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Barbados vs Norway statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 5.57M in Norway (ranked 118/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 140,645 sq mi for Norway (ranked 184th vs. 62nd).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Norway
Population
282698
5642662
Population rank 175/197 119/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$484B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 32/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$86,810
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 8/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$101,032
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$207B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
42.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$37,084
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 17/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$45,746
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
140,645 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
39.6 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.4
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
40.7 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Barbados and Norway: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Norway economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Norway
Year GDP
Barbados Norway
1960 $80,021,847 $5,197,398,721
1961 $85,363,759 $5,669,689,210
1962 $88,782,583 $6,107,076,929
1963 $99,893,761 $6,553,269,536
1964 $99,252,731 $7,206,522,122
1965 $105,021,997 $8,111,945,661
1966 $113,195,123 $8,753,940,267
1967 $125,554,009 $9,577,383,653
1968 $125,733,669 $10,227,087,165
1969 $141,393,142 $11,136,187,440
1970 $166,210,203 $12,814,123,115
1971 $186,826,503 $14,583,114,840
1972 $213,725,217 $17,358,610,850
1973 $260,767,828 $22,534,253,703
1974 $311,804,630 $27,145,693,810
1975 $402,178,605 $32,877,805,200
1976 $435,911,269 $35,942,270,686
1977 $495,097,668 $41,508,030,431
1978 $552,883,707 $46,522,900,254
1979 $670,362,452 $53,132,244,624
1980 $1,012,280,615 $64,439,382,896
1981 $1,114,204,743 $63,596,654,761
1982 $1,163,923,830 $62,647,195,538
1983 $1,236,016,507 $61,627,240,831
1984 $1,346,890,071 $62,057,955,033
1985 $1,409,536,121 $65,416,879,914
1986 $1,547,755,183 $78,693,118,044
1987 $1,704,370,308 $94,229,907,236
1988 $1,812,757,918 $101,900,260,856
1989 $2,006,165,167 $102,633,934,391
1990 $2,012,131,457 $119,791,843,060
1991 $2,020,583,702 $121,872,464,483
1992 $1,957,000,000 $130,838,040,068
1993 $2,063,342,117 $120,579,213,713
1994 $2,151,344,901 $127,131,319,429
1995 $2,216,974,096 $152,029,612,325
1996 $2,363,645,403 $163,520,109,151
1997 $2,498,384,130 $161,356,631,888
1998 $2,817,083,478 $154,230,295,158
1999 $2,951,822,205 $162,383,706,021
2000 $3,059,500,000 $171,457,201,936
2001 $3,054,500,000 $174,239,354,071
2002 $3,106,500,000 $195,914,852,576
2003 $3,209,500,000 $229,385,469,337
2004 $3,444,500,000 $265,268,662,473
2005 $3,819,500,000 $309,978,579,744
2006 $4,217,323,400 $346,915,160,682
2007 $4,675,767,950 $402,643,260,488
2008 $4,790,410,400 $464,917,553,191
2009 $4,466,809,600 $387,976,400,617
2010 $5,191,188,500 $431,052,143,940
2011 $5,342,183,800 $501,360,549,669
2012 $5,271,257,500 $512,777,309,841
2013 $5,361,158,350 $526,014,468,085
2014 $5,365,976,700 $501,736,471,833
2015 $5,288,057,750 $388,159,512,246
2016 $5,330,761,500 $370,956,547,619
2017 $5,517,340,450 $401,745,275,035
2018 $5,629,916,200 $439,788,625,884
2019 $5,788,288,000 $408,742,840,909
2020 $5,168,344,450 $367,633,418,887
2021 $5,275,242,050 $503,367,986,030
2022 $6,257,303,500 $596,297,651,036
2023 $6,720,733,200 $482,949,731,777
2024 $7,165,000,000 $483,727,398,216

Barbados and Norway economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Norway
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Norway
1960 $347 $1,451
1961 $366 $1,571
1962 $377 $1,678
1963 $421 $1,787
1964 $414 $1,951
1965 $433 $2,179
1966 $462 $2,333
1967 $508 $2,531
1968 $506 $2,680
1969 $567 $2,894
1970 $666 $3,306
1971 $750 $3,736
1972 $856 $4,414
1973 $1,042 $5,690
1974 $1,243 $6,812
1975 $1,601 $8,204
1976 $1,734 $8,927
1977 $1,968 $10,266
1978 $2,198 $11,463
1979 $2,668 $13,047
1980 $4,025 $15,772
1981 $4,417 $15,513
1982 $4,599 $15,225
1983 $4,866 $14,928
1984 $5,284 $14,989
1985 $5,510 $15,754
1986 $6,031 $18,883
1987 $6,625 $22,506
1988 $7,033 $24,207
1989 $7,773 $24,281
1990 $7,781 $28,243
1991 $7,790 $28,597
1992 $7,519 $30,524
1993 $7,905 $27,964
1994 $8,223 $29,316
1995 $8,460 $34,876
1996 $9,012 $37,322
1997 $9,522 $36,629
1998 $10,734 $34,803
1999 $11,244 $36,393
2000 $11,675 $38,178
2001 $11,640 $38,602
2002 $11,760 $43,171
2003 $12,076 $50,250
2004 $12,886 $57,769
2005 $14,214 $67,047
2006 $15,620 $74,434
2007 $17,235 $85,502
2008 $17,566 $97,504
2009 $16,295 $80,348
2010 $18,860 $88,163
2011 $19,346 $101,222
2012 $19,034 $102,176
2013 $19,308 $103,554
2014 $19,278 $97,667
2015 $18,954 $74,810
2016 $19,066 $70,867
2017 $19,693 $76,132
2018 $20,056 $82,793
2019 $20,584 $76,431
2020 $18,347 $68,340
2021 $18,697 $93,073
2022 $22,164 $109,270
2023 $23,804 $87,497
2024 $25,366 $86,810

