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Barbados vs Turkey statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 184th vs. 36th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 157/197 ($7.5B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.36T). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 46/197 ($26,545), while Turkey ranks 66/197 ($15,893).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Turkey
Population
282718
85963745
Population rank 175/197 18/197
GDP
$7.5B
2024
$1.36T
2024
GDP rank 157/197 17/197
GDP per capita
$26,545
2024
$15,893
2024
GDP per capita rank 46/197 66/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$24,823
2024
$45,123
2024
Government debt
$7.83B
2024
$353B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
93.7%
2026
27.1%
2026
Government debt per person
$27,708
2024
$4,127
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 91/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2026
$9,587
2026
Land area
166 sq mi
2026
297,156 sq mi
2026
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
287.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.51
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
34 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.6 years
2026
78.4 years
2026

Barbados and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Turkey economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Turkey
Year GDP
Barbados Turkey
1960 $80,021,847 $7,566,666,667
1961 $85,363,759 $7,988,888,889
1962 $88,782,583 $8,922,222,222
1963 $99,893,761 $10,355,555,556
1964 $99,252,731 $11,177,777,778
1965 $105,021,997 $11,966,666,667
1966 $113,195,123 $14,100,000,000
1967 $125,554,009 $15,644,444,444
1968 $125,733,669 $17,500,000,000
1969 $141,393,142 $19,466,666,667
1970 $166,210,203 $17,863,636,364
1971 $186,826,503 $16,166,666,667
1972 $213,725,217 $20,650,000,000
1973 $260,767,828 $26,000,000,000
1974 $311,804,630 $35,414,285,714
1975 $402,178,605 $46,042,857,143
1976 $435,911,269 $51,450,000,000
1977 $495,097,668 $58,683,333,333
1978 $552,883,707 $65,912,500,000
1979 $670,362,452 $89,616,129,032
1980 $1,012,280,615 $68,823,684,211
1981 $1,114,204,743 $71,180,180,180
1982 $1,163,923,830 $64,369,325,153
1983 $1,236,016,507 $61,803,555,556
1984 $1,346,890,071 $59,937,602,180
1985 $1,409,536,121 $67,232,758,621
1986 $1,547,755,183 $75,673,037,037
1987 $1,704,370,308 $87,190,081,680
1988 $1,812,757,918 $90,875,175,809
1989 $2,006,165,167 $107,127,191,329
1990 $2,012,131,457 $150,655,500,192
1991 $2,020,583,702 $151,034,731,544
1992 $1,957,000,000 $159,104,772,992
1993 $2,063,342,117 $180,415,757,852
1994 $2,151,344,901 $130,650,447,499
1995 $2,216,974,096 $234,699,627,004
1996 $2,363,645,403 $250,366,965,174
1997 $2,498,384,130 $263,817,553,748
1998 $2,817,083,478 $276,035,372,655
1999 $2,951,822,205 $256,673,939,248
2000 $3,059,500,000 $274,748,463,179
2001 $3,054,500,000 $202,195,080,239
2002 $3,106,500,000 $240,778,008,474
2003 $3,209,500,000 $315,392,899,922
2004 $3,444,500,000 $410,156,784,496
2005 $3,819,500,000 $508,314,210,213
2006 $4,217,323,400 $559,668,118,237
2007 $4,675,767,950 $685,228,481,017
2008 $4,790,410,400 $775,415,944,333
2009 $4,466,809,600 $653,894,449,921
2010 $5,672,900,000 $782,545,664,268
2011 $5,663,100,000 $844,192,507,381
2012 $5,761,450,000 $885,327,622,479
2013 $5,667,200,000 $962,167,643,589
2014 $5,620,600,000 $942,343,431,929
2015 $5,698,150,000 $865,460,050,684
2016 $5,674,600,000 $870,818,016,910
2017 $5,683,150,000 $863,874,522,365
2018 $6,001,950,000 $788,356,985,774
2019 $6,161,850,000 $775,853,144,223
2020 $5,407,050,000 $733,628,247,119
2021 $5,947,550,000 $839,938,668,172
2022 $6,884,900,000 $926,097,476,914
2023 $7,223,250,000 $1,141,242,864,657
2024 $7,498,050,000 $1,359,123,768,774

