Population in Barbados compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	North Korea	Barbados	North Korea
1960	230,893	11,722,953	-	-
1961	233,148	11,990,713	0.98%	2.28%
1962	235,224	12,262,882	0.89%	2.27%
1963	237,557	12,567,057	0.99%	2.48%
1964	239,958	12,889,770	1.01%	2.57%
1965	242,417	13,219,369	1.02%	2.56%
1966	244,996	13,569,094	1.06%	2.65%
1967	247,091	13,958,350	0.86%	2.87%
1968	248,540	14,365,596	0.59%	2.92%
1969	249,444	14,767,615	0.36%	2.8%
1970	249,387	15,172,775	-0.02%	2.74%
1971	249,168	15,572,457	-0.09%	2.63%
1972	249,658	15,975,069	0.2%	2.59%
1973	250,322	16,350,367	0.27%	2.35%
1974	250,777	16,673,121	0.18%	1.97%
1975	251,175	16,971,055	0.16%	1.79%
1976	251,442	17,243,450	0.11%	1.61%
1977	251,626	17,492,798	0.07%	1.45%
1978	251,551	17,735,995	-0.03%	1.39%
1979	251,269	17,983,470	-0.11%	1.4%
1980	251,524	18,236,786	0.1%	1.41%
1981	252,270	18,501,295	0.3%	1.45%
1982	253,095	18,776,357	0.33%	1.49%
1983	253,992	19,054,034	0.35%	1.48%
1984	254,920	19,335,043	0.37%	1.47%
1985	255,820	19,620,388	0.35%	1.48%
1986	256,618	19,910,855	0.31%	1.48%
1987	257,279	20,205,483	0.26%	1.48%
1988	257,763	20,503,161	0.19%	1.47%
1989	258,109	20,804,367	0.13%	1.47%
1990	258,582	21,112,137	0.18%	1.48%
1991	259,373	21,428,638	0.31%	1.5%
1992	260,267	21,750,911	0.34%	1.5%
1993	261,027	22,073,352	0.29%	1.48%
1994	261,620	22,393,975	0.23%	1.45%
1995	262,039	22,669,304	0.16%	1.23%
1996	262,284	22,895,746	0.09%	1%
1997	262,392	23,110,830	0.04%	0.94%
1998	262,436	23,311,564	0.02%	0.87%
1999	262,517	23,497,599	0.03%	0.8%
2000	262,063	23,665,910	-0.17%	0.72%
2001	262,425	23,815,358	0.14%	0.63%
2002	264,148	23,943,973	0.66%	0.54%
2003	265,776	24,090,380	0.62%	0.61%
2004	267,298	24,254,943	0.57%	0.68%
2005	268,706	24,396,433	0.53%	0.58%
2006	270,002	24,524,507	0.48%	0.52%
2007	271,288	24,646,383	0.48%	0.5%
2008	272,714	24,764,618	0.53%	0.48%
2009	274,123	24,878,332	0.52%	0.46%
2010	275,243	24,987,258	0.41%	0.44%
2011	276,139	25,097,874	0.33%	0.44%
2012	276,938	25,211,728	0.29%	0.45%
2013	277,665	25,329,451	0.26%	0.47%
2014	278,348	25,451,262	0.25%	0.48%
2015	278,990	25,575,350	0.23%	0.49%
2016	279,598	25,698,326	0.22%	0.48%
2017	280,171	25,817,709	0.2%	0.46%
2018	280,711	25,931,147	0.19%	0.44%
2019	281,207	26,037,632	0.18%	0.41%
2020	281,698	26,136,312	0.17%	0.38%
2021	282,147	26,232,534	0.16%	0.37%
2022	282,318	26,328,845	0.06%	0.37%
2023	282,336	26,418,204	0.006%	0.34%
2024	282,467	26,498,823	0.05%	0.31%
2025	282,618	26,571,033	0.05%	0.27%
2026	282,718	26,633,682	0.04%	0.24%
2027	282,779	26,686,492	0.02%	0.2%
2028	282,792	26,729,261	0.005%	0.16%
2029	282,689	26,762,008	-0.04%	0.12%
2030	282,486	26,784,894	-0.07%	0.09%
2031	282,203	26,797,946	-0.1%	0.05%
2032	281,846	26,801,071	-0.13%	0.01%
2033	281,402	26,795,061	-0.16%	-0.02%
2034	280,904	26,780,481	-0.18%	-0.05%
2035	280,344	26,757,705	-0.2%	-0.09%
2036	279,697	26,727,309	-0.23%	-0.11%
2037	278,962	26,689,907	-0.26%	-0.14%
2038	278,147	26,646,323	-0.29%	-0.16%
2039	277,276	26,596,967	-0.31%	-0.19%
2040	276,345	26,542,417	-0.34%	-0.21%
2041	275,351	26,483,475	-0.36%	-0.22%
2042	274,293	26,420,812	-0.38%	-0.24%
2043	273,145	26,354,324	-0.42%	-0.25%
2044	271,954	26,284,000	-0.44%	-0.27%
2045	270,773	26,210,196	-0.43%	-0.28%
2046	269,533	26,132,922	-0.46%	-0.29%
2047	268,224	26,052,086	-0.49%	-0.31%
2048	266,887	25,967,581	-0.5%	-0.32%
2049	265,548	25,879,244	-0.5%	-0.34%
2050	264,216	25,787,120	-0.5%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.