Population in Barbados compared to Tonga: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and Tonga: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Tonga	Barbados	Tonga
1960	230,893	66,170	-	-
1961	233,148	68,037	0.98%	2.82%
1962	235,224	69,940	0.89%	2.8%
1963	237,557	71,885	0.99%	2.78%
1964	239,958	73,879	1.01%	2.77%
1965	242,417	75,924	1.02%	2.77%
1966	244,996	78,002	1.06%	2.74%
1967	247,091	79,814	0.86%	2.32%
1968	248,540	81,353	0.59%	1.93%
1969	249,444	82,885	0.36%	1.88%
1970	249,387	84,401	-0.02%	1.83%
1971	249,168	85,896	-0.09%	1.77%
1972	249,658	87,356	0.2%	1.7%
1973	250,322	88,805	0.27%	1.66%
1974	250,777	90,683	0.18%	2.11%
1975	251,175	93,017	0.16%	2.57%
1976	251,442	95,325	0.11%	2.48%
1977	251,626	96,725	0.07%	1.47%
1978	251,551	97,204	-0.03%	0.5%
1979	251,269	97,544	-0.11%	0.35%
1980	251,524	97,769	0.1%	0.23%
1981	252,270	97,909	0.3%	0.14%
1982	253,095	97,980	0.33%	0.07%
1983	253,992	97,998	0.35%	0.02%
1984	254,920	97,990	0.37%	-0.008%
1985	255,820	97,984	0.35%	-0.006%
1986	256,618	98,010	0.31%	0.03%
1987	257,279	98,376	0.26%	0.37%
1988	257,763	98,969	0.19%	0.6%
1989	258,109	99,403	0.13%	0.44%
1990	258,582	99,700	0.18%	0.3%
1991	259,373	99,895	0.31%	0.2%
1992	260,267	100,022	0.34%	0.13%
1993	261,027	100,103	0.29%	0.08%
1994	261,620	100,166	0.23%	0.06%
1995	262,039	100,225	0.16%	0.06%
1996	262,284	100,275	0.09%	0.05%
1997	262,392	100,674	0.04%	0.4%
1998	262,436	101,388	0.02%	0.71%
1999	262,517	102,046	0.03%	0.65%
2000	262,063	102,677	-0.17%	0.62%
2001	262,425	103,288	0.14%	0.6%
2002	264,148	103,874	0.66%	0.57%
2003	265,776	104,464	0.62%	0.57%
2004	267,298	105,071	0.57%	0.58%
2005	268,706	105,671	0.53%	0.57%
2006	270,002	106,253	0.48%	0.55%
2007	271,288	106,726	0.48%	0.45%
2008	272,714	107,020	0.53%	0.28%
2009	274,123	107,203	0.52%	0.17%
2010	275,243	107,400	0.41%	0.18%
2011	276,139	107,570	0.33%	0.16%
2012	276,938	107,460	0.29%	-0.1%
2013	277,665	107,078	0.26%	-0.36%
2014	278,348	106,609	0.25%	-0.44%
2015	278,990	106,095	0.23%	-0.48%
2016	279,598	105,524	0.22%	-0.54%
2017	280,171	105,356	0.2%	-0.16%
2018	280,711	105,567	0.19%	0.2%
2019	281,207	105,669	0.18%	0.1%
2020	281,698	105,704	0.17%	0.03%
2021	282,147	105,490	0.16%	-0.2%
2022	282,318	105,042	0.06%	-0.42%
2023	282,336	104,597	0.006%	-0.42%
2024	282,467	104,175	0.05%	-0.4%
2025	282,618	103,744	0.05%	-0.41%
2026	282,718	103,290	0.04%	-0.44%
2027	282,779	102,899	0.02%	-0.38%
2028	282,792	102,568	0.005%	-0.32%
2029	282,689	102,280	-0.04%	-0.28%
2030	282,486	102,069	-0.07%	-0.21%
2031	282,203	101,927	-0.1%	-0.14%
2032	281,846	101,837	-0.13%	-0.09%
2033	281,402	101,807	-0.16%	-0.03%
2034	280,904	101,806	-0.18%	-0.001%
2035	280,344	101,833	-0.2%	0.03%
2036	279,697	101,895	-0.23%	0.06%
2037	278,962	101,993	-0.26%	0.1%
2038	278,147	102,173	-0.29%	0.18%
2039	277,276	102,367	-0.31%	0.19%
2040	276,345	102,568	-0.34%	0.2%
2041	275,351	102,805	-0.36%	0.23%
2042	274,293	103,038	-0.38%	0.23%
2043	273,145	103,306	-0.42%	0.26%
2044	271,954	103,612	-0.44%	0.3%
2045	270,773	103,928	-0.43%	0.3%
2046	269,533	104,232	-0.46%	0.29%
2047	268,224	104,502	-0.49%	0.26%
2048	266,887	104,744	-0.5%	0.23%
2049	265,548	104,975	-0.5%	0.22%
2050	264,216	105,193	-0.5%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.