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🇧🇧 Barbados

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BRB
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BB
UN M49 numeric052
IOC codeBAR
Official nameBarbados
Native name(s)eng: official: Barbados; common: Barbados
Alt spellingsBB
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCaribbean
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalBridgetown
Area (km²)430
Lat / Lng13.1667, -59.5333
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.bb
Calling coderoot: +1; suffixes: 246

Demographics

Population (World Bank)282,623 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)76.332 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: Barbadian; m: Barbadian; fra: f: Barbadienne; m: Barbadien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)8,016,550,000 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)28,364.818 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)6.524 (2025)
CurrenciesBBD: name: Barbadian dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950209,917
1951213,398
1952216,506
1953219,232
1954221,553
1955223,290
1956224,511
1957225,794
1958227,258
1959228,780
1960230,893
1961233,148
1962235,224
1963237,557
1964239,958
1965242,417
1966244,996
1967247,091
1968248,540
1969249,444
1970249,387
1971249,168
1972249,658
1973250,322
1974250,777
1975251,175
1976251,442
1977251,626
1978251,551
1979251,269
1980251,524
1981252,270
1982253,095
1983253,992
1984254,920
1985255,820
1986256,618
1987257,279
1988257,763
1989258,109
1990258,582
1991259,373
1992260,267
1993261,027
1994261,620
1995262,039
1996262,284
1997262,392
1998262,436
1999262,517
2000262,063
2001262,425
2002264,148
2003265,776
2004267,298
2005268,706
2006270,002
2007271,288
2008272,714
2009274,123
2010275,243
2011276,139
2012276,938
2013277,665
2014278,348
2015278,990
2016279,598
2017280,171
2018280,711
2019281,207
2020281,698
2021282,147
2022282,318
2023282,336

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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