Barbados
Population 2026
282,728
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.04%
- Density
- 656 per km²
- Land area
- 431 km²
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Currency
- Dollar (BBD)
- Official languages
- EN-BB
- Urban population
- 59.7%
- Continent
- NA
Demographics
- Births
- 3,1072026
- Deaths
- 2,9362026
- Birth rate
- 11.1per 1,000
- Death rate
- 10.2per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.71
- Life expectancy
- 76.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 39.7
- Net migration
- -87
Age distribution
- 0–1417.1%
- 15–6465.8%
- 65+17.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $8.0B
- GDP per capita
- $28.4K
- GDP growth
- +2.7%
- Inflation
- 0.8%
- Unemployment
- 6.5%
- Exports
- —
- Imports
- —
- Tourism receipts
- 44.4%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.6%
- Industry12.2%
- Manufacturing4.9%
- Services75.8%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture1.2%
- Industry16.2%
- Services82.6%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BridgetownSaint Michael | 98,5112021 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 282,728 | 3.1K | 2.9K |
| 2020 | 281,706 | 3.2K | 2.7K |
| 2010 | 275,251 | 3.5K | 2.5K |
| 2000 | 262,071 | 4.0K | 2.4K |
| 1990 | 258,583 | 4.3K | 2.2K |
| 1980 | 251,533 | 4.0K | 1.6K |
| 1970 | 249,398 | 6.0K | 1.7K |
| 1960 | 230,901 | 8.1K | 2.1K |
| 1950 | 209,928 | 7.3K | 3.3K |