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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Zambia	Barbados	Zambia
1960	230,893	3,153,729	-	-
1961	233,148	3,254,086	0.98%	3.18%
1962	235,224	3,358,099	0.89%	3.2%
1963	237,557	3,465,907	0.99%	3.21%
1964	239,958	3,577,017	1.01%	3.21%
1965	242,417	3,692,086	1.02%	3.22%
1966	244,996	3,812,003	1.06%	3.25%
1967	247,091	3,936,343	0.86%	3.26%
1968	248,540	4,065,593	0.59%	3.28%
1969	249,444	4,197,116	0.36%	3.24%
1970	249,387	4,321,718	-0.02%	2.97%
1971	249,168	4,442,525	-0.09%	2.8%
1972	249,658	4,569,309	0.2%	2.85%
1973	250,322	4,702,693	0.27%	2.92%
1974	250,777	4,842,746	0.18%	2.98%
1975	251,175	4,990,086	0.16%	3.04%
1976	251,442	5,143,842	0.11%	3.08%
1977	251,626	5,302,480	0.07%	3.08%
1978	251,551	5,465,374	-0.03%	3.07%
1979	251,269	5,631,728	-0.11%	3.04%
1980	251,524	5,802,833	0.1%	3.04%
1981	252,270	5,983,289	0.3%	3.11%
1982	253,095	6,178,637	0.33%	3.26%
1983	253,992	6,381,038	0.35%	3.28%
1984	254,920	6,580,490	0.37%	3.13%
1985	255,820	6,780,953	0.35%	3.05%
1986	256,618	6,986,471	0.31%	3.03%
1987	257,279	7,191,282	0.26%	2.93%
1988	257,763	7,391,440	0.19%	2.78%
1989	258,109	7,589,216	0.13%	2.68%
1990	258,582	7,786,169	0.18%	2.6%
1991	259,373	7,981,650	0.31%	2.51%
1992	260,267	8,176,680	0.34%	2.44%
1993	261,027	8,373,921	0.29%	2.41%
1994	261,620	8,576,269	0.23%	2.42%
1995	262,039	8,785,763	0.16%	2.44%
1996	262,284	9,004,053	0.09%	2.48%
1997	262,392	9,237,063	0.04%	2.59%
1998	262,436	9,482,408	0.02%	2.66%
1999	262,517	9,740,005	0.03%	2.72%
2000	262,063	10,017,631	-0.17%	2.85%
2001	262,425	10,325,185	0.14%	3.07%
2002	264,148	10,647,949	0.66%	3.13%
2003	265,776	10,983,595	0.62%	3.15%
2004	267,298	11,338,198	0.57%	3.23%
2005	268,706	11,718,819	0.53%	3.36%
2006	270,002	12,129,553	0.48%	3.5%
2007	271,288	12,565,085	0.48%	3.59%
2008	272,714	13,021,324	0.53%	3.63%
2009	274,123	13,490,389	0.52%	3.6%
2010	275,243	13,965,594	0.41%	3.52%
2011	276,139	14,437,796	0.33%	3.38%
2012	276,938	14,913,629	0.29%	3.3%
2013	277,665	15,398,997	0.26%	3.25%
2014	278,348	15,895,315	0.25%	3.22%
2015	278,990	16,399,089	0.23%	3.17%
2016	279,598	16,914,423	0.22%	3.14%
2017	280,171	17,441,320	0.2%	3.12%
2018	280,711	17,973,569	0.19%	3.05%
2019	281,207	18,513,839	0.18%	3.01%
2020	281,698	19,059,395	0.17%	2.95%
2021	282,147	19,603,607	0.16%	2.86%
2022	282,318	20,152,938	0.06%	2.8%
2023	282,336	20,723,965	0.006%	2.83%
2024	282,467	21,314,956	0.05%	2.85%
2025	282,618	21,913,869	0.05%	2.81%
2026	282,718	22,521,905	0.04%	2.77%
2027	282,779	23,138,716	0.02%	2.74%
2028	282,792	23,761,368	0.005%	2.69%
2029	282,689	24,389,681	-0.04%	2.64%
2030	282,486	25,024,887	-0.07%	2.6%
2031	282,203	25,666,496	-0.1%	2.56%
2032	281,846	26,311,946	-0.13%	2.51%
2033	281,402	26,960,073	-0.16%	2.46%
2034	280,904	27,611,621	-0.18%	2.42%
2035	280,344	28,266,887	-0.2%	2.37%
2036	279,697	28,925,103	-0.23%	2.33%
2037	278,962	29,583,482	-0.26%	2.28%
2038	278,147	30,240,549	-0.29%	2.22%
2039	277,276	30,895,586	-0.31%	2.17%
2040	276,345	31,550,394	-0.34%	2.12%
2041	275,351	32,204,340	-0.36%	2.07%
2042	274,293	32,856,596	-0.38%	2.03%
2043	273,145	33,510,500	-0.42%	1.99%
2044	271,954	34,165,920	-0.44%	1.96%
2045	270,773	34,821,101	-0.43%	1.92%
2046	269,533	35,475,795	-0.46%	1.88%
2047	268,224	36,129,270	-0.49%	1.84%
2048	266,887	36,782,260	-0.5%	1.81%
2049	265,548	37,434,667	-0.5%	1.77%
2050	264,216	38,083,369	-0.5%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Barbados increased by 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Barbados gained 3,708 (a 1.33% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2005 and is 175th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.