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Population in Barbados compared to Bhutan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 791,524 people in Bhutan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 801,123 in Bhutan.

Population statistics:

  • Bhutan's population is 2.83 times bigger than Barbados'.
  • Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Bhutan is the 163rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.01% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.01% for Bhutan.
  • For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +0.8% in Bhutan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while Bhutan has grown from 662K to 801K (21% growth).
  • Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 884K people in 2052 for Bhutan.

Barbados vs Bhutan: live population counter

Barbados Bhutan
Current population
282698
801123
Population rank 175/197 163/197
Percent of world population 0.003% 0.01%
One net population change
2.79 days
1.7 hours
One birth every
2.78 hours
52.8 minutes
One death every
2.92 hours
1.82 hours
One migration net change every
5.21 days
1.32 days
Annual migration change -70 -277
Daily growth/decline +0 +14
Annual growth/decline +131 +5,139
Annual growth/decline rate +0.05% +0.65%
Population growth rate rank 164/197 123/197

Barbados and Bhutan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Barbados
Population

Growth rate
Bhutan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Barbados Bhutan Barbados Bhutan
1960 230,893 224,084 - -
1961 233,148 230,602 0.98% 2.91%
1962 235,224 237,636 0.89% 3.05%
1963 237,557 245,156 0.99% 3.16%
1964 239,958 252,987 1.01% 3.19%
1965 242,417 261,200 1.02% 3.25%
1966 244,996 269,820 1.06% 3.3%
1967 247,091 278,852 0.86% 3.35%
1968 248,540 288,311 0.59% 3.39%
1969 249,444 298,214 0.36% 3.43%
1970 249,387 308,528 -0.02% 3.46%
1971 249,168 319,211 -0.09% 3.46%
1972 249,658 330,264 0.2% 3.46%
1973 250,322 341,705 0.27% 3.46%
1974 250,777 353,538 0.18% 3.46%
1975 251,175 365,791 0.16% 3.47%
1976 251,442 378,490 0.11% 3.47%
1977 251,626 391,639 0.07% 3.47%
1978 251,551 405,243 -0.03% 3.47%
1979 251,269 419,200 -0.11% 3.44%
1980 251,524 433,404 0.1% 3.39%
1981 252,270 447,836 0.3% 3.33%
1982 253,095 462,485 0.33% 3.27%
1983 253,992 477,460 0.35% 3.24%
1984 254,920 492,784 0.37% 3.21%
1985 255,820 508,392 0.35% 3.17%
1986 256,618 524,324 0.31% 3.13%
1987 257,279 540,557 0.26% 3.1%
1988 257,763 556,986 0.19% 3.04%
1989 258,109 573,586 0.13% 2.98%
1990 258,582 589,287 0.18% 2.74%
1991 259,373 599,784 0.31% 1.78%
1992 260,267 577,774 0.34% -3.67%
1993 261,027 554,673 0.29% -4%
1994 261,620 554,497 0.23% -0.03%
1995 262,039 547,989 0.16% -1.17%
1996 262,284 548,784 0.09% 0.15%
1997 262,392 558,697 0.04% 1.81%
1998 262,436 569,435 0.02% 1.92%
1999 262,517 582,579 0.03% 2.31%
2000 262,063 596,863 -0.17% 2.45%
2001 262,425 610,794 0.14% 2.33%
2002 264,148 624,409 0.66% 2.23%
2003 265,776 637,663 0.62% 2.12%
2004 267,298 650,544 0.57% 2.02%
2005 268,706 661,865 0.53% 1.74%
2006 270,002 670,799 0.48% 1.35%
2007 271,288 678,641 0.48% 1.17%
2008 272,714 686,351 0.53% 1.14%
2009 274,123 693,988 0.52% 1.11%
2010 275,243 701,632 0.41% 1.1%
2011 276,139 709,377 0.33% 1.1%
2012 276,938 717,279 0.29% 1.11%
2013 277,665 725,273 0.26% 1.11%
2014 278,348 733,139 0.25% 1.08%
2015 278,990 740,618 0.23% 1.02%
2016 279,598 747,866 0.22% 0.98%
2017 280,171 754,335 0.2% 0.86%
2018 280,711 759,759 0.19% 0.72%
2019 281,207 764,824 0.18% 0.67%
2020 281,698 770,006 0.17% 0.68%
2021 282,147 775,442 0.16% 0.71%
2022 282,318 780,914 0.06% 0.71%
2023 282,336 786,385 0.006% 0.7%
2024 282,467 791,524 0.05% 0.65%
2025 282,618 796,681 0.05% 0.65%
2026 282,718 802,211 0.04% 0.69%
2027 282,779 807,265 0.02% 0.63%
2028 282,792 811,835 0.005% 0.57%
2029 282,689 816,265 -0.04% 0.55%
2030 282,486 820,693 -0.07% 0.54%
2031 282,203 825,464 -0.1% 0.58%
2032 281,846 830,347 -0.13% 0.59%
2033 281,402 834,984 -0.16% 0.56%
2034 280,904 839,045 -0.18% 0.49%
2035 280,344 843,199 -0.2% 0.5%
2036 279,697 847,699 -0.23% 0.53%
2037 278,962 851,844 -0.26% 0.49%
2038 278,147 855,558 -0.29% 0.44%
2039 277,276 858,918 -0.31% 0.39%
2040 276,345 862,126 -0.34% 0.37%
2041 275,351 865,152 -0.36% 0.35%
2042 274,293 868,152 -0.38% 0.35%
2043 273,145 871,100 -0.42% 0.34%
2044 271,954 873,733 -0.44% 0.3%
2045 270,773 876,178 -0.43% 0.28%
2046 269,533 878,161 -0.46% 0.23%
2047 268,224 879,450 -0.49% 0.15%
2048 266,887 880,488 -0.5% 0.12%
2049 265,548 881,433 -0.5% 0.11%
2050 264,216 882,337 -0.5% 0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Bhutan gained 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Bhutan's population increased by 60,505 (a 8.17% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Bhutan was ranked 161st in 2005 and ranked 163rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Barbados' population will shrink by 6.54% to 264,216 people with a rank change from 175th to 177th. The population of Bhutan will increase by 10.1% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd.

Biggest cities by population

Barbados
City Population
Bridgetown 110K
Holetown 1.6K
Bhutan
City Population
Thimphu 115K
Paro 2.36K

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