Population in Barbados compared to the Cayman Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Cayman Islands	Barbados	Cayman Islands
1960	230,893	8,428	-	-
1961	233,148	8,601	0.98%	2.05%
1962	235,224	8,781	0.89%	2.09%
1963	237,557	8,970	0.99%	2.15%
1964	239,958	9,166	1.01%	2.19%
1965	242,417	9,361	1.02%	2.13%
1966	244,996	9,560	1.06%	2.13%
1967	247,091	9,769	0.86%	2.19%
1968	248,540	9,971	0.59%	2.07%
1969	249,444	10,165	0.36%	1.95%
1970	249,387	10,517	-0.02%	3.46%
1971	249,168	11,098	-0.09%	5.52%
1972	249,658	11,764	0.2%	6%
1973	250,322	12,438	0.27%	5.73%
1974	250,777	13,114	0.18%	5.43%
1975	251,175	13,788	0.16%	5.14%
1976	251,442	14,454	0.11%	4.83%
1977	251,626	15,105	0.07%	4.5%
1978	251,551	15,727	-0.03%	4.12%
1979	251,269	16,351	-0.11%	3.97%
1980	251,524	17,079	0.1%	4.45%
1981	252,270	17,905	0.3%	4.84%
1982	253,095	18,750	0.33%	4.72%
1983	253,992	19,598	0.35%	4.52%
1984	254,920	20,454	0.37%	4.37%
1985	255,820	21,324	0.35%	4.25%
1986	256,618	22,197	0.31%	4.09%
1987	257,279	23,073	0.26%	3.95%
1988	257,763	23,951	0.19%	3.81%
1989	258,109	24,874	0.13%	3.85%
1990	258,582	25,999	0.18%	4.52%
1991	259,373	27,294	0.31%	4.98%
1992	260,267	28,621	0.34%	4.86%
1993	261,027	29,976	0.29%	4.73%
1994	261,620	31,352	0.23%	4.59%
1995	262,039	32,743	0.16%	4.44%
1996	262,284	34,143	0.09%	4.28%
1997	262,392	35,543	0.04%	4.1%
1998	262,436	36,922	0.02%	3.88%
1999	262,517	38,284	0.03%	3.69%
2000	262,063	39,674	-0.17%	3.63%
2001	262,425	41,089	0.14%	3.57%
2002	264,148	42,514	0.66%	3.47%
2003	265,776	43,934	0.62%	3.34%
2004	267,298	45,352	0.57%	3.23%
2005	268,706	46,788	0.53%	3.17%
2006	270,002	48,232	0.48%	3.09%
2007	271,288	49,687	0.48%	3.02%
2008	272,714	51,151	0.53%	2.95%
2009	274,123	52,618	0.52%	2.87%
2010	275,243	54,099	0.41%	2.81%
2011	276,139	55,606	0.33%	2.79%
2012	276,938	57,136	0.29%	2.75%
2013	277,665	58,655	0.26%	2.66%
2014	278,348	60,160	0.25%	2.57%
2015	278,990	61,642	0.23%	2.46%
2016	279,598	63,100	0.22%	2.37%
2017	280,171	64,535	0.2%	2.27%
2018	280,711	65,941	0.19%	2.18%
2019	281,207	67,327	0.18%	2.1%
2020	281,698	68,684	0.17%	2.02%
2021	282,147	70,108	0.16%	2.07%
2022	282,318	71,591	0.06%	2.12%
2023	282,336	73,038	0.006%	2.02%
2024	282,467	74,457	0.05%	1.94%
2025	282,618	75,842	0.05%	1.86%
2026	282,718	77,197	0.04%	1.79%
2027	282,779	78,532	0.02%	1.73%
2028	282,792	79,852	0.005%	1.68%
2029	282,689	81,146	-0.04%	1.62%
2030	282,486	82,412	-0.07%	1.56%
2031	282,203	83,676	-0.1%	1.53%
2032	281,846	84,915	-0.13%	1.48%
2033	281,402	86,125	-0.16%	1.42%
2034	280,904	87,319	-0.18%	1.39%
2035	280,344	88,457	-0.2%	1.3%
2036	279,697	89,597	-0.23%	1.29%
2037	278,962	90,741	-0.26%	1.28%
2038	278,147	91,867	-0.29%	1.24%
2039	277,276	92,983	-0.31%	1.21%
2040	276,345	94,101	-0.34%	1.2%
2041	275,351	95,206	-0.36%	1.17%
2042	274,293	96,287	-0.38%	1.14%
2043	273,145	97,352	-0.42%	1.11%
2044	271,954	98,386	-0.44%	1.06%
2045	270,773	99,371	-0.43%	1%
2046	269,533	100,330	-0.46%	0.96%
2047	268,224	101,257	-0.49%	0.92%
2048	266,887	102,188	-0.5%	0.92%
2049	265,548	103,075	-0.5%	0.87%
2050	264,216	103,943	-0.5%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th 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 the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.