Population in Barbados compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	DR Congo	Barbados	DR Congo
1960	230,893	15,264,846	-	-
1961	233,148	15,662,374	0.98%	2.6%
1962	235,224	16,075,724	0.89%	2.64%
1963	237,557	16,507,599	0.99%	2.69%
1964	239,958	16,955,327	1.01%	2.71%
1965	242,417	17,427,802	1.02%	2.79%
1966	244,996	17,931,929	1.06%	2.89%
1967	247,091	18,462,782	0.86%	2.96%
1968	248,540	19,012,189	0.59%	2.98%
1969	249,444	19,570,445	0.36%	2.94%
1970	249,387	20,137,436	-0.02%	2.9%
1971	249,168	20,695,569	-0.09%	2.77%
1972	249,658	21,251,160	0.2%	2.68%
1973	250,322	21,827,665	0.27%	2.71%
1974	250,777	22,418,878	0.18%	2.71%
1975	251,175	23,021,101	0.16%	2.69%
1976	251,442	23,624,031	0.11%	2.62%
1977	251,626	24,229,061	0.07%	2.56%
1978	251,551	24,992,689	-0.03%	3.15%
1979	251,269	25,886,782	-0.11%	3.58%
1980	251,524	26,711,099	0.1%	3.18%
1981	252,270	27,500,515	0.3%	2.96%
1982	253,095	28,338,190	0.33%	3.05%
1983	253,992	29,250,963	0.35%	3.22%
1984	254,920	30,245,081	0.37%	3.4%
1985	255,820	31,264,816	0.35%	3.37%
1986	256,618	32,265,196	0.31%	3.2%
1987	257,279	33,298,904	0.26%	3.2%
1988	257,763	34,382,752	0.19%	3.25%
1989	258,109	35,486,866	0.13%	3.21%
1990	258,582	36,684,063	0.18%	3.37%
1991	259,373	37,925,817	0.31%	3.38%
1992	260,267	39,228,910	0.34%	3.44%
1993	261,027	40,656,336	0.29%	3.64%
1994	261,620	42,626,876	0.23%	4.85%
1995	262,039	44,433,704	0.16%	4.24%
1996	262,284	45,296,124	0.09%	1.94%
1997	262,392	46,029,902	0.04%	1.62%
1998	262,436	47,297,600	0.02%	2.75%
1999	262,517	48,912,971	0.03%	3.42%
2000	262,063	50,507,442	-0.17%	3.26%
2001	262,425	52,132,646	0.14%	3.22%
2002	264,148	53,750,524	0.66%	3.1%
2003	265,776	55,343,867	0.62%	2.96%
2004	267,298	56,997,741	0.57%	2.99%
2005	268,706	58,775,724	0.53%	3.12%
2006	270,002	60,615,908	0.48%	3.13%
2007	271,288	62,477,752	0.48%	3.07%
2008	272,714	64,390,664	0.53%	3.06%
2009	274,123	66,412,044	0.52%	3.14%
2010	275,243	68,563,038	0.41%	3.24%
2011	276,139	70,849,311	0.33%	3.33%
2012	276,938	73,254,618	0.29%	3.39%
2013	277,665	75,789,395	0.26%	3.46%
2014	278,348	78,403,242	0.25%	3.45%
2015	278,990	81,035,531	0.23%	3.36%
2016	279,598	83,956,415	0.22%	3.6%
2017	280,171	87,083,398	0.2%	3.72%
2018	280,711	90,047,644	0.19%	3.4%
2019	281,207	92,947,442	0.18%	3.22%
2020	281,698	95,989,998	0.17%	3.27%
2021	282,147	99,148,932	0.16%	3.29%
2022	282,318	102,396,968	0.06%	3.28%
2023	282,336	105,789,731	0.006%	3.31%
2024	282,467	109,276,265	0.05%	3.3%
2025	282,618	112,832,475	0.05%	3.25%
2026	282,718	116,452,162	0.04%	3.21%
2027	282,779	120,129,744	0.02%	3.16%
2028	282,792	123,871,555	0.005%	3.11%
2029	282,689	127,674,141	-0.04%	3.07%
2030	282,486	131,532,201	-0.07%	3.02%
2031	282,203	135,447,495	-0.1%	2.98%
2032	281,846	139,408,613	-0.13%	2.92%
2033	281,402	143,414,031	-0.16%	2.87%
2034	280,904	147,468,142	-0.18%	2.83%
2035	280,344	151,560,102	-0.2%	2.77%
2036	279,697	155,689,453	-0.23%	2.72%
2037	278,962	159,848,574	-0.26%	2.67%
2038	278,147	164,045,610	-0.29%	2.63%
2039	277,276	168,296,695	-0.31%	2.59%
2040	276,345	172,595,578	-0.34%	2.55%
2041	275,351	176,946,261	-0.36%	2.52%
2042	274,293	181,350,407	-0.38%	2.49%
2043	273,145	185,805,168	-0.42%	2.46%
2044	271,954	190,312,004	-0.44%	2.43%
2045	270,773	194,865,386	-0.43%	2.39%
2046	269,533	199,464,487	-0.46%	2.36%
2047	268,224	204,105,925	-0.49%	2.33%
2048	266,887	208,783,692	-0.5%	2.29%
2049	265,548	213,497,692	-0.5%	2.26%
2050	264,216	218,246,073	-0.5%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th 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 the DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.