Population in Barbados compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	United Kingdom	Barbados	United Kingdom
1960	230,893	52,400,000	-	-
1961	233,148	52,800,000	0.98%	0.76%
1962	235,224	53,250,000	0.89%	0.85%
1963	237,557	53,650,000	0.99%	0.75%
1964	239,958	54,000,000	1.01%	0.65%
1965	242,417	54,348,050	1.02%	0.64%
1966	244,996	54,648,500	1.06%	0.55%
1967	247,091	54,943,600	0.86%	0.54%
1968	248,540	55,211,700	0.59%	0.49%
1969	249,444	55,441,750	0.36%	0.42%
1970	249,387	55,663,250	-0.02%	0.4%
1971	249,168	55,896,223	-0.09%	0.42%
1972	249,658	56,086,065	0.2%	0.34%
1973	250,322	56,194,527	0.27%	0.19%
1974	250,777	56,229,974	0.18%	0.06%
1975	251,175	56,225,800	0.16%	-0.007%
1976	251,442	56,211,968	0.11%	-0.02%
1977	251,626	56,193,492	0.07%	-0.03%
1978	251,551	56,196,504	-0.03%	0.005%
1979	251,269	56,246,951	-0.11%	0.09%
1980	251,524	56,314,216	0.1%	0.12%
1981	252,270	56,333,829	0.3%	0.03%
1982	253,095	56,313,641	0.33%	-0.04%
1983	253,992	56,332,848	0.35%	0.03%
1984	254,920	56,422,072	0.37%	0.16%
1985	255,820	56,550,268	0.35%	0.23%
1986	256,618	56,681,396	0.31%	0.23%
1987	257,279	56,802,050	0.26%	0.21%
1988	257,763	56,928,327	0.19%	0.22%
1989	258,109	57,076,711	0.13%	0.26%
1990	258,582	57,247,586	0.18%	0.3%
1991	259,373	57,424,897	0.31%	0.31%
1992	260,267	57,580,402	0.34%	0.27%
1993	261,027	57,718,614	0.29%	0.24%
1994	261,620	57,865,745	0.23%	0.25%
1995	262,039	58,019,030	0.16%	0.26%
1996	262,284	58,166,950	0.09%	0.25%
1997	262,392	58,316,954	0.04%	0.26%
1998	262,436	58,487,141	0.02%	0.29%
1999	262,517	58,682,466	0.03%	0.33%
2000	262,063	58,892,514	-0.17%	0.36%
2001	262,425	59,119,673	0.14%	0.39%
2002	264,148	59,370,479	0.66%	0.42%
2003	265,776	59,647,577	0.62%	0.47%
2004	267,298	59,987,905	0.57%	0.57%
2005	268,706	60,401,206	0.53%	0.69%
2006	270,002	60,846,820	0.48%	0.74%
2007	271,288	61,322,463	0.48%	0.78%
2008	272,714	61,806,995	0.53%	0.79%
2009	274,123	62,276,270	0.52%	0.76%
2010	275,243	62,766,365	0.41%	0.79%
2011	276,139	63,258,810	0.33%	0.78%
2012	276,938	63,711,000	0.29%	0.71%
2013	277,665	64,139,000	0.26%	0.67%
2014	278,348	64,620,000	0.25%	0.75%
2015	278,990	65,088,000	0.23%	0.72%
2016	279,598	65,607,000	0.22%	0.8%
2017	280,171	65,966,000	0.2%	0.55%
2018	280,711	66,289,000	0.19%	0.49%
2019	281,207	66,631,000	0.18%	0.52%
2020	281,698	66,744,000	0.17%	0.17%
2021	282,147	66,984,000	0.16%	0.36%
2022	282,318	67,604,000	0.06%	0.93%
2023	282,336	68,492,000	0.006%	1.31%
2024	282,467	69,226,000	0.05%	1.07%
2025	282,618	69,639,673	0.05%	0.6%
2026	282,718	70,020,350	0.04%	0.55%
2027	282,779	70,382,853	0.02%	0.52%
2028	282,792	70,732,699	0.005%	0.5%
2029	282,689	71,061,482	-0.04%	0.46%
2030	282,486	71,377,535	-0.07%	0.44%
2031	282,203	71,678,351	-0.1%	0.42%
2032	281,846	71,959,934	-0.13%	0.39%
2033	281,402	72,234,509	-0.16%	0.38%
2034	280,904	72,497,650	-0.18%	0.36%
2035	280,344	72,749,096	-0.2%	0.35%
2036	279,697	72,990,847	-0.23%	0.33%
2037	278,962	73,218,850	-0.26%	0.31%
2038	278,147	73,441,349	-0.29%	0.3%
2039	277,276	73,658,392	-0.31%	0.3%
2040	276,345	73,868,334	-0.34%	0.29%
2041	275,351	74,074,316	-0.36%	0.28%
2042	274,293	74,275,779	-0.38%	0.27%
2043	273,145	74,475,035	-0.42%	0.27%
2044	271,954	74,667,284	-0.44%	0.26%
2045	270,773	74,848,605	-0.43%	0.24%
2046	269,533	75,020,949	-0.46%	0.23%
2047	268,224	75,184,478	-0.49%	0.22%
2048	266,887	75,337,543	-0.5%	0.2%
2049	265,548	75,476,141	-0.5%	0.18%
2050	264,216	75,600,588	-0.5%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.