The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.
Population statistics:
- Poland's population is 128 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
- The countries together account for 0.44% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.44% for Poland.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
- Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
Barbados vs Poland: live population counter
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| Current population |
282698
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36176920
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 46/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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3.96 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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1.29 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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2.21 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -70 | -238,062 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | -363 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | -132,646 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 164/197 | 179/197 |
Barbados and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 230,893 | 29,637,450 | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 29,964,000 | 0.98% | 1.1% |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 30,308,500 | 0.89% | 1.15% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 30,712,000 | 0.99% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 31,139,450 | 1.01% | 1.39% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 31,444,950 | 1.02% | 0.98% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 31,681,000 | 1.06% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 31,987,155 | 0.86% | 0.97% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 32,294,655 | 0.59% | 0.96% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 32,548,300 | 0.36% | 0.79% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 32,664,300 | -0.02% | 0.36% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 32,783,500 | -0.09% | 0.36% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 33,055,650 | 0.2% | 0.83% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 33,357,200 | 0.27% | 0.91% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 33,678,899 | 0.18% | 0.96% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 34,015,199 | 0.16% | 1% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 34,356,300 | 0.11% | 1% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 34,689,050 | 0.07% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 34,965,600 | -0.03% | 0.8% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 35,247,217 | -0.11% | 0.81% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 35,574,150 | 0.1% | 0.93% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 35,898,587 | 0.3% | 0.91% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 36,230,481 | 0.33% | 0.92% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 36,571,808 | 0.35% | 0.94% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 36,904,134 | 0.37% | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 37,201,885 | 0.35% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 37,456,119 | 0.31% | 0.68% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 37,668,045 | 0.26% | 0.57% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 37,824,487 | 0.19% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 37,961,529 | 0.13% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 38,110,782 | 0.18% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 38,246,193 | 0.31% | 0.36% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 38,363,667 | 0.34% | 0.31% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 38,461,408 | 0.29% | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 38,542,652 | 0.23% | 0.21% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 38,594,998 | 0.16% | 0.14% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 38,624,370 | 0.09% | 0.08% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 38,649,660 | 0.04% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 38,663,481 | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 38,660,271 | 0.03% | -0.008% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 38,258,629 | -0.17% | -1.04% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 38,248,076 | 0.14% | -0.03% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 38,230,364 | 0.66% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 38,204,570 | 0.62% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 38,182,222 | 0.57% | -0.06% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 38,165,445 | 0.53% | -0.04% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 38,141,267 | 0.48% | -0.06% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 38,120,560 | 0.48% | -0.05% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 38,125,759 | 0.53% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 38,151,603 | 0.52% | 0.07% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 38,042,794 | 0.41% | -0.29% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 38,063,255 | 0.33% | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 38,063,164 | 0.29% | -0% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 38,040,196 | 0.26% | -0.06% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 38,011,735 | 0.25% | -0.07% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 37,986,412 | 0.23% | -0.07% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 37,970,087 | 0.22% | -0.04% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 37,974,826 | 0.2% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 37,974,750 | 0.19% | -0% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 37,965,475 | 0.18% | -0.02% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 37,515,748 | 0.17% | -1.18% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 36,981,559 | 0.16% | -1.42% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 36,821,749 | 0.06% | -0.43% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 36,687,353 | 0.006% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 36,554,707 | 0.05% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 36,176,920 | 0.05% | -1.03% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 35,894,534 | 0.04% | -0.78% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 35,753,988 | 0.02% | -0.39% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 35,605,295 | 0.005% | -0.42% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 35,447,860 | -0.04% | -0.44% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 35,283,068 | -0.07% | -0.46% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 35,111,838 | -0.1% | -0.49% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 34,934,626 | -0.13% | -0.5% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 34,753,118 | -0.16% | -0.52% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 34,567,292 | -0.18% | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 34,377,478 | -0.2% | -0.55% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 34,183,187 | -0.23% | -0.57% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 33,984,777 | -0.26% | -0.58% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 33,782,992 | -0.29% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 33,577,269 | -0.31% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 33,368,049 | -0.34% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 33,156,329 | -0.36% | -0.63% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 32,941,367 | -0.38% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 32,722,775 | -0.42% | -0.66% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 32,501,991 | -0.44% | -0.67% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 32,278,695 | -0.43% | -0.69% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 32,052,771 | -0.46% | -0.7% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 31,824,481 | -0.49% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 31,593,911 | -0.5% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 31,360,713 | -0.5% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 31,124,396 | -0.5% | -0.75% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.
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Population differences between Barbados and Poland
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 42.7 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 42.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 309 ppl/mi² |
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