The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 8,642,022 people in Sierra Leone in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,718 people compared to 8,998,687 in Sierra Leone.
Population statistics:
- Sierra Leone's population is 31.8 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Sierra Leone is the 102nd.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.11% for Sierra Leone.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +2.32% in Sierra Leone.
- Since 2006, the population of Barbados has increased from 270K people to 283K (4.71% growth), while Sierra Leone has grown from 5.62M to 9M (60% growth).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 16M people in 2092 for Sierra Leone.
Barbados vs Sierra Leone: live population counter
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| Current population |
282718
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8998687
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 102/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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2.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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2.03 minutes
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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7.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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47.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -70 | -11,000 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +497 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | +181,510 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 163/197 | 47/197 |
Barbados and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 230,893 | 2,268,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 2,304,227 | 0.98% | 1.58% |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 2,342,242 | 0.89% | 1.65% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 2,382,258 | 0.99% | 1.71% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 2,424,390 | 1.01% | 1.77% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 2,468,666 | 1.02% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 2,514,638 | 1.06% | 1.86% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 2,562,384 | 0.86% | 1.9% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 2,611,532 | 0.59% | 1.92% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 2,661,365 | 0.36% | 1.91% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 2,712,286 | -0.02% | 1.91% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 2,763,222 | -0.09% | 1.88% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 2,814,388 | 0.2% | 1.85% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 2,866,955 | 0.27% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 2,920,459 | 0.18% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 2,974,657 | 0.16% | 1.86% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 3,028,820 | 0.11% | 1.82% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 3,085,354 | 0.07% | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 3,145,517 | -0.03% | 1.95% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 3,207,499 | -0.11% | 1.97% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 3,272,089 | 0.1% | 2.01% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 3,338,940 | 0.3% | 2.04% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 3,408,183 | 0.33% | 2.07% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 3,481,646 | 0.35% | 2.16% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 3,558,758 | 0.37% | 2.21% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 3,638,438 | 0.35% | 2.24% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 3,728,380 | 0.31% | 2.47% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 3,829,718 | 0.26% | 2.72% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 3,934,517 | 0.19% | 2.74% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 4,034,037 | 0.13% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 4,196,828 | 0.18% | 4.04% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 4,246,267 | 0.31% | 1.18% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 4,166,366 | 0.34% | -1.88% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 4,157,130 | 0.29% | -0.22% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 4,173,105 | 0.23% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 4,179,179 | 0.16% | 0.15% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 4,199,210 | 0.09% | 0.48% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 4,253,716 | 0.04% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 4,295,785 | 0.02% | 0.99% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 4,318,043 | 0.03% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 4,423,611 | -0.17% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 4,692,716 | 0.14% | 6.08% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 4,971,435 | 0.66% | 5.94% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 5,177,687 | 0.62% | 4.15% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 5,355,717 | 0.57% | 3.44% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 5,501,712 | 0.53% | 2.73% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 5,624,466 | 0.48% | 2.23% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 5,749,352 | 0.48% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 5,894,722 | 0.53% | 2.53% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 6,055,646 | 0.52% | 2.73% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 6,222,714 | 0.41% | 2.76% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 6,387,251 | 0.33% | 2.64% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 6,551,080 | 0.29% | 2.56% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 6,714,051 | 0.26% | 2.49% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 6,876,385 | 0.25% | 2.42% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 7,037,655 | 0.23% | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 7,205,328 | 0.22% | 2.38% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 7,379,299 | 0.2% | 2.41% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 7,554,563 | 0.19% | 2.38% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 7,731,991 | 0.18% | 2.35% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 7,912,558 | 0.17% | 2.34% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 8,094,602 | 0.16% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 8,276,807 | 0.06% | 2.25% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 8,460,512 | 0.006% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 8,642,022 | 0.05% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 8,819,789 | 0.05% | 2.06% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 8,996,743 | 0.04% | 2.01% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 9,174,695 | 0.02% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 9,349,021 | 0.005% | 1.9% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 9,520,811 | -0.04% | 1.84% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 9,694,851 | -0.07% | 1.83% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 9,870,295 | -0.1% | 1.81% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 10,047,193 | -0.13% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 10,221,006 | -0.16% | 1.73% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 10,391,485 | -0.18% | 1.67% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 10,563,163 | -0.2% | 1.65% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 10,734,341 | -0.23% | 1.62% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 10,902,263 | -0.26% | 1.56% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 11,066,143 | -0.29% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 11,230,060 | -0.31% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 11,398,391 | -0.34% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 11,566,213 | -0.36% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 11,728,787 | -0.38% | 1.41% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 11,887,934 | -0.42% | 1.36% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 12,049,424 | -0.44% | 1.36% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 12,208,872 | -0.43% | 1.32% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 12,363,446 | -0.46% | 1.27% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 12,512,739 | -0.49% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 12,659,609 | -0.5% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 12,805,136 | -0.5% | 1.15% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 12,948,320 | -0.5% | 1.12% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bridgetown | 110K |
| Holetown | 1.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Freetown | 951K |
| Bo | 234K |
| Kenema | 188K |
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Population differences between Barbados and Sierra Leone
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| Life expectancy | 76.6 years | 62.3 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 24.4 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 20.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 310 ppl/mi² |
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