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Barbados vs Libya statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 184th vs. 16th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Libya
Population
282698
7523849
Population rank 175/197 105/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$46.6B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 96/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$6,318
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 110/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$13,954
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 27/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$3,735
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
679,362 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
10.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
2.36
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
28.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Barbados and Libya: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Libya economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Libya
Year GDP
Barbados Libya
1960 $80,021,847 $401,644,249
1961 $85,363,759 $443,905,612
1962 $88,782,583 $619,725,785
1963 $99,893,761 $892,327,911
1964 $99,252,731 $1,341,395,421
1965 $105,021,997 $1,804,979,680
1966 $113,195,123 $2,312,438,536
1967 $125,554,009 $2,726,986,913
1968 $125,733,669 $3,850,623,095
1969 $141,393,142 $4,380,987,481
1970 $166,210,203 $4,601,649,451
1971 $186,826,503 $5,260,185,125
1972 $213,725,217 $6,299,395,544
1973 $260,767,828 $8,625,889,430
1974 $311,804,630 $15,112,543,717
1975 $402,178,605 $14,710,912,458
1976 $435,911,269 $19,096,943,017
1977 $495,097,668 $22,428,297,108
1978 $552,883,707 $22,136,422,643
1979 $670,362,452 $30,536,429,497
1980 $1,012,280,615 $40,953,924,949
1981 $1,114,204,743 $36,374,353,880
1982 $1,163,923,830 $33,760,146,991
1983 $1,236,016,507 $33,200,520,140
1984 $1,346,890,071 $29,476,109,153
1985 $1,409,536,121 $31,530,566,324
1986 $1,547,755,183 $24,180,400,959
1987 $1,704,370,308 $26,697,659,335
1988 $1,812,757,918 $24,308,959,591
1989 $2,006,165,167 $25,156,707,899
1990 $2,012,131,457 $28,904,183,602
1991 $2,020,583,702 $31,991,821,265
1992 $1,957,000,000 $33,887,047,909
1993 $2,063,342,117 $30,660,051,911
1994 $2,151,344,901 $28,610,549,763
1995 $2,216,974,096 $25,541,379,187
1996 $2,363,645,403 $27,884,615,385
1997 $2,498,384,130 $30,700,897,875
1998 $2,817,083,478 $27,251,301,398
1999 $2,951,822,205 $35,975,860,857
2000 $3,059,500,000 $38,270,954,138
2001 $3,054,500,000 $34,112,093,927
2002 $3,106,500,000 $20,481,889,764
2003 $3,209,500,000 $26,265,625,000
2004 $3,444,500,000 $33,122,307,692
2005 $3,819,500,000 $47,334,691,241
2006 $4,217,323,400 $60,094,231,607
2007 $4,675,767,950 $68,032,978,391
2008 $4,790,410,400 $86,710,767,415
2009 $4,466,809,600 $60,808,562,033
2010 $5,191,188,500 $75,380,825,062
2011 $5,342,183,800 $48,169,263,294
2012 $5,271,257,500 $92,540,938,129
2013 $5,361,158,350 $75,351,107,029
2014 $5,365,976,700 $57,372,355,592
2015 $5,288,057,750 $48,717,501,321
2016 $5,330,761,500 $49,912,073,701
2017 $5,517,340,450 $67,157,452,182
2018 $5,629,916,200 $76,686,029,772
2019 $5,788,288,000 $69,254,496,472
2020 $5,168,344,450 $46,854,285,441
2021 $5,275,242,050 $35,217,995,647
2022 $6,257,303,500 $43,246,297,922
2023 $6,720,733,200 $45,096,462,972
2024 $7,165,000,000 $46,636,278,902

Barbados and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Libya
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Libya
1960 $347 $269
1961 $366 $285.3
1962 $377 $382
1963 $421 $528
1964 $414 $765
1965 $433 $1,001
1966 $462 $1,251
1967 $508 $1,437
1968 $506 $1,972
1969 $567 $2,175
1970 $666 $2,210
1971 $750 $2,443
1972 $856 $2,830
1973 $1,042 $3,727
1974 $1,243 $6,214
1975 $1,601 $5,721
1976 $1,734 $7,018
1977 $1,968 $7,783
1978 $2,198 $7,252
1979 $2,668 $9,443
1980 $4,025 $11,960
1981 $4,417 $10,044
1982 $4,599 $9,064
1983 $4,866 $8,927
1984 $5,284 $7,811
1985 $5,510 $8,087
1986 $6,031 $6,019
1987 $6,625 $6,465
1988 $7,033 $5,736
1989 $7,773 $5,793
1990 $7,781 $6,502
1991 $7,790 $7,040
1992 $7,519 $7,303
1993 $7,905 $6,478
1994 $8,223 $5,933
1995 $8,460 $5,205
1996 $9,012 $5,591
1997 $9,522 $6,062
1998 $10,734 $5,301
1999 $11,244 $6,895
2000 $11,675 $7,214
2001 $11,640 $6,313
2002 $11,760 $3,718
2003 $12,076 $4,674
2004 $12,886 $5,774
2005 $14,214 $8,079
2006 $15,620 $10,049
2007 $17,235 $11,145
2008 $17,566 $13,906
2009 $16,295 $9,551
2010 $18,860 $11,601
2011 $19,346 $7,594
2012 $19,034 $14,976
2013 $19,308 $11,952
2014 $19,278 $8,926
2015 $18,954 $7,458
2016 $19,066 $7,526
2017 $19,693 $9,966
2018 $20,056 $11,197
2019 $20,584 $9,963
2020 $18,347 $6,650
2021 $18,697 $4,936
2022 $22,164 $5,987
2023 $23,804 $6,173
2024 $25,366 $6,318