Barbados and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Turkey
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Turkey
1960 $347 $267.1
1961 $366 $274.4
1962 $377 $298.2
1963 $421 $337
1964 $414 $354
1965 $433 $370
1966 $462 $425
1967 $508 $459
1968 $506 $501
1969 $567 $544
1970 $666 $488
1971 $750 $431
1972 $856 $537
1973 $1,042 $661
1974 $1,243 $881
1975 $1,601 $1,122
1976 $1,734 $1,228
1977 $1,968 $1,372
1978 $2,198 $1,510
1979 $2,668 $2,013
1980 $4,025 $1,516
1981 $4,417 $1,537
1982 $4,599 $1,360
1983 $4,866 $1,276
1984 $5,284 $1,209
1985 $5,510 $1,326
1986 $6,031 $1,461
1987 $6,625 $1,650
1988 $7,033 $1,686
1989 $7,773 $1,949
1990 $7,781 $2,690
1991 $7,790 $2,649
1992 $7,519 $2,744
1993 $7,905 $3,058
1994 $8,223 $2,176
1995 $8,460 $3,846
1996 $9,012 $4,041
1997 $9,522 $4,197
1998 $10,734 $4,331
1999 $11,244 $3,974
2000 $11,675 $4,199
2001 $11,640 $3,052
2002 $11,760 $3,591
2003 $12,076 $4,650
2004 $12,886 $5,980
2005 $14,214 $7,332
2006 $15,620 $7,990
2007 $17,235 $9,767
2008 $17,566 $10,913
2009 $16,295 $9,077
2010 $20,611 $10,699
2011 $20,508 $11,374
2012 $20,804 $11,777
2013 $20,410 $12,636
2014 $20,193 $12,209
2015 $20,424 $11,065
2016 $20,296 $10,984
2017 $20,285 $10,756
2018 $21,381 $9,684
2019 $21,912 $9,395
2020 $19,194 $8,798
2021 $21,080 $9,982
2022 $24,387 $10,898
2023 $25,584 $13,375
2024 $26,545 $15,893

Barbados vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Turkey
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Turkey
1950 53.6 47.3
1951 54.7 47.6
1952 55.9 48.1
1953 57 48.2
1954 58.3 48.8
1955 59 49.1
1956 60.5 49.5
1957 61.7 49.2
1958 62.4 49.2
1959 63.3 50.1
1960 64.1 50.8
1961 65 51.6
1962 65.7 52.3
1963 66.2 53.1
1964 66.7 53.6
1965 67.2 54.1
1966 67.7 54.6
1967 67.9 55.2
1968 68.2 55.6
1969 68.5 56.2
1970 68.5 56.7
1971 68.8 57.2
1972 69.1 58
1973 69.1 58.5
1974 69.4 59
1975 69.8 59.5
1976 70.1 60
1977 70.6 60.8
1978 71.1 61.6
1979 71.5 62.2
1980 72.1 62.7
1981 72.6 63.2
1982 72.9 63.7
1983 73.2 64.3
1984 73.3 64.8
1985 73.3 65.3
1986 73.4 65.9
1987 73.5 66.4
1988 73.4 66.9
1989 73.4 67.4
1990 73.5 67.8
1991 73.5 68.3
1992 73.6 68.6
1993 73.7 69
1994 73.8 69.4
1995 73.9 69.7
1996 74.1 70.2
1997 74 70.7
1998 74.5 71.1
1999 74.6 70.8
2000 74.6 71.9
2001 74.7 72.3
2002 74.8 72.6
2003 74.9 72.9
2004 75.1 73.2
2005 75 73.5
2006 75 73.8
2007 75.3 74.1
2008 75.3 74.4
2009 75.5 74.7
2010 75.5 75
2011 75.6 74.8
2012 75.7 75.6
2013 75.8 76.2
2014 75.9 76.5
2015 76.1 76.5
2016 76.2 76.6
2017 76.2 77
2018 76.4 77.5
2019 76.5 77.7
2020 76.6 76.5
2021 76.6 75.7
2022 75.7 77.6
2023 76.2 77.2
2024 76.3 77.4
2025 76.5 77.8
2026 76.6 78.4

