The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 928,784 people in Fiji in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 936,456 in Fiji.
Population statistics:
- Fiji's population is 3.31 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Fiji is the 159th.
- The countries together account for 0.01% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.01% for Fiji.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +0.12% in Fiji.
- Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while Fiji has grown from 882K to 936K (6.13% growth).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 1M people in 2054 for Fiji.
Barbados vs Fiji: live population counter
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| Current population |
282698
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936456
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 159/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.01% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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1.89 hours
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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31.6 minutes
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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1.02 hours
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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2.67 hours
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| Annual migration change | -70 | -3,278 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | +4,639 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +0.5% |
| Population growth rate rank | 164/197 | 134/197 |
Barbados and Fiji: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Fiji gained 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Fiji's population increased by 17,878 (a 1.95% growth).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Fiji was ranked 157th in 2005 and ranked 159th 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 Fiji will increase by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people and rank change from 159th to 161st.
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Population differences between Barbados and Fiji
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 67.6 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 31.1 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 28.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 131.7 ppl/mi² |
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