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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	United States	Barbados	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	230,893	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	233,148	183,691,481	0.98%	1.67%
1962	235,224	186,537,737	0.89%	1.55%
1963	237,557	189,241,798	0.99%	1.45%
1964	239,958	191,888,791	1.01%	1.4%
1965	242,417	194,302,963	1.02%	1.26%
1966	244,996	196,560,338	1.06%	1.16%
1967	247,091	198,712,056	0.86%	1.09%
1968	248,540	200,706,052	0.59%	1%
1969	249,444	202,676,946	0.36%	0.98%
1970	249,387	205,052,174	-0.02%	1.17%
1971	249,168	207,660,677	-0.09%	1.27%
1972	249,658	209,896,021	0.2%	1.08%
1973	250,322	211,908,788	0.27%	0.96%
1974	250,777	213,853,928	0.18%	0.92%
1975	251,175	215,973,199	0.16%	0.99%
1976	251,442	218,035,164	0.11%	0.95%
1977	251,626	220,239,425	0.07%	1.01%
1978	251,551	222,584,545	-0.03%	1.06%
1979	251,269	225,055,487	-0.11%	1.11%
1980	251,524	226,542,250	0.1%	0.66%
1981	252,270	229,465,744	0.3%	1.29%
1982	253,095	231,664,432	0.33%	0.96%
1983	253,992	233,792,014	0.35%	0.92%
1984	254,920	235,824,908	0.37%	0.87%
1985	255,820	237,923,734	0.35%	0.89%
1986	256,618	240,132,831	0.31%	0.93%
1987	257,279	242,288,936	0.26%	0.9%
1988	257,763	244,499,004	0.19%	0.91%
1989	258,109	246,819,222	0.13%	0.95%
1990	258,582	250,131,894	0.18%	1.34%
1991	259,373	253,492,503	0.31%	1.34%
1992	260,267	256,894,189	0.34%	1.34%
1993	261,027	260,255,352	0.29%	1.31%
1994	261,620	263,435,673	0.23%	1.22%
1995	262,039	266,557,091	0.16%	1.18%
1996	262,284	269,667,391	0.09%	1.17%
1997	262,392	272,911,760	0.04%	1.2%
1998	262,436	276,115,288	0.02%	1.17%
1999	262,517	279,294,713	0.03%	1.15%
2000	262,063	282,162,411	-0.17%	1.03%
2001	262,425	284,968,955	0.14%	0.99%
2002	264,148	287,625,193	0.66%	0.93%
2003	265,776	290,107,933	0.62%	0.86%
2004	267,298	292,805,298	0.57%	0.93%
2005	268,706	295,516,599	0.53%	0.93%
2006	270,002	298,379,912	0.48%	0.97%
2007	271,288	301,231,207	0.48%	0.96%
2008	272,714	304,093,966	0.53%	0.95%
2009	274,123	306,771,529	0.52%	0.88%
2010	275,243	309,327,143	0.41%	0.83%
2011	276,139	311,583,481	0.33%	0.73%
2012	276,938	313,877,662	0.29%	0.74%
2013	277,665	316,059,947	0.26%	0.7%
2014	278,348	318,386,329	0.25%	0.74%
2015	278,990	320,738,994	0.23%	0.74%
2016	279,598	323,071,755	0.22%	0.73%
2017	280,171	325,122,128	0.2%	0.63%
2018	280,711	326,838,199	0.19%	0.53%
2019	281,207	328,329,953	0.18%	0.46%
2020	281,698	331,526,933	0.17%	0.97%
2021	282,147	331,893,745	0.16%	0.11%
2022	282,318	333,271,411	0.06%	0.42%
2023	282,336	334,914,895	0.006%	0.49%
2024	282,467	340,110,988	0.05%	1.55%
2025	282,618	341,931,772	0.05%	0.54%
2026	282,718	343,664,369	0.04%	0.51%
2027	282,779	345,331,185	0.02%	0.49%
2028	282,792	346,981,137	0.005%	0.48%
2029	282,689	348,601,982	-0.04%	0.47%
2030	282,486	350,176,974	-0.07%	0.45%
2031	282,203	351,725,612	-0.1%	0.44%
2032	281,846	353,249,060	-0.13%	0.43%
2033	281,402	354,749,644	-0.16%	0.42%
2034	280,904	356,234,239	-0.18%	0.42%
2035	280,344	357,694,316	-0.2%	0.41%
2036	279,697	359,119,002	-0.23%	0.4%
2037	278,962	360,517,853	-0.26%	0.39%
2038	278,147	361,895,407	-0.29%	0.38%
2039	277,276	363,229,908	-0.31%	0.37%
2040	276,345	364,512,364	-0.34%	0.35%
2041	275,351	365,753,139	-0.36%	0.34%
2042	274,293	366,969,419	-0.38%	0.33%
2043	273,145	368,146,925	-0.42%	0.32%
2044	271,954	369,258,123	-0.44%	0.3%
2045	270,773	370,318,770	-0.43%	0.29%
2046	269,533	371,328,255	-0.46%	0.27%
2047	268,224	372,299,116	-0.49%	0.26%
2048	266,887	373,230,539	-0.5%	0.25%
2049	265,548	374,119,803	-0.5%	0.24%
2050	264,216	374,986,259	-0.5%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.