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Barbados vs Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 184th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Sudan
Population
282698
52963918
Population rank 175/197 29/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$49.9B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 93/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$989
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 178/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$2,127
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$136B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
252%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$2,691
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 107/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$1,875
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
721,239 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
69.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
4.32
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
66.7 years
2025

Barbados and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Sudan economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Sudan
Year GDP
Barbados Sudan
1960 $80,021,847 $1,126,364,162
1961 $85,363,759 $1,222,860,429
1962 $88,782,583 $1,328,259,625
1963 $99,893,761 $1,351,234,926
1964 $99,252,731 $1,388,282,600
1965 $105,021,997 $1,446,869,619
1966 $113,195,123 $1,484,491,676
1967 $125,554,009 $1,607,409,539
1968 $125,733,669 $1,677,771,401
1969 $141,393,142 $1,847,501,441
1970 $166,210,203 $2,100,229,759
1971 $186,826,503 $2,288,340,041
1972 $213,725,217 $2,483,055,722
1973 $260,767,828 $3,077,254,460
1974 $311,804,630 $3,958,931,660
1975 $402,178,605 $4,823,090,192
1976 $435,911,269 $6,013,210,816
1977 $495,097,668 $7,499,005,639
1978 $552,883,707 $8,128,719,315
1979 $670,362,452 $8,418,407,787
1980 $1,012,280,615 $8,951,800,000
1981 $1,114,204,743 $10,753,888,154
1982 $1,163,923,830 $8,732,542,274
1983 $1,236,016,507 $8,230,153,846
1984 $1,346,890,071 $10,447,615,385
1985 $1,409,536,121 $8,075,259,600
1986 $1,547,755,183 $10,092,200,000
1987 $1,704,370,308 $12,093,333,333
1988 $1,812,757,918 $14,372,555,556
1989 $2,006,165,167 $21,408,111,111
1990 $2,012,131,457 $33,641,222,222
1991 $2,020,583,702 $44,171,194,366
1992 $1,957,000,000 $7,031,933,492
1993 $2,063,342,117 $8,881,005,436
1994 $2,151,344,901 $12,793,794,737
1995 $2,216,974,096 $13,830,363,900
1996 $2,363,645,403 $9,018,300,725
1997 $2,498,384,130 $11,681,175,864
1998 $2,817,083,478 $11,250,221,537
1999 $2,951,822,205 $10,682,028,340
2000 $3,059,500,000 $12,257,299,147
2001 $3,054,500,000 $15,716,361,792
2002 $3,106,500,000 $18,137,128,388
2003 $3,209,500,000 $21,355,298,460
2004 $3,444,500,000 $26,646,007,251
2005 $3,819,500,000 $35,182,711,988
2006 $4,217,323,400 $45,263,831,634
2007 $4,675,767,950 $59,440,139,775
2008 $4,790,410,400 $64,833,083,257
2009 $4,466,809,600 $51,621,044,077
2010 $5,191,188,500 $58,962,978,034
2011 $5,342,183,800 $55,018,567,211
2012 $5,271,257,500 $37,632,919,967
2013 $5,361,158,350 $43,024,018,082
2014 $5,365,976,700 $49,516,748,618
2015 $5,288,057,750 $51,726,758,677
2016 $5,330,761,500 $42,630,376,000
2017 $5,517,340,450 $41,283,617,976
2018 $5,629,916,200 $32,333,780,383
2019 $5,788,288,000 $32,338,079,165
2020 $5,168,344,450 $27,034,593,750
2021 $5,275,242,050 $34,229,513,775
2022 $6,257,303,500 $51,666,875,363
2023 $6,720,733,200 $39,898,289,821
2024 $7,165,000,000 $49,909,807,030

Barbados and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Sudan
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Sudan
1960 $347 $134.7
1961 $366 $141.6
1962 $377 $148.9
1963 $421 $146.6
1964 $414 $145.7
1965 $433 $146.8
1966 $462 $145.6
1967 $508 $152.4
1968 $506 $153.7
1969 $567 $163.5
1970 $666 $179.6
1971 $750 $189
1972 $856 $198.2
1973 $1,042 $235.8
1974 $1,243 $291.5
1975 $1,601 $343
1976 $1,734 $413
1977 $1,968 $497
1978 $2,198 $518
1979 $2,668 $515
1980 $4,025 $525
1981 $4,417 $605
1982 $4,599 $472
1983 $4,866 $431
1984 $5,284 $534
1985 $5,510 $406
1986 $6,031 $497
1987 $6,625 $584
1988 $7,033 $680
1989 $7,773 $992
1990 $7,781 $1,528
1991 $7,790 $1,966
1992 $7,519 $307
1993 $7,905 $379
1994 $8,223 $532
1995 $8,460 $561
1996 $9,012 $357
1997 $9,522 $453
1998 $10,734 $425
1999 $11,244 $394
2000 $11,675 $441
2001 $11,640 $551
2002 $11,760 $621
2003 $12,076 $714
2004 $12,886 $872
2005 $14,214 $1,125
2006 $15,620 $1,415
2007 $17,235 $1,814
2008 $17,566 $1,928
2009 $16,295 $1,493
2010 $18,860 $1,665
2011 $19,346 $1,522
2012 $19,034 $1,019
2013 $19,308 $1,139
2014 $19,278 $1,275
2015 $18,954 $1,292
2016 $19,066 $1,033
2017 $19,693 $967
2018 $20,056 $731
2019 $20,584 $710
2020 $18,347 $578
2021 $18,697 $712
2022 $22,164 $1,046
2023 $23,804 $797
2024 $25,366 $989

