Barbados vs South Africa statistics compared

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 184th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Barbados and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Barbados and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Barbados

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Barbados	South Africa
1960	$80,021,847	$8,748,596,501
1961	$85,363,759	$9,225,996,310
1962	$88,782,583	$9,813,996,074
1963	$99,893,761	$10,854,195,658
1964	$99,252,731	$11,955,995,218
1965	$105,021,997	$13,068,994,772
1966	$113,195,123	$14,211,394,315
1967	$125,554,009	$15,821,393,671
1968	$125,733,669	$17,124,793,150
1969	$141,393,142	$19,256,992,297
1970	$166,210,203	$21,218,391,513
1971	$186,826,503	$23,411,076,638
1972	$213,725,217	$24,515,919,217
1973	$260,767,828	$33,262,772,008
1974	$311,804,630	$41,389,186,095
1975	$402,178,605	$42,906,905,672
1976	$435,911,269	$41,150,460,288
1977	$495,097,668	$45,328,411,332
1978	$552,883,707	$51,607,412,902
1979	$670,362,452	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,012,280,615	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,114,204,743	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,163,923,830	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,236,016,507	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,346,890,071	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,409,536,121	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,547,755,183	$73,354,771,399
1987	$1,704,370,308	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,812,757,918	$103,976,831,871
1989	$2,006,165,167	$108,055,624,082
1990	$2,012,131,457	$126,048,140,142
1991	$2,020,583,702	$135,203,698,238
1992	$1,957,000,000	$146,956,150,987
1993	$2,063,342,117	$147,194,747,566
1994	$2,151,344,901	$153,512,712,382
1995	$2,216,974,096	$171,735,933,897
1996	$2,363,645,403	$163,234,925,381
1997	$2,498,384,130	$168,978,057,328
1998	$2,817,083,478	$152,982,984,557
1999	$2,951,822,205	$151,516,957,079
2000	$3,059,500,000	$151,752,757,215
2001	$3,054,500,000	$135,429,905,923
2002	$3,106,500,000	$129,087,556,612
2003	$3,209,500,000	$197,018,965,309
2004	$3,444,500,000	$255,806,908,595
2005	$3,819,500,000	$288,867,217,197
2006	$4,217,323,400	$303,858,675,364
2007	$4,675,767,950	$333,077,117,254
2008	$4,790,410,400	$316,131,258,616
2009	$4,466,809,600	$329,754,060,647
2010	$5,191,188,500	$417,363,822,802
2011	$5,342,183,800	$458,199,494,831
2012	$5,271,257,500	$434,400,545,086
2013	$5,361,158,350	$400,886,013,596
2014	$5,365,976,700	$381,198,869,776
2015	$5,288,057,750	$346,709,790,459
2016	$5,330,761,500	$323,585,509,674
2017	$5,517,340,450	$381,448,814,653
2018	$5,629,916,200	$405,260,723,893
2019	$5,788,288,000	$389,330,032,224
2020	$5,168,344,450	$337,974,655,408
2021	$5,275,242,050	$420,886,877,629
2022	$6,257,303,500	$406,920,004,594
2023	$6,720,733,200	$380,699,271,816
2024	$7,165,000,000	$400,260,724,226

Barbados and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Barbados

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Barbados	South Africa
1960	$347	$532
1961	$366	$546
1962	$377	$563
1963	$421	$605
1964	$414	$646
1965	$433	$685
1966	$462	$722
1967	$508	$779
1968	$506	$817
1969	$567	$891
1970	$666	$952
1971	$750	$1,020
1972	$856	$1,038
1973	$1,042	$1,369
1974	$1,243	$1,656
1975	$1,601	$1,670
1976	$1,734	$1,559
1977	$1,968	$1,671
1978	$2,198	$1,852
1979	$2,668	$2,202
1980	$4,025	$3,029
1981	$4,417	$3,050
1982	$4,599	$2,717
1983	$4,866	$2,938
1984	$5,284	$2,504
1985	$5,510	$1,839
1986	$6,031	$2,027
1987	$6,625	$2,586
1988	$7,033	$2,702
1989	$7,773	$2,727
1990	$7,781	$3,093
1991	$7,790	$3,243
1992	$7,519	$3,462
1993	$7,905	$3,400
1994	$8,223	$3,489
1995	$8,460	$3,856
1996	$9,012	$3,618
1997	$9,522	$3,700
1998	$10,734	$3,310
1999	$11,244	$3,242
2000	$11,675	$3,218
2001	$11,640	$2,847
2002	$11,760	$2,688
2003	$12,076	$4,062
2004	$12,886	$5,221
2005	$14,214	$5,837
2006	$15,620	$6,077
2007	$17,235	$6,592
2008	$17,566	$6,185
2009	$16,295	$6,375
2010	$18,860	$7,973
2011	$19,346	$8,646
2012	$19,034	$8,077
2013	$19,308	$7,332
2014	$19,278	$6,857
2015	$18,954	$6,112
2016	$19,066	$5,651
2017	$19,693	$6,618
2018	$20,056	$6,914
2019	$20,584	$6,534
2020	$18,347	$5,581
2021	$18,697	$6,843
2022	$22,164	$6,523
2023	$23,804	$6,023
2024	$25,366	$6,253

