Barbados vs Malaysia statistics compared

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 184th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Barbados and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Barbados

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Barbados	Malaysia
1960	$80,021,847	$1,916,229,477
1961	$85,363,759	$1,901,856,123
1962	$88,782,583	$2,001,489,602
1963	$99,893,761	$2,510,110,348
1964	$99,252,731	$2,674,423,922
1965	$105,021,997	$2,956,337,669
1966	$113,195,123	$3,143,517,944
1967	$125,554,009	$3,188,924,677
1968	$125,733,669	$3,330,371,551
1969	$141,393,142	$3,664,552,041
1970	$166,210,203	$3,864,145,667
1971	$186,826,503	$4,244,395,956
1972	$213,725,217	$5,043,347,250
1973	$260,767,828	$7,662,902,678
1974	$311,804,630	$9,496,204,302
1975	$402,178,605	$9,298,800,799
1976	$435,911,269	$11,050,234,599
1977	$495,097,668	$13,139,488,633
1978	$552,883,707	$16,358,079,862
1979	$670,362,452	$21,213,264,962
1980	$1,012,280,615	$24,488,224,677
1981	$1,114,204,743	$25,004,285,792
1982	$1,163,923,830	$26,804,493,635
1983	$1,236,016,507	$30,347,442,111
1984	$1,346,890,071	$33,942,897,422
1985	$1,409,536,121	$31,199,633,353
1986	$1,547,755,183	$27,734,111,400
1987	$1,704,370,308	$32,181,210,158
1988	$1,812,757,918	$35,272,109,220
1989	$2,006,165,167	$38,847,965,293
1990	$2,012,131,457	$44,024,585,240
1991	$2,020,583,702	$49,143,148,094
1992	$1,957,000,000	$59,167,550,163
1993	$2,063,342,117	$66,894,966,969
1994	$2,151,344,901	$74,478,356,958
1995	$2,216,974,096	$88,705,342,903
1996	$2,363,645,403	$100,855,393,910
1997	$2,498,384,130	$100,005,323,302
1998	$2,817,083,478	$72,167,498,981
1999	$2,951,822,205	$79,148,421,053
2000	$3,059,500,000	$93,789,736,842
2001	$3,054,500,000	$92,783,947,368
2002	$3,106,500,000	$100,845,526,316
2003	$3,209,500,000	$110,202,368,421
2004	$3,444,500,000	$124,749,473,684
2005	$3,819,500,000	$143,534,405,819
2006	$4,217,323,400	$162,692,258,307
2007	$4,675,767,950	$193,549,569,478
2008	$4,790,410,400	$230,811,614,370
2009	$4,466,809,600	$202,257,453,037
2010	$5,191,188,500	$255,017,638,456
2011	$5,342,183,800	$297,951,668,675
2012	$5,271,257,500	$314,443,047,642
2013	$5,361,158,350	$323,276,235,524
2014	$5,365,976,700	$338,066,095,097
2015	$5,288,057,750	$301,355,266,965
2016	$5,330,761,500	$301,256,033,870
2017	$5,517,340,450	$319,109,094,160
2018	$5,629,916,200	$358,788,845,713
2019	$5,788,288,000	$365,177,721,022
2020	$5,168,344,450	$337,456,163,961
2021	$5,275,242,050	$373,784,823,673
2022	$6,257,303,500	$407,605,841,348
2023	$6,720,733,200	$399,705,137,434
2024	$7,165,000,000	$421,972,102,254

