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Barbados vs Saint Kitts and Nevis statistics compared

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Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 46.8K in Saint Kitts and Nevis (ranked 189/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 100.4 sq mi for Saint Kitts and Nevis (ranked 184th vs. 189th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 188/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 55/197 ($22,771).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Saint Kitts
Population
282698
46977
Population rank 175/197 189/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$1.07B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 188/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$22,771
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 55/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$35,545
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$557M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
60.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$11,885
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 46/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$13,293
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
100.4 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
467 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.51
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
36.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
72.4 years
2025

Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year GDP
Barbados Saint Kitts
1960 $80,021,847 $12,366,636
1961 $85,363,759 $12,483,302
1962 $88,782,583 $12,541,635
1963 $99,893,761 $12,833,301
1964 $99,252,731 $13,416,633
1965 $105,021,997 $13,593,932
1966 $113,195,123 $14,469,078
1967 $125,554,009 $16,742,338
1968 $125,733,669 $14,600,000
1969 $141,393,142 $15,850,000
1970 $166,210,203 $16,300,000
1971 $186,826,503 $19,624,746
1972 $213,725,217 $22,944,849
1973 $260,767,828 $24,196,018
1974 $311,804,630 $31,514,856
1975 $402,178,605 $33,364,055
1976 $435,911,269 $30,095,602
1977 $495,097,668 $44,496,296
1978 $552,883,707 $49,433,333
1979 $670,362,452 $58,840,741
1980 $1,012,280,615 $68,459,259
1981 $1,114,204,743 $80,888,889
1982 $1,163,923,830 $86,022,222
1983 $1,236,016,507 $86,874,074
1984 $1,346,890,071 $98,603,704
1985 $1,409,536,121 $111,007,407
1986 $1,547,755,183 $130,685,185
1987 $1,704,370,308 $147,748,148
1988 $1,812,757,918 $172,692,593
1989 $2,006,165,167 $192,518,519
1990 $2,012,131,457 $217,259,259
1991 $2,020,583,702 $220,540,741
1992 $1,957,000,000 $242,137,037
1993 $2,063,342,117 $263,755,556
1994 $2,151,344,901 $295,159,259
1995 $2,216,974,096 $313,485,185
1996 $2,363,645,403 $333,944,444
1997 $2,498,384,130 $374,641,308
1998 $2,817,083,478 $383,257,331
1999 $2,951,822,205 $406,595,484
2000 $3,059,500,000 $421,695,770
2001 $3,054,500,000 $458,643,829
2002 $3,106,500,000 $481,077,374
2003 $3,209,500,000 $469,869,870
2004 $3,444,500,000 $506,900,000
2005 $3,819,500,000 $547,203,704
2006 $4,217,323,400 $644,414,815
2007 $4,675,767,950 $689,285,185
2008 $4,790,410,400 $777,692,593
2009 $4,466,809,600 $774,274,074
2010 $5,191,188,500 $778,718,519
2011 $5,342,183,800 $836,092,593
2012 $5,271,257,500 $824,585,185
2013 $5,361,158,350 $874,548,148
2014 $5,365,976,700 $952,111,111
2015 $5,288,057,750 $957,222,222
2016 $5,330,761,500 $1,006,818,519
2017 $5,517,340,450 $1,056,977,778
2018 $5,629,916,200 $1,076,548,148
2019 $5,788,288,000 $1,107,855,556
2020 $5,168,344,450 $883,922,222
2021 $5,275,242,050 $858,622,222
2022 $6,257,303,500 $980,188,889
2023 $6,720,733,200 $1,056,751,852
2024 $7,165,000,000 $1,066,681,481

Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Saint Kitts
1960 $347 $221.6
1961 $366 $225.6
1962 $377 $230.3
1963 $421 $240.1
1964 $414 $256.4
1965 $433 $265.8
1966 $462 $290
1967 $508 $344
1968 $506 $309
1969 $567 $347
1970 $666 $365
1971 $750 $444
1972 $856 $521
1973 $1,042 $551
1974 $1,243 $721
1975 $1,601 $765
1976 $1,734 $692
1977 $1,968 $1,026
1978 $2,198 $1,144
1979 $2,668 $1,367
1980 $4,025 $1,598
1981 $4,417 $1,894
1982 $4,599 $2,023
1983 $4,866 $2,052
1984 $5,284 $2,341
1985 $5,510 $2,651
1986 $6,031 $3,140
1987 $6,625 $3,573
1988 $7,033 $4,206
1989 $7,773 $4,723
1990 $7,781 $5,373
1991 $7,790 $5,465
1992 $7,519 $5,947
1993 $7,905 $6,395
1994 $8,223 $7,065
1995 $8,460 $7,406
1996 $9,012 $7,788
1997 $9,522 $8,627
1998 $10,734 $8,711
1999 $11,244 $9,116
2000 $11,675 $9,320
2001 $11,640 $10,023
2002 $11,760 $10,454
2003 $12,076 $10,176
2004 $12,886 $10,945
2005 $14,214 $11,784
2006 $15,620 $13,838
2007 $17,235 $14,758
2008 $17,566 $16,605
2009 $16,295 $16,503
2010 $18,860 $16,623
2011 $19,346 $17,832
2012 $19,034 $17,532
2013 $19,308 $18,580
2014 $19,278 $20,219
2015 $18,954 $20,329
2016 $19,066 $21,388
2017 $19,693 $22,465
2018 $20,056 $22,901
2019 $20,584 $23,595
2020 $18,347 $18,859
2021 $18,697 $18,361
2022 $22,164 $20,985
2023 $23,804 $22,600
2024 $25,366 $22,771

