The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 211,998,573 people in Brazil in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 213,415,080 in Brazil.
Population statistics:
- Brazil's population is 755 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Brazil is the 7th.
- The countries together account for 2.58% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 2.58% for Brazil.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +0.6% in Brazil.
- Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while Brazil has grown from 185M to 213M (15.6% growth).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 219M people in 2042 for Brazil.
Barbados vs Brazil: live population counter
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| Current population |
282698
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213415080
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 7/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 2.58% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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36.8 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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12.1 seconds
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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21.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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2.33 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -70 | -225,510 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +2,350 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | +857,844 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +0.41% |
| Population growth rate rank | 164/197 | 141/197 |
Barbados and Brazil: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 230,893 | 72,388,126 | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 74,605,447 | 0.98% | 3.06% |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 76,865,323 | 0.89% | 3.03% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 79,164,235 | 0.99% | 2.99% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 81,488,595 | 1.01% | 2.94% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 83,817,583 | 1.02% | 2.86% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 86,139,359 | 1.06% | 2.77% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 88,446,124 | 0.86% | 2.68% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 90,741,240 | 0.59% | 2.59% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 93,045,777 | 0.36% | 2.54% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 95,375,651 | -0.02% | 2.5% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 97,739,273 | -0.09% | 2.48% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 100,146,797 | 0.2% | 2.46% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 102,600,976 | 0.27% | 2.45% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 105,089,675 | 0.18% | 2.43% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 107,619,565 | 0.16% | 2.41% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 110,213,349 | 0.11% | 2.41% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 112,875,292 | 0.07% | 2.42% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 115,600,942 | -0.03% | 2.41% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 118,380,821 | -0.11% | 2.4% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 121,207,461 | 0.1% | 2.39% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 124,063,109 | 0.3% | 2.36% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 126,923,155 | 0.33% | 2.31% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 129,790,077 | 0.35% | 2.26% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 132,658,864 | 0.37% | 2.21% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 135,515,595 | 0.35% | 2.15% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 138,336,370 | 0.31% | 2.08% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 141,104,944 | 0.26% | 2% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 143,826,357 | 0.19% | 1.93% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 146,502,972 | 0.13% | 1.86% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 149,143,223 | 0.18% | 1.8% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 151,724,256 | 0.31% | 1.73% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 154,275,079 | 0.34% | 1.68% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 156,794,577 | 0.29% | 1.63% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 159,265,006 | 0.23% | 1.58% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 161,735,073 | 0.16% | 1.55% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 164,202,549 | 0.09% | 1.53% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 166,661,659 | 0.04% | 1.5% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 169,159,655 | 0.02% | 1.5% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 171,641,543 | 0.03% | 1.47% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 174,018,282 | -0.17% | 1.38% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 176,301,203 | 0.14% | 1.31% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 178,503,484 | 0.66% | 1.25% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 180,622,688 | 0.62% | 1.19% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 182,675,143 | 0.57% | 1.14% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 184,688,101 | 0.53% | 1.1% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 186,653,106 | 0.48% | 1.06% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 188,552,320 | 0.48% | 1.02% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 190,367,302 | 0.53% | 0.96% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 192,079,951 | 0.52% | 0.9% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 193,701,929 | 0.41% | 0.84% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 195,284,734 | 0.33% | 0.82% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 196,876,111 | 0.29% | 0.81% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 198,478,299 | 0.26% | 0.81% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 200,085,127 | 0.25% | 0.81% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 201,675,532 | 0.23% | 0.79% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 203,218,114 | 0.22% | 0.76% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 204,703,445 | 0.2% | 0.73% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 206,107,261 | 0.19% | 0.69% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 207,455,459 | 0.18% | 0.65% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 208,660,842 | 0.17% | 0.58% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 209,550,294 | 0.16% | 0.43% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 210,306,415 | 0.06% | 0.36% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 211,140,729 | 0.006% | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 211,998,573 | 0.05% | 0.41% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 212,812,405 | 0.05% | 0.38% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 213,562,674 | 0.04% | 0.35% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 214,261,037 | 0.02% | 0.33% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 214,911,388 | 0.005% | 0.3% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 215,515,178 | -0.04% | 0.28% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 216,074,424 | -0.07% | 0.26% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 216,587,355 | -0.1% | 0.24% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 217,055,392 | -0.13% | 0.22% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 217,479,394 | -0.16% | 0.2% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 217,860,892 | -0.18% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 218,199,715 | -0.2% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 218,495,215 | -0.23% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 218,747,246 | -0.26% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 218,955,573 | -0.29% | 0.1% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 219,118,385 | -0.31% | 0.07% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 219,237,085 | -0.34% | 0.05% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 219,307,158 | -0.36% | 0.03% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 219,319,771 | -0.38% | 0.006% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 219,276,528 | -0.42% | -0.02% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 219,179,002 | -0.44% | -0.04% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 219,026,208 | -0.43% | -0.07% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 218,821,045 | -0.46% | -0.09% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 218,565,379 | -0.49% | -0.12% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 218,258,225 | -0.5% | -0.14% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 217,897,833 | -0.5% | -0.17% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 217,489,309 | -0.5% | -0.19% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Brazil gained 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Brazil's population increased by 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Brazil was ranked 5th in 2005 and ranked 7th 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 Brazil will increase by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people and rank change from 7th to 9th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bridgetown | 110K |
| Holetown | 1.6K |
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Population differences between Barbados and Brazil
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 76.2 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 36.3 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 35.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 1.62 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 65.7 ppl/mi² |
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