Barbados vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Sudan
1950 53.6 45.8
1951 54.7 46.2
1952 55.9 46.5
1953 57 46.9
1954 58.3 47.3
1955 59 47.7
1956 60.5 48.1
1957 61.7 48.5
1958 62.4 48.9
1959 63.3 49.2
1960 64.1 49.6
1961 65 50
1962 65.7 50.4
1963 66.2 50.8
1964 66.7 50.9
1965 67.2 51
1966 67.7 51.3
1967 67.9 51.5
1968 68.2 51.8
1969 68.5 52
1970 68.5 52.3
1971 68.8 52.5
1972 69.1 52.8
1973 69.1 53
1974 69.4 53.2
1975 69.8 53.3
1976 70.1 53.3
1977 70.6 53.5
1978 71.1 53.3
1979 71.5 53.4
1980 72.1 54.1
1981 72.6 54.4
1982 72.9 54.4
1983 73.2 49.6
1984 73.3 49.8
1985 73.3 50
1986 73.4 54.6
1987 73.5 54.7
1988 73.4 55
1989 73.4 54.9
1990 73.5 55.5
1991 73.5 55.6
1992 73.6 56
1993 73.7 56.1
1994 73.8 57
1995 73.9 57.4
1996 74.1 57.6
1997 74 58.1
1998 74.5 58.3
1999 74.6 58.6
2000 74.6 58.9
2001 74.7 59.3
2002 74.8 59.3
2003 74.9 58.3
2004 75.1 56.8
2005 75 57.2
2006 75 60.4
2007 75.3 61.4
2008 75.3 61.3
2009 75.5 62.7
2010 75.5 63
2011 75.6 63.2
2012 75.7 63.4
2013 75.8 63.4
2014 75.9 64
2015 76.1 64.4
2016 76.2 64.7
2017 76.2 65.1
2018 76.4 65.5
2019 76.5 65.8
2020 76.6 65.1
2021 76.6 64.5
2022 75.7 65.7
2023 76.2 66.3
2024 76.3 66.5
2025 76.5 66.7

Barbados and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Sudan
Year Population
Barbados Sudan
1960 230,893 8,364,489
1961 233,148 8,634,941
1962 235,224 8,919,028
1963 237,557 9,218,077
1964 239,958 9,531,109
1965 242,417 9,858,030
1966 244,996 10,197,578
1967 247,091 10,550,597
1968 248,540 10,917,999
1969 249,444 11,298,936
1970 249,387 11,695,771
1971 249,168 12,105,539
1972 249,658 12,527,856
1973 250,322 13,049,315
1974 250,777 13,580,723
1975 251,175 14,064,798
1976 251,442 14,569,716
1977 251,626 15,086,614
1978 251,551 15,695,003
1979 251,269 16,355,352
1980 251,524 17,058,905
1981 252,270 17,780,572
1982 253,095 18,486,645
1983 253,992 19,109,770
1984 254,920 19,546,528
1985 255,820 19,905,872
1986 256,618 20,288,238
1987 257,279 20,704,904
1988 257,763 21,138,431
1989 258,109 21,578,022
1990 258,582 22,021,481
1991 259,373 22,470,676
1992 260,267 22,927,355
1993 261,027 23,445,592
1994 261,620 24,043,948
1995 262,039 24,672,143
1996 262,284 25,231,528
1997 262,392 25,799,821
1998 262,436 26,458,999
1999 262,517 27,130,613
2000 262,063 27,816,745
2001 262,425 28,516,770
2002 264,148 29,228,727
2003 265,776 29,896,035
2004 267,298 30,556,637
2005 268,706 31,262,444
2006 270,002 31,992,435
2007 271,288 32,764,135
2008 272,714 33,623,980
2009 274,123 34,569,113
2010 275,243 35,414,399
2011 276,139 36,140,806
2012 276,938 36,923,178
2013 277,665 37,785,849
2014 278,348 38,823,318
2015 278,990 40,024,431
2016 279,598 41,259,892
2017 280,171 42,714,306
2018 280,711 44,230,596
2019 281,207 45,548,175
2020 281,698 46,789,231
2021 282,147 48,066,924
2022 282,318 49,383,346
2023 282,336 50,042,791
2024 282,467 50,448,963

