Barbados vs Jamaica statistics compared

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 2.84M in Jamaica (ranked 139/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 4,181 sq mi for Jamaica (ranked 184th vs. 159th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020).

Barbados and Jamaica: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Jamaica economies compared

GDP

Barbados

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP
	Barbados	Jamaica
1960	$80,021,847	$699,064,380
1961	$85,363,759	$748,043,501
1962	$88,782,583	$777,727,689
1963	$99,893,761	$826,706,669
1964	$99,252,731	$897,949,001
1965	$105,021,997	$972,159,611
1966	$113,195,123	$1,096,759,561
1967	$125,554,009	$1,148,014,311
1968	$125,733,669	$1,083,839,133
1969	$141,393,142	$1,191,239,047
1970	$166,210,203	$1,404,720,442
1971	$186,826,503	$1,539,861,816
1972	$213,725,217	$1,875,146,587
1973	$260,767,828	$1,905,917,553
1974	$311,804,630	$2,375,122,375
1975	$402,178,605	$2,860,442,750
1976	$435,911,269	$2,966,042,856
1977	$495,097,668	$3,249,733,140
1978	$552,883,707	$2,644,527,822
1979	$670,362,452	$2,425,064,229
1980	$1,012,280,615	$2,679,379,372
1981	$1,114,204,743	$2,979,027,966
1982	$1,163,923,830	$3,293,496,312
1983	$1,236,016,507	$3,619,262,277
1984	$1,346,890,071	$2,373,564,549
1985	$1,409,536,121	$2,100,239,019
1986	$1,547,755,183	$2,754,549,582
1987	$1,704,370,308	$3,287,007,322
1988	$1,812,757,918	$3,828,342,820
1989	$2,006,165,167	$4,404,937,853
1990	$2,012,131,457	$4,592,208,087
1991	$2,020,583,702	$4,106,207,649
1992	$1,957,000,000	$3,535,460,090
1993	$2,063,342,117	$5,440,075,676
1994	$2,151,344,901	$5,452,558,947
1995	$2,216,974,096	$6,577,520,643
1996	$2,363,645,403	$7,393,891,921
1997	$2,498,384,130	$8,400,041,724
1998	$2,817,083,478	$8,787,195,622
1999	$2,951,822,205	$8,887,057,997
2000	$3,059,500,000	$9,005,064,475
2001	$3,054,500,000	$9,194,727,831
2002	$3,106,500,000	$9,719,009,495
2003	$3,209,500,000	$9,430,234,811
2004	$3,444,500,000	$10,174,664,854
2005	$3,819,500,000	$11,243,865,778
2006	$4,217,323,400	$11,930,179,090
2007	$4,675,767,950	$12,799,600,047
2008	$4,790,410,400	$13,709,401,520
2009	$4,466,809,600	$12,120,458,115
2010	$5,191,188,500	$13,220,549,908
2011	$5,342,183,800	$14,444,661,522
2012	$5,271,257,500	$14,807,086,556
2013	$5,361,158,350	$14,264,205,153
2014	$5,365,976,700	$13,899,217,680
2015	$5,288,057,750	$14,188,936,918
2016	$5,330,761,500	$14,077,096,677
2017	$5,517,340,450	$14,808,985,133
2018	$5,629,916,200	$15,730,792,876
2019	$5,788,288,000	$15,830,766,531
2020	$5,168,344,450	$13,812,421,836
2021	$5,275,242,050	$14,657,586,159
2022	$6,257,303,500	$17,097,760,687
2023	$6,720,733,200	$19,423,355,367
2024	$7,165,000,000	$19,930,288,337

