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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Canada	Barbados	Canada
1960	230,893	17,909,356	-	-
1961	233,148	18,271,000	0.98%	2.02%
1962	235,224	18,614,000	0.89%	1.88%
1963	237,557	18,964,000	0.99%	1.88%
1964	239,958	19,325,000	1.01%	1.9%
1965	242,417	19,678,000	1.02%	1.83%
1966	244,996	20,048,000	1.06%	1.88%
1967	247,091	20,412,000	0.86%	1.82%
1968	248,540	20,744,000	0.59%	1.63%
1969	249,444	21,028,000	0.36%	1.37%
1970	249,387	21,324,000	-0.02%	1.41%
1971	249,168	21,962,032	-0.09%	2.99%
1972	249,658	22,218,463	0.2%	1.17%
1973	250,322	22,491,777	0.27%	1.23%
1974	250,777	22,807,969	0.18%	1.41%
1975	251,175	23,143,275	0.16%	1.47%
1976	251,442	23,449,808	0.11%	1.32%
1977	251,626	23,725,843	0.07%	1.18%
1978	251,551	23,963,203	-0.03%	1%
1979	251,269	24,201,544	-0.11%	0.99%
1980	251,524	24,515,667	0.1%	1.3%
1981	252,270	24,819,915	0.3%	1.24%
1982	253,095	25,116,942	0.33%	1.2%
1983	253,992	25,366,451	0.35%	0.99%
1984	254,920	25,607,053	0.37%	0.95%
1985	255,820	25,842,116	0.35%	0.92%
1986	256,618	26,100,278	0.31%	1%
1987	257,279	26,446,601	0.26%	1.33%
1988	257,763	26,791,747	0.19%	1.31%
1989	258,109	27,276,781	0.13%	1.81%
1990	258,582	27,691,138	0.18%	1.52%
1991	259,373	28,037,420	0.31%	1.25%
1992	260,267	28,371,264	0.34%	1.19%
1993	261,027	28,684,764	0.29%	1.1%
1994	261,620	29,000,663	0.23%	1.1%
1995	262,039	29,302,311	0.16%	1.04%
1996	262,284	29,610,218	0.09%	1.05%
1997	262,392	29,905,948	0.04%	1%
1998	262,436	30,155,173	0.02%	0.83%
1999	262,517	30,401,286	0.03%	0.82%
2000	262,063	30,685,730	-0.17%	0.94%
2001	262,425	31,020,855	0.14%	1.09%
2002	264,148	31,359,199	0.66%	1.09%
2003	265,776	31,642,461	0.62%	0.9%
2004	267,298	31,938,807	0.57%	0.94%
2005	268,706	32,242,732	0.53%	0.95%
2006	270,002	32,571,193	0.48%	1.02%
2007	271,288	32,888,886	0.48%	0.98%
2008	272,714	33,247,298	0.53%	1.09%
2009	274,123	33,630,069	0.52%	1.15%
2010	275,243	34,005,902	0.41%	1.12%
2011	276,139	34,339,221	0.33%	0.98%
2012	276,938	34,713,395	0.29%	1.09%
2013	277,665	35,080,992	0.26%	1.06%
2014	278,348	35,434,066	0.25%	1.01%
2015	278,990	35,704,498	0.23%	0.76%
2016	279,598	36,110,803	0.22%	1.14%
2017	280,171	36,545,075	0.2%	1.2%
2018	280,711	37,072,620	0.19%	1.44%
2019	281,207	37,618,495	0.18%	1.47%
2020	281,698	38,028,638	0.17%	1.09%
2021	282,147	38,239,864	0.16%	0.56%
2022	282,318	38,935,934	0.06%	1.82%
2023	282,336	40,083,484	0.006%	2.95%
2024	282,467	41,288,599	0.05%	3.01%
2025	282,618	41,687,850	0.05%	0.97%
2026	282,718	42,042,113	0.04%	0.85%
2027	282,779	42,368,857	0.02%	0.78%
2028	282,792	42,683,927	0.005%	0.74%
2029	282,689	42,986,030	-0.04%	0.71%
2030	282,486	43,276,190	-0.07%	0.68%
2031	282,203	43,559,839	-0.1%	0.66%
2032	281,846	43,833,228	-0.13%	0.63%
2033	281,402	44,089,067	-0.16%	0.58%
2034	280,904	44,336,794	-0.18%	0.56%
2035	280,344	44,574,481	-0.2%	0.54%
2036	279,697	44,802,196	-0.23%	0.51%
2037	278,962	45,029,252	-0.26%	0.51%
2038	278,147	45,250,482	-0.29%	0.49%
2039	277,276	45,461,809	-0.31%	0.47%
2040	276,345	45,661,339	-0.34%	0.44%
2041	275,351	45,855,081	-0.36%	0.42%
2042	274,293	46,046,286	-0.38%	0.42%
2043	273,145	46,232,447	-0.42%	0.4%
2044	271,954	46,413,908	-0.44%	0.39%
2045	270,773	46,594,973	-0.43%	0.39%
2046	269,533	46,768,120	-0.46%	0.37%
2047	268,224	46,930,946	-0.49%	0.35%
2048	266,887	47,092,745	-0.5%	0.34%
2049	265,548	47,246,217	-0.5%	0.33%
2050	264,216	47,396,788	-0.5%	0.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Canada gained 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Canada's population increased by 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. Canada was ranked 35th in 2006 and ranked 38th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 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 Canada will increase by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.