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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Nigeria	Barbados	Nigeria
1960	230,893	45,053,782	-	-
1961	233,148	45,989,310	0.98%	2.08%
1962	235,224	46,965,292	0.89%	2.12%
1963	237,557	47,973,575	0.99%	2.15%
1964	239,958	49,012,016	1.01%	2.16%
1965	242,417	50,086,764	1.02%	2.19%
1966	244,996	51,188,234	1.06%	2.2%
1967	247,091	52,293,065	0.86%	2.16%
1968	248,540	53,432,783	0.59%	2.18%
1969	249,444	54,631,914	0.36%	2.24%
1970	249,387	55,893,838	-0.02%	2.31%
1971	249,168	57,214,684	-0.09%	2.36%
1972	249,658	58,601,748	0.2%	2.42%
1973	250,322	60,082,139	0.27%	2.53%
1974	250,777	61,679,144	0.18%	2.66%
1975	251,175	63,410,815	0.16%	2.81%
1976	251,442	65,258,009	0.11%	2.91%
1977	251,626	67,234,590	0.07%	3.03%
1978	251,551	69,326,532	-0.03%	3.11%
1979	251,269	71,498,242	-0.11%	3.13%
1980	251,524	73,764,641	0.1%	3.17%
1981	252,270	76,068,103	0.3%	3.12%
1982	253,095	78,378,701	0.33%	3.04%
1983	253,992	80,438,260	0.35%	2.63%
1984	254,920	82,526,443	0.37%	2.6%
1985	255,820	84,897,973	0.35%	2.87%
1986	256,618	87,235,953	0.31%	2.75%
1987	257,279	89,591,716	0.26%	2.7%
1988	257,763	92,020,090	0.19%	2.71%
1989	258,109	94,531,014	0.13%	2.73%
1990	258,582	97,120,925	0.18%	2.74%
1991	259,373	99,720,162	0.31%	2.68%
1992	260,267	102,372,770	0.34%	2.66%
1993	261,027	105,122,069	0.29%	2.69%
1994	261,620	107,935,714	0.23%	2.68%
1995	262,039	110,819,428	0.16%	2.67%
1996	262,284	113,754,779	0.09%	2.65%
1997	262,392	116,754,792	0.04%	2.64%
1998	262,436	119,846,254	0.02%	2.65%
1999	262,517	123,047,320	0.03%	2.67%
2000	262,063	126,382,494	-0.17%	2.71%
2001	262,425	129,862,595	0.14%	2.75%
2002	264,148	133,471,989	0.66%	2.78%
2003	265,776	137,202,644	0.62%	2.8%
2004	267,298	141,057,045	0.57%	2.81%
2005	268,706	145,017,253	0.53%	2.81%
2006	270,002	149,077,334	0.48%	2.8%
2007	271,288	153,267,261	0.48%	2.81%
2008	272,714	157,595,014	0.53%	2.82%
2009	274,123	162,049,464	0.52%	2.83%
2010	275,243	166,642,886	0.41%	2.83%
2011	276,139	171,379,598	0.33%	2.84%
2012	276,938	176,200,625	0.29%	2.81%
2013	277,665	181,049,443	0.26%	2.75%
2014	278,348	185,896,915	0.25%	2.68%
2015	278,990	190,671,878	0.23%	2.57%
2016	279,598	195,443,700	0.22%	2.5%
2017	280,171	200,254,579	0.2%	2.46%
2018	280,711	204,938,755	0.19%	2.34%
2019	281,207	209,485,641	0.18%	2.22%
2020	281,698	213,996,181	0.17%	2.15%
2021	282,147	218,529,286	0.16%	2.12%
2022	282,318	223,150,896	0.06%	2.11%
2023	282,336	227,882,945	0.006%	2.12%
2024	282,467	232,679,478	0.05%	2.1%
2025	282,618	237,527,783	0.05%	2.08%
2026	282,718	242,431,830	0.04%	2.06%
2027	282,779	247,374,258	0.02%	2.04%
2028	282,792	252,346,128	0.005%	2.01%
2029	282,689	257,352,638	-0.04%	1.98%
2030	282,486	262,380,975	-0.07%	1.95%
2031	282,203	267,421,079	-0.1%	1.92%
2032	281,846	272,483,635	-0.13%	1.89%
2033	281,402	277,555,116	-0.16%	1.86%
2034	280,904	282,622,388	-0.18%	1.83%
2035	280,344	287,685,757	-0.2%	1.79%
2036	279,697	292,739,390	-0.23%	1.76%
2037	278,962	297,773,236	-0.26%	1.72%
2038	278,147	302,782,350	-0.29%	1.68%
2039	277,276	307,764,754	-0.31%	1.65%
2040	276,345	312,710,403	-0.34%	1.61%
2041	275,351	317,607,237	-0.36%	1.57%
2042	274,293	322,450,302	-0.38%	1.52%
2043	273,145	327,243,941	-0.42%	1.49%
2044	271,954	331,983,354	-0.44%	1.45%
2045	270,773	336,662,502	-0.43%	1.41%
2046	269,533	341,281,757	-0.46%	1.37%
2047	268,224	345,844,004	-0.49%	1.34%
2048	266,887	350,347,757	-0.5%	1.3%
2049	265,548	354,792,418	-0.5%	1.27%
2050	264,216	359,185,550	-0.5%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.