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Barbados vs Romania statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 19.1M in Romania (ranked 67/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 88,834 sq mi for Romania (ranked 184th vs. 80th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Romania
Population
282698
18962595
Population rank 175/197 69/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$383B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 43/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$20,072
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 58/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$48,712
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$219B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
61.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$11,490
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 49/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$13,200
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
88,834 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
214.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.71
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
43.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.2 years
2025

Barbados and Romania: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Romania economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Romania
Year GDP
Barbados Romania
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 $38,067,567,568
1988 $1,812,757,918 $40,424,528,302
1989 $2,006,165,167 $41,450,777,202
1990 $2,012,131,457 $38,247,882,300
1991 $2,020,583,702 $28,850,634,900
1992 $1,957,000,000 $25,121,666,667
1993 $2,063,342,117 $26,361,160,450
1994 $2,151,344,901 $30,072,805,104
1995 $2,216,974,096 $37,430,162,103
1996 $2,363,645,403 $36,937,074,278
1997 $2,498,384,130 $35,575,214,078
1998 $2,817,083,478 $41,696,091,974
1999 $2,951,822,205 $35,953,156,754
2000 $3,059,500,000 $37,253,739,511
2001 $3,054,500,000 $40,395,116,581
2002 $3,106,500,000 $46,065,502,703
2003 $3,209,500,000 $57,806,384,143
2004 $3,444,500,000 $74,973,656,852
2005 $3,819,500,000 $98,454,380,120
2006 $4,217,323,400 $122,023,735,993
2007 $4,675,767,950 $174,588,782,939
2008 $4,790,410,400 $214,315,932,061
2009 $4,466,809,600 $174,110,532,659
2010 $5,191,188,500 $170,064,350,672
2011 $5,342,183,800 $192,623,977,894
2012 $5,271,257,500 $179,117,323,107
2013 $5,361,158,350 $189,798,603,751
2014 $5,365,976,700 $199,722,319,676
2015 $5,288,057,750 $177,885,131,240
2016 $5,330,761,500 $185,290,759,249
2017 $5,517,340,450 $210,147,385,855
2018 $5,629,916,200 $243,468,683,030
2019 $5,788,288,000 $251,677,082,534
2020 $5,168,344,450 $252,033,792,712
2021 $5,275,242,050 $286,578,196,368
2022 $6,257,303,500 $296,354,358,293
2023 $6,720,733,200 $350,775,856,415
2024 $7,165,000,000 $382,767,571,329

Barbados and Romania economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Romania
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Romania
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 $1,659
1988 $7,033 $1,753
1989 $7,773 $1,790
1990 $7,781 $1,648
1991 $7,790 $1,254
1992 $7,519 $1,102
1993 $7,905 $1,158
1994 $8,223 $1,323
1995 $8,460 $1,650
1996 $9,012 $1,633
1997 $9,522 $1,577
1998 $10,734 $1,853
1999 $11,244 $1,600
2000 $11,675 $1,660
2001 $11,640 $1,825
2002 $11,760 $2,120
2003 $12,076 $2,679
2004 $12,886 $3,495
2005 $14,214 $4,618
2006 $15,620 $5,758
2007 $17,235 $8,360
2008 $17,566 $10,435
2009 $16,295 $8,548
2010 $18,860 $8,400
2011 $19,346 $9,561
2012 $19,034 $8,930
2013 $19,308 $9,498
2014 $19,278 $10,032
2015 $18,954 $8,977
2016 $19,066 $9,405
2017 $19,693 $10,728
2018 $20,056 $12,502
2019 $20,584 $12,992
2020 $18,347 $13,082
2021 $18,697 $14,987
2022 $22,164 $15,558
2023 $23,804 $18,404
2024 $25,366 $20,072