Barbados and Jamaica economies compared

GDP per capita

Barbados

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Barbados	Jamaica
1960	$347	$424
1961	$366	$447
1962	$377	$458
1963	$421	$480
1964	$414	$514
1965	$433	$549
1966	$462	$612
1967	$508	$633
1968	$506	$591
1969	$567	$642
1970	$666	$748
1971	$750	$809
1972	$856	$971
1973	$1,042	$972
1974	$1,243	$1,193
1975	$1,601	$1,417
1976	$1,734	$1,450
1977	$1,968	$1,569
1978	$2,198	$1,262
1979	$2,668	$1,144
1980	$4,025	$1,249
1981	$4,417	$1,370
1982	$4,599	$1,494
1983	$4,866	$1,619
1984	$5,284	$1,048
1985	$5,510	$917
1986	$6,031	$1,191
1987	$6,625	$1,411
1988	$7,033	$1,632
1989	$7,773	$1,865
1990	$7,781	$1,930
1991	$7,790	$1,710
1992	$7,519	$1,458
1993	$7,905	$2,221
1994	$8,223	$2,203
1995	$8,460	$2,631
1996	$9,012	$2,929
1997	$9,522	$3,297
1998	$10,734	$3,419
1999	$11,244	$3,432
2000	$11,675	$3,453
2001	$11,640	$3,504
2002	$11,760	$3,681
2003	$12,076	$3,550
2004	$12,886	$3,808
2005	$14,214	$4,184
2006	$15,620	$4,417
2007	$17,235	$4,716
2008	$17,566	$5,030
2009	$16,295	$4,428
2010	$18,860	$4,810
2011	$19,346	$5,233
2012	$19,034	$5,341
2013	$19,308	$5,124
2014	$19,278	$4,975
2015	$18,954	$5,063
2016	$19,066	$5,010
2017	$19,693	$5,259
2018	$20,056	$5,578
2019	$20,584	$5,607
2020	$18,347	$4,879
2021	$18,697	$5,165
2022	$22,164	$6,022
2023	$23,804	$6,840
2024	$25,366	$7,020

Barbados vs. Jamaica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Barbados

Jamaica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Barbados	Jamaica
1950	53.6	56.6
1951	54.7	57.1
1952	55.9	58.1
1953	57	58.9
1954	58.3	59.6
1955	59	60.4
1956	60.5	61.2
1957	61.7	61.9
1958	62.4	62.6
1959	63.3	63.2
1960	64.1	63.8
1961	65	64.3
1962	65.7	64.6
1963	66.2	65
1964	66.7	65.3
1965	67.2	65.7
1966	67.7	65.9
1967	67.9	66.1
1968	68.2	66.3
1969	68.5	66.5
1970	68.5	66.7
1971	68.8	67
1972	69.1	67.3
1973	69.1	67.6
1974	69.4	67.9
1975	69.8	68.2
1976	70.1	68.4
1977	70.6	68.6
1978	71.1	68.7
1979	71.5	68.8
1980	72.1	69
1981	72.6	69.1
1982	72.9	69.3
1983	73.2	69.5
1984	73.3	69.8
1985	73.3	70.1
1986	73.4	70.4
1987	73.5	70.9
1988	73.4	71.2
1989	73.4	71.5
1990	73.5	71.7
1991	73.5	71.8
1992	73.6	71.8
1993	73.7	71.8
1994	73.8	71.6
1995	73.9	71.5
1996	74.1	71.3
1997	74	71.2
1998	74.5	71.2
1999	74.6	71.2
2000	74.6	71.3
2001	74.7	71.3
2002	74.8	71.5
2003	74.9	71.6
2004	75.1	71.5
2005	75	71.5
2006	75	71.4
2007	75.3	71.4
2008	75.3	71.5
2009	75.5	71.7
2010	75.5	72
2011	75.6	72.2
2012	75.7	72.4
2013	75.8	72.4
2014	75.9	72.4
2015	76.1	72.2
2016	76.2	72.1
2017	76.2	71.9
2018	76.4	71.6
2019	76.5	71.5
2020	76.6	71.5
2021	76.6	69.1
2022	75.7	71.5
2023	76.2	71.5
2024	76.3	71.6
2025	76.5	71.7

Barbados and Jamaica population clocks and comparison

Population

Barbados

Jamaica

Table

Year	Population
	Barbados	Jamaica
1960	230,893	1,650,005
1961	233,148	1,673,261
1962	235,224	1,696,932
1963	237,557	1,721,099
1964	239,958	1,745,568
1965	242,417	1,769,192
1966	244,996	1,791,475
1967	247,091	1,812,865
1968	248,540	1,833,765
1969	249,444	1,855,127
1970	249,387	1,878,196
1971	249,168	1,903,728
1972	249,658	1,931,542
1973	250,322	1,961,219
1974	250,777	1,990,906
1975	251,175	2,018,981
1976	251,442	2,045,578
1977	251,626	2,070,657
1978	251,551	2,094,836
1979	251,269	2,119,486
1980	251,524	2,145,658
1981	252,270	2,173,818
1982	253,095	2,203,889
1983	253,992	2,234,832
1984	254,920	2,264,562
1985	255,820	2,290,656
1986	256,618	2,312,125
1987	257,279	2,329,813
1988	257,763	2,345,777
1989	258,109	2,361,916
1990	258,582	2,379,877
1991	259,373	2,400,869
1992	260,267	2,424,701
1993	261,027	2,449,916
1994	261,620	2,475,220
1995	262,039	2,500,151
1996	262,284	2,524,463
1997	262,392	2,547,848
1998	262,436	2,569,736
1999	262,517	2,589,795
2000	262,063	2,607,826
2001	262,425	2,624,403
2002	264,148	2,640,572
2003	265,776	2,656,623
2004	267,298	2,672,225
2005	268,706	2,687,066
2006	270,002	2,700,968
2007	271,288	2,713,800
2008	272,714	2,725,635
2009	274,123	2,736,995
2010	275,243	2,748,568
2011	276,139	2,760,494
2012	276,938	2,772,430
2013	277,665	2,783,687
2014	278,348	2,793,749
2015	278,990	2,802,534
2016	279,598	2,809,915
2017	280,171	2,815,764
2018	280,711	2,820,097
2019	281,207	2,823,271
2020	281,698	2,830,739
2021	282,147	2,837,682
2022	282,318	2,839,144
2023	282,336	2,839,786
2024	282,467	2,839,175

