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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Fiji	Barbados	Fiji
1960	230,893	404,887	-	-
1961	233,148	417,406	0.98%	3.09%
1962	235,224	430,536	0.89%	3.15%
1963	237,557	444,276	0.99%	3.19%
1964	239,958	458,324	1.01%	3.16%
1965	242,417	472,575	1.02%	3.11%
1966	244,996	486,487	1.06%	2.94%
1967	247,091	498,873	0.86%	2.55%
1968	248,540	510,002	0.59%	2.23%
1969	249,444	520,797	0.36%	2.12%
1970	249,387	531,188	-0.02%	2%
1971	249,168	541,121	-0.09%	1.87%
1972	249,658	550,499	0.2%	1.73%
1973	250,322	559,222	0.27%	1.58%
1974	250,777	567,489	0.18%	1.48%
1975	251,175	575,906	0.16%	1.48%
1976	251,442	585,534	0.11%	1.67%
1977	251,626	597,805	0.07%	2.1%
1978	251,551	612,091	-0.03%	2.39%
1979	251,269	626,862	-0.11%	2.41%
1980	251,524	641,975	0.1%	2.41%
1981	252,270	657,471	0.3%	2.41%
1982	253,095	673,414	0.33%	2.42%
1983	253,992	689,835	0.35%	2.44%
1984	254,920	706,716	0.37%	2.45%
1985	255,820	723,761	0.35%	2.41%
1986	256,618	739,306	0.31%	2.15%
1987	257,279	750,540	0.26%	1.52%
1988	257,763	758,697	0.19%	1.09%
1989	258,109	766,321	0.13%	1%
1990	258,582	773,316	0.18%	0.91%
1991	259,373	779,656	0.31%	0.82%
1992	260,267	785,346	0.34%	0.73%
1993	261,027	790,369	0.29%	0.64%
1994	261,620	794,771	0.23%	0.56%
1995	262,039	798,746	0.16%	0.5%
1996	262,284	803,789	0.09%	0.63%
1997	262,392	812,139	0.04%	1.04%
1998	262,436	822,258	0.02%	1.25%
1999	262,517	831,828	0.03%	1.16%
2000	262,063	840,909	-0.17%	1.09%
2001	262,425	849,596	0.14%	1.03%
2002	264,148	858,049	0.66%	0.99%
2003	265,776	866,286	0.62%	0.96%
2004	267,298	874,366	0.57%	0.93%
2005	268,706	882,379	0.53%	0.92%
2006	270,002	890,365	0.48%	0.91%
2007	271,288	897,832	0.48%	0.84%
2008	272,714	903,399	0.53%	0.62%
2009	274,123	907,239	0.52%	0.43%
2010	275,243	910,419	0.41%	0.35%
2011	276,139	912,989	0.33%	0.28%
2012	276,938	914,918	0.29%	0.21%
2013	277,665	916,352	0.26%	0.16%
2014	278,348	917,585	0.25%	0.13%
2015	278,990	918,578	0.23%	0.11%
2016	279,598	919,166	0.22%	0.06%
2017	280,171	918,759	0.2%	-0.04%
2018	280,711	917,180	0.19%	-0.17%
2019	281,207	914,899	0.18%	-0.25%
2020	281,698	914,963	0.17%	0.007%
2021	282,147	916,711	0.16%	0.19%
2022	282,318	919,422	0.06%	0.3%
2023	282,336	924,145	0.006%	0.51%
2024	282,467	928,784	0.05%	0.5%
2025	282,618	933,141	0.05%	0.47%
2026	282,718	937,268	0.04%	0.44%
2027	282,779	941,304	0.02%	0.43%
2028	282,792	945,347	0.005%	0.43%
2029	282,689	949,269	-0.04%	0.41%
2030	282,486	953,095	-0.07%	0.4%
2031	282,203	956,685	-0.1%	0.38%
2032	281,846	960,056	-0.13%	0.35%
2033	281,402	963,339	-0.16%	0.34%
2034	280,904	966,516	-0.18%	0.33%
2035	280,344	969,613	-0.2%	0.32%
2036	279,697	972,641	-0.23%	0.31%
2037	278,962	975,643	-0.26%	0.31%
2038	278,147	978,533	-0.29%	0.3%
2039	277,276	981,270	-0.31%	0.28%
2040	276,345	983,842	-0.34%	0.26%
2041	275,351	986,409	-0.36%	0.26%
2042	274,293	988,810	-0.38%	0.24%
2043	273,145	990,851	-0.42%	0.21%
2044	271,954	992,731	-0.44%	0.19%
2045	270,773	994,437	-0.43%	0.17%
2046	269,533	995,957	-0.46%	0.15%
2047	268,224	997,319	-0.49%	0.14%
2048	266,887	998,544	-0.5%	0.12%
2049	265,548	999,530	-0.5%	0.1%
2050	264,216	1,000,244	-0.5%	0.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Fiji gained 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Fiji's population increased by 18,146 (a 1.97% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. Fiji was ranked 158th in 2006 and ranked 159th 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 Fiji will increase by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people and rank change from 159th to 161st.