The latest officially reported population of Barbados was 282,467 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Barbados' population is 282,698 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- Taiwan's population is 82.4 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Barbados is ranked the 175th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 0.29% of the world: 0.003% for Barbados vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, Barbados has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2005, the population of Barbados has increased from 269K people to 283K (5.21% growth), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% growth).
- Barbados is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 283K people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.
Barbados vs Taiwan: live population counter
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| Current population |
282698
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23308308
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| Population rank | 175/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
2.79 days
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.78 hours
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3.9 minutes
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| One death every |
2.92 hours
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2.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.21 days
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11.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -70 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | +131 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 164/197 | 150/197 |
Barbados and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 230,893 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 233,148 | 11,030,385 | 0.98% | - |
| 1962 | 235,224 | 11,392,513 | 0.89% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 237,557 | 11,762,101 | 0.99% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 239,958 | 12,137,143 | 1.01% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 242,417 | 12,511,863 | 1.02% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 244,996 | 12,874,153 | 1.06% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 247,091 | 13,210,344 | 0.86% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 248,540 | 13,548,537 | 0.59% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 249,444 | 14,068,984 | 0.36% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 249,387 | 14,582,944 | -0.02% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 249,168 | 14,913,564 | -0.09% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 249,658 | 15,220,495 | 0.2% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 250,322 | 15,505,121 | 0.27% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 250,777 | 15,784,817 | 0.18% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 251,175 | 16,075,128 | 0.16% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 251,442 | 16,401,413 | 0.11% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 251,626 | 16,730,895 | 0.07% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 251,551 | 17,042,272 | -0.03% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 251,269 | 17,372,779 | -0.11% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 251,524 | 17,704,538 | 0.1% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 252,270 | 18,029,982 | 0.3% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 253,095 | 18,354,855 | 0.33% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 253,992 | 18,653,146 | 0.35% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 254,920 | 18,929,866 | 0.37% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 255,820 | 19,191,510 | 0.35% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 256,618 | 19,411,454 | 0.31% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 257,279 | 19,617,046 | 0.26% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 257,763 | 19,839,704 | 0.19% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 258,109 | 20,055,492 | 0.13% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 258,582 | 20,278,946 | 0.18% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 259,373 | 20,503,568 | 0.31% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 260,267 | 20,704,227 | 0.34% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 261,027 | 20,899,019 | 0.29% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 261,620 | 21,086,645 | 0.23% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 262,039 | 21,267,653 | 0.16% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 262,284 | 21,441,432 | 0.09% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 262,392 | 21,634,124 | 0.04% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 262,436 | 21,835,703 | 0.02% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 262,517 | 22,010,489 | 0.03% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 262,063 | 22,184,530 | -0.17% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 262,425 | 22,341,120 | 0.14% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 264,148 | 22,463,172 | 0.66% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 265,776 | 22,562,663 | 0.62% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 267,298 | 22,646,836 | 0.57% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 268,706 | 22,729,753 | 0.53% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 270,002 | 22,823,455 | 0.48% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 271,288 | 22,917,444 | 0.48% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 272,714 | 22,997,696 | 0.53% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 274,123 | 23,078,402 | 0.52% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 275,243 | 23,140,948 | 0.41% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 276,139 | 23,193,518 | 0.33% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 276,938 | 23,270,367 | 0.29% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 277,665 | 23,344,670 | 0.26% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 278,348 | 23,403,635 | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 278,990 | 23,462,914 | 0.23% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 279,598 | 23,515,945 | 0.22% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 280,171 | 23,555,522 | 0.2% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 280,711 | 23,580,080 | 0.19% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 281,207 | 23,596,027 | 0.18% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 281,698 | 23,582,179 | 0.17% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 282,147 | 23,468,275 | 0.16% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 282,318 | 23,319,977 | 0.06% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 282,336 | 23,342,541 | 0.006% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 282,467 | 23,410,331 | 0.05% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 282,618 | 23,308,308 | 0.05% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 282,718 | 23,205,944 | 0.04% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 282,779 | 23,102,120 | 0.02% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 282,792 | 22,996,693 | 0.005% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 282,689 | 22,890,335 | -0.04% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 282,486 | 22,781,040 | -0.07% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 282,203 | 22,667,327 | -0.1% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 281,846 | 22,549,689 | -0.13% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 281,402 | 22,428,721 | -0.16% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 280,904 | 22,302,402 | -0.18% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 280,344 | 22,170,689 | -0.2% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 279,697 | 22,034,775 | -0.23% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 278,962 | 21,893,029 | -0.26% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 278,147 | 21,746,001 | -0.29% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 277,276 | 21,594,236 | -0.31% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 276,345 | 21,436,947 | -0.34% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 275,351 | 21,274,187 | -0.36% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 274,293 | 21,105,682 | -0.38% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 273,145 | 20,932,105 | -0.42% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 271,954 | 20,754,623 | -0.44% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 270,773 | 20,571,741 | -0.43% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 269,533 | 20,384,903 | -0.46% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 268,224 | 20,194,425 | -0.49% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 266,887 | 19,999,753 | -0.5% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 265,548 | 19,801,293 | -0.5% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 264,216 | 19,598,997 | -0.5% | -1.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).
Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
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Population differences between Barbados and Taiwan
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 80.9 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,701 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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