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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • Barbados' population is 2.05 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.005% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Barbados vs Kiribati: live population counter

Barbados Kiribati
Current population
282698
138067
Population rank 175/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.003% 0.002%
One net population change
2.79 days
4.41 hours
One birth every
2.78 hours
2.56 hours
One death every
2.92 hours
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
5.21 days
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -70 -471
Daily growth/decline +0 +5
Annual growth/decline +131 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +0.05% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 164/197 74/197

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

Barbados
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Barbados Kiribati Barbados Kiribati
1960 230,893 47,157 - -
1961 233,148 48,323 0.98% 2.47%
1962 235,224 49,538 0.89% 2.51%
1963 237,557 50,791 0.99% 2.53%
1964 239,958 52,088 1.01% 2.55%
1965 242,417 53,439 1.02% 2.59%
1966 244,996 54,425 1.06% 1.85%
1967 247,091 54,996 0.86% 1.05%
1968 248,540 55,529 0.59% 0.97%
1969 249,444 56,360 0.36% 1.5%
1970 249,387 57,510 -0.02% 2.04%
1971 249,168 58,652 -0.09% 1.99%
1972 249,658 59,778 0.2% 1.92%
1973 250,322 60,824 0.27% 1.75%
1974 250,777 61,219 0.18% 0.65%
1975 251,175 60,987 0.16% -0.38%
1976 251,442 60,661 0.11% -0.53%
1977 251,626 60,267 0.07% -0.65%
1978 251,551 59,864 -0.03% -0.67%
1979 251,269 60,172 -0.11% 0.51%
1980 251,524 61,148 0.1% 1.62%
1981 252,270 62,121 0.3% 1.59%
1982 253,095 63,134 0.33% 1.63%
1983 253,992 64,169 0.35% 1.64%
1984 254,920 65,228 0.37% 1.65%
1985 255,820 66,496 0.35% 1.94%
1986 256,618 68,059 0.31% 2.35%
1987 257,279 69,733 0.26% 2.46%
1988 257,763 71,427 0.19% 2.43%
1989 258,109 73,147 0.13% 2.41%
1990 258,582 74,855 0.18% 2.34%
1991 259,373 76,367 0.31% 2.02%
1992 260,267 77,641 0.34% 1.67%
1993 261,027 78,841 0.29% 1.55%
1994 261,620 80,021 0.23% 1.5%
1995 262,039 81,234 0.16% 1.52%
1996 262,284 82,623 0.09% 1.71%
1997 262,392 84,147 0.04% 1.84%
1998 262,436 85,657 0.02% 1.79%
1999 262,517 87,126 0.03% 1.71%
2000 262,063 88,613 -0.17% 1.71%
2001 262,425 90,335 0.14% 1.94%
2002 264,148 92,264 0.66% 2.14%
2003 265,776 94,175 0.62% 2.07%
2004 267,298 96,085 0.57% 2.03%
2005 268,706 98,035 0.53% 2.03%
2006 270,002 100,017 0.48% 2.02%
2007 271,288 102,068 0.48% 2.05%
2008 272,714 104,222 0.53% 2.11%
2009 274,123 106,467 0.52% 2.15%
2010 275,243 108,704 0.41% 2.1%
2011 276,139 110,647 0.33% 1.79%
2012 276,938 112,284 0.29% 1.48%
2013 277,665 113,838 0.26% 1.38%
2014 278,348 115,326 0.25% 1.31%
2015 278,990 116,815 0.23% 1.29%
2016 279,598 118,478 0.22% 1.42%
2017 280,171 120,275 0.2% 1.52%
2018 280,711 122,084 0.19% 1.5%
2019 281,207 123,921 0.18% 1.5%
2020 281,698 126,099 0.17% 1.76%
2021 282,147 128,377 0.16% 1.81%
2022 282,318 130,469 0.06% 1.63%
2023 282,336 132,530 0.006% 1.58%
2024 282,467 134,518 0.05% 1.5%
2025 282,618 136,501 0.05% 1.47%
2026 282,718 138,451 0.04% 1.43%
2027 282,779 140,405 0.02% 1.41%
2028 282,792 142,335 0.005% 1.37%
2029 282,689 144,231 -0.04% 1.33%
2030 282,486 146,130 -0.07% 1.32%
2031 282,203 148,028 -0.1% 1.3%
2032 281,846 149,915 -0.13% 1.27%
2033 281,402 151,768 -0.16% 1.24%
2034 280,904 153,602 -0.18% 1.21%
2035 280,344 155,447 -0.2% 1.2%
2036 279,697 157,316 -0.23% 1.2%
2037 278,962 159,188 -0.26% 1.19%
2038 278,147 161,050 -0.29% 1.17%
2039 277,276 162,895 -0.31% 1.15%
2040 276,345 164,711 -0.34% 1.11%
2041 275,351 166,508 -0.36% 1.09%
2042 274,293 168,325 -0.38% 1.09%
2043 273,145 170,182 -0.42% 1.1%
2044 271,954 172,012 -0.44% 1.08%
2045 270,773 173,818 -0.43% 1.05%
2046 269,533 175,629 -0.46% 1.04%
2047 268,224 177,392 -0.49% 1%
2048 266,887 179,152 -0.5% 0.99%
2049 265,548 180,915 -0.5% 0.98%
2050 264,216 182,629 -0.5% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

Barbados
City Population
Bridgetown 110K
Holetown 1.6K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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