The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 6,036,860 people in Singapore in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,718 people compared to 6,113,174 in Singapore.
Population statistics:
- Singapore's population is 21.6 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Singapore is the 113th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.07% for Singapore.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +1.04% in Singapore.
- Since 2006, the population of Barbados has increased from 270K people to 283K (4.71% growth), while Singapore has grown from 4.4M to 6.11M (38.9% growth).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people compared to the peak of 6.41M people in 2040 for Singapore.
Barbados vs Singapore: live population counter
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| Current population |
282718
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6113174
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 113/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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4.41 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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12 minutes
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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14.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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26.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -70 | +20,011 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +327 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | +119,212 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +2.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 163/197 | 50/197 |
Barbados and Singapore: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 230,893 | 1,646,400 | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 1,702,400 | 0.98% | 3.4% |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 1,750,200 | 0.89% | 2.81% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 1,795,000 | 0.99% | 2.56% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 1,841,600 | 1.01% | 2.6% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 1,886,900 | 1.02% | 2.46% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 1,934,400 | 1.06% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 1,977,600 | 0.86% | 2.23% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 2,012,000 | 0.59% | 1.74% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 2,042,500 | 0.36% | 1.52% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 2,074,507 | -0.02% | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 2,112,900 | -0.09% | 1.85% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 2,152,400 | 0.2% | 1.87% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 2,193,000 | 0.27% | 1.89% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 2,229,800 | 0.18% | 1.68% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 2,262,600 | 0.16% | 1.47% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 2,293,300 | 0.11% | 1.36% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 2,325,300 | 0.07% | 1.4% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 2,353,600 | -0.03% | 1.22% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 2,383,500 | -0.11% | 1.27% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 2,413,945 | 0.1% | 1.28% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 2,532,835 | 0.3% | 4.93% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 2,646,466 | 0.33% | 4.49% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 2,681,061 | 0.35% | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 2,732,221 | 0.37% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 2,735,957 | 0.35% | 0.14% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 2,733,373 | 0.31% | -0.09% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 2,774,789 | 0.26% | 1.52% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 2,846,108 | 0.19% | 2.57% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 2,930,901 | 0.13% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 3,047,132 | 0.18% | 3.97% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 3,135,083 | 0.31% | 2.89% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 3,230,698 | 0.34% | 3.05% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 3,313,471 | 0.29% | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 3,419,048 | 0.23% | 3.19% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 3,524,506 | 0.16% | 3.08% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 3,670,704 | 0.09% | 4.15% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 3,796,038 | 0.04% | 3.41% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 3,927,213 | 0.02% | 3.46% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 3,958,723 | 0.03% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 4,027,887 | -0.17% | 1.75% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 4,138,012 | 0.14% | 2.73% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 4,175,950 | 0.66% | 0.92% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 4,114,826 | 0.62% | -1.46% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 4,166,664 | 0.57% | 1.26% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 4,265,762 | 0.53% | 2.38% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 4,401,365 | 0.48% | 3.18% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 4,588,599 | 0.48% | 4.25% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 4,839,396 | 0.53% | 5.47% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 4,987,573 | 0.52% | 3.06% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 5,076,732 | 0.41% | 1.79% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 5,183,688 | 0.33% | 2.11% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 5,312,437 | 0.29% | 2.48% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 5,399,162 | 0.26% | 1.63% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 5,469,724 | 0.25% | 1.31% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 5,535,002 | 0.23% | 1.19% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 5,607,283 | 0.22% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 5,612,253 | 0.2% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 5,638,676 | 0.19% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 5,703,569 | 0.18% | 1.15% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 5,685,807 | 0.17% | -0.31% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 5,453,566 | 0.16% | -4.08% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 5,637,022 | 0.06% | 3.36% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 5,917,648 | 0.006% | 4.98% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 6,036,860 | 0.05% | 2.01% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 6,076,565 | 0.05% | 0.66% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 6,112,792 | 0.04% | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 6,147,775 | 0.02% | 0.57% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 6,182,764 | 0.005% | 0.57% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 6,214,576 | -0.04% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 6,242,825 | -0.07% | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 6,270,800 | -0.1% | 0.45% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 6,298,559 | -0.13% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 6,325,401 | -0.16% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 6,349,852 | -0.18% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 6,368,948 | -0.2% | 0.3% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 6,383,048 | -0.23% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 6,394,813 | -0.26% | 0.18% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 6,404,994 | -0.29% | 0.16% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 6,411,057 | -0.31% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 6,411,962 | -0.34% | 0.01% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 6,408,383 | -0.36% | -0.06% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 6,402,235 | -0.38% | -0.1% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 6,394,872 | -0.42% | -0.12% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 6,384,418 | -0.44% | -0.16% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 6,372,013 | -0.43% | -0.19% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 6,358,982 | -0.46% | -0.2% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 6,343,000 | -0.49% | -0.25% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 6,327,523 | -0.5% | -0.24% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 6,312,515 | -0.5% | -0.24% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 6,294,905 | -0.5% | -0.28% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Singapore gained 1,205,918 people (a 27.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 505,891 (a 9.02% growth).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. Singapore was ranked 117th in 2006 and ranked 113th 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 Singapore will increase by 2.97% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bridgetown | 110K |
| Holetown | 1.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Singapore | 5.87M |
| Bukit Merah | 152K |
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Population differences between Barbados and Singapore
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| Life expectancy | 76.6 years | 84.1 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 36.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 51.7:48.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 0.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 21,776 ppl/mi² |
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