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Barbados vs Thailand statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 184th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Thailand
Population
282698
71619867
Population rank 175/197 21/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$526B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 30/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$7,345
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 102/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$24,708
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$333B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
64.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$4,642
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 84/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$7,948
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
197,256 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
363 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.21
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.8 years
2025

Barbados and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Thailand economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Thailand
Year GDP
Barbados Thailand
1960 $80,021,847 $2,760,750,861
1961 $85,363,759 $3,034,037,811
1962 $88,782,583 $3,308,912,797
1963 $99,893,761 $3,540,403,457
1964 $99,252,731 $3,889,129,942
1965 $105,021,997 $4,388,937,649
1966 $113,195,123 $5,279,230,817
1967 $125,554,009 $5,638,461,442
1968 $125,733,669 $6,081,009,428
1969 $141,393,142 $6,695,336,567
1970 $166,210,203 $7,086,538,438
1971 $186,826,503 $7,375,000,024
1972 $213,725,217 $8,177,873,151
1973 $260,767,828 $10,838,587,358
1974 $311,804,630 $13,702,998,512
1975 $402,178,605 $14,882,770,594
1976 $435,911,269 $16,985,208,648
1977 $495,097,668 $19,779,312,261
1978 $552,883,707 $24,006,566,637
1979 $670,362,452 $27,371,650,825
1980 $1,012,280,615 $32,353,514,989
1981 $1,114,204,743 $34,846,039,194
1982 $1,163,923,830 $36,589,772,404
1983 $1,236,016,507 $40,042,798,388
1984 $1,346,890,071 $41,797,647,776
1985 $1,409,536,121 $38,900,711,333
1986 $1,547,755,183 $43,096,773,981
1987 $1,704,370,308 $50,535,446,555
1988 $1,812,757,918 $61,667,253,471
1989 $2,006,165,167 $72,250,748,100
1990 $2,012,131,457 $85,343,190,719
1991 $2,020,583,702 $98,234,714,971
1992 $1,957,000,000 $111,452,746,518
1993 $2,063,342,117 $128,889,262,951
1994 $2,151,344,901 $146,683,778,959
1995 $2,216,974,096 $169,278,916,593
1996 $2,363,645,403 $183,035,237,429
1997 $2,498,384,130 $150,180,456,566
1998 $2,817,083,478 $113,675,596,788
1999 $2,951,822,205 $126,669,211,779
2000 $3,059,500,000 $126,392,224,254
2001 $3,054,500,000 $120,296,476,180
2002 $3,106,500,000 $134,300,904,400
2003 $3,209,500,000 $152,280,615,246
2004 $3,444,500,000 $172,895,685,155
2005 $3,819,500,000 $189,318,408,469
2006 $4,217,323,400 $221,758,296,022
2007 $4,675,767,950 $262,942,621,455
2008 $4,790,410,400 $291,382,982,431
2009 $4,466,809,600 $281,710,630,187
2010 $5,191,188,500 $341,104,766,329
2011 $5,342,183,800 $370,818,739,624
2012 $5,271,257,500 $397,558,325,279
2013 $5,361,158,350 $420,333,654,593
2014 $5,365,976,700 $407,339,040,198
2015 $5,288,057,750 $401,296,238,228
2016 $5,330,761,500 $413,366,349,748
2017 $5,517,340,450 $456,356,813,537
2018 $5,629,916,200 $506,754,208,404
2019 $5,788,288,000 $543,976,691,794
2020 $5,168,344,450 $500,461,898,480
2021 $5,275,242,050 $506,194,668,790
2022 $6,257,303,500 $495,644,697,588
2023 $6,720,733,200 $515,906,283,941
2024 $7,165,000,000 $526,411,265,428

Barbados and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Thailand
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Thailand
1960 $347 $102.8
1961 $366 $109.7
1962 $377 $116.2
1963 $421 $120.7
1964 $414 $128.6
1965 $433 $140.9
1966 $462 $164.5
1967 $508 $170.7
1968 $506 $178.8
1969 $567 $191.4
1970 $666 $197.1
1971 $750 $199.7
1972 $856 $215.6
1973 $1,042 $278.3
1974 $1,243 $343
1975 $1,601 $364
1976 $1,734 $405
1977 $1,968 $462
1978 $2,198 $548
1979 $2,668 $612
1980 $4,025 $709
1981 $4,417 $748
1982 $4,599 $770
1983 $4,866 $827
1984 $5,284 $847
1985 $5,510 $774
1986 $6,031 $842
1987 $6,625 $970
1988 $7,033 $1,164
1989 $7,773 $1,342
1990 $7,781 $1,559
1991 $7,790 $1,766
1992 $7,519 $1,972
1993 $7,905 $2,245
1994 $8,223 $2,518
1995 $8,460 $2,864
1996 $9,012 $3,055
1997 $9,522 $2,473
1998 $10,734 $1,848
1999 $11,244 $2,033
2000 $11,675 $2,006
2001 $11,640 $1,890
2002 $11,760 $2,090
2003 $12,076 $2,348
2004 $12,886 $2,642
2005 $14,214 $2,868
2006 $15,620 $3,331
2007 $17,235 $3,919
2008 $17,566 $4,309
2009 $16,295 $4,135
2010 $18,860 $4,974
2011 $19,346 $5,374
2012 $19,034 $5,726
2013 $19,308 $6,018
2014 $19,278 $5,801
2015 $18,954 $5,689
2016 $19,066 $5,834
2017 $19,693 $6,413
2018 $20,056 $7,100
2019 $20,584 $7,606
2020 $18,347 $6,986
2021 $18,697 $7,057
2022 $22,164 $6,909
2023 $23,804 $7,195
2024 $25,366 $7,345