Barbados vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Libya
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Libya
1950 53.6 33.1
1951 54.7 33.5
1952 55.9 33.8
1953 57 34.2
1954 58.3 34.7
1955 59 35.2
1956 60.5 36
1957 61.7 36.9
1958 62.4 38
1959 63.3 39.3
1960 64.1 40.8
1961 65 42.4
1962 65.7 44.1
1963 66.2 45.6
1964 66.7 47.7
1965 67.2 49.3
1966 67.7 50.9
1967 67.9 52.5
1968 68.2 53.8
1969 68.5 55.2
1970 68.5 56.4
1971 68.8 57.6
1972 69.1 58.7
1973 69.1 59.7
1974 69.4 60.7
1975 69.8 61.6
1976 70.1 62.4
1977 70.6 63.1
1978 71.1 63.8
1979 71.5 64.3
1980 72.1 64.8
1981 72.6 65.3
1982 72.9 65.8
1983 73.2 66.3
1984 73.3 66.7
1985 73.3 67.3
1986 73.4 67.8
1987 73.5 68.3
1988 73.4 68.6
1989 73.4 69
1990 73.5 69.3
1991 73.5 69.6
1992 73.6 70
1993 73.7 70.2
1994 73.8 70.5
1995 73.9 70.6
1996 74.1 70.7
1997 74 70.7
1998 74.5 70.7
1999 74.6 70.6
2000 74.6 70.5
2001 74.7 70.7
2002 74.8 70.8
2003 74.9 71
2004 75.1 71.2
2005 75 71.4
2006 75 71.6
2007 75.3 71.8
2008 75.3 71.9
2009 75.5 72.1
2010 75.5 72.2
2011 75.6 69.9
2012 75.7 72.2
2013 75.8 72.3
2014 75.9 71.3
2015 76.1 71.6
2016 76.2 71.8
2017 76.2 72.7
2018 76.4 73.2
2019 76.5 72.9
2020 76.6 72.4
2021 76.6 72.1
2022 75.7 74.5
2023 76.2 69.3
2024 76.3 71.1
2025 76.5 73.2

Barbados and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Libya
Year Population
Barbados Libya
1960 230,893 1,492,890
1961 233,148 1,555,699
1962 235,224 1,621,960
1963 237,557 1,690,457
1964 239,958 1,753,691
1965 242,417 1,804,015
1966 244,996 1,849,063
1967 247,091 1,898,199
1968 248,540 1,952,781
1969 249,444 2,014,293
1970 249,387 2,082,589
1971 249,168 2,153,534
1972 249,658 2,226,091
1973 250,322 2,314,193
1974 250,777 2,432,211
1975 251,175 2,571,556
1976 251,442 2,721,237
1977 251,626 2,881,533
1978 251,551 3,052,526
1979 251,269 3,233,846
1980 251,524 3,424,378
1981 252,270 3,621,486
1982 253,095 3,724,765
1983 253,992 3,718,961
1984 254,920 3,773,633
1985 255,820 3,898,745
1986 256,618 4,017,403
1987 257,279 4,129,739
1988 257,763 4,237,755
1989 258,109 4,342,920
1990 258,582 4,445,239
1991 259,373 4,544,400
1992 260,267 4,640,352
1993 261,027 4,733,045
1994 261,620 4,822,037
1995 262,039 4,906,843
1996 262,284 4,987,393
1997 262,392 5,064,639
1998 262,436 5,140,704
1999 262,517 5,218,038
2000 262,063 5,305,021
2001 262,425 5,403,639
2002 264,148 5,508,410
2003 265,776 5,619,398
2004 267,298 5,736,693
2005 268,706 5,858,798
2006 270,002 5,980,211
2007 271,288 6,104,380
2008 272,714 6,235,430
2009 274,123 6,366,686
2010 275,243 6,497,839
2011 276,139 6,343,203
2012 276,938 6,179,328
2013 277,665 6,304,628
2014 278,348 6,427,252
2015 278,990 6,531,819
2016 279,598 6,632,126
2017 280,171 6,738,770
2018 280,711 6,849,055
2019 281,207 6,951,033
2020 281,698 7,045,399
2021 282,147 7,135,175
2022 282,318 7,223,805
2023 282,336 7,305,659
2024 282,467 7,381,023

