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Barbados — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Barbados, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.06%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -94.3% since 1961
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.06%
First (1961)
0.97%
Change
-94.3%
Highest
1.06%
in 1966
Lowest
-0.17%
in 2000
Average
0.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.38%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.06% |
| 2024 | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 0.01% |
| 2022 | 0.06% |
| 2021 | 0.16% |
| 2020 | 0.17% |
| 2019 | 0.18% |
| 2018 | 0.19% |
| 2017 | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.22% |
| 2015 | 0.23% |
| 2014 | 0.25% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.