Barbados and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Barbados

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Barbados	Malaysia
1960	$347	$240.8
1961	$366	$232.9
1962	$377	$238.8
1963	$421	$291.8
1964	$414	$303
1965	$433	$326
1966	$462	$339
1967	$508	$335
1968	$506	$342
1969	$567	$368
1970	$666	$380
1971	$750	$407
1972	$856	$472
1973	$1,042	$701
1974	$1,243	$848
1975	$1,601	$811
1976	$1,734	$940
1977	$1,968	$1,092
1978	$2,198	$1,327
1979	$2,668	$1,680
1980	$4,025	$1,886
1981	$4,417	$1,866
1982	$4,599	$1,938
1983	$4,866	$2,124
1984	$5,284	$2,300
1985	$5,510	$2,046
1986	$6,031	$1,760
1987	$6,625	$1,977
1988	$7,033	$2,100
1989	$7,773	$2,244
1990	$7,781	$2,469
1991	$7,790	$2,679
1992	$7,519	$3,141
1993	$7,905	$3,462
1994	$8,223	$3,758
1995	$8,460	$4,363
1996	$9,012	$4,837
1997	$9,522	$4,679
1998	$10,734	$3,294
1999	$11,244	$3,528
2000	$11,675	$4,084
2001	$11,640	$3,944
2002	$11,760	$4,184
2003	$12,076	$4,465
2004	$12,886	$4,939
2005	$14,214	$5,556
2006	$15,620	$6,158
2007	$17,235	$7,169
2008	$17,566	$8,372
2009	$16,295	$7,191
2010	$18,860	$8,899
2011	$19,346	$10,217
2012	$19,034	$10,601
2013	$19,308	$10,714
2014	$19,278	$11,013
2015	$18,954	$9,649
2016	$19,066	$9,477
2017	$19,693	$9,863
2018	$20,056	$10,902
2019	$20,584	$10,920
2020	$18,347	$9,958
2021	$18,697	$10,903
2022	$22,164	$11,748
2023	$23,804	$11,379
2024	$25,366	$11,867

Barbados vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Barbados

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Barbados	Malaysia
1950	53.6	48.5
1951	54.7	49.2
1952	55.9	50.1
1953	57	51.1
1954	58.3	52
1955	59	52.8
1956	60.5	53.7
1957	61.7	54.5
1958	62.4	55.4
1959	63.3	56.3
1960	64.1	57.2
1961	65	58
1962	65.7	58.9
1963	66.2	59.7
1964	66.7	60.4
1965	67.2	61.1
1966	67.7	61.7
1967	67.9	62
1968	68.2	62.4
1969	68.5	62.9
1970	68.5	63.3
1971	68.8	63.8
1972	69.1	64.2
1973	69.1	64.7
1974	69.4	65.2
1975	69.8	65.7
1976	70.1	66.2
1977	70.6	66.7
1978	71.1	67.2
1979	71.5	67.6
1980	72.1	68.1
1981	72.6	68.5
1982	72.9	68.9
1983	73.2	69.2
1984	73.3	69.6
1985	73.3	69.9
1986	73.4	70.1
1987	73.5	70.4
1988	73.4	70.6
1989	73.4	70.8
1990	73.5	71
1991	73.5	71.2
1992	73.6	71.5
1993	73.7	71.7
1994	73.8	71.9
1995	73.9	72
1996	74.1	72.1
1997	74	72.3
1998	74.5	72.4
1999	74.6	72.4
2000	74.6	72.7
2001	74.7	73.1
2002	74.8	73.5
2003	74.9	73.7
2004	75.1	74
2005	75	74.4
2006	75	74.7
2007	75.3	75
2008	75.3	75.2
2009	75.5	75.3
2010	75.5	75.4
2011	75.6	75.5
2012	75.7	75.6
2013	75.8	75.5
2014	75.9	75.3
2015	76.1	75.3
2016	76.2	75.4
2017	76.2	75.5
2018	76.4	75.7
2019	76.5	75.9
2020	76.6	76.1
2021	76.6	73.9
2022	75.7	75.4
2023	76.2	76.7
2024	76.3	76.8
2025	76.5	77

Barbados and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Barbados

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Barbados	Malaysia
1960	230,893	7,956,197
1961	233,148	8,164,443
1962	235,224	8,380,172
1963	237,557	8,602,160
1964	239,958	8,828,406
1965	242,417	9,056,408
1966	244,996	9,284,688
1967	247,091	9,507,099
1968	248,540	9,725,281
1969	249,444	9,947,597
1970	249,387	10,178,802
1971	249,168	10,423,453
1972	249,658	10,676,835
1973	250,322	10,935,621
1974	250,777	11,200,906
1975	251,175	11,471,914
1976	251,442	11,750,097
1977	251,626	12,035,713
1978	251,551	12,328,157
1979	251,269	12,627,862
1980	251,524	12,983,363
1981	252,270	13,399,203
1982	253,095	13,832,798
1983	253,992	14,285,907
1984	254,920	14,759,009
1985	255,820	15,252,258
1986	256,618	15,760,419
1987	257,279	16,276,737
1988	257,763	16,796,605
1989	258,109	17,314,997
1990	258,582	17,833,171
1991	259,373	18,342,464
1992	260,267	18,834,572
1993	261,027	19,322,664
1994	261,620	19,820,446
1995	262,039	20,330,599
1996	262,284	20,850,087
1997	262,392	21,375,218
1998	262,436	21,906,713
1999	262,517	22,435,531
2000	262,063	22,967,816
2001	262,425	23,526,538
2002	264,148	24,102,477
2003	265,776	24,679,602
2004	267,298	25,256,772
2005	268,706	25,836,071
2006	270,002	26,417,909
2007	271,288	26,998,389
2008	272,714	27,570,059
2009	274,123	28,124,778
2010	275,243	28,655,776
2011	276,139	29,162,039
2012	276,938	29,662,831
2013	277,665	30,174,265
2014	278,348	30,696,137
2015	278,990	31,232,798
2016	279,598	31,789,685
2017	280,171	32,355,644
2018	280,711	32,910,967
2019	281,207	33,440,596
2020	281,698	33,889,558
2021	282,147	34,282,399
2022	282,318	34,695,493
2023	282,336	35,126,298
2024	282,467	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Barbados and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Barbados