Barbados vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Thailand
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Thailand
1950 53.6 45.2
1951 54.7 45.9
1952 55.9 46.5
1953 57 47.1
1954 58.3 47.6
1955 59 48.1
1956 60.5 48.6
1957 61.7 49.1
1958 62.4 49.5
1959 63.3 50.1
1960 64.1 50.6
1961 65 51.1
1962 65.7 51.4
1963 66.2 52
1964 66.7 52.5
1965 67.2 53.1
1966 67.7 53.7
1967 67.9 54.3
1968 68.2 55
1969 68.5 55.7
1970 68.5 56.5
1971 68.8 57.1
1972 69.1 57.7
1973 69.1 58.3
1974 69.4 59
1975 69.8 59.7
1976 70.1 60.4
1977 70.6 60.9
1978 71.1 61.3
1979 71.5 61.7
1980 72.1 62.2
1981 72.6 62.9
1982 72.9 63.6
1983 73.2 64.5
1984 73.3 65.5
1985 73.3 66.5
1986 73.4 67.3
1987 73.5 67.8
1988 73.4 68.2
1989 73.4 68.6
1990 73.5 68.9
1991 73.5 69.1
1992 73.6 69.4
1993 73.7 69.6
1994 73.8 69.7
1995 73.9 69.8
1996 74.1 69.9
1997 74 70.4
1998 74.5 70.7
1999 74.6 71
2000 74.6 71.2
2001 74.7 71.5
2002 74.8 71.8
2003 74.9 72.1
2004 75.1 72.1
2005 75 72.9
2006 75 73.3
2007 75.3 73.8
2008 75.3 74.2
2009 75.5 74.7
2010 75.5 75
2011 75.6 75.3
2012 75.7 75.6
2013 75.8 76
2014 75.9 76.3
2015 76.1 76.6
2016 76.2 76.8
2017 76.2 77
2018 76.4 77.2
2019 76.5 77.2
2020 76.6 77.3
2021 76.6 77.6
2022 75.7 75.3
2023 76.2 76.4
2024 76.3 76.6
2025 76.5 76.8

Barbados and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Thailand
Year Population
Barbados Thailand
1960 230,893 26,851,747
1961 233,148 27,650,334
1962 235,224 28,481,040
1963 237,557 29,342,322
1964 239,958 30,232,141
1965 242,417 31,149,337
1966 244,996 32,086,071
1967 247,091 33,037,801
1968 248,540 34,002,560
1969 249,444 34,973,782
1970 249,387 35,954,408
1971 249,168 36,937,387
1972 249,658 37,933,929
1973 250,322 38,947,787
1974 250,777 39,952,891
1975 251,175 40,940,005
1976 251,442 41,896,504
1977 251,626 42,843,974
1978 251,551 43,788,976
1979 251,269 44,718,434
1980 251,524 45,650,022
1981 252,270 46,575,855
1982 253,095 47,494,577
1983 253,992 48,423,309
1984 254,920 49,351,708
1985 255,820 50,270,753
1986 256,618 51,177,834
1987 257,279 52,074,105
1988 257,763 52,969,595
1989 258,109 53,848,956
1990 258,582 54,738,329
1991 259,373 55,637,434
1992 260,267 56,528,834
1993 261,027 57,408,198
1994 261,620 58,260,854
1995 262,039 59,098,232
1996 262,284 59,920,064
1997 262,392 60,724,584
1998 262,436 61,522,630
1999 262,517 62,299,043
2000 262,063 63,007,815
2001 262,425 63,651,141
2002 264,148 64,266,437
2003 265,776 64,868,166
2004 267,298 65,452,047
2005 268,706 66,017,420
2006 270,002 66,567,687
2007 271,288 67,102,394
2008 272,714 67,619,830
2009 274,123 68,121,080
2010 275,243 68,579,447
2011 276,139 69,007,208
2012 276,938 69,436,098
2013 277,665 69,845,114
2014 278,348 70,216,367
2015 278,990 70,540,795
2016 279,598 70,859,841
2017 280,171 71,160,187
2018 280,711 71,376,079
2019 281,207 71,522,271
2020 281,698 71,641,484
2021 282,147 71,727,332
2022 282,318 71,735,329
2023 282,336 71,702,435
2024 282,467 71,668,011

