Barbados — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Barbados, 1961–2025.
Population growth for Barbados was 0.06% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.06% in 1966. The lowest was -0.17% in 2000 (about -3.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.38% per year.
Barbados ranks 167 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Barbados sits below it. It peaked in 1966 and has fallen 95% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 76%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 33 of 42 economies; Trinidad and Tobago (-0.04%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 661% in 2000. That is 60% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 181st of 216 in 1961 → 208th of 216 in 1970 → 208th of 216 in 1980 → 188th of 216 in 1990 → 197th of 217 in 2000 → 160th of 217 in 2010 → 157th of 217 in 2020 → 167th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.06% | +0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 0.05% | +0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 0.01% | -0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 0.06% | -0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 0.16% | -0.0 pp |
| 2020 | 0.17% | -0.0 pp |
| 2019 | 0.18% | -0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 0.19% | -0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 0.22% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 0.23% | -0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 0.25% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 0.26% | -0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 0.29% | -0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 0.33% | -0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 0.41% | -0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 0.52% | -0.0 pp |
| 2008 | 0.52% | +0.0 pp |
| 2007 | 0.48% | -0.0 pp |
| 2006 | 0.48% | -0.0 pp |
| 2005 | 0.53% | -0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 0.57% | -0.0 pp |
| 2003 | 0.61% | -0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 0.65% | +0.5 pp |
| 2001 | 0.14% | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | -0.17% | -0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 0.03% | +0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 0.02% | -0.0 pp |
| 1997 | 0.04% | -0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 0.09% | -0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 0.16% | -0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 0.23% | -0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 0.29% | -0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 0.34% | +0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 0.31% | +0.1 pp |
| 1990 | 0.18% | +0.0 pp |
| 1989 | 0.13% | -0.1 pp |
| 1988 | 0.19% | -0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 0.26% | -0.1 pp |
| 1986 | 0.31% | -0.0 pp |
| 1985 | 0.35% | -0.0 pp |
| 1984 | 0.36% | +0.0 pp |
| 1983 | 0.35% | +0.0 pp |
| 1982 | 0.33% | +0.0 pp |
| 1981 | 0.3% | +0.2 pp |
| 1980 | 0.1% | +0.2 pp |
| 1979 | -0.11% | -0.1 pp |
| 1978 | -0.03% | -0.1 pp |
| 1977 | 0.07% | -0.0 pp |
| 1976 | 0.11% | -0.1 pp |
| 1975 | 0.16% | -0.0 pp |
| 1974 | 0.18% | -0.1 pp |
| 1973 | 0.27% | +0.1 pp |
| 1972 | 0.2% | +0.3 pp |
| 1971 | -0.09% | -0.1 pp |
| 1970 | -0.02% | -0.4 pp |
| 1969 | 0.36% | -0.2 pp |
| 1968 | 0.58% | -0.3 pp |
| 1967 | 0.85% | -0.2 pp |
| 1966 | 1.06% | +0.0 pp |
| 1965 | 1.02% | +0.0 pp |
| 1964 | 1.01% | +0.0 pp |
| 1963 | 0.99% | +0.1 pp |
| 1962 | 0.89% | -0.1 pp |
| 1961 | 0.97% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Barbados’s Population growth in 1962?
0.89% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Barbados’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -94.3% in total — about 4.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 0.06%; 2024: 0.05%; 2023: 0.01%; 2022: 0.06%; 2021: 0.16%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.