Barbados vs. Saint Kitts and Nevis life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Saint Kitts
1950 53.6 54.8
1951 54.7 55.2
1952 55.9 55.7
1953 57 56
1954 58.3 56.3
1955 59 56.4
1956 60.5 56.4
1957 61.7 56.4
1958 62.4 56.4
1959 63.3 56.6
1960 64.1 56.8
1961 65 57.3
1962 65.7 57.8
1963 66.2 58.4
1964 66.7 59
1965 67.2 59.6
1966 67.7 60.1
1967 67.9 60.4
1968 68.2 60.8
1969 68.5 61.1
1970 68.5 61.4
1971 68.8 61.7
1972 69.1 62.1
1973 69.1 62.5
1974 69.4 62.9
1975 69.8 63.2
1976 70.1 63.5
1977 70.6 63.7
1978 71.1 64
1979 71.5 64.2
1980 72.1 64.4
1981 72.6 64.6
1982 72.9 64.9
1983 73.2 65.1
1984 73.3 65.3
1985 73.3 65.5
1986 73.4 65.6
1987 73.5 65.5
1988 73.4 65.5
1989 73.4 65.4
1990 73.5 65.6
1991 73.5 66
1992 73.6 66.3
1993 73.7 66.7
1994 73.8 67
1995 73.9 67.2
1996 74.1 67.5
1997 74 67.8
1998 74.5 67.9
1999 74.6 68.7
2000 74.6 69.2
2001 74.7 69.8
2002 74.8 70.2
2003 74.9 70.6
2004 75.1 70.9
2005 75 71.2
2006 75 71.4
2007 75.3 71.4
2008 75.3 71.5
2009 75.5 71.5
2010 75.5 71.5
2011 75.6 71.4
2012 75.7 71.4
2013 75.8 71.3
2014 75.9 71.2
2015 76.1 71.2
2016 76.2 71.2
2017 76.2 71.3
2018 76.4 71.3
2019 76.5 71.5
2020 76.6 71.2
2021 76.6 69.3
2022 75.7 70.3
2023 76.2 72.1
2024 76.3 72.3
2025 76.5 72.4

Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year Population
Barbados Saint Kitts
1960 230,893 55,810
1961 233,148 55,334
1962 235,224 54,461
1963 237,557 53,441
1964 239,958 52,326
1965 242,417 51,139
1966 244,996 49,898
1967 247,091 48,605
1968 248,540 47,245
1969 249,444 45,731
1970 249,387 44,606
1971 249,168 44,206
1972 249,658 44,033
1973 250,322 43,880
1974 250,777 43,738
1975 251,175 43,606
1976 251,442 43,482
1977 251,626 43,358
1978 251,551 43,217
1979 251,269 43,033
1980 251,524 42,850
1981 252,270 42,698
1982 253,095 42,532
1983 253,992 42,334
1984 254,920 42,113
1985 255,820 41,874
1986 256,618 41,618
1987 257,279 41,348
1988 257,763 41,062
1989 258,109 40,758
1990 258,582 40,432
1991 259,373 40,358
1992 260,267 40,715
1993 261,027 41,242
1994 261,620 41,776
1995 262,039 42,326
1996 262,284 42,877
1997 262,392 43,428
1998 262,436 43,998
1999 262,517 44,601
2000 262,063 45,248
2001 262,425 45,761
2002 264,148 46,020
2003 265,776 46,176
2004 267,298 46,315
2005 268,706 46,437
2006 270,002 46,569
2007 271,288 46,706
2008 272,714 46,835
2009 274,123 46,916
2010 275,243 46,846
2011 276,139 46,886
2012 276,938 47,033
2013 277,665 47,069
2014 278,348 47,089
2015 278,990 47,087
2016 279,598 47,075
2017 280,171 47,050
2018 280,711 47,008
2019 281,207 46,952
2020 281,698 46,870
2021 282,147 46,763
2022 282,318 46,709
2023 282,336 46,758
2024 282,467 46,843