Fertility rates in Barbados and Libya

Fertility rate
Barbados

Libya
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Libya
1960 4.71 7.51
1961 4.15 7.56
1962 4.3 7.61
1963 4.3 7.69
1964 4.21 7.75
1965 4.18 7.82
1966 4.14 7.89
1967 3.6 7.93
1968 3.57 7.97
1969 3.34 8.01
1970 3.08 8.05
1971 3.2 8.1
1972 3.15 8.07
1973 2.87 8.05
1974 2.65 8.02
1975 2.45 7.98
1976 2.24 7.93
1977 2.2 7.87
1978 1.84 7.79
1979 1.86 7.68
1980 1.78 7.54
1981 1.85 7.37
1982 1.86 7.16
1983 1.86 6.91
1984 1.75 6.62
1985 1.77 6.33
1986 1.69 6.02
1987 1.61 5.72
1988 1.58 5.41
1989 1.64 5.09
1990 1.84 4.78
1991 1.84 4.46
1992 1.8 4.16
1993 1.77 3.88
1994 1.73 3.65
1995 1.7 3.44
1996 1.67 3.26
1997 1.65 3.13
1998 1.62 3.04
1999 1.78 2.97
2000 1.93 2.91
2001 1.96 2.87
2002 1.86 2.83
2003 1.86 2.8
2004 1.8 2.77
2005 1.74 2.77
2006 1.7 2.7
2007 1.76 2.65
2008 1.76 2.6
2009 1.77 2.56
2010 1.79 2.6
2011 1.76 2.65
2012 1.73 2.68
2013 1.73 2.72
2014 1.73 2.75
2015 1.73 2.71
2016 1.72 2.67
2017 1.72 2.63
2018 1.72 2.58
2019 1.72 2.54
2020 1.71 2.51
2021 1.71 2.46
2022 1.71 2.4
2023 1.71 2.36

Barbados and Libya demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Libya
Year Median age, years
Barbados Libya
1960 21.9 18.5
1961 21.8 18.2
1962 21.8 17.9
1963 21.8 17.5
1964 21.8 17.2
1965 21.8 16.7
1966 21.8 15.9
1967 21.9 15.3
1968 22.1 14.9
1969 22.2 14.7
1970 22.4 14.7
1971 22.6 14.7
1972 22.8 14.7
1973 23 14.9
1974 23.2 15.3
1975 23.5 15.5
1976 23.8 15.6
1977 24.1 15.8
1978 24.5 15.9
1979 24.9 15.9
1980 25.3 16
1981 25.7 16.1
1982 26.1 16.3
1983 26.5 16.5
1984 26.9 16.8
1985 27.3 17.1
1986 27.7 17.3
1987 28 17.6
1988 28.4 17.9
1989 28.7 18.2
1990 29.1 18.6
1991 29.5 18.9
1992 29.9 19.3
1993 30.4 19.7
1994 30.8 20.1
1995 31.3 20.6
1996 31.7 21.1
1997 32.1 21.5
1998 32.6 22
1999 33 22.4
2000 33.3 22.7
2001 33.7 22.9
2002 34 23.1
2003 34.3 23.2
2004 34.6 23.4
2005 34.9 23.6
2006 35.3 23.8
2007 35.6 24.2
2008 36 24.6
2009 36.3 25
2010 36.5 25.3
2011 36.8 25.5
2012 37.1 25.7
2013 37.4 25.9
2014 37.7 26.2
2015 37.9 26.4
2016 38.2 26.6
2017 38.5 26.8
2018 38.7 27
2019 39 27.2
2020 39.2 27.5
2021 39.4 27.7
2022 39.6 28
2023 39.9 28.2
2024 40.2 28.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Libya
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$46.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
65.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
2.26%
1999
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
15.5%
2014
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
+0.21%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
30%
2004
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
34.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
68.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
35.9
2012
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
n/a
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
$92.9B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
760,000
2008
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
0.34%
2010
Banked people share n/a
33.1%
2024

Energy

Barbados Libya
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
2,539 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$4.83
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
61.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
8.39 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
96.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
3.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-249.7%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,979 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
0.02%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
73.2%
2023

Society

Barbados Libya
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.09%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
+3,448
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
81.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
30.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
13
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
27
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
2.5
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
21.3
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
52
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
76.5%
1994
English speaking
100%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
80%
2023
88.5%
2023

Health

Barbados Libya
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$278.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$84.8
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
1.82%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
2.16
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
59
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
30.8
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
37.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
15.8%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
70
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
0.01 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Libya
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
1.18%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
92,042 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
59,267 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
838 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
22,991 mi
2010

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