Barbados vs. Norway life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Norway
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Norway
1950 53.6 71.6
1951 54.7 72.5
1952 55.9 72.7
1953 57 73.1
1954 58.3 73.2
1955 59 73.4
1956 60.5 73.5
1957 61.7 73.4
1958 62.4 73.4
1959 63.3 73.6
1960 64.1 73.6
1961 65 73.6
1962 65.7 73.5
1963 66.2 73.1
1964 66.7 73.6
1965 67.2 73.7
1966 67.7 74
1967 67.9 74.1
1968 68.2 73.9
1969 68.5 73.7
1970 68.5 74.1
1971 68.8 74.2
1972 69.1 74.3
1973 69.1 74.4
1974 69.4 74.8
1975 69.8 74.8
1976 70.1 75
1977 70.6 75.4
1978 71.1 75.4
1979 71.5 75.4
1980 72.1 75.7
1981 72.6 75.9
1982 72.9 76
1983 73.2 76.1
1984 73.3 76.2
1985 73.3 75.9
1986 73.4 76.3
1987 73.5 76.1
1988 73.4 76.3
1989 73.4 76.5
1990 73.5 76.6
1991 73.5 77
1992 73.6 77.2
1993 73.7 77.2
1994 73.8 77.8
1995 73.9 77.8
1996 74.1 78.2
1997 74 78.2
1998 74.5 78.4
1999 74.6 78.4
2000 74.6 78.7
2001 74.7 78.9
2002 74.8 79
2003 74.9 79.5
2004 75.1 80
2005 75 80.2
2006 75 80.4
2007 75.3 80.5
2008 75.3 80.7
2009 75.5 80.9
2010 75.5 81
2011 75.6 81.2
2012 75.7 81.4
2013 75.8 81.7
2014 75.9 82.1
2015 76.1 82.3
2016 76.2 82.4
2017 76.2 82.6
2018 76.4 82.8
2019 76.5 83
2020 76.6 83.2
2021 76.6 83.2
2022 75.7 82.6
2023 76.2 83.3
2024 76.3 83.5
2025 76.5 83.6

Barbados and Norway population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Norway
Year Population
Barbados Norway
1960 230,893 3,581,239
1961 233,148 3,609,800
1962 235,224 3,638,918
1963 237,557 3,666,537
1964 239,958 3,694,339
1965 242,417 3,723,168
1966 244,996 3,753,012
1967 247,091 3,784,539
1968 248,540 3,816,486
1969 249,444 3,847,707
1970 249,387 3,875,763
1971 249,168 3,903,039
1972 249,658 3,933,004
1973 250,322 3,960,612
1974 250,777 3,985,258
1975 251,175 4,007,313
1976 251,442 4,026,152
1977 251,626 4,043,205
1978 251,551 4,058,671
1979 251,269 4,072,517
1980 251,524 4,085,620
1981 252,270 4,099,702
1982 253,095 4,114,787
1983 253,992 4,128,432
1984 254,920 4,140,099
1985 255,820 4,152,516
1986 256,618 4,167,354
1987 257,279 4,186,905
1988 257,763 4,209,488
1989 258,109 4,226,901
1990 258,582 4,241,473
1991 259,373 4,261,732
1992 260,267 4,286,401
1993 261,027 4,311,991
1994 261,620 4,336,613
1995 262,039 4,359,184
1996 262,284 4,381,336
1997 262,392 4,405,157
1998 262,436 4,431,464
1999 262,517 4,461,913
2000 262,063 4,490,967
2001 262,425 4,513,751
2002 264,148 4,538,159
2003 265,776 4,564,855
2004 267,298 4,591,910
2005 268,706 4,623,291
2006 270,002 4,660,677
2007 271,288 4,709,153
2008 272,714 4,768,212
2009 274,123 4,828,726
2010 275,243 4,889,252
2011 276,139 4,953,088
2012 276,938 5,018,573
2013 277,665 5,079,623
2014 278,348 5,137,232
2015 278,990 5,188,607
2016 279,598 5,234,519
2017 280,171 5,276,968
2018 280,711 5,311,916
2019 281,207 5,347,896
2020 281,698 5,379,475
2021 282,147 5,408,320
2022 282,318 5,457,127
2023 282,336 5,519,594
2024 282,467 5,572,272