Barbados vs. Romania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Romania
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Romania
1950 53.6 60.5
1951 54.7 61.2
1952 55.9 61.8
1953 57 62.5
1954 58.3 63
1955 59 63.3
1956 60.5 63.6
1957 61.7 64
1958 62.4 64.4
1959 63.3 64.9
1960 64.1 65.6
1961 65 66.4
1962 65.7 67.2
1963 66.2 67.8
1964 66.7 68.4
1965 67.2 68.4
1966 67.7 68.2
1967 67.9 68.1
1968 68.2 67.9
1969 68.5 67.2
1970 68.5 67.9
1971 68.8 68.4
1972 69.1 69
1973 69.1 68.7
1974 69.4 69.5
1975 69.8 69.6
1976 70.1 69.9
1977 70.6 69.5
1978 71.1 69.8
1979 71.5 69.5
1980 72.1 69.2
1981 72.6 69.5
1982 72.9 69.8
1983 73.2 69.8
1984 73.3 69.9
1985 73.3 69.4
1986 73.4 69.7
1987 73.5 69.1
1988 73.4 69.4
1989 73.4 69.5
1990 73.5 69.8
1991 73.5 70
1992 73.6 69.5
1993 73.7 69.5
1994 73.8 69.3
1995 73.9 69.3
1996 74.1 68.8
1997 74 69.1
1998 74.5 69.9
1999 74.6 70.6
2000 74.6 71.2
2001 74.7 71.1
2002 74.8 70.8
2003 74.9 70.8
2004 75.1 71.1
2005 75 71.6
2006 75 72.2
2007 75.3 72.8
2008 75.3 73.2
2009 75.5 73.5
2010 75.5 73.6
2011 75.6 74.3
2012 75.7 74.3
2013 75.8 74.9
2014 75.9 74.8
2015 76.1 74.7
2016 76.2 75
2017 76.2 75
2018 76.4 75.1
2019 76.5 75.3
2020 76.6 74
2021 76.6 72.7
2022 75.7 75.3
2023 76.2 75.9
2024 76.3 76.1
2025 76.5 76.2

Barbados and Romania population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Romania
Year Population
Barbados Romania
1960 230,893 18,406,905
1961 233,148 18,555,250
1962 235,224 18,676,550
1963 237,557 18,797,850
1964 239,958 18,919,126
1965 242,417 19,031,576
1966 244,996 19,215,450
1967 247,091 19,534,242
1968 248,540 19,799,831
1969 249,444 20,009,141
1970 249,387 20,250,398
1971 249,168 20,461,567
1972 249,658 20,657,957
1973 250,322 20,835,681
1974 250,777 21,029,429
1975 251,175 21,293,583
1976 251,442 21,551,634
1977 251,626 21,756,096
1978 251,551 21,951,464
1979 251,269 22,090,488
1980 251,524 22,207,282
1981 252,270 22,353,070
1982 253,095 22,475,741
1983 253,992 22,560,478
1984 254,920 22,640,547
1985 255,820 22,732,999
1986 256,618 22,836,841
1987 257,279 22,949,430
1988 257,763 23,057,662
1989 258,109 23,161,458
1990 258,582 23,201,835
1991 259,373 23,001,155
1992 260,267 22,794,284
1993 261,027 22,763,280
1994 261,620 22,730,211
1995 262,039 22,684,270
1996 262,284 22,619,004
1997 262,392 22,553,978
1998 262,436 22,507,344
1999 262,517 22,472,040
2000 262,063 22,442,971
2001 262,425 22,131,970
2002 264,148 21,730,496
2003 265,776 21,574,326
2004 267,298 21,451,748
2005 268,706 21,319,685
2006 270,002 21,193,760
2007 271,288 20,882,982
2008 272,714 20,537,875
2009 274,123 20,367,487
2010 275,243 20,246,871
2011 276,139 20,147,528
2012 276,938 20,058,035
2013 277,665 19,983,693
2014 278,348 19,908,979
2015 278,990 19,815,616
2016 279,598 19,702,267
2017 280,171 19,588,715
2018 280,711 19,473,970
2019 281,207 19,371,648
2020 281,698 19,265,250
2021 282,147 19,122,059
2022 282,318 19,048,502
2023 282,336 19,059,479
2024 282,467 19,069,340