Barbados and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Turkey
Year Population
Barbados Turkey
1960 230,893 28,329,898
1961 233,148 29,119,238
1962 235,224 29,916,147
1963 237,557 30,726,841
1964 239,958 31,543,072
1965 242,417 32,345,220
1966 244,996 33,177,672
1967 247,091 34,050,421
1968 248,540 34,921,684
1969 249,444 35,787,774
1970 249,387 36,638,465
1971 249,168 37,518,611
1972 249,658 38,430,221
1973 250,322 39,329,533
1974 250,777 40,210,234
1975 251,175 41,053,126
1976 251,442 41,899,984
1977 251,626 42,773,298
1978 251,551 43,645,306
1979 251,269 44,510,429
1980 251,524 45,408,815
1981 252,270 46,321,190
1982 253,095 47,322,096
1983 253,992 48,447,410
1984 254,920 49,574,069
1985 255,820 50,687,115
1986 256,618 51,777,772
1987 257,279 52,843,670
1988 257,763 53,909,626
1989 258,109 54,976,723
1990 258,582 56,015,628
1991 259,373 57,009,887
1992 260,267 57,990,118
1993 261,027 58,999,167
1994 261,620 60,033,836
1995 262,039 61,024,503
1996 262,284 61,951,134
1997 262,392 62,852,966
1998 262,436 63,734,383
1999 262,517 64,591,923
2000 262,063 65,425,961
2001 262,425 66,245,128
2002 264,148 67,048,795
2003 265,776 67,831,730
2004 267,298 68,592,617
2005 268,706 69,329,557
2006 270,002 70,045,349
2007 271,288 70,158,112
2008 272,714 71,051,678
2009 274,123 72,039,206
2010 275,243 73,142,150
2011 276,139 74,223,629
2012 276,938 75,175,827
2013 277,665 76,147,624
2014 278,348 77,181,884
2015 278,990 78,218,479
2016 279,598 79,277,962
2017 280,171 80,312,698
2018 280,711 81,407,204
2019 281,207 82,579,440
2020 281,698 83,384,680
2021 282,147 84,147,318
2022 282,318 84,979,913
2023 282,336 85,325,965
2024 282,467 85,518,661

Fertility rates in Barbados and Turkey

Fertility rate
Barbados

Turkey
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Turkey
1960 4.71 6.38
1961 4.15 6.42
1962 4.3 6.38
1963 4.3 6.34
1964 4.21 6.29
1965 4.18 6.22
1966 4.14 6.15
1967 3.6 6.06
1968 3.57 5.96
1969 3.34 5.87
1970 3.08 5.78
1971 3.2 5.67
1972 3.15 5.55
1973 2.87 5.41
1974 2.65 5.24
1975 2.45 5.09
1976 2.24 4.93
1977 2.2 4.78
1978 1.84 4.69
1979 1.86 4.58
1980 1.78 4.45
1981 1.85 4.35
1982 1.86 4.21
1983 1.86 4.06
1984 1.75 3.91
1985 1.77 3.78
1986 1.69 3.66
1987 1.61 3.54
1988 1.58 3.45
1989 1.64 3.34
1990 1.84 3.11
1991 1.84 3
1992 1.8 2.94
1993 1.77 2.92
1994 1.73 2.87
1995 1.7 2.84
1996 1.67 2.78
1997 1.65 2.74
1998 1.62 2.71
1999 1.78 2.63
2000 1.93 2.49
2001 1.96 2.39
2002 1.86 2.27
2003 1.86 2.2
2004 1.8 2.2
2005 1.74 2.2
2006 1.7 2.19
2007 1.76 2.16
2008 1.76 2.15
2009 1.77 2.1
2010 1.79 2.08
2011 1.76 2.05
2012 1.73 2.11
2013 1.73 2.11
2014 1.73 2.19
2015 1.73 2.16
2016 1.72 2.11
2017 1.72 2.08
2018 1.72 2
2019 1.72 1.89
2020 1.71 1.77
2021 1.71 1.71
2022 1.71 1.63
2023 1.71 1.51

