Population in Barbados compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Vatican	Barbados	Vatican
1960	230,893	-	-	-
1961	233,148	-	0.98%	-
1962	235,224	-	0.89%	-
1963	237,557	-	0.99%	-
1964	239,958	-	1.01%	-
1965	242,417	-	1.02%	-
1966	244,996	-	1.06%	-
1967	247,091	-	0.86%	-
1968	248,540	-	0.59%	-
1969	249,444	-	0.36%	-
1970	249,387	-	-0.02%	-
1971	249,168	-	-0.09%	-
1972	249,658	-	0.2%	-
1973	250,322	-	0.27%	-
1974	250,777	-	0.18%	-
1975	251,175	-	0.16%	-
1976	251,442	-	0.11%	-
1977	251,626	-	0.07%	-
1978	251,551	-	-0.03%	-
1979	251,269	-	-0.11%	-
1980	251,524	-	0.1%	-
1981	252,270	-	0.3%	-
1982	253,095	-	0.33%	-
1983	253,992	-	0.35%	-
1984	254,920	-	0.37%	-
1985	255,820	-	0.35%	-
1986	256,618	-	0.31%	-
1987	257,279	-	0.26%	-
1988	257,763	-	0.19%	-
1989	258,109	-	0.13%	-
1990	258,582	-	0.18%	-
1991	259,373	-	0.31%	-
1992	260,267	-	0.34%	-
1993	261,027	-	0.29%	-
1994	261,620	-	0.23%	-
1995	262,039	-	0.16%	-
1996	262,284	-	0.09%	-
1997	262,392	-	0.04%	-
1998	262,436	-	0.02%	-
1999	262,517	-	0.03%	-
2000	262,063	880	-0.17%	-
2001	262,425	890	0.14%	1.14%
2002	264,148	900	0.66%	1.12%
2003	265,776	911	0.62%	1.22%
2004	267,298	921	0.57%	1.1%
2005	268,706	921	0.53%	0%
2006	270,002	932	0.48%	1.19%
2007	271,288	821	0.48%	-11.9%
2008	272,714	824	0.53%	0.37%
2009	274,123	826	0.52%	0.24%
2010	275,243	829	0.41%	0.36%
2011	276,139	832	0.33%	0.36%
2012	276,938	836	0.29%	0.48%
2013	277,665	839	0.26%	0.36%
2014	278,348	842	0.25%	0.36%
2015	278,990	1,000	0.23%	18.8%
2016	279,598	-	0.22%	0%
2017	280,171	1,000	0.2%	0%
2018	280,711	-	0.19%	0%
2019	281,207	1,000	0.18%	0%
2020	281,698	987	0.17%	-1.29%
2021	282,147	970	0.16%	-1.68%
2022	282,318	944	0.06%	-2.66%
2023	282,336	922	0.006%	-2.34%
2024	282,467	933	0.05%	1.2%
2025	282,618	939	0.05%	0.59%
2026	282,718	952	0.04%	1.37%
2027	282,779	974	0.02%	2.32%
2028	282,792	985	0.005%	1.13%
2029	282,689	983	-0.04%	-0.19%
2030	282,486	976	-0.07%	-0.75%
2031	282,203	968	-0.1%	-0.75%
2032	281,846	968	-0.13%	0%
2033	281,402	988	-0.16%	2.09%
2034	280,904	992	-0.18%	0.37%
2035	280,344	1,000	-0.2%	0.74%
2036	279,697	998	-0.23%	-0.18%
2037	278,962	1,003	-0.26%	0.55%
2038	278,147	1,022	-0.29%	1.83%
2039	277,276	1,060	-0.31%	3.78%
2040	276,345	1,095	-0.34%	3.3%
2041	275,351	1,127	-0.36%	2.86%
2042	274,293	1,149	-0.38%	1.96%
2043	273,145	1,169	-0.42%	1.76%
2044	271,954	1,186	-0.44%	1.42%
2045	270,773	1,209	-0.43%	2.02%
2046	269,533	1,224	-0.46%	1.22%
2047	268,224	1,248	-0.49%	1.95%
2048	266,887	1,272	-0.5%	1.92%
2049	265,548	1,296	-0.5%	1.88%
2050	264,216	1,325	-0.5%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.