Fertility rates in Barbados and Jamaica

Fertility rate

Barbados

Jamaica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Barbados	Jamaica
1960	4.71	5.54
1961	4.15	5.6
1962	4.3	5.64
1963	4.3	5.73
1964	4.21	5.79
1965	4.18	5.72
1966	4.14	5.69
1967	3.6	5.67
1968	3.57	5.58
1969	3.34	5.47
1970	3.08	5.35
1971	3.2	5.21
1972	3.15	5.06
1973	2.87	5
1974	2.65	4.67
1975	2.45	4.44
1976	2.24	4.21
1977	2.2	4
1978	1.84	3.84
1979	1.86	3.72
1980	1.78	3.59
1981	1.85	3.51
1982	1.86	3.46
1983	1.86	3.41
1984	1.75	3.32
1985	1.77	3.21
1986	1.69	3.11
1987	1.61	3.02
1988	1.58	2.98
1989	1.64	2.93
1990	1.84	2.96
1991	1.84	3
1992	1.8	3.03
1993	1.77	2.99
1994	1.73	2.93
1995	1.7	2.85
1996	1.67	2.77
1997	1.65	2.68
1998	1.62	2.57
1999	1.78	2.47
2000	1.93	2.35
2001	1.96	2.3
2002	1.86	2.27
2003	1.86	2.24
2004	1.8	2.2
2005	1.74	2.15
2006	1.7	2.09
2007	1.76	2.02
2008	1.76	1.95
2009	1.77	1.88
2010	1.79	1.8
2011	1.76	1.72
2012	1.73	1.65
2013	1.73	1.59
2014	1.73	1.54
2015	1.73	1.51
2016	1.72	1.46
2017	1.72	1.43
2018	1.72	1.4
2019	1.72	1.39
2020	1.71	1.38
2021	1.71	1.38
2022	1.71	1.37
2023	1.71	1.36

Barbados and Jamaica demographics compared

Median age

Barbados

Jamaica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Barbados	Jamaica
1960	21.9	19.8
1961	21.8	19.5
1962	21.8	19.3
1963	21.8	19
1964	21.8	18.8
1965	21.8	18.5
1966	21.8	18.3
1967	21.9	18.1
1968	22.1	17.9
1969	22.2	17.8
1970	22.4	17.7
1971	22.6	17.7
1972	22.8	17.8
1973	23	17.9
1974	23.2	18
1975	23.5	18.2
1976	23.8	18.4
1977	24.1	18.6
1978	24.5	18.9
1979	24.9	19.1
1980	25.3	19.4
1981	25.7	19.6
1982	26.1	19.9
1983	26.5	20.1
1984	26.9	20.4
1985	27.3	20.6
1986	27.7	20.8
1987	28	21.1
1988	28.4	21.3
1989	28.7	21.6
1990	29.1	21.8
1991	29.5	22
1992	29.9	22.2
1993	30.4	22.3
1994	30.8	22.4
1995	31.3	22.5
1996	31.7	22.6
1997	32.1	22.7
1998	32.6	22.9
1999	33	23.1
2000	33.3	23.3
2001	33.7	23.6
2002	34	23.8
2003	34.3	24.1
2004	34.6	24.4
2005	34.9	24.6
2006	35.3	24.9
2007	35.6	25.3
2008	36	25.7
2009	36.3	26.1
2010	36.5	26.5
2011	36.8	27
2012	37.1	27.4
2013	37.4	27.9
2014	37.7	28.3
2015	37.9	28.8
2016	38.2	29.3
2017	38.5	29.8
2018	38.7	30.3
2019	39	30.8
2020	39.2	31.3
2021	39.4	31.7
2022	39.6	32.2
2023	39.9	32.8
2024	40.2	33.3

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