Barbados and Turkey demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Turkey
Year Median age, years
Barbados Turkey
1960 21.9 19.4
1961 21.8 19.3
1962 21.8 19.1
1963 21.8 19
1964 21.8 18.9
1965 21.8 18.9
1966 21.8 18.8
1967 21.9 18.7
1968 22.1 18.6
1969 22.2 18.6
1970 22.4 18.6
1971 22.6 18.7
1972 22.8 18.8
1973 23 18.9
1974 23.2 19
1975 23.5 19.1
1976 23.8 19.3
1977 24.1 19.4
1978 24.5 19.5
1979 24.9 19.7
1980 25.3 19.8
1981 25.7 19.9
1982 26.1 20
1983 26.5 20.2
1984 26.9 20.4
1985 27.3 20.6
1986 27.7 20.9
1987 28 21.1
1988 28.4 21.3
1989 28.7 21.6
1990 29.1 21.8
1991 29.5 22.1
1992 29.9 22.4
1993 30.4 22.7
1994 30.8 23
1995 31.3 23.3
1996 31.7 23.6
1997 32.1 24
1998 32.6 24.3
1999 33 24.7
2000 33.3 25
2001 33.7 25.4
2002 34 25.8
2003 34.3 26.2
2004 34.6 26.6
2005 34.9 27
2006 35.3 27.5
2007 35.6 27.9
2008 36 28.3
2009 36.3 28.6
2010 36.5 29.1
2011 36.8 29.5
2012 37.1 29.8
2013 37.4 30.1
2014 37.7 30.4
2015 37.9 30.6
2016 38.2 30.9
2017 38.5 31.2
2018 38.7 31.5
2019 39 31.8
2020 39.2 32.3
2021 39.4 32.7
2022 39.6 33.1
2023 39.9 33.5
2024 40.2 34

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Turkey
GNI, Atlas method
$7.1B
2024
$1.15T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.3%
2026
32%
2026
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
3.1%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.92%
2024
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
512,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.16%
2026
-3.39%
2026
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
8.71%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.5%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
12.4%
2024
25.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
56.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
35.2%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
2.1%
2022
Number of millionaires n/a
60,787
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.1%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
32
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
0.00005%
2025
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
551
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$379B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$155B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$982M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
15,971,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
6.63%
2020
Banked people share n/a
81.6%
2024

Energy

Barbados Turkey
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
1,850 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.2
2007
$23.4
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.71 megatons
2024
460 megatons
2024
CO2 emissions per capita
2.52 tons
2024
5.38 tons
2024
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2023
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
12%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
15.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
72%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,581 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
35.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
19.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Turkey
% of world population
0.003%
2024
1.05%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-275,952
2024
Urban population
59.5%
2024
89.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2026
56.7
2026
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
9
2026
75
2026
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
3.23
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
6.7
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
97.3%
2021
English speaking
100%
2023
15%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
87.3%
2024

Health

Barbados Turkey
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$386
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$75.2
2022
Life expectancy
76.6 years
2026
78.4 years
2026
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
2.17
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
12.8
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
34.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
16.5%
2024
Air quality index
99
2026
48
2026
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
30.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
1.69 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Turkey
% of world land
0.0003%
2026
0.52%
2026
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
3,475 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2026
148,989 sq mi
2026
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2026
87,600 sq mi
2026
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
272,554 mi
2024

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