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Barbados vs North Macedonia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 1.79M in North Macedonia (ranked 150/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 9,737 sq mi for North Macedonia (ranked 184th vs. 145th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados North Macedonia
Population
282698
1783115
Population rank 175/197 150/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$16.7B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 138/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$9,310
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 88/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$26,587
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$9.15B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$5,105
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 78/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$8,472
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
9,737 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
184 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.5
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
41.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
77.7 years
2025

Barbados and North Macedonia: Comparison Charts

Barbados and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP
Barbados

North Macedonia
Year GDP
Barbados North Macedonia
1960 $80,021,847 -
1961 $85,363,759 -
1962 $88,782,583 -
1963 $99,893,761 -
1964 $99,252,731 -
1965 $105,021,997 -
1966 $113,195,123 -
1967 $125,554,009 -
1968 $125,733,669 -
1969 $141,393,142 -
1970 $166,210,203 -
1971 $186,826,503 -
1972 $213,725,217 -
1973 $260,767,828 -
1974 $311,804,630 -
1975 $402,178,605 -
1976 $435,911,269 -
1977 $495,097,668 -
1978 $552,883,707 -
1979 $670,362,452 -
1980 $1,012,280,615 -
1981 $1,114,204,743 -
1982 $1,163,923,830 -
1983 $1,236,016,507 -
1984 $1,346,890,071 -
1985 $1,409,536,121 -
1986 $1,547,755,183 -
1987 $1,704,370,308 -
1988 $1,812,757,918 -
1989 $2,006,165,167 -
1990 $2,012,131,457 $4,699,646,643
1991 $2,020,583,702 $4,938,775,510
1992 $1,957,000,000 $2,436,849,342
1993 $2,063,342,117 $2,682,456,897
1994 $2,151,344,901 $3,559,608,640
1995 $2,216,974,096 $4,707,041,315
1996 $2,363,645,403 $4,642,021,256
1997 $2,498,384,130 $3,912,986,091
1998 $2,817,083,478 $3,765,745,023
1999 $2,951,822,205 $3,863,619,285
2000 $3,059,500,000 $3,772,859,034
2001 $3,054,500,000 $3,709,636,031
2002 $3,106,500,000 $4,018,365,747
2003 $3,209,500,000 $4,946,296,599
2004 $3,444,500,000 $5,682,784,472
2005 $3,819,500,000 $6,258,602,873
2006 $4,217,323,400 $6,861,226,972
2007 $4,675,767,950 $8,336,474,974
2008 $4,790,410,400 $9,909,552,435
2009 $4,466,809,600 $9,401,736,825
2010 $5,191,188,500 $9,407,170,321
2011 $5,342,183,800 $10,494,626,768
2012 $5,271,257,500 $9,745,261,301
2013 $5,361,158,350 $10,817,702,346
2014 $5,365,976,700 $11,362,265,253
2015 $5,288,057,750 $10,064,519,963
2016 $5,330,761,500 $10,672,467,073
2017 $5,517,340,450 $11,307,067,070
2018 $5,629,916,200 $12,683,068,114
2019 $5,788,288,000 $12,606,338,449
2020 $5,168,344,450 $12,361,036,914
2021 $5,275,242,050 $14,000,283,827
2022 $6,257,303,500 $13,932,436,550
2023 $6,720,733,200 $15,763,604,288
2024 $7,165,000,000 $16,685,236,492

Barbados and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

North Macedonia
Year GDP per capita
Barbados North Macedonia
1960 $347 -
1961 $366 -
1962 $377 -
1963 $421 -
1964 $414 -
1965 $433 -
1966 $462 -
1967 $508 -
1968 $506 -
1969 $567 -
1970 $666 -
1971 $750 -
1972 $856 -
1973 $1,042 -
1974 $1,243 -
1975 $1,601 -
1976 $1,734 -
1977 $1,968 -
1978 $2,198 -
1979 $2,668 -
1980 $4,025 -
1981 $4,417 -
1982 $4,599 -
1983 $4,866 -
1984 $5,284 -
1985 $5,510 -
1986 $6,031 -
1987 $6,625 -
1988 $7,033 -
1989 $7,773 -
1990 $7,781 $2,277
1991 $7,790 $2,402
1992 $7,519 $1,199
1993 $7,905 $1,337
1994 $8,223 $1,786
1995 $8,460 $2,355
1996 $9,012 $2,307
1997 $9,522 $1,960
1998 $10,734 $1,876
1999 $11,244 $1,915
2000 $11,675 $1,862
2001 $11,640 $1,823
2002 $11,760 $1,989
2003 $12,076 $2,445
2004 $12,886 $2,819
2005 $14,214 $3,121
2006 $15,620 $3,440
2007 $17,235 $4,204
2008 $17,566 $5,026
2009 $16,295 $4,800
2010 $18,860 $4,833
2011 $19,346 $5,417
2012 $19,034 $5,050
2013 $19,308 $5,626
2014 $19,278 $5,925
2015 $18,954 $5,263
2016 $19,066 $5,598
2017 $19,693 $5,955
2018 $20,056 $6,714
2019 $20,584 $6,719
2020 $18,347 $6,660
2021 $18,697 $7,621
2022 $22,164 $7,606
2023 $23,804 $8,624
2024 $25,366 $9,310

