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Barbados — Urban population
Urban Population (% of Total) for Barbados, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
59.70%
Urban Population (% of Total) · % of total population · +47.7% since 1960
Urban population for Barbados was 59.70% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 63.56% in 1990. The lowest was 40.43% in 1960 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.60% per year.
Barbados ranks 126 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 72.52%, so Barbados sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
59.70%
First (1960)
40.43%
Change
+47.7%
Highest
63.56%
in 1990
Lowest
40.43%
in 1960
Average
57.42%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.60%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | % of total population |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.7% |
| 2024 | 59.54% |
| 2023 | 59.42% |
| 2022 | 59.35% |
| 2021 | 59.32% |
| 2020 | 59.3% |
| 2019 | 59.28% |
| 2018 | 59.27% |
| 2017 | 59.26% |
| 2016 | 59.25% |
| 2015 | 59.25% |
| 2014 | 59.24% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population living in urban areas, as defined by national statistical offices. Not directly comparable across countries because definitions of 'urban' differ. Figures are in % of total population. 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.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS — Urban Population (% of Total). 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.