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Rural population share — Barbados

Rural population share in Barbados in 2025 — 40.3%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 19.3 pp.

2025 40.3% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 92of 217
Period maximum 59.6%1960
Period minimum 36.4%1990

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Barbados, 1960–20253040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59.6%1962: 59.1%1964: 58.4%1966: 57.4%1968: 56.2%1970: 54.7%1972: 51.6%1974: 46.9%1976: 41.9%1978: 38%1980: 36.5%1982: 36.5%1984: 36.5%1986: 36.5%1988: 36.4%1990: 36.4%1992: 36.5%1994: 36.7%1996: 36.9%1998: 37.2%2000: 37.5%2002: 38%2004: 38.9%2006: 39.8%2008: 40.5%2010: 40.8%2012: 40.8%2014: 40.8%2016: 40.7%2018: 40.7%2020: 40.7%2022: 40.6%2024: 40.5%2025: 40.3%
Change over the period: −19.3 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados

Barbados 40.3%
World 42.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 18.5%
Caribbean computed 31%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.3 −0.2 pp
2024 40.5 −0.1 pp
2023 40.6 −0.1 pp
2022 40.6 −0 pp
2021 40.7 −0 pp
2020 40.7 −0 pp
2019 40.7 −0 pp
2018 40.7 −0 pp
2017 40.7 −0 pp
2016 40.7 −0 pp
2015 40.8 −0 pp
2014 40.8 −0 pp
2013 40.8 −0 pp
2012 40.8 −0 pp
2011 40.8 −0 pp
2010 40.8 +0.1 pp
2009 40.7 +0.2 pp
2008 40.5 +0.3 pp
2007 40.2 +0.4 pp
2006 39.8 +0.4 pp
2005 39.4 +0.5 pp
2004 38.9 +0.5 pp
2003 38.4 +0.4 pp
2002 38 +0.3 pp
2001 37.7 +0.2 pp
2000 37.5 +0.2 pp
1999 37.3 +0.1 pp
1998 37.2 +0.1 pp
1997 37 +0.1 pp
1996 36.9 +0.1 pp
1995 36.8 +0.1 pp
1994 36.7 +0.1 pp
1993 36.6 +0.1 pp
1992 36.5 +0 pp
1991 36.5 +0 pp
1990 36.4 −0 pp
1989 36.4 −0 pp
1988 36.4 −0 pp
1987 36.4 −0 pp
1986 36.5 −0 pp
1985 36.5 −0 pp
1984 36.5 −0 pp
1983 36.5 −0 pp
1982 36.5 −0 pp
1981 36.5 −0 pp
1980 36.5 −0.3 pp
1979 36.9 −1.1 pp
1978 38 −1.7 pp
1977 39.7 −2.2 pp
1976 41.9 −2.4 pp
1975 44.3 −2.5 pp
1974 46.9 −2.5 pp
1973 49.4 −2.2 pp
1972 51.6 −1.8 pp
1971 53.4 −1.2 pp
1970 54.7 −0.8 pp
1969 55.5 −0.7 pp
1968 56.2 −0.6 pp
1967 56.8 −0.6 pp
1966 57.4 −0.5 pp
1965 57.9 −0.5 pp
1964 58.4 −0.4 pp
1963 58.8 −0.3 pp
1962 59.1 −0.3 pp
1961 59.4 −0.2 pp
1960 59.6 —

Caribbean, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AG Antigua and Barbuda 75.7 LC Saint Lucia 70.9 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.1 GD Grenada 63.3 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 52 TT Trinidad and Tobago 46 HT Haiti 44.4 VG British Virgin Islands 42.6 JM Jamaica 40.6 BB Barbados 40.3 AW Aruba 38.3 DO Dominican Republic 27.5 DM Dominica 26 CU Cuba 22.8 BS Bahamas 18.7 CW Curaçao 8.5 PR Puerto Rico 5.7 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 5.6 VI United States Virgin Islands 4.6 SX Sint Maarten 0 KY Cayman Islands 0 MF Saint Martin 0
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About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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How many people live outside cities — in absolute numbers.

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