Barbados vs. North Macedonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

North Macedonia
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados North Macedonia
1950 53.6 50.6
1951 54.7 48.5
1952 55.9 52.5
1953 57 53.2
1954 58.3 55.7
1955 59 55.4
1956 60.5 58.5
1957 61.7 55.7
1958 62.4 60.3
1959 63.3 59.5
1960 64.1 60.5
1961 65 61.8
1962 65.7 59.3
1963 66.2 61.4
1964 66.7 61.5
1965 67.2 62.6
1966 67.7 63.5
1967 67.9 63.8
1968 68.2 64.6
1969 68.5 64
1970 68.5 65
1971 68.8 65.2
1972 69.1 65.6
1973 69.1 67.1
1974 69.4 67.1
1975 69.8 67.3
1976 70.1 67.9
1977 70.6 68.2
1978 71.1 69.1
1979 71.5 69.2
1980 72.1 69.1
1981 72.6 69.4
1982 72.9 69.8
1983 73.2 69.7
1984 73.3 70.2
1985 73.3 70.2
1986 73.4 70.3
1987 73.5 70.4
1988 73.4 70.5
1989 73.4 71.1
1990 73.5 71.3
1991 73.5 71.8
1992 73.6 71.3
1993 73.7 71.7
1994 73.8 71.5
1995 73.9 72
1996 74.1 71.9
1997 74 71.9
1998 74.5 71.8
1999 74.6 72.3
2000 74.6 72.6
2001 74.7 73
2002 74.8 72.7
2003 74.9 73
2004 75.1 73.4
2005 75 73.6
2006 75 73.8
2007 75.3 73.7
2008 75.3 74.4
2009 75.5 74.5
2010 75.5 75
2011 75.6 75.1
2012 75.7 75
2013 75.8 75.6
2014 75.9 75.6
2015 76.1 75.6
2016 76.2 75.6
2017 76.2 76.2
2018 76.4 76.9
2019 76.5 76.8
2020 76.6 74.5
2021 76.6 73.3
2022 75.7 76.6
2023 76.2 77.4
2024 76.3 77.5
2025 76.5 77.7

Barbados and North Macedonia population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

North Macedonia
Year Population
Barbados North Macedonia
1960 230,893 1,435,059
1961 233,148 1,455,171
1962 235,224 1,471,745
1963 237,557 1,488,737
1964 239,958 1,510,900
1965 242,417 1,533,466
1966 244,996 1,557,349
1967 247,091 1,582,492
1968 248,540 1,608,930
1969 249,444 1,636,345
1970 249,387 1,664,208
1971 249,168 1,691,216
1972 249,658 1,717,395
1973 250,322 1,743,816
1974 250,777 1,770,545
1975 251,175 1,797,972
1976 251,442 1,825,830
1977 251,626 1,853,138
1978 251,551 1,879,847
1979 251,269 1,906,523
1980 251,524 1,933,038
1981 252,270 1,959,065
1982 253,095 1,978,956
1983 253,992 1,991,901
1984 254,920 2,003,399
1985 255,820 2,014,331
1986 256,618 2,024,732
1987 257,279 2,035,157
1988 257,763 2,045,737
1989 258,109 2,055,649
1990 258,582 2,063,689
1991 259,373 2,055,994
1992 260,267 2,032,523
1993 261,027 2,006,854
1994 261,620 1,992,666
1995 262,039 1,998,534
1996 262,284 2,012,553
1997 262,392 1,996,869
1998 262,436 2,007,523
1999 262,517 2,017,142
2000 262,063 2,026,350
2001 262,425 2,034,882
2002 264,148 2,020,157
2003 265,776 2,022,725
2004 267,298 2,016,186
2005 268,706 2,005,330
2006 270,002 1,994,287
2007 271,288 1,982,933
2008 272,714 1,971,493
2009 274,123 1,958,782
2010 275,243 1,946,298
2011 276,139 1,937,398
2012 276,938 1,929,821
2013 277,665 1,922,716
2014 278,348 1,917,557
2015 278,990 1,912,430
2016 279,598 1,906,313
2017 280,171 1,898,657
2018 280,711 1,889,051
2019 281,207 1,876,262
2020 281,698 1,856,124
2021 282,147 1,837,114
2022 282,318 1,831,712
2023 282,336 1,827,816
2024 282,467 1,792,179

