.73	1.93
2014	1.73	1.89
2015	1.73	1.85
2016	1.72	1.81
2017	1.72	1.77
2018	1.72	1.75
2019	1.72	1.71
2020	1.71	1.63
2021	1.71	1.78
2022	1.71	1.54
2023	1.71	1.5

Barbados and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

Barbados

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Barbados	Ireland
1960	21.9	30.1
1961	21.8	29.8
1962	21.8	29.5
1963	21.8	29.2
1964	21.8	28.9
1965	21.8	28.6
1966	21.8	28.2
1967	21.9	28
1968	22.1	27.8
1969	22.2	27.6
1970	22.4	27.4
1971	22.6	27.1
1972	22.8	26.9
1973	23	26.7
1974	23.2	26.5
1975	23.5	26.5
1976	23.8	26.4
1977	24.1	26.5
1978	24.5	26.5
1979	24.9	26.5
1980	25.3	26.5
1981	25.7	26.6
1982	26.1	26.7
1983	26.5	26.9
1984	26.9	27.1
1985	27.3	27.3
1986	27.7	27.6
1987	28	27.9
1988	28.4	28.4
1989	28.7	28.8
1990	29.1	29.2
1991	29.5	29.6
1992	29.9	29.9
1993	30.4	30.2
1994	30.8	30.6
1995	31.3	30.9
1996	31.7	31.3
1997	32.1	31.6
1998	32.6	31.9
1999	33	32.2
2000	33.3	32.5
2001	33.7	32.7
2002	34	33
2003	34.3	33.2
2004	34.6	33.4
2005	34.9	33.4
2006	35.3	33.4
2007	35.6	33.4
2008	36	33.5
2009	36.3	33.9
2010	36.5	34.3
2011	36.8	34.8
2012	37.1	35.2
2013	37.4	35.6
2014	37.7	36
2015	37.9	36.4
2016	38.2	36.8
2017	38.5	37.1
2018	38.7	37.4
2019	39	37.8
2020	39.2	38.2
2021	39.4	38.6
2022	39.6	38.9
2023	39.9	39.4
2024	40.2	39.7

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