Barbados vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Barbados

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Barbados	South Africa
1950	53.6	43.1
1951	54.7	44.1
1952	55.9	45
1953	57	46.1
1954	58.3	47.1
1955	59	48.2
1956	60.5	49.2
1957	61.7	50.2
1958	62.4	51.1
1959	63.3	51.9
1960	64.1	52.6
1961	65	53.1
1962	65.7	53.6
1963	66.2	53.9
1964	66.7	54.2
1965	67.2	54.4
1966	67.7	54.7
1967	67.9	55
1968	68.2	55.2
1969	68.5	55.4
1970	68.5	55.7
1971	68.8	56
1972	69.1	56.4
1973	69.1	56.7
1974	69.4	57.1
1975	69.8	57.6
1976	70.1	58
1977	70.6	58.5
1978	71.1	59
1979	71.5	59.5
1980	72.1	60
1981	72.6	60.4
1982	72.9	60.9
1983	73.2	61.4
1984	73.3	61.8
1985	73.3	62.2
1986	73.4	62.4
1987	73.5	62.7
1988	73.4	62.9
1989	73.4	63
1990	73.5	62.9
1991	73.5	63
1992	73.6	62.8
1993	73.7	62.6
1994	73.8	62.1
1995	73.9	61.6
1996	74.1	61.1
1997	74	60.5
1998	74.5	59.9
1999	74.6	59.2
2000	74.6	58.4
2001	74.7	57.2
2002	74.8	55.6
2003	74.9	54.2
2004	75.1	54
2005	75	53.9
2006	75	54.2
2007	75.3	54.9
2008	75.3	56
2009	75.5	57.4
2010	75.5	58.9
2011	75.6	60.6
2012	75.7	61.7
2013	75.8	62.4
2014	75.9	63.2
2015	76.1	64.1
2016	76.2	64.7
2017	76.2	65.4
2018	76.4	65.7
2019	76.5	66.1
2020	76.6	65.2
2021	76.6	62
2022	75.7	65.5
2023	76.2	66.1
2024	76.3	66.3
2025	76.5	66.5

Barbados and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Barbados

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Barbados	South Africa
1960	230,893	16,440,172
1961	233,148	16,908,035
1962	235,224	17,418,522
1963	237,557	17,954,564
1964	239,958	18,511,361
1965	242,417	19,089,380
1966	244,996	19,690,087
1967	247,091	20,314,066
1968	248,540	20,957,287
1969	249,444	21,614,676
1970	249,387	22,279,984
1971	249,168	22,942,143
1972	249,658	23,609,456
1973	250,322	24,294,263
1974	250,777	24,989,108
1975	251,175	25,690,940
1976	251,442	26,395,450
1977	251,626	27,118,952
1978	251,551	27,869,507
1979	251,269	28,634,162
1980	251,524	29,518,857
1981	252,270	30,541,044
1982	253,095	31,615,339
1983	253,992	32,739,304
1984	254,920	33,892,788
1985	255,820	35,042,093
1986	256,618	36,180,515
1987	257,279	37,326,190
1988	257,763	38,480,649
1989	258,109	39,628,575
1990	258,582	40,746,268
1991	259,373	41,687,898
1992	260,267	42,443,509
1993	261,027	43,297,156
1994	261,620	44,004,139
1995	262,039	44,541,554
1996	262,284	45,123,018
1997	262,392	45,666,838
1998	262,436	46,223,880
1999	262,517	46,730,335
2000	262,063	47,159,719
2001	262,425	47,566,800
2002	264,148	48,019,415
2003	265,776	48,500,348
2004	267,298	48,991,421
2005	268,706	49,490,033
2006	270,002	49,998,277
2007	271,288	50,528,584
2008	272,714	51,114,599
2009	274,123	51,728,516
2010	275,243	52,344,051
2011	276,139	52,995,205
2012	276,938	53,782,567
2013	277,665	54,678,791
2014	278,348	55,594,838
2015	278,990	56,723,537
2016	279,598	57,259,551
2017	280,171	57,635,162
2018	280,711	58,613,001
2019	281,207	59,587,885
2020	281,698	60,562,381
2021	282,147	61,502,603
2022	282,318	62,378,410
2023	282,336	63,212,384
2024	282,467	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Barbados and South Africa