Fertility rates in Barbados and North Macedonia

Fertility rate
Barbados

North Macedonia
Year Fertility rate
Barbados North Macedonia
1960 4.71 3.83
1961 4.15 3.62
1962 4.3 3.5
1963 4.3 3.62
1964 4.21 3.56
1965 4.18 3.52
1966 4.14 3.43
1967 3.6 3.33
1968 3.57 3.22
1969 3.34 3.1
1970 3.08 3.01
1971 3.2 2.93
1972 3.15 2.87
1973 2.87 2.72
1974 2.65 2.7
1975 2.45 2.69
1976 2.24 2.62
1977 2.2 2.49
1978 1.84 2.42
1979 1.86 2.4
1980 1.78 2.36
1981 1.85 2.29
1982 1.86 2.29
1983 1.86 2.25
1984 1.75 2.24
1985 1.77 2.25
1986 1.69 2.25
1987 1.61 2.32
1988 1.58 2.32
1989 1.64 2.25
1990 1.84 2.27
1991 1.84 2.31
1992 1.8 2.28
1993 1.77 2.26
1994 1.73 2.23
1995 1.7 2.13
1996 1.67 2.06
1997 1.65 1.92
1998 1.62 1.89
1999 1.78 1.77
2000 1.93 1.86
2001 1.96 1.73
2002 1.86 1.79
2003 1.86 1.75
2004 1.8 1.52
2005 1.74 1.5
2006 1.7 1.46
2007 1.76 1.46
2008 1.76 1.47
2009 1.77 1.5
2010 1.79 1.6
2011 1.76 1.46
2012 1.73 1.5
2013 1.73 1.5
2014 1.73 1.5
2015 1.73 1.49
2016 1.72 1.5
2017 1.72 1.43
2018 1.72 1.42
2019 1.72 1.34
2020 1.71 1.31
2021 1.71 1.6
2022 1.71 1.6
2023 1.71 1.5

Barbados and North Macedonia demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

North Macedonia
Year Median age, years
Barbados North Macedonia
1960 21.9 21.8
1961 21.8 21.8
1962 21.8 21.9
1963 21.8 21.9
1964 21.8 21.9
1965 21.8 21.9
1966 21.8 22
1967 21.9 22.2
1968 22.1 22.4
1969 22.2 22.6
1970 22.4 22.8
1971 22.6 23.1
1972 22.8 23.3
1973 23 23.6
1974 23.2 23.9
1975 23.5 24.2
1976 23.8 24.5
1977 24.1 24.8
1978 24.5 25.2
1979 24.9 25.5
1980 25.3 25.9
1981 25.7 26.2
1982 26.1 26.5
1983 26.5 26.8
1984 26.9 27.2
1985 27.3 27.5
1986 27.7 27.8
1987 28 28
1988 28.4 28.3
1989 28.7 28.6
1990 29.1 28.9
1991 29.5 29.2
1992 29.9 29.6
1993 30.4 29.9
1994 30.8 30.3
1995 31.3 30.5
1996 31.7 30.8
1997 32.1 31
1998 32.6 31.2
1999 33 31.5
2000 33.3 31.9
2001 33.7 32.2
2002 34 32.6
2003 34.3 32.8
2004 34.6 33.2
2005 34.9 33.5
2006 35.3 33.9
2007 35.6 34.3
2008 36 34.7
2009 36.3 35.1
2010 36.5 35.5
2011 36.8 36
2012 37.1 36.4
2013 37.4 36.9
2014 37.7 37.3
2015 37.9 37.8
2016 38.2 38.3
2017 38.5 38.8
2018 38.7 39.4
2019 39 39.9
2020 39.2 40.3
2021 39.4 40.7
2022 39.6 40.9
2023 39.9 41.3
2024 40.2 41.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados North Macedonia
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
39.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
3.3%
2002
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.7%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-5.04%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
12.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
22.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
63.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
22.9%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
1.9%
2019
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
$5.25B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$458M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
118,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
3.52%
2020
Banked people share n/a
84.3%
2024

Energy

Barbados North Macedonia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
1,450 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$16.8
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
8.76 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
4.79 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
82.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
19.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
63.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,320 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
31%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
23.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados North Macedonia
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-5,728
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
59.9%
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
5.28 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
57.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
63
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
1.53
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
132
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
97.6%
2012
English speaking
100%
2023
5%
2025
People using the Internet
80%
2023
87.2%
2023

Health

Barbados North Macedonia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$562
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$225.9
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
77.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0.002%
2018
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
2.96
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
27.4 years
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
3.3
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
28.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
32
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
4.36 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados North Macedonia
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
5,433 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
4,830 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
3,867 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
8,812 mi
2017

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