Fertility rates in Barbados and Romania

Fertility rate
Barbados

Romania
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Romania
1960 4.71 2.34
1961 4.15 2.17
1962 4.3 2.04
1963 4.3 2.01
1964 4.21 1.96
1965 4.18 1.91
1966 4.14 1.9
1967 3.6 3.66
1968 3.57 3.63
1969 3.34 3.19
1970 3.08 2.89
1971 3.2 2.67
1972 3.15 2.55
1973 2.87 2.44
1974 2.65 2.71
1975 2.45 2.59
1976 2.24 2.54
1977 2.2 2.57
1978 1.84 2.52
1979 1.86 2.49
1980 1.78 2.43
1981 1.85 2.36
1982 1.86 2.17
1983 1.86 2.06
1984 1.75 2.26
1985 1.77 2.31
1986 1.69 2.39
1987 1.61 2.38
1988 1.58 2.3
1989 1.64 2.22
1990 1.84 1.83
1991 1.84 1.59
1992 1.8 1.51
1993 1.77 1.43
1994 1.73 1.4
1995 1.7 1.33
1996 1.67 1.3
1997 1.65 1.32
1998 1.62 1.32
1999 1.78 1.3
2000 1.93 1.31
2001 1.96 1.27
2002 1.86 1.27
2003 1.86 1.3
2004 1.8 1.33
2005 1.74 1.4
2006 1.7 1.42
2007 1.76 1.45
2008 1.76 1.6
2009 1.77 1.66
2010 1.79 1.59
2011 1.76 1.47
2012 1.73 1.52
2013 1.73 1.46
2014 1.73 1.56
2015 1.73 1.62
2016 1.72 1.69
2017 1.72 1.78
2018 1.72 1.76
2019 1.72 1.77
2020 1.71 1.8
2021 1.71 1.81
2022 1.71 1.71
2023 1.71 1.71

Barbados and Romania demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Romania
Year Median age, years
Barbados Romania
1960 21.9 28.5
1961 21.8 28.9
1962 21.8 29.3
1963 21.8 29.7
1964 21.8 30.2
1965 21.8 30.6
1966 21.8 31
1967 21.9 31.3
1968 22.1 31.3
1969 22.2 31.3
1970 22.4 31.4
1971 22.6 31.4
1972 22.8 31.5
1973 23 31.5
1974 23.2 31.6
1975 23.5 31.7
1976 23.8 31.8
1977 24.1 31.8
1978 24.5 31.7
1979 24.9 31.7
1980 25.3 31.8
1981 25.7 31.9
1982 26.1 32
1983 26.5 32.1
1984 26.9 32.3
1985 27.3 32.5
1986 27.7 32.7
1987 28 32.8
1988 28.4 32.8
1989 28.7 32.9
1990 29.1 33
1991 29.5 33.1
1992 29.9 33.3
1993 30.4 33.6
1994 30.8 33.8
1995 31.3 34
1996 31.7 34.2
1997 32.1 34.4
1998 32.6 34.6
1999 33 34.7
2000 33.3 34.8
2001 33.7 34.8
2002 34 35.3
2003 34.3 36
2004 34.6 36.6
2005 34.9 37
2006 35.3 37.3
2007 35.6 37.7
2008 36 38.2
2009 36.3 38.8
2010 36.5 39.3
2011 36.8 39.8
2012 37.1 40.2
2013 37.4 40.5
2014 37.7 40.9
2015 37.9 41.3
2016 38.2 41.7
2017 38.5 42
2018 38.7 42.3
2019 39 42.6
2020 39.2 42.9
2021 39.4 43.2
2022 39.6 43.3
2023 39.9 43.5
2024 40.2 43.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Romania
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$336B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
39.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
3.28%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.61%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
128,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-7.83%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
5.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
62.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
25%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
66.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
21.8%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
2.4%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
83
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$47.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$73.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$9.52B
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
5,023,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
1.73%
2020
Banked people share n/a
71.3%
2024

Energy

Barbados Romania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
1,601 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$28.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
70.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
3.71 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
70.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
23.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
17.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
28.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,585 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
44.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
32.2%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Romania
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-28,466
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
54.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.83 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
67.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
69
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
1.11
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
10.3
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
99.2%
2021
English speaking
100%
2023
31%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
91.3%
2024

Health

Barbados Romania
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$902
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$193.3
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
3.47
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
12
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
6.6
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
35%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
7.5%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
50
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
30%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
16.8 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Romania
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.15%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
4,658 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
49,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
26,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
53,679 mi
2023

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