World Development Indicators

Population, total: Barbados

Most recent: 282,623 (2025)
Earliest: 230,893 (1960)
Highest: 282,623 (2025)
Years reported: 66
Member state: Barbados at the United Nations

Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Population
2025	282,623
2024	282,467
2023	282,336
2022	282,318
2021	282,147
2020	281,698
2019	281,207
2018	280,711
2017	280,171
2016	279,598
2015	278,990
2014	278,348
2013	277,665
2012	276,938
2011	276,139
2010	275,243
2009	274,123
2008	272,714
2007	271,288
2006	270,002
2005	268,706
2004	267,298
2003	265,776
2002	264,148
2001	262,425
2000	262,063
1999	262,517
1998	262,436
1997	262,392
1996	262,284
1995	262,039
1994	261,620
1993	261,027
1992	260,267
1991	259,373
1990	258,582
1989	258,109
1988	257,763
1987	257,279
1986	256,618
1985	255,820
1984	254,920
1983	253,992
1982	253,095
1981	252,270
1980	251,524
1979	251,269
1978	251,551
1977	251,626
1976	251,442
1975	251,175
1974	250,777
1973	250,322
1972	249,658
1971	249,168
1970	249,387
1969	249,444
1968	248,540
1967	247,091
1966	244,996
1965	242,417
1964	239,958
1963	237,557
1962	235,224
1961	233,148
1960	230,893

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