The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 18,406,359 people in Guatemala in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 18,912,872 in Guatemala.
Population statistics:
- Guatemala's population is 66.9 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Guatemala is the 70th.
- The countries together account for 0.23% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.23% for Guatemala.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +1.64% in Guatemala.
- Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while Guatemala has grown from 13.1M to 18.9M (44.5% growth).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 27.2M people in 2077 for Guatemala.
Barbados vs Guatemala: live population counter
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| Current population |
282698
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18912872
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 70/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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1.87 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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6.01 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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1.13 hours
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| Annual migration change | -70 | -7,725 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +771 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | +281,521 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +1.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 164/197 | 71/197 |
Barbados and Guatemala: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 230,893 | 4,063,655 | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 4,186,201 | 0.98% | 3.02% |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 4,312,044 | 0.89% | 3.01% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 4,440,264 | 0.99% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 4,571,109 | 1.01% | 2.95% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 4,704,965 | 1.02% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 4,840,958 | 1.06% | 2.89% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 4,978,862 | 0.86% | 2.85% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 5,118,111 | 0.59% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 5,257,081 | 0.36% | 2.72% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 5,396,966 | -0.02% | 2.66% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 5,538,355 | -0.09% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 5,682,833 | 0.2% | 2.61% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 5,831,631 | 0.27% | 2.62% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 5,981,197 | 0.18% | 2.56% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 6,128,731 | 0.16% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 6,262,404 | 0.11% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 6,401,515 | 0.07% | 2.22% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 6,561,534 | -0.03% | 2.5% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 6,727,797 | -0.11% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 6,900,212 | 0.1% | 2.56% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 7,075,648 | 0.3% | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 7,240,241 | 0.33% | 2.33% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 7,419,642 | 0.35% | 2.48% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 7,630,682 | 0.37% | 2.84% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 7,849,693 | 0.35% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 8,070,818 | 0.31% | 2.82% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 8,296,485 | 0.26% | 2.8% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 8,532,099 | 0.19% | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 8,775,546 | 0.13% | 2.85% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 9,024,773 | 0.18% | 2.84% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 9,272,584 | 0.31% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 9,522,266 | 0.34% | 2.69% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 9,779,761 | 0.29% | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 10,043,718 | 0.23% | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 10,312,996 | 0.16% | 2.68% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 10,583,526 | 0.09% | 2.62% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 10,857,754 | 0.04% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 11,139,145 | 0.02% | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 11,422,965 | 0.03% | 2.55% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 11,697,592 | -0.17% | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 11,969,422 | 0.14% | 2.32% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 12,246,915 | 0.66% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 12,525,842 | 0.62% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 12,807,402 | 0.57% | 2.25% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 13,087,629 | 0.53% | 2.19% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 13,367,459 | 0.48% | 2.14% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 13,652,040 | 0.48% | 2.13% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 13,935,174 | 0.53% | 2.07% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 14,215,611 | 0.52% | 2.01% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 14,500,112 | 0.41% | 2% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 14,792,126 | 0.33% | 2.01% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 15,089,647 | 0.29% | 2.01% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 15,387,337 | 0.26% | 1.97% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 15,681,725 | 0.25% | 1.91% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 15,971,743 | 0.23% | 1.85% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 16,268,760 | 0.22% | 1.86% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 16,567,357 | 0.2% | 1.84% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 16,845,685 | 0.19% | 1.68% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 17,103,803 | 0.18% | 1.53% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 17,357,325 | 0.17% | 1.48% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 17,598,650 | 0.16% | 1.39% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 17,847,877 | 0.06% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 18,124,838 | 0.006% | 1.55% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 18,406,359 | 0.05% | 1.55% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 18,687,873 | 0.05% | 1.53% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 18,967,974 | 0.04% | 1.5% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 19,246,005 | 0.02% | 1.47% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 19,521,501 | 0.005% | 1.43% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 19,795,168 | -0.04% | 1.4% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 20,067,252 | -0.07% | 1.37% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 20,337,369 | -0.1% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 20,605,385 | -0.13% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 20,871,083 | -0.16% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 21,134,167 | -0.18% | 1.26% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 21,394,231 | -0.2% | 1.23% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 21,650,331 | -0.23% | 1.2% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 21,901,955 | -0.26% | 1.16% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 22,149,197 | -0.29% | 1.13% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 22,391,079 | -0.31% | 1.09% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 22,626,859 | -0.34% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 22,856,760 | -0.36% | 1.02% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 23,080,838 | -0.38% | 0.98% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 23,299,226 | -0.42% | 0.95% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 23,512,005 | -0.44% | 0.91% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 23,719,080 | -0.43% | 0.88% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 23,920,450 | -0.46% | 0.85% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 24,115,734 | -0.49% | 0.82% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 24,305,641 | -0.5% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 24,491,000 | -0.5% | 0.76% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 24,670,850 | -0.5% | 0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2005 and ranked 70th 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 Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bridgetown | 110K |
| Holetown | 1.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Guatemala | 1.21M |
| Mixco | 528K |
| Coban | 229K |
| Quetzaltenango | 208K |
| Jalapa | 193K |
| San Miguel Petapa | 151K |
| Momostenango | 140K |
| Mazatenango | 83.8K |
| Flores | 44.7K |
| Panajachel | 16.1K |
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Population differences between Barbados and Guatemala
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 72.9 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 27.3 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 24 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 2.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 445 ppl/mi² |
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