Fertility rates in Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fertility rate
Barbados

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Saint Kitts
1960 4.71 6.54
1961 4.15 6.27
1962 4.3 6.06
1963 4.3 6.12
1964 4.21 6.08
1965 4.18 6.01
1966 4.14 5.78
1967 3.6 5.46
1968 3.57 5.17
1969 3.34 4.97
1970 3.08 4.73
1971 3.2 4.51
1972 3.15 4.16
1973 2.87 3.97
1974 2.65 3.81
1975 2.45 3.68
1976 2.24 3.59
1977 2.2 3.48
1978 1.84 3.29
1979 1.86 3.23
1980 1.78 3.26
1981 1.85 3.3
1982 1.86 3.18
1983 1.86 3.1
1984 1.75 2.88
1985 1.77 2.82
1986 1.69 2.68
1987 1.61 2.62
1988 1.58 2.62
1989 1.64 2.69
1990 1.84 2.73
1991 1.84 2.6
1992 1.8 2.43
1993 1.77 2.38
1994 1.73 2.31
1995 1.7 2.3
1996 1.67 2.26
1997 1.65 2.3
1998 1.62 2.31
1999 1.78 2.26
2000 1.93 2.13
2001 1.96 2.08
2002 1.86 2.04
2003 1.86 2
2004 1.8 1.96
2005 1.74 1.93
2006 1.7 1.9
2007 1.76 1.87
2008 1.76 1.83
2009 1.77 1.8
2010 1.79 1.76
2011 1.76 1.74
2012 1.73 1.71
2013 1.73 1.68
2014 1.73 1.67
2015 1.73 1.64
2016 1.72 1.63
2017 1.72 1.61
2018 1.72 1.59
2019 1.72 1.57
2020 1.71 1.55
2021 1.71 1.53
2022 1.71 1.51
2023 1.71 1.51

Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year Median age, years
Barbados Saint Kitts
1960 21.9 17.5
1961 21.8 17.4
1962 21.8 17.4
1963 21.8 17.3
1964 21.8 17.3
1965 21.8 17.1
1966 21.8 16.9
1967 21.9 16.6
1968 22.1 16.4
1969 22.2 16.1
1970 22.4 16.3
1971 22.6 16.8
1972 22.8 17.3
1973 23 17.7
1974 23.2 18.1
1975 23.5 18.5
1976 23.8 18.9
1977 24.1 19.2
1978 24.5 19.5
1979 24.9 19.8
1980 25.3 20.1
1981 25.7 20.5
1982 26.1 21
1983 26.5 21.4
1984 26.9 21.8
1985 27.3 22.2
1986 27.7 22.5
1987 28 22.8
1988 28.4 23
1989 28.7 23.2
1990 29.1 23.3
1991 29.5 23.5
1992 29.9 23.7
1993 30.4 24.1
1994 30.8 24.4
1995 31.3 24.7
1996 31.7 25.1
1997 32.1 25.5
1998 32.6 25.9
1999 33 26.3
2000 33.3 26.7
2001 33.7 27
2002 34 27.4
2003 34.3 27.7
2004 34.6 28.1
2005 34.9 28.5
2006 35.3 28.9
2007 35.6 29.3
2008 36 29.6
2009 36.3 30
2010 36.5 30.6
2011 36.8 31.1
2012 37.1 31.5
2013 37.4 31.9
2014 37.7 32.3
2015 37.9 32.8
2016 38.2 33.3
2017 38.5 33.8
2018 38.7 34.2
2019 39 34.7
2020 39.2 35.2
2021 39.4 35.6
2022 39.6 36
2023 39.9 36.4
2024 40.2 36.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Saint Kitts
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$1.04B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
41%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
3.5%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-8.54%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
5.12%
2001
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
65.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
21.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
62
2025
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
0
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
0%
2025
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$295M
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$36.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
301,399
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
61.8%
2018

Energy

Barbados Saint Kitts
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
1,777 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$12
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
0.12 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
2.54 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
1.5%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
4.53%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Saint Kitts
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.0006%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-7
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
31.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.7 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.34 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
53.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
9
2025
13
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
23.1
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
2
2025
Visa free countries
155
2025
148
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
97.8%
2003
English speaking
100%
2023
78%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
76.4%
2023

Health

Barbados Saint Kitts
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$1,160
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$502
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
72.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
3.03
2018
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
74
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
16.3
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
46.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
85
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
4.69 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Saint Kitts
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
2,143 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
23.2 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
42.5 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
238 mi
2002

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