Fertility rates in Barbados and Thailand

Fertility rate
Barbados

Thailand
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Thailand
1960 4.71 6.33
1961 4.15 6.32
1962 4.3 6.33
1963 4.3 6.34
1964 4.21 6.31
1965 4.18 6.26
1966 4.14 6.18
1967 3.6 6.08
1968 3.57 5.93
1969 3.34 5.7
1970 3.08 5.45
1971 3.2 5.25
1972 3.15 5.08
1973 2.87 4.85
1974 2.65 4.6
1975 2.45 4.36
1976 2.24 4.12
1977 2.2 3.87
1978 1.84 3.62
1979 1.86 3.45
1980 1.78 3.29
1981 1.85 3.13
1982 1.86 2.94
1983 1.86 2.76
1984 1.75 2.58
1985 1.77 2.45
1986 1.69 2.36
1987 1.61 2.26
1988 1.58 2.17
1989 1.64 2.14
1990 1.84 2.07
1991 1.84 2.04
1992 1.8 2.01
1993 1.77 1.97
1994 1.73 1.93
1995 1.7 1.89
1996 1.67 1.87
1997 1.65 1.85
1998 1.62 1.82
1999 1.78 1.77
2000 1.93 1.73
2001 1.96 1.71
2002 1.86 1.69
2003 1.86 1.67
2004 1.8 1.67
2005 1.74 1.64
2006 1.7 1.63
2007 1.76 1.62
2008 1.76 1.59
2009 1.77 1.57
2010 1.79 1.56
2011 1.76 1.57
2012 1.73 1.56
2013 1.73 1.53
2014 1.73 1.48
2015 1.73 1.45
2016 1.72 1.4
2017 1.72 1.36
2018 1.72 1.32
2019 1.72 1.29
2020 1.71 1.26
2021 1.71 1.23
2022 1.71 1.22
2023 1.71 1.21

Barbados and Thailand demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Thailand
Year Median age, years
Barbados Thailand
1960 21.9 18
1961 21.8 17.9
1962 21.8 17.7
1963 21.8 17.6
1964 21.8 17.5
1965 21.8 17.4
1966 21.8 17.3
1967 21.9 17.3
1968 22.1 17.3
1969 22.2 17.4
1970 22.4 17.5
1971 22.6 17.6
1972 22.8 17.8
1973 23 18
1974 23.2 18.2
1975 23.5 18.4
1976 23.8 18.7
1977 24.1 18.9
1978 24.5 19.2
1979 24.9 19.5
1980 25.3 19.9
1981 25.7 20.2
1982 26.1 20.6
1983 26.5 21
1984 26.9 21.5
1985 27.3 21.9
1986 27.7 22.4
1987 28 22.8
1988 28.4 23.3
1989 28.7 23.7
1990 29.1 24.3
1991 29.5 24.8
1992 29.9 25.4
1993 30.4 26
1994 30.8 26.6
1995 31.3 27.2
1996 31.7 27.7
1997 32.1 28.3
1998 32.6 28.9
1999 33 29.5
2000 33.3 30
2001 33.7 30.5
2002 34 30.9
2003 34.3 31.3
2004 34.6 31.7
2005 34.9 32.2
2006 35.3 32.6
2007 35.6 33.1
2008 36 33.6
2009 36.3 34
2010 36.5 34.5
2011 36.8 35
2012 37.1 35.4
2013 37.4 35.9
2014 37.7 36.3
2015 37.9 36.8
2016 38.2 37.3
2017 38.5 37.7
2018 38.7 38.2
2019 39 38.7
2020 39.2 39.2
2021 39.4 39.7
2022 39.6 40.2
2023 39.9 40.7
2024 40.2 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Thailand
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$510B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
24%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
2.52%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.17%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
455,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-3.07%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
0.78%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
32.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
60.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
26.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
3.4%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
100,001
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.18%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
25
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
860
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$520B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$237B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$9.58B
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
39,916,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
5.95%
2020
Banked people share n/a
91.8%
2024

Energy

Barbados Thailand
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
1,851 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$12.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
274.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
3.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
79.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
19%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.02%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
57.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,965 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
19.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
3.45%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Thailand
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.88%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
+23,321
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
54.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
57.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
76
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
4.81
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
32.2
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
96
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
91.1%
2022
English speaking
100%
2023
27.2%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
90.9%
2024

Health

Barbados Thailand
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$370
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$34.1
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
0.93
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
23.3 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
34
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
9.2
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
15.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
10.2%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
35
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
19.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
7.99 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Thailand
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.34%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
2,752 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
86,394 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
76,313 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
436,817 mi
2020

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