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Barbados vs Uruguay statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 3.39M in Uruguay (ranked 133/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 67,576 sq mi for Uruguay (ranked 184th vs. 89th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Uruguay ranks 80/197 ($81B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Uruguay ranks 51/197 ($23,907).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Uruguay
Population
282698
3384690
Population rank 175/197 133/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$81B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 80/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$23,907
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 51/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$36,418
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$55.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
68.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$16,423
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 37/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$12,053
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
67,576 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
50.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
37.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
78.5 years
2025

Barbados and Uruguay: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Uruguay economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Uruguay
Year GDP
Barbados Uruguay
1960 $80,021,847 $1,242,289,239
1961 $85,363,759 $1,547,388,781
1962 $88,782,583 $1,710,004,407
1963 $99,893,761 $1,539,681,491
1964 $99,252,731 $1,975,701,816
1965 $105,021,997 $1,890,767,156
1966 $113,195,123 $1,809,185,094
1967 $125,554,009 $1,597,713,469
1968 $125,733,669 $1,593,674,185
1969 $141,393,142 $2,004,435,484
1970 $166,210,203 $2,137,096,774
1971 $186,826,503 $2,807,258,065
1972 $213,725,217 $2,189,418,689
1973 $260,767,828 $3,964,296,443
1974 $311,804,630 $4,090,209,682
1975 $402,178,605 $3,538,278,047
1976 $435,911,269 $3,667,161,241
1977 $495,097,668 $4,114,670,014
1978 $552,883,707 $4,910,254,566
1979 $670,362,452 $7,181,182,224
1980 $1,012,280,615 $10,163,020,116
1981 $1,114,204,743 $11,048,301,421
1982 $1,163,923,830 $9,178,780,077
1983 $1,236,016,507 $5,102,276,308
1984 $1,346,890,071 $4,850,238,550
1985 $1,409,536,121 $4,732,017,873
1986 $1,547,755,183 $5,880,112,788
1987 $1,704,370,308 $7,367,494,080
1988 $1,812,757,918 $8,213,538,369
1989 $2,006,165,167 $8,438,951,476
1990 $2,012,131,457 $9,298,807,850
1991 $2,020,583,702 $11,206,176,651
1992 $1,957,000,000 $12,878,148,791
1993 $2,063,342,117 $15,002,136,971
1994 $2,151,344,901 $17,474,588,896
1995 $2,216,974,096 $19,297,663,097
1996 $2,363,645,403 $20,515,458,114
1997 $2,498,384,130 $23,969,739,234
1998 $2,817,083,478 $25,385,886,978
1999 $2,951,822,205 $23,983,945,191
2000 $3,059,500,000 $22,823,270,892
2001 $3,054,500,000 $20,898,761,742
2002 $3,106,500,000 $13,606,515,723
2003 $3,209,500,000 $12,045,638,352
2004 $3,444,500,000 $13,686,329,890
2005 $3,819,500,000 $17,362,857,684
2006 $4,217,323,400 $19,741,420,740
2007 $4,675,767,950 $23,797,773,024
2008 $4,790,410,400 $31,119,602,539
2009 $4,466,809,600 $32,708,319,078
2010 $5,191,188,500 $41,950,361,212
2011 $5,342,183,800 $50,342,406,067
2012 $5,271,257,500 $54,232,266,359
2013 $5,361,158,350 $61,337,621,934
2014 $5,365,976,700 $61,496,186,974
2015 $5,288,057,750 $57,680,327,999
2016 $5,330,761,500 $57,480,787,465
2017 $5,517,340,450 $65,005,997,963
2018 $5,629,916,200 $65,344,577,416
2019 $5,788,288,000 $62,222,313,619
2020 $5,168,344,450 $53,559,359,262
2021 $5,275,242,050 $60,739,084,241
2022 $6,257,303,500 $70,594,110,920
2023 $6,720,733,200 $77,991,666,838
2024 $7,165,000,000 $80,961,511,074

Barbados and Uruguay economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Uruguay
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Uruguay
1960 $347 $491
1961 $366 $604
1962 $377 $659
1963 $421 $587
1964 $414 $745
1965 $433 $705
1966 $462 $668
1967 $508 $585
1968 $506 $579
1969 $567 $723
1970 $666 $766
1971 $750 $1,000
1972 $856 $776
1973 $1,042 $1,397
1974 $1,243 $1,433
1975 $1,601 $1,232
1976 $1,734 $1,268
1977 $1,968 $1,414
1978 $2,198 $1,678
1979 $2,668 $2,443
1980 $4,025 $3,443
1981 $4,417 $3,728
1982 $4,599 $3,085
1983 $4,866 $1,707
1984 $5,284 $1,615
1985 $5,510 $1,568
1986 $6,031 $1,939
1987 $6,625 $2,416
1988 $7,033 $2,677
1989 $7,773 $2,734
1990 $7,781 $2,995
1991 $7,790 $3,589
1992 $7,519 $4,102
1993 $7,905 $4,753
1994 $8,223 $5,508
1995 $8,460 $6,050
1996 $9,012 $6,398
1997 $9,522 $7,436
1998 $10,734 $7,837
1999 $11,244 $7,371
2000 $11,675 $6,988
2001 $11,640 $6,383
2002 $11,760 $4,150
2003 $12,076 $3,671
2004 $12,886 $4,169
2005 $14,214 $5,284
2006 $15,620 $6,001
2007 $17,235 $7,222
2008 $17,566 $9,424
2009 $16,295 $9,881
2010 $18,860 $12,641
2011 $19,346 $15,132
2012 $19,034 $16,260
2013 $19,308 $18,335
2014 $19,278 $18,322
2015 $18,954 $17,126
2016 $19,066 $17,010
2017 $19,693 $19,185
2018 $20,056 $19,250
2019 $20,584 $18,316
2020 $18,347 $15,758
2021 $18,697 $17,882
2022 $22,164 $20,819
2023 $23,804 $23,019
2024 $25,366 $23,907

