Population of Barbados (2024)

Barbados population

299,560

Births this year: 28,840 Births today 4
Deaths this year 20,775 Deaths today 3

Barbados Population by Religions(2010 est)

Region Name Percents Number
Protestant (includes Anglican, other Pentecostal, Adventist, Methodist, Wesleyan, Nazarene, Church of God, Baptist, Moravian, other Protestant) 66.3% 193,261 people
Roman Catholic 3.8% 11,077 people
other Christian 5.4% 15,741 people
Rastafarian 1% 2,915 people
other 1.5% 4,372 people
none 20.6% 60,048 people
unspecified 1.2% 3,498 people

Barbados Population by Ethnic groups (2010)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
black 92.4% 269,341 people
white 2.7% 7,870 people
mixed 3.1% 9,036 people
East Indian 1.3% 3,789 people
other 0.2% 583 people
unspecified 0.2% 583 people

Barbados population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 287,647 137,534 150,113 100 100 100 91.6
00-04 17,016 8,617 8,399 5.9 6.3 5.6 102.6
05-09 18,253 9,319 8,934 6.3 6.8 6 104.3
10-14 18,628 9,558 9,070 6.5 6.9 6 105.4
15-19 18,526 9,491 9,035 6.4 6.9 6 105
20-24 17,552 8,825 8,727 6.1 6.4 5.8 101.1
25-29 17,815 8,686 9,129 6.2 6.3 6.1 95.1
30-34 17,828 8,598 9,230 6.2 6.3 6.1 93.2
35-39 18,889 8,972 9,917 6.6 6.5 6.6 90.5
40-44 18,446 8,852 9,594 6.4 6.4 6.4 92.3
45-49 19,699 9,349 10,350 6.8 6.8 6.9 90.3
50-54 19,068 9,044 10,024 6.6 6.6 6.7 90.2
55-59 20,126 9,368 10,758 7 6.8 7.2 87.1
60-64 18,734 8,638 10,096 6.5 6.3 6.7 85.6
65-69 15,636 7,154 8,482 5.4 5.2 5.7 84.3
70-74 12,447 5,656 6,791 4.3 4.1 4.5 83.3
75-79 8,456 3,576 4,880 2.9 2.6 3.3 73.3
80-84 6,337 2,501 3,836 2.2 1.8 2.6 65.2
85-89 3,020 1,027 1,993 1 0.7 1.3 51.5
90-94 977 265 712 0.3 0.2 0.5 37.2
95-99 175 35 140 0.1 0 0.1 25
100+ 19 3 16 0 0 0 18.8

Barbados Age structure and Population pyramid

Barbados Age structure and Population pyramid

Barbados Sex ratio

Barbados Sex ratio

Barbados Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Barbados

Barbados Population (1950 - 2024)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2023 289,060 0.14 415 91.37 672.23
2022 288,645 0.16 471 91.46 671.27
2021 288,174 0.18 527 91.54 670.17
2020 287,647 0.20 581 91.62 668.95
2019 287,066 0.22 634 91.70 667.60
2018 286,432 0.24 688 91.78 666.12
2017 285,744 0.26 738 91.85 664.52
2016 285,006 0.28 791 91.92 662.80
2015 284,215 0.29 835 91.99 660.97
2014 283,380 0.31 877 92.05 659.02
2013 282,503 0.33 923 92.11 656.98
2012 281,580 0.35 978 92.17 654.84
2011 280,602 0.37 1,036 92.21 652.56
2010 279,566 0.40 1,100 92.25 650.15
2005 274,013 1.55 4,175 92.32 637.24
2000 269,838 1.84 4,876 92.47 627.53
1995 264,962 1.76 4,588 92.74 616.19
1990 260,374 1.74 4,445 92.79 605.52
1985 255,929 1.48 3,732 91.47 595.18
1980 252,197 2.51 6,164 90.27 586.50
1975 246,033 3.01 7,186 91.60 572.17
1970 238,847 1.48 3,474 88.67 555.46
1965 235,373 1.92 4,439 85.15 547.38
1960 230,934 1.70 3,858 81.16 537.06
1955 227,076 7.62 16,081 84.17 528.08
1950 210,995 85.09 490.69
Chart population Barbados Population (1950 - 2024)