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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Guyana	Barbados	Guyana
1960	230,893	569,143	-	-
1961	233,148	582,568	0.98%	2.36%
1962	235,224	595,461	0.89%	2.21%
1963	237,557	608,537	0.99%	2.2%
1964	239,958	621,764	1.01%	2.17%
1965	242,417	635,128	1.02%	2.15%
1966	244,996	648,646	1.06%	2.13%
1967	247,091	662,311	0.86%	2.11%
1968	248,540	676,160	0.59%	2.09%
1969	249,444	690,223	0.36%	2.08%
1970	249,387	702,705	-0.02%	1.81%
1971	249,168	712,662	-0.09%	1.42%
1972	249,658	721,617	0.2%	1.26%
1973	250,322	730,138	0.27%	1.18%
1974	250,777	738,057	0.18%	1.08%
1975	251,175	745,393	0.16%	0.99%
1976	251,442	752,253	0.11%	0.92%
1977	251,626	758,654	0.07%	0.85%
1978	251,551	764,586	-0.03%	0.78%
1979	251,269	770,062	-0.11%	0.72%
1980	251,524	774,367	0.1%	0.56%
1981	252,270	776,453	0.3%	0.27%
1982	253,095	776,712	0.33%	0.03%
1983	253,992	775,891	0.35%	-0.11%
1984	254,920	774,111	0.37%	-0.23%
1985	255,820	771,477	0.35%	-0.34%
1986	256,618	768,098	0.31%	-0.44%
1987	257,279	764,120	0.26%	-0.52%
1988	257,763	759,663	0.19%	-0.58%
1989	258,109	754,865	0.13%	-0.63%
1990	258,582	749,894	0.18%	-0.66%
1991	259,373	747,861	0.31%	-0.27%
1992	260,267	749,911	0.34%	0.27%
1993	261,027	752,965	0.29%	0.41%
1994	261,620	755,822	0.23%	0.38%
1995	262,039	758,388	0.16%	0.34%
1996	262,284	760,526	0.09%	0.28%
1997	262,392	762,245	0.04%	0.23%
1998	262,436	763,586	0.02%	0.18%
1999	262,517	764,483	0.03%	0.12%
2000	262,063	764,832	-0.17%	0.05%
2001	262,425	764,477	0.14%	-0.05%
2002	264,148	763,652	0.66%	-0.11%
2003	265,776	763,101	0.62%	-0.07%
2004	267,298	762,418	0.57%	-0.09%
2005	268,706	760,914	0.53%	-0.2%
2006	270,002	758,966	0.48%	-0.26%
2007	271,288	756,861	0.48%	-0.28%
2008	272,714	754,606	0.53%	-0.3%
2009	274,123	752,094	0.52%	-0.33%
2010	275,243	749,256	0.41%	-0.38%
2011	276,139	746,153	0.33%	-0.41%
2012	276,938	746,288	0.29%	0.02%
2013	277,665	750,021	0.26%	0.5%
2014	278,348	754,229	0.25%	0.56%
2015	278,990	758,781	0.23%	0.6%
2016	279,598	763,548	0.22%	0.63%
2017	280,171	768,479	0.2%	0.65%
2018	280,711	791,556	0.19%	3%
2019	281,207	807,665	0.18%	2.04%
2020	281,698	807,481	0.17%	-0.02%
2021	282,147	815,482	0.16%	0.99%
2022	282,318	821,637	0.06%	0.75%
2023	282,336	826,353	0.006%	0.57%
2024	282,467	831,087	0.05%	0.57%
2025	282,618	835,986	0.05%	0.59%
2026	282,718	840,883	0.04%	0.59%
2027	282,779	846,019	0.02%	0.61%
2028	282,792	851,161	0.005%	0.61%
2029	282,689	856,040	-0.04%	0.57%
2030	282,486	861,037	-0.07%	0.58%
2031	282,203	866,080	-0.1%	0.59%
2032	281,846	871,237	-0.13%	0.6%
2033	281,402	876,346	-0.16%	0.59%
2034	280,904	881,223	-0.18%	0.56%
2035	280,344	885,935	-0.2%	0.53%
2036	279,697	890,320	-0.23%	0.49%
2037	278,962	894,649	-0.26%	0.49%
2038	278,147	899,021	-0.29%	0.49%
2039	277,276	903,316	-0.31%	0.48%
2040	276,345	907,506	-0.34%	0.46%
2041	275,351	911,723	-0.36%	0.46%
2042	274,293	915,811	-0.38%	0.45%
2043	273,145	919,575	-0.42%	0.41%
2044	271,954	923,121	-0.44%	0.39%
2045	270,773	926,355	-0.43%	0.35%
2046	269,533	929,478	-0.46%	0.34%
2047	268,224	932,483	-0.49%	0.32%
2048	266,887	935,329	-0.5%	0.31%
2049	265,548	938,062	-0.5%	0.29%
2050	264,216	940,601	-0.5%	0.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.