Population in Barbados compared to Trinidad and Tobago: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Trinidad	Barbados	Trinidad
1960	230,893	844,943	-	-
1961	233,148	863,144	0.98%	2.15%
1962	235,224	880,194	0.89%	1.98%
1963	237,557	896,804	0.99%	1.89%
1964	239,958	912,963	1.01%	1.8%
1965	242,417	928,425	1.02%	1.69%
1966	244,996	942,937	1.06%	1.56%
1967	247,091	956,418	0.86%	1.43%
1968	248,540	969,006	0.59%	1.32%
1969	249,444	980,706	0.36%	1.21%
1970	249,387	991,471	-0.02%	1.1%
1971	249,168	1,002,585	-0.09%	1.12%
1972	249,658	1,014,921	0.2%	1.23%
1973	250,322	1,027,851	0.27%	1.27%
1974	250,777	1,040,761	0.18%	1.26%
1975	251,175	1,053,469	0.16%	1.22%
1976	251,442	1,066,311	0.11%	1.22%
1977	251,626	1,079,554	0.07%	1.24%
1978	251,551	1,093,380	-0.03%	1.28%
1979	251,269	1,107,639	-0.11%	1.3%
1980	251,524	1,121,744	0.1%	1.27%
1981	252,270	1,135,132	0.3%	1.19%
1982	253,095	1,147,927	0.33%	1.13%
1983	253,992	1,160,534	0.35%	1.1%
1984	254,920	1,172,984	0.37%	1.07%
1985	255,820	1,187,366	0.35%	1.23%
1986	256,618	1,203,124	0.31%	1.33%
1987	257,279	1,217,364	0.26%	1.18%
1988	257,763	1,230,069	0.19%	1.04%
1989	258,109	1,241,600	0.13%	0.94%
1990	258,582	1,252,208	0.18%	0.85%
1991	259,373	1,262,171	0.31%	0.8%
1992	260,267	1,271,674	0.34%	0.75%
1993	261,027	1,280,466	0.29%	0.69%
1994	261,620	1,288,341	0.23%	0.62%
1995	262,039	1,295,169	0.16%	0.53%
1996	262,284	1,300,928	0.09%	0.44%
1997	262,392	1,305,836	0.04%	0.38%
1998	262,436	1,310,225	0.02%	0.34%
1999	262,517	1,314,708	0.03%	0.34%
2000	262,063	1,319,774	-0.17%	0.39%
2001	262,425	1,325,567	0.14%	0.44%
2002	264,148	1,332,011	0.66%	0.49%
2003	265,776	1,338,709	0.62%	0.5%
2004	267,298	1,345,380	0.57%	0.5%
2005	268,706	1,294,494	0.53%	-3.78%
2006	270,002	1,297,944	0.48%	0.27%
2007	271,288	1,303,188	0.48%	0.4%
2008	272,714	1,308,587	0.53%	0.41%
2009	274,123	1,310,106	0.52%	0.12%
2010	275,243	1,317,714	0.41%	0.58%
2011	276,139	1,328,019	0.33%	0.78%
2012	276,938	1,335,194	0.29%	0.54%
2013	277,665	1,340,557	0.26%	0.4%
2014	278,348	1,345,343	0.25%	0.36%
2015	278,990	1,349,667	0.23%	0.32%
2016	279,598	1,353,895	0.22%	0.31%
2017	280,171	1,356,633	0.2%	0.2%
2018	280,711	1,359,193	0.19%	0.19%
2019	281,207	1,363,985	0.18%	0.35%
2020	281,698	1,366,725	0.17%	0.2%
2021	282,147	1,367,558	0.16%	0.06%
2022	282,318	1,365,805	0.06%	-0.13%
2023	282,336	1,367,510	0.006%	0.12%
2024	282,467	1,368,333	0.05%	0.06%
2025	282,618	1,371,404	0.05%	0.22%
2026	282,718	1,373,317	0.04%	0.14%
2027	282,779	1,374,242	0.02%	0.07%
2028	282,792	1,374,318	0.005%	0.006%
2029	282,689	1,373,690	-0.04%	-0.05%
2030	282,486	1,372,463	-0.07%	-0.09%
2031	282,203	1,370,749	-0.1%	-0.12%
2032	281,846	1,368,525	-0.13%	-0.16%
2033	281,402	1,365,873	-0.16%	-0.19%
2034	280,904	1,362,803	-0.18%	-0.22%
2035	280,344	1,359,333	-0.2%	-0.25%
2036	279,697	1,355,490	-0.23%	-0.28%
2037	278,962	1,351,300	-0.26%	-0.31%
2038	278,147	1,346,775	-0.29%	-0.33%
2039	277,276	1,341,909	-0.31%	-0.36%
2040	276,345	1,336,720	-0.34%	-0.39%
2041	275,351	1,331,223	-0.36%	-0.41%
2042	274,293	1,325,440	-0.38%	-0.43%
2043	273,145	1,319,360	-0.42%	-0.46%
2044	271,954	1,313,024	-0.44%	-0.48%
2045	270,773	1,306,452	-0.43%	-0.5%
2046	269,533	1,299,645	-0.46%	-0.52%
2047	268,224	1,292,634	-0.49%	-0.54%
2048	266,887	1,285,402	-0.5%	-0.56%
2049	265,548	1,277,967	-0.5%	-0.58%
2050	264,216	1,270,340	-0.5%	-0.6%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago gained 55,173 people (a 4.26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago's population increased by 23,273 (a 1.72% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th in 2005 and ranked 154th 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 Trinidad and Tobago will decrease by 7.47% to 1,270,340 people and rank change from 154th to 158th.