The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 1,792,179 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 1,783,115 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- North Macedonia's population is 6.31 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs -0.64% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while North Macedonia has declined from 2.01M to 1.78M (11.1% decline).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 848K people by 2100.
Barbados vs North Macedonia: live population counter
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
282698
|
1783115
|
| Population rank | 175/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
|
14.7 minutes
|
| One birth every |
2.78 hours
|
31.3 minutes
|
| One death every |
2.92 hours
|
26.1 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
|
1.53 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -70 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | -98 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | -35,637 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | -1.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 164/197 | 195/197 |
Barbados and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1960 | 230,893 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 1,455,171 | 0.98% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 1,471,745 | 0.89% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 1,488,737 | 0.99% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 1,510,900 | 1.01% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 1,533,466 | 1.02% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 1,557,349 | 1.06% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 1,582,492 | 0.86% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 1,608,930 | 0.59% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 1,636,345 | 0.36% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 1,664,208 | -0.02% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 1,691,216 | -0.09% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 1,717,395 | 0.2% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 1,743,816 | 0.27% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 1,770,545 | 0.18% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 1,797,972 | 0.16% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 1,825,830 | 0.11% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 1,853,138 | 0.07% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 1,879,847 | -0.03% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 1,906,523 | -0.11% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 1,933,038 | 0.1% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 1,959,065 | 0.3% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 1,978,956 | 0.33% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 1,991,901 | 0.35% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 2,003,399 | 0.37% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 2,014,331 | 0.35% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 2,024,732 | 0.31% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 2,035,157 | 0.26% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 2,045,737 | 0.19% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 2,055,649 | 0.13% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 2,063,689 | 0.18% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 2,055,994 | 0.31% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 2,032,523 | 0.34% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 2,006,854 | 0.29% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 1,992,666 | 0.23% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 1,998,534 | 0.16% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 2,012,553 | 0.09% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 1,996,869 | 0.04% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 2,007,523 | 0.02% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 2,017,142 | 0.03% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 2,026,350 | -0.17% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 2,034,882 | 0.14% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 2,020,157 | 0.66% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 2,022,725 | 0.62% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 2,016,186 | 0.57% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 2,005,330 | 0.53% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 1,994,287 | 0.48% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 1,982,933 | 0.48% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 1,971,493 | 0.53% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 1,958,782 | 0.52% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 1,946,298 | 0.41% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 1,937,398 | 0.33% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 1,929,821 | 0.29% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 1,922,716 | 0.26% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 1,917,557 | 0.25% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 1,912,430 | 0.23% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 1,906,313 | 0.22% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 1,898,657 | 0.2% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 1,889,051 | 0.19% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 1,876,262 | 0.18% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 1,856,124 | 0.17% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 1,837,114 | 0.16% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 1,831,712 | 0.06% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 1,827,816 | 0.006% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 1,792,179 | 0.05% | -1.95% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 1,783,115 | 0.05% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 1,773,550 | 0.04% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 1,763,753 | 0.02% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 1,753,839 | 0.005% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 1,743,553 | -0.04% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 1,732,679 | -0.07% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 1,721,421 | -0.1% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 1,710,089 | -0.13% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 1,698,723 | -0.16% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 1,687,185 | -0.18% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 1,675,373 | -0.2% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 1,663,329 | -0.23% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 1,651,095 | -0.26% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 1,638,881 | -0.29% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 1,626,617 | -0.31% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 1,614,140 | -0.34% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 1,601,579 | -0.36% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 1,588,898 | -0.38% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 1,576,060 | -0.42% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 1,563,352 | -0.44% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 1,550,675 | -0.43% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 1,537,866 | -0.46% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 1,525,180 | -0.49% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 1,512,637 | -0.5% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 1,499,950 | -0.5% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 1,487,102 | -0.5% | -0.86% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while North Macedonia lost 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -129,315 (a 6.76% decline).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. North Macedonia was ranked 141st in 2005 and ranked 150th 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 Macedonia will decrease by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people and rank change from 150th to 155th.
Biggest cities by population
Compare countries by 7 more topics
Population differences between Barbados and North Macedonia
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 77.7 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 184 ppl/mi² |
Population map with other countries
Population
Growth rate visualization in other countries
Growth rate
Relevant pages:
By topic
vs
comparisons:
Population comparisons