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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Seychelles	Barbados	Seychelles
1960	230,893	41,700	-	-
1961	233,148	42,889	0.98%	2.85%
1962	235,224	44,042	0.89%	2.69%
1963	237,557	45,176	0.99%	2.57%
1964	239,958	46,322	1.01%	2.54%
1965	242,417	47,500	1.02%	2.54%
1966	244,996	48,699	1.06%	2.52%
1967	247,091	49,911	0.86%	2.49%
1968	248,540	51,134	0.59%	2.45%
1969	249,444	52,365	0.36%	2.41%
1970	249,387	53,600	-0.02%	2.36%
1971	249,168	54,695	-0.09%	2.04%
1972	249,658	56,029	0.2%	2.44%
1973	250,322	56,892	0.27%	1.54%
1974	250,777	57,937	0.18%	1.84%
1975	251,175	59,292	0.16%	2.34%
1976	251,442	60,504	0.11%	2.04%
1977	251,626	61,786	0.07%	2.12%
1978	251,551	62,150	-0.03%	0.59%
1979	251,269	62,686	-0.11%	0.86%
1980	251,524	63,261	0.1%	0.92%
1981	252,270	64,035	0.3%	1.22%
1982	253,095	64,413	0.33%	0.59%
1983	253,992	64,335	0.35%	-0.12%
1984	254,920	64,717	0.37%	0.59%
1985	255,820	65,244	0.35%	0.81%
1986	256,618	65,652	0.31%	0.63%
1987	257,279	68,499	0.26%	4.34%
1988	257,763	68,755	0.19%	0.37%
1989	258,109	69,167	0.13%	0.6%
1990	258,582	69,507	0.18%	0.49%
1991	259,373	70,439	0.31%	1.34%
1992	260,267	70,763	0.34%	0.46%
1993	261,027	72,253	0.29%	2.11%
1994	261,620	74,205	0.23%	2.7%
1995	262,039	75,304	0.16%	1.48%
1996	262,284	76,417	0.09%	1.48%
1997	262,392	77,319	0.04%	1.18%
1998	262,436	78,846	0.02%	1.97%
1999	262,517	80,410	0.03%	1.98%
2000	262,063	81,131	-0.17%	0.9%
2001	262,425	81,202	0.14%	0.09%
2002	264,148	83,723	0.66%	3.1%
2003	265,776	82,781	0.62%	-1.13%
2004	267,298	82,475	0.57%	-0.37%
2005	268,706	82,858	0.53%	0.46%
2006	270,002	84,600	0.48%	2.1%
2007	271,288	85,033	0.48%	0.51%
2008	272,714	86,956	0.53%	2.26%
2009	274,123	87,298	0.52%	0.39%
2010	275,243	89,770	0.41%	2.83%
2011	276,139	87,441	0.33%	-2.59%
2012	276,938	88,303	0.29%	0.99%
2013	277,665	89,949	0.26%	1.86%
2014	278,348	91,359	0.25%	1.57%
2015	278,990	93,419	0.23%	2.25%
2016	279,598	94,677	0.22%	1.35%
2017	280,171	95,843	0.2%	1.23%
2018	280,711	96,762	0.19%	0.96%
2019	281,207	97,625	0.18%	0.89%
2020	281,698	98,462	0.17%	0.86%
2021	282,147	99,258	0.16%	0.81%
2022	282,318	119,878	0.06%	20.8%
2023	282,336	119,773	0.006%	-0.09%
2024	282,467	121,354	0.05%	1.32%
2025	282,618	123,549	0.05%	1.81%
2026	282,718	125,581	0.04%	1.64%
2027	282,779	127,380	0.02%	1.43%
2028	282,792	128,883	0.005%	1.18%
2029	282,689	130,011	-0.04%	0.87%
2030	282,486	130,635	-0.07%	0.48%
2031	282,203	130,989	-0.1%	0.27%
2032	281,846	131,305	-0.13%	0.24%
2033	281,402	131,578	-0.16%	0.21%
2034	280,904	131,816	-0.18%	0.18%
2035	280,344	132,027	-0.2%	0.16%
2036	279,697	132,202	-0.23%	0.13%
2037	278,962	132,348	-0.26%	0.11%
2038	278,147	132,467	-0.29%	0.09%
2039	277,276	132,552	-0.31%	0.06%
2040	276,345	132,631	-0.34%	0.06%
2041	275,351	132,681	-0.36%	0.04%
2042	274,293	132,700	-0.38%	0.01%
2043	273,145	132,698	-0.42%	-0.001%
2044	271,954	132,665	-0.44%	-0.03%
2045	270,773	132,613	-0.43%	-0.04%
2046	269,533	132,531	-0.46%	-0.06%
2047	268,224	132,415	-0.49%	-0.09%
2048	266,887	132,264	-0.5%	-0.11%
2049	265,548	132,085	-0.5%	-0.14%
2050	264,216	131,885	-0.5%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.