Barbados vs. Uruguay life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Uruguay
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Uruguay
1950 53.6 65.6
1951 54.7 65.8
1952 55.9 66.1
1953 57 66.3
1954 58.3 66.5
1955 59 66.7
1956 60.5 66.9
1957 61.7 67.1
1958 62.4 67.3
1959 63.3 67.5
1960 64.1 67.7
1961 65 67.8
1962 65.7 67.9
1963 66.2 68
1964 66.7 68.1
1965 67.2 68.2
1966 67.7 68.3
1967 67.9 68.4
1968 68.2 68.5
1969 68.5 68.6
1970 68.5 68.7
1971 68.8 68.9
1972 69.1 69.2
1973 69.1 69.3
1974 69.4 69.5
1975 69.8 69.7
1976 70.1 69.9
1977 70.6 70.1
1978 71.1 70.3
1979 71.5 70.3
1980 72.1 70.5
1981 72.6 71
1982 72.9 71.5
1983 73.2 71.6
1984 73.3 71.7
1985 73.3 71.9
1986 73.4 72.2
1987 73.5 72.2
1988 73.4 72.4
1989 73.4 72.6
1990 73.5 73
1991 73.5 73.2
1992 73.6 73.2
1993 73.7 73.1
1994 73.8 73.2
1995 73.9 73.5
1996 74.1 73.8
1997 74 73.9
1998 74.5 74
1999 74.6 74.3
2000 74.6 74.7
2001 74.7 75
2002 74.8 75
2003 74.9 75.1
2004 75.1 75.3
2005 75 75.8
2006 75 75.9
2007 75.3 76.2
2008 75.3 76.3
2009 75.5 76.7
2010 75.5 76.7
2011 75.6 76.6
2012 75.7 76.7
2013 75.8 77
2014 75.9 77.2
2015 76.1 77.3
2016 76.2 77.4
2017 76.2 77.6
2018 76.4 77.5
2019 76.5 77.5
2020 76.6 78.4
2021 76.6 75.4
2022 75.7 76.5
2023 76.2 78.1
2024 76.3 78.3
2025 76.5 78.5

Barbados and Uruguay population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Uruguay
Year Population
Barbados Uruguay
1960 230,893 2,529,957
1961 233,148 2,562,044
1962 235,224 2,593,298
1963 237,557 2,623,766
1964 239,958 2,653,180
1965 242,417 2,681,169
1966 244,996 2,707,646
1967 247,091 2,732,277
1968 248,540 2,754,606
1969 249,444 2,773,974
1970 249,387 2,790,807
1971 249,168 2,806,462
1972 249,658 2,821,644
1973 250,322 2,837,133
1974 250,777 2,853,944
1975 251,175 2,872,320
1976 251,442 2,891,392
1977 251,626 2,909,461
1978 251,551 2,925,715
1979 251,269 2,939,903
1980 251,524 2,951,953
1981 252,270 2,963,246
1982 253,095 2,975,492
1983 253,992 2,988,778
1984 254,920 3,002,488
1985 255,820 3,017,037
1986 256,618 3,032,845
1987 257,279 3,049,896
1988 257,763 3,067,961
1989 258,109 3,086,255
1990 258,582 3,104,403
1991 259,373 3,122,354
1992 260,267 3,139,702
1993 261,027 3,156,345
1994 261,620 3,172,834
1995 262,039 3,189,440
1996 262,284 3,206,324
1997 262,392 3,223,345
1998 262,436 3,239,280
1999 262,517 3,254,015
2000 262,063 3,266,206
2001 262,425 3,274,251
2002 264,148 3,278,867
2003 265,776 3,281,186
2004 267,298 3,283,148
2005 268,706 3,285,771
2006 270,002 3,289,506
2007 271,288 3,295,153
2008 272,714 3,302,177
2009 274,123 3,310,091
2010 275,243 3,318,580
2011 276,139 3,326,825
2012 276,938 3,335,401
2013 277,665 3,345,337
2014 278,348 3,356,334
2015 278,990 3,368,017
2016 279,598 3,379,283
2017 280,171 3,388,438
2018 280,711 3,394,534
2019 281,207 3,397,206
2020 281,698 3,398,968
2021 282,147 3,396,695
2022 282,318 3,390,913
2023 282,336 3,388,081
2024 282,467 3,386,588

