The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 5,169,395 people in Mauritania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 5,432,542 in Mauritania.
Population statistics:
- Mauritania's population is 19.2 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Mauritania is the 123rd.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.07% for Mauritania.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +3% in Mauritania.
- Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while Mauritania has grown from 2.94M to 5.43M (84.8% growth).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 17.1M people in 2100 for Mauritania.
Barbados vs Mauritania: live population counter
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| Current population |
282698
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5432542
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 123/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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3.58 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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3.04 minutes
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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19 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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4.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | -70 | -2,185 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +403 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | +146,954 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +2.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 164/197 | 18/197 |
Barbados and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 230,893 | 824,298 | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 846,167 | 0.98% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 869,184 | 0.89% | 2.72% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 893,423 | 0.99% | 2.79% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 918,955 | 1.01% | 2.86% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 945,838 | 1.02% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 974,157 | 1.06% | 2.99% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 1,003,843 | 0.86% | 3.05% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 1,034,739 | 0.59% | 3.08% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 1,066,754 | 0.36% | 3.09% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 1,099,806 | -0.02% | 3.1% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 1,133,702 | -0.09% | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 1,168,355 | 0.2% | 3.06% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 1,203,838 | 0.27% | 3.04% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 1,240,188 | 0.18% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 1,277,330 | 0.16% | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 1,315,336 | 0.11% | 2.98% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 1,353,768 | 0.07% | 2.92% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 1,392,713 | -0.03% | 2.88% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 1,432,758 | -0.11% | 2.88% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 1,474,043 | 0.1% | 2.88% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 1,516,877 | 0.3% | 2.91% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 1,561,176 | 0.33% | 2.92% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 1,606,746 | 0.35% | 2.92% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 1,653,693 | 0.37% | 2.92% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 1,702,107 | 0.35% | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 1,751,835 | 0.31% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 1,803,014 | 0.26% | 2.92% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 1,855,859 | 0.19% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 1,903,048 | 0.13% | 2.54% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 1,951,878 | 0.18% | 2.57% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 2,009,738 | 0.31% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 2,088,135 | 0.34% | 3.9% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 2,174,328 | 0.29% | 4.13% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 2,249,454 | 0.23% | 3.46% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 2,312,017 | 0.16% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 2,358,188 | 0.09% | 2% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 2,411,306 | 0.04% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 2,474,651 | 0.02% | 2.63% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 2,541,698 | 0.03% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 2,613,441 | -0.17% | 2.82% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 2,678,760 | 0.14% | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 2,738,655 | 0.66% | 2.24% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 2,802,046 | 0.62% | 2.31% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 2,868,664 | 0.57% | 2.38% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 2,939,059 | 0.53% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 3,013,660 | 0.48% | 2.54% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 3,093,059 | 0.48% | 2.63% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 3,183,269 | 0.53% | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 3,284,448 | 0.52% | 3.18% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 3,390,965 | 0.41% | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 3,502,811 | 0.33% | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 3,619,034 | 0.29% | 3.32% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 3,734,318 | 0.26% | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 3,848,514 | 0.25% | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 3,965,959 | 0.23% | 3.05% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 4,086,657 | 0.22% | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 4,210,600 | 0.2% | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 4,337,685 | 0.19% | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 4,467,708 | 0.18% | 3% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 4,600,131 | 0.17% | 2.96% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 4,734,874 | 0.16% | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 4,875,637 | 0.06% | 2.97% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 5,022,441 | 0.006% | 3.01% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 5,169,395 | 0.05% | 2.93% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 5,315,063 | 0.05% | 2.82% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 5,461,313 | 0.04% | 2.75% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 5,608,785 | 0.02% | 2.7% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 5,757,952 | 0.005% | 2.66% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 5,909,186 | -0.04% | 2.63% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 6,062,523 | -0.07% | 2.59% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 6,217,791 | -0.1% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 6,374,839 | -0.13% | 2.53% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 6,533,828 | -0.16% | 2.49% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 6,694,445 | -0.18% | 2.46% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 6,856,314 | -0.2% | 2.42% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 7,019,227 | -0.23% | 2.38% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 7,183,105 | -0.26% | 2.33% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 7,348,357 | -0.29% | 2.3% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 7,514,734 | -0.31% | 2.26% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 7,681,907 | -0.34% | 2.22% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 7,850,210 | -0.36% | 2.19% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 8,020,480 | -0.38% | 2.17% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 8,192,542 | -0.42% | 2.15% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 8,365,171 | -0.44% | 2.11% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 8,538,521 | -0.43% | 2.07% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 8,713,247 | -0.46% | 2.05% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 8,888,466 | -0.49% | 2.01% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 9,064,207 | -0.5% | 1.98% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 9,240,169 | -0.5% | 1.94% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 9,415,589 | -0.5% | 1.9% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bridgetown | 110K |
| Holetown | 1.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Nouakchott | 1.08M |
| Rosso | 33.5K |
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Population differences between Barbados and Mauritania
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 68.9 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 23 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 4.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 13 ppl/mi² |
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