Fertility rates in Barbados and Norway

Fertility rate
Barbados

Norway
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Norway
1960 4.71 2.85
1961 4.15 2.94
1962 4.3 2.91
1963 4.3 2.93
1964 4.21 2.98
1965 4.18 2.94
1966 4.14 2.9
1967 3.6 2.81
1968 3.57 2.75
1969 3.34 2.7
1970 3.08 2.5
1971 3.2 2.49
1972 3.15 2.38
1973 2.87 2.23
1974 2.65 2.13
1975 2.45 1.98
1976 2.24 1.86
1977 2.2 1.75
1978 1.84 1.77
1979 1.86 1.75
1980 1.78 1.72
1981 1.85 1.7
1982 1.86 1.71
1983 1.86 1.66
1984 1.75 1.66
1985 1.77 1.68
1986 1.69 1.71
1987 1.61 1.74
1988 1.58 1.84
1989 1.64 1.89
1990 1.84 1.93
1991 1.84 1.92
1992 1.8 1.88
1993 1.77 1.86
1994 1.73 1.87
1995 1.7 1.87
1996 1.67 1.89
1997 1.65 1.86
1998 1.62 1.81
1999 1.78 1.85
2000 1.93 1.85
2001 1.96 1.78
2002 1.86 1.75
2003 1.86 1.8
2004 1.8 1.83
2005 1.74 1.84
2006 1.7 1.9
2007 1.76 1.9
2008 1.76 1.96
2009 1.77 1.98
2010 1.79 1.95
2011 1.76 1.88
2012 1.73 1.85
2013 1.73 1.78
2014 1.73 1.75
2015 1.73 1.72
2016 1.72 1.71
2017 1.72 1.62
2018 1.72 1.56
2019 1.72 1.53
2020 1.71 1.48
2021 1.71 1.55
2022 1.71 1.41
2023 1.71 1.4

Barbados and Norway demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Norway
Year Median age, years
Barbados Norway
1960 21.9 34.3
1961 21.8 34.4
1962 21.8 34.4
1963 21.8 34.3
1964 21.8 34.2
1965 21.8 34.1
1966 21.8 33.9
1967 21.9 33.7
1968 22.1 33.5
1969 22.2 33.2
1970 22.4 32.9
1971 22.6 32.7
1972 22.8 32.5
1973 23 32.4
1974 23.2 32.4
1975 23.5 32.5
1976 23.8 32.6
1977 24.1 32.7
1978 24.5 32.9
1979 24.9 33.1
1980 25.3 33.3
1981 25.7 33.6
1982 26.1 33.9
1983 26.5 34.1
1984 26.9 34.4
1985 27.3 34.6
1986 27.7 34.8
1987 28 34.9
1988 28.4 35.1
1989 28.7 35.2
1990 29.1 35.4
1991 29.5 35.5
1992 29.9 35.7
1993 30.4 35.8
1994 30.8 35.9
1995 31.3 36.1
1996 31.7 36.2
1997 32.1 36.4
1998 32.6 36.5
1999 33 36.7
2000 33.3 36.9
2001 33.7 37.1
2002 34 37.3
2003 34.3 37.5
2004 34.6 37.7
2005 34.9 37.9
2006 35.3 38.1
2007 35.6 38.3
2008 36 38.4
2009 36.3 38.5
2010 36.5 38.6
2011 36.8 38.7
2012 37.1 38.8
2013 37.4 38.9
2014 37.7 39
2015 37.9 39.2
2016 38.2 39.3
2017 38.5 39.4
2018 38.7 39.6
2019 39 39.8
2020 39.2 40
2021 39.4 40.3
2022 39.6 40.4
2023 39.9 40.5
2024 40.2 40.7

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Norway
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$548B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
47.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
5.46%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.61%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
25,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
+13.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
3.98%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
51.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
37%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
78.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
21.6%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
3.6%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
253,085
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.84%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
17
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
0.0004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
180
2017
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$296B
2019
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$81.2B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$621M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
1,397,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
1.86%
2020
Banked people share n/a
98.6%
2024

Energy

Barbados Norway
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
4,885 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$20.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
44.1 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
7.98 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
46.3%
2023
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
61.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
48.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
-704%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
23,520 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
99.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
89.1%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Norway
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.07%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
+44,356
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
84.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.46 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
92.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
81
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
94
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
0.73
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
2.1
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
95%
2013
English speaking
100%
2023
87.6%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
99%
2023

Health

Barbados Norway
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$8,693
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$1,224
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
5.17
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
30.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
1
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
2.4
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
19.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
4.8%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
87
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
14.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
7.38 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Norway
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.24%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
25,240 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
3,792 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
47,118 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
n/a

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