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Barbados	Malaysia
1960	4.71	6.41
1961	4.15	6.37
1962	4.3	6.3
1963	4.3	6.19
1964	4.21	6.03
1965	4.18	5.84
1966	4.14	5.64
1967	3.6	5.43
1968	3.57	5.29
1969	3.34	5.16
1970	3.08	5.04
1971	3.2	4.92
1972	3.15	4.82
1973	2.87	4.73
1974	2.65	4.62
1975	2.45	4.5
1976	2.24	4.4
1977	2.2	4.28
1978	1.84	4.18
1979	1.86	4.09
1980	1.78	4.04
1981	1.85	4
1982	1.86	3.97
1983	1.86	3.93
1984	1.75	3.89
1985	1.77	3.8
1986	1.69	3.7
1987	1.61	3.57
1988	1.58	3.5
1989	1.64	3.31
1990	1.84	3.3
1991	1.84	3.34
1992	1.8	3.37
1993	1.77	3.36
1994	1.73	3.35
1995	1.7	3.32
1996	1.67	3.3
1997	1.65	3.23
1998	1.62	3.12
1999	1.78	3.07
2000	1.93	2.94
2001	1.96	2.81
2002	1.86	2.66
2003	1.86	2.6
2004	1.8	2.49
2005	1.74	2.39
2006	1.7	2.31
2007	1.76	2.25
2008	1.76	2.26
2009	1.77	2.22
2010	1.79	2.14
2011	1.76	2.15
2012	1.73	2.12
2013	1.73	2.07
2014	1.73	2.06
2015	1.73	2.01
2016	1.72	1.94
2017	1.72	1.89
2018	1.72	1.84
2019	1.72	1.78
2020	1.71	1.68
2021	1.71	1.56
2022	1.71	1.55
2023	1.71	1.55

Barbados and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Barbados

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Barbados	Malaysia
1960	21.9	17.5
1961	21.8	17.3
1962	21.8	17.1
1963	21.8	17
1964	21.8	16.9
1965	21.8	16.8
1966	21.8	16.9
1967	21.9	17
1968	22.1	17.1
1969	22.2	17.3
1970	22.4	17.4
1971	22.6	17.6
1972	22.8	17.9
1973	23	18.1
1974	23.2	18.3
1975	23.5	18.6
1976	23.8	18.8
1977	24.1	19
1978	24.5	19.3
1979	24.9	19.5
1980	25.3	19.7
1981	25.7	19.9
1982	26.1	20.1
1983	26.5	20.4
1984	26.9	20.5
1985	27.3	20.7
1986	27.7	20.9
1987	28	21
1988	28.4	21.1
1989	28.7	21.3
1990	29.1	21.5
1991	29.5	21.7
1992	29.9	21.9
1993	30.4	22.1
1994	30.8	22.3
1995	31.3	22.5
1996	31.7	22.7
1997	32.1	22.9
1998	32.6	23.1
1999	33	23.4
2000	33.3	23.5
2001	33.7	23.6
2002	34	23.7
2003	34.3	23.9
2004	34.6	24
2005	34.9	24.2
2006	35.3	24.5
2007	35.6	24.8
2008	36	25.1
2009	36.3	25.6
2010	36.5	26
2011	36.8	26.4
2012	37.1	26.8
2013	37.4	27.1
2014	37.7	27.5
2015	37.9	27.8
2016	38.2	28.1
2017	38.5	28.5
2018	38.7	28.8
2019	39	29.2
2020	39.2	29.6
2021	39.4	30.1
2022	39.6	30.6
2023	39.9	31.1
2024	40.2	31.5

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