Fertility rates in Barbados and Sudan

Fertility rate
Barbados

Sudan
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Sudan
1960 4.71 6.66
1961 4.15 6.66
1962 4.3 6.7
1963 4.3 6.76
1964 4.21 6.8
1965 4.18 6.84
1966 4.14 6.88
1967 3.6 6.91
1968 3.57 6.95
1969 3.34 6.97
1970 3.08 6.99
1971 3.2 7.02
1972 3.15 6.98
1973 2.87 6.94
1974 2.65 6.91
1975 2.45 6.87
1976 2.24 6.82
1977 2.2 6.78
1978 1.84 6.72
1979 1.86 6.65
1980 1.78 6.59
1981 1.85 6.53
1982 1.86 6.47
1983 1.86 6.41
1984 1.75 6.34
1985 1.77 6.28
1986 1.69 6.23
1987 1.61 6.18
1988 1.58 6.13
1989 1.64 6.11
1990 1.84 6.07
1991 1.84 6.05
1992 1.8 6.02
1993 1.77 5.97
1994 1.73 5.91
1995 1.7 5.86
1996 1.67 5.79
1997 1.65 5.72
1998 1.62 5.65
1999 1.78 5.62
2000 1.93 5.6
2001 1.96 5.56
2002 1.86 5.53
2003 1.86 5.49
2004 1.8 5.46
2005 1.74 5.4
2006 1.7 5.33
2007 1.76 5.27
2008 1.76 5.21
2009 1.77 5.17
2010 1.79 5.14
2011 1.76 5.09
2012 1.73 5.03
2013 1.73 4.97
2014 1.73 4.91
2015 1.73 4.9
2016 1.72 4.83
2017 1.72 4.76
2018 1.72 4.68
2019 1.72 4.62
2020 1.71 4.54
2021 1.71 4.46
2022 1.71 4.38
2023 1.71 4.32

Barbados and Sudan demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Sudan
Year Median age, years
Barbados Sudan
1960 21.9 16.7
1961 21.8 16.7
1962 21.8 16.7
1963 21.8 16.6
1964 21.8 16.5
1965 21.8 16.5
1966 21.8 16.4
1967 21.9 16.4
1968 22.1 16.3
1969 22.2 16.3
1970 22.4 16.2
1971 22.6 16.2
1972 22.8 16.1
1973 23 16
1974 23.2 15.9
1975 23.5 16
1976 23.8 16
1977 24.1 16.1
1978 24.5 16.2
1979 24.9 16.4
1980 25.3 16.5
1981 25.7 16.6
1982 26.1 16.7
1983 26.5 16.7
1984 26.9 16.8
1985 27.3 16.8
1986 27.7 16.8
1987 28 16.9
1988 28.4 16.9
1989 28.7 16.8
1990 29.1 16.8
1991 29.5 16.8
1992 29.9 16.8
1993 30.4 16.8
1994 30.8 16.8
1995 31.3 16.8
1996 31.7 16.8
1997 32.1 16.8
1998 32.6 16.8
1999 33 16.9
2000 33.3 16.9
2001 33.7 17
2002 34 17
2003 34.3 17.1
2004 34.6 17.1
2005 34.9 17.1
2006 35.3 17.2
2007 35.6 17.3
2008 36 17.3
2009 36.3 17.4
2010 36.5 17.5
2011 36.8 17.4
2012 37.1 17.5
2013 37.4 17.5
2014 37.7 17.7
2015 37.9 17.9
2016 38.2 18.1
2017 38.5 18.3
2018 38.7 18.6
2019 39 18.7
2020 39.2 18.9
2021 39.4 19
2022 39.6 19.2
2023 39.9 19.3
2024 40.2 19.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$36.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
6.17%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
2.02%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.92%
2021
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
144,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-2.68%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
7.53%
2022
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
54.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
23%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
35.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
27.8%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
3.2%
2014
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
$178M
2017
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$900M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
836,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
20.9%
2018
Banked people share n/a
15.3%
2014

Energy

Barbados Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
412 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$8.15
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
21.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
0.43 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
30.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
61%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
4.99%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
18.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
278.8 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
58%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
71.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
66%
2023

Society

Barbados Sudan
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.62%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-544,257
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
36.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.26 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
27.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
15
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
43
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
5.1
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
26.8
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
53
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
60.7%
2018
English speaking
100%
2023
93.7%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
26.4%
2020

Health

Barbados Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$31.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$16.2
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
66.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
17.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
0.26
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
256
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
50.1
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
17.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
33
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
0.01 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Sudan
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
1.25%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
14,296 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
435,002 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
68,892 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
19,263 mi
2019

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