Fertility rate

Barbados

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Barbados	South Africa
1960	4.71	6.11
1961	4.15	6.08
1962	4.3	6.05
1963	4.3	6.01
1964	4.21	5.96
1965	4.18	5.89
1966	4.14	5.91
1967	3.6	5.85
1968	3.57	5.78
1969	3.34	5.72
1970	3.08	5.63
1971	3.2	5.57
1972	3.15	5.49
1973	2.87	5.41
1974	2.65	5.3
1975	2.45	5.19
1976	2.24	5.07
1977	2.2	4.94
1978	1.84	4.85
1979	1.86	4.82
1980	1.78	4.78
1981	1.85	4.71
1982	1.86	4.7
1983	1.86	4.63
1984	1.75	4.57
1985	1.77	4.5
1986	1.69	4.41
1987	1.61	4.35
1988	1.58	4.18
1989	1.64	3.98
1990	1.84	3.72
1991	1.84	3.62
1992	1.8	3.48
1993	1.77	3.37
1994	1.73	3.26
1995	1.7	3.17
1996	1.67	2.99
1997	1.65	2.73
1998	1.62	2.63
1999	1.78	2.56
2000	1.93	2.41
2001	1.96	2.37
2002	1.86	2.32
2003	1.86	2.36
2004	1.8	2.44
2005	1.74	2.51
2006	1.7	2.55
2007	1.76	2.55
2008	1.76	2.68
2009	1.77	2.5
2010	1.79	2.44
2011	1.76	2.44
2012	1.73	2.45
2013	1.73	2.43
2014	1.73	2.42
2015	1.73	2.36
2016	1.72	2.26
2017	1.72	2.28
2018	1.72	2.27
2019	1.72	2.26
2020	1.71	2.26
2021	1.71	2.25
2022	1.71	2.23
2023	1.71	2.22

Barbados and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Barbados

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Barbados	South Africa
1960	21.9	19
1961	21.8	19
1962	21.8	18.9
1963	21.8	18.9
1964	21.8	18.9
1965	21.8	18.8
1966	21.8	18.8
1967	21.9	18.8
1968	22.1	18.8
1969	22.2	18.8
1970	22.4	18.8
1971	22.6	18.8
1972	22.8	18.8
1973	23	18.8
1974	23.2	18.9
1975	23.5	18.9
1976	23.8	19
1977	24.1	19.1
1978	24.5	19.2
1979	24.9	19.3
1980	25.3	19.4
1981	25.7	19.6
1982	26.1	19.8
1983	26.5	20
1984	26.9	20.2
1985	27.3	20.4
1986	27.7	20.5
1987	28	20.7
1988	28.4	20.9
1989	28.7	21.1
1990	29.1	21.3
1991	29.5	21.5
1992	29.9	21.5
1993	30.4	21.9
1994	30.8	22
1995	31.3	21.5
1996	31.7	21.2
1997	32.1	21.2
1998	32.6	21.4
1999	33	21.6
2000	33.3	21.9
2001	33.7	22.2
2002	34	22.4
2003	34.3	22.8
2004	34.6	23.1
2005	34.9	23.3
2006	35.3	23.5
2007	35.6	23.8
2008	36	24
2009	36.3	24.3
2010	36.5	24.6
2011	36.8	25
2012	37.1	25.3
2013	37.4	25.7
2014	37.7	26
2015	37.9	26.4
2016	38.2	26.7
2017	38.5	27
2018	38.7	27.5
2019	39	27.9
2020	39.2	28.3
2021	39.4	28.6
2022	39.6	28.9
2023	39.9	29.2
2024	40.2	29.5

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