Population in Barbados compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Netherlands	Barbados	Netherlands
1960	230,893	11,486,631	-	-
1961	233,148	11,638,712	0.98%	1.32%
1962	235,224	11,805,689	0.89%	1.43%
1963	237,557	11,965,966	0.99%	1.36%
1964	239,958	12,127,120	1.01%	1.35%
1965	242,417	12,294,732	1.02%	1.38%
1966	244,996	12,456,251	1.06%	1.31%
1967	247,091	12,598,201	0.86%	1.14%
1968	248,540	12,729,721	0.59%	1.04%
1969	249,444	12,877,984	0.36%	1.16%
1970	249,387	13,038,526	-0.02%	1.25%
1971	249,168	13,194,497	-0.09%	1.2%
1972	249,658	13,328,593	0.2%	1.02%
1973	250,322	13,439,322	0.27%	0.83%
1974	250,777	13,545,056	0.18%	0.79%
1975	251,175	13,666,335	0.16%	0.9%
1976	251,442	13,774,037	0.11%	0.79%
1977	251,626	13,856,185	0.07%	0.6%
1978	251,551	13,941,700	-0.03%	0.62%
1979	251,269	14,038,270	-0.11%	0.69%
1980	251,524	14,149,800	0.1%	0.79%
1981	252,270	14,247,208	0.3%	0.69%
1982	253,095	14,312,690	0.33%	0.46%
1983	253,992	14,367,070	0.35%	0.38%
1984	254,920	14,424,211	0.37%	0.4%
1985	255,820	14,491,632	0.35%	0.47%
1986	256,618	14,572,278	0.31%	0.56%
1987	257,279	14,665,037	0.26%	0.64%
1988	257,763	14,760,094	0.19%	0.65%
1989	258,109	14,848,907	0.13%	0.6%
1990	258,582	14,951,510	0.18%	0.69%
1991	259,373	15,069,798	0.31%	0.79%
1992	260,267	15,184,166	0.34%	0.76%
1993	261,027	15,290,368	0.29%	0.7%
1994	261,620	15,382,838	0.23%	0.6%
1995	262,039	15,459,006	0.16%	0.5%
1996	262,284	15,530,498	0.09%	0.46%
1997	262,392	15,610,650	0.04%	0.52%
1998	262,436	15,707,209	0.02%	0.62%
1999	262,517	15,812,088	0.03%	0.67%
2000	262,063	15,925,513	-0.17%	0.72%
2001	262,425	16,046,180	0.14%	0.76%
2002	264,148	16,148,929	0.66%	0.64%
2003	265,776	16,225,302	0.62%	0.47%
2004	267,298	16,281,779	0.57%	0.35%
2005	268,706	16,319,868	0.53%	0.23%
2006	270,002	16,346,101	0.48%	0.16%
2007	271,288	16,381,696	0.48%	0.22%
2008	272,714	16,445,593	0.53%	0.39%
2009	274,123	16,530,388	0.52%	0.52%
2010	275,243	16,615,394	0.41%	0.51%
2011	276,139	16,693,074	0.33%	0.47%
2012	276,938	16,754,962	0.29%	0.37%
2013	277,665	16,804,432	0.26%	0.3%
2014	278,348	16,865,008	0.25%	0.36%
2015	278,990	16,939,923	0.23%	0.44%
2016	279,598	17,030,314	0.22%	0.53%
2017	280,171	17,131,296	0.2%	0.59%
2018	280,711	17,231,624	0.19%	0.59%
2019	281,207	17,344,874	0.18%	0.66%
2020	281,698	17,441,500	0.17%	0.56%
2021	282,147	17,533,044	0.16%	0.52%
2022	282,318	17,700,982	0.06%	0.96%
2023	282,336	17,877,117	0.006%	1%
2024	282,467	17,993,485	0.05%	0.65%
2025	282,618	18,110,044	0.05%	0.65%
2026	282,718	18,210,675	0.04%	0.56%
2027	282,779	18,298,766	0.02%	0.48%
2028	282,792	18,378,805	0.005%	0.44%
2029	282,689	18,451,273	-0.04%	0.39%
2030	282,486	18,515,139	-0.07%	0.35%
2031	282,203	18,571,158	-0.1%	0.3%
2032	281,846	18,620,309	-0.13%	0.26%
2033	281,402	18,664,195	-0.16%	0.24%
2034	280,904	18,701,674	-0.18%	0.2%
2035	280,344	18,732,440	-0.2%	0.16%
2036	279,697	18,759,270	-0.23%	0.14%
2037	278,962	18,781,008	-0.26%	0.12%
2038	278,147	18,797,497	-0.29%	0.09%
2039	277,276	18,809,490	-0.31%	0.06%
2040	276,345	18,816,959	-0.34%	0.04%
2041	275,351	18,820,083	-0.36%	0.02%
2042	274,293	18,818,821	-0.38%	-0.007%
2043	273,145	18,814,475	-0.42%	-0.02%
2044	271,954	18,806,778	-0.44%	-0.04%
2045	270,773	18,796,219	-0.43%	-0.06%
2046	269,533	18,784,939	-0.46%	-0.06%
2047	268,224	18,770,867	-0.49%	-0.07%
2048	266,887	18,753,541	-0.5%	-0.09%
2049	265,548	18,734,516	-0.5%	-0.1%
2050	264,216	18,713,797	-0.5%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.