The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 2,201,352 people in Guinea-Bissau in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,718 people compared to 2,298,335 in Guinea-Bissau.
Population statistics:
- Guinea-Bissau's population is 8.13 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Guinea-Bissau is the 146th.
- The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +2.4% in Guinea-Bissau.
- Since 2006, the population of Barbados has increased from 270K people to 283K (4.71% growth), while Guinea-Bissau has grown from 1.42M to 2.3M (62.4% growth).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 4.67M people in 2100 for Guinea-Bissau.
Barbados vs Guinea-Bissau: live population counter
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| Current population |
282718
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2298335
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 146/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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10.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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8.13 minutes
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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34.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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5.12 hours
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| Annual migration change | -70 | -1,712 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +132 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | +48,013 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +2.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 163/197 | 42/197 |
Barbados and Guinea-Bissau: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 230,893 | 577,633 | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 582,532 | 0.98% | 0.85% |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 589,474 | 0.89% | 1.19% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 594,418 | 0.99% | 0.84% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 588,543 | 1.01% | -0.99% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 575,005 | 1.02% | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 566,908 | 1.06% | -1.41% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 569,011 | 0.86% | 0.37% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 578,170 | 0.59% | 1.61% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 581,610 | 0.36% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 584,403 | -0.02% | 0.48% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 586,221 | -0.09% | 0.31% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 586,620 | 0.2% | 0.07% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 592,808 | 0.27% | 1.05% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 613,338 | 0.18% | 3.46% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 650,966 | 0.16% | 6.13% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 694,191 | 0.11% | 6.64% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 741,789 | 0.07% | 6.86% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 791,694 | -0.03% | 6.73% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 819,867 | -0.11% | 3.56% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 829,303 | 0.1% | 1.15% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 842,432 | 0.3% | 1.58% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 855,891 | 0.33% | 1.6% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 869,592 | 0.35% | 1.6% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 883,519 | 0.37% | 1.6% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 897,697 | 0.35% | 1.6% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 912,126 | 0.31% | 1.61% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 926,862 | 0.26% | 1.62% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 942,061 | 0.19% | 1.64% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 957,789 | 0.13% | 1.67% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 973,669 | 0.18% | 1.66% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 994,639 | 0.31% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 1,024,356 | 0.34% | 2.99% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 1,058,745 | 0.29% | 3.36% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 1,092,031 | 0.23% | 3.14% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 1,119,949 | 0.16% | 2.56% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 1,143,535 | 0.09% | 2.11% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 1,165,545 | 0.04% | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 1,187,473 | 0.02% | 1.88% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 1,210,206 | 0.03% | 1.91% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 1,234,741 | -0.17% | 2.03% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 1,261,273 | 0.14% | 2.15% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 1,289,307 | 0.66% | 2.22% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 1,318,806 | 0.62% | 2.29% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 1,349,563 | 0.57% | 2.33% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 1,381,585 | 0.53% | 2.37% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 1,415,303 | 0.48% | 2.44% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 1,450,986 | 0.48% | 2.52% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 1,488,054 | 0.53% | 2.55% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 1,526,377 | 0.52% | 2.58% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 1,566,347 | 0.41% | 2.62% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 1,608,076 | 0.33% | 2.66% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 1,651,417 | 0.29% | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 1,695,973 | 0.26% | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 1,741,122 | 0.25% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 1,786,457 | 0.23% | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 1,831,893 | 0.22% | 2.54% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 1,877,072 | 0.2% | 2.47% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 1,922,168 | 0.19% | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 1,967,696 | 0.18% | 2.37% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 2,013,255 | 0.17% | 2.32% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 2,058,841 | 0.16% | 2.26% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 2,105,529 | 0.06% | 2.27% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 2,153,339 | 0.006% | 2.27% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 2,201,352 | 0.05% | 2.23% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 2,249,512 | 0.05% | 2.19% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 2,297,807 | 0.04% | 2.15% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 2,346,190 | 0.02% | 2.11% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 2,394,226 | 0.005% | 2.05% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 2,441,574 | -0.04% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 2,488,931 | -0.07% | 1.94% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 2,536,893 | -0.1% | 1.93% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 2,585,565 | -0.13% | 1.92% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 2,634,701 | -0.16% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 2,683,078 | -0.18% | 1.84% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 2,730,136 | -0.2% | 1.75% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 2,777,887 | -0.23% | 1.75% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 2,826,159 | -0.26% | 1.74% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 2,873,929 | -0.29% | 1.69% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 2,921,973 | -0.31% | 1.67% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 2,969,699 | -0.34% | 1.63% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 3,016,537 | -0.36% | 1.58% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 3,063,161 | -0.38% | 1.55% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 3,109,927 | -0.42% | 1.53% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 3,156,704 | -0.44% | 1.5% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 3,204,242 | -0.43% | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 3,251,465 | -0.46% | 1.47% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 3,298,563 | -0.49% | 1.45% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 3,345,853 | -0.5% | 1.43% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 3,392,557 | -0.5% | 1.4% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 3,438,597 | -0.5% | 1.36% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Guinea-Bissau gained 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Guinea-Bissau's population increased by 466,442 (a 25.5% growth).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th in 2006 and ranked 146th 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 Guinea-Bissau will increase by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people and rank change from 146th to 136th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bridgetown | 110K |
| Holetown | 1.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Bissau | 492K |
| Bafata | 29.6K |
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Population differences between Barbados and Guinea-Bissau
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| Life expectancy | 76.6 years | 64.6 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 24.2 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 20.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 3.84 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 202.8 ppl/mi² |
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