Fertility rates in Barbados and Uruguay

Fertility rate
Barbados

Uruguay
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Uruguay
1960 4.71 2.83
1961 4.15 2.85
1962 4.3 2.87
1963 4.3 2.88
1964 4.21 2.86
1965 4.18 2.84
1966 4.14 2.82
1967 3.6 2.78
1968 3.57 2.77
1969 3.34 2.77
1970 3.08 2.77
1971 3.2 2.77
1972 3.15 2.78
1973 2.87 2.86
1974 2.65 2.96
1975 2.45 3.02
1976 2.24 3.01
1977 2.2 2.9
1978 1.84 2.83
1979 1.86 2.71
1980 1.78 2.59
1981 1.85 2.53
1982 1.86 2.51
1983 1.86 2.49
1984 1.75 2.47
1985 1.77 2.47
1986 1.69 2.47
1987 1.61 2.49
1988 1.58 2.5
1989 1.64 2.5
1990 1.84 2.48
1991 1.84 2.45
1992 1.8 2.43
1993 1.77 2.41
1994 1.73 2.42
1995 1.7 2.4
1996 1.67 2.36
1997 1.65 2.33
1998 1.62 2.27
1999 1.78 2.25
2000 1.93 2.2
2001 1.96 2.16
2002 1.86 2.16
2003 1.86 2.12
2004 1.8 2.09
2005 1.74 2.1
2006 1.7 2.07
2007 1.76 2.05
2008 1.76 2.03
2009 1.77 2.02
2010 1.79 2.01
2011 1.76 1.99
2012 1.73 2.01
2013 1.73 2.03
2014 1.73 2.03
2015 1.73 2.04
2016 1.72 1.97
2017 1.72 1.82
2018 1.72 1.68
2019 1.72 1.57
2020 1.71 1.5
2021 1.71 1.45
2022 1.71 1.43
2023 1.71 1.41

Barbados and Uruguay demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Uruguay
Year Median age, years
Barbados Uruguay
1960 21.9 29
1961 21.8 29.1
1962 21.8 29.2
1963 21.8 29.2
1964 21.8 29.3
1965 21.8 29.4
1966 21.8 29.5
1967 21.9 29.6
1968 22.1 29.7
1969 22.2 29.8
1970 22.4 29.9
1971 22.6 29.9
1972 22.8 30
1973 23 30.1
1974 23.2 30.1
1975 23.5 30.1
1976 23.8 30.1
1977 24.1 30.1
1978 24.5 30
1979 24.9 30
1980 25.3 30.1
1981 25.7 30.1
1982 26.1 30.2
1983 26.5 30.3
1984 26.9 30.3
1985 27.3 30.4
1986 27.7 30.5
1987 28 30.6
1988 28.4 30.7
1989 28.7 30.8
1990 29.1 30.9
1991 29.5 31
1992 29.9 31.1
1993 30.4 31.2
1994 30.8 31.4
1995 31.3 31.5
1996 31.7 31.6
1997 32.1 31.7
1998 32.6 31.8
1999 33 31.9
2000 33.3 32
2001 33.7 32.2
2002 34 32.3
2003 34.3 32.5
2004 34.6 32.7
2005 34.9 32.9
2006 35.3 33.1
2007 35.6 33.3
2008 36 33.5
2009 36.3 33.7
2010 36.5 34
2011 36.8 34.2
2012 37.1 34.5
2013 37.4 34.7
2014 37.7 34.9
2015 37.9 35
2016 38.2 35.2
2017 38.5 35.3
2018 38.7 35.5
2019 39 35.8
2020 39.2 36
2021 39.4 36.3
2022 39.6 36.5
2023 39.9 36.8
2024 40.2 37.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Uruguay
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$73.1B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
31.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
4.81%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
22,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-2.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
8.21%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
65.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
16.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
70.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
30%
2024
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
2.2%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
0
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
0%
2025
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
17
1999
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$284M
1996
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$17.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$136M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
3,480,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
7.71%
2020
Banked people share n/a
73.7%
2024

Energy

Barbados Uruguay
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
1,626 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$20.3
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
8.82 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
2.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
44.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
57.8%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
17.1%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
46.2%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,590 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
84.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
38.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Uruguay
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.04%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-1,348
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
95.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.3 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
68
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
76
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
61
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
11.2
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
14.8
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
151
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
98.9%
2024
English speaking
100%
2023
24%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
92%
2024

Health

Barbados Uruguay
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$1,851
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$302
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
78.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
4.63
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
6.7
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
34.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
7.8%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
65
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
20.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
5.61 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Uruguay
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
19,954 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
54,976 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
8,085 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
48,300 mi
2010

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