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Rural population — Barbados

Rural population in Barbados in 2025 — 113,898 people. Ranked 170 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 17.2%.

2025 113,898 people −0.34% vs 2024
World rank 170of 217
Period maximum 140,620 people1966
Period minimum 91,902 people1980

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Barbados, 1960–202580,000100,000120,000140,000160,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 137,542 people1962: 139,129 people1964: 140,155 people1966: 140,620 people1968: 139,569 people1970: 136,366 people1972: 128,830 people1974: 117,571 people1976: 105,352 people1978: 95,599 people1980: 91,902 people1982: 92,390 people1984: 92,984 people1986: 93,553 people1988: 93,940 people1990: 94,231 people1992: 95,008 people1994: 95,906 people1996: 96,740 people1998: 97,513 people2000: 98,174 people2002: 100,467 people2004: 103,974 people2006: 107,471 people2008: 110,468 people2010: 112,198 people2012: 112,888 people2014: 113,452 people2016: 113,933 people2018: 114,333 people2020: 114,647 people2022: 114,751 people2024: 114,287 people2025: 113,898 people
Change over the period: −23,644 (−17.19%) Average annual rate: -0.29 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Barbados 113,898 people
World 3.46B people
Latin America & Caribbean 123M people
Caribbean computed 13.55M people
High-income countries computed 274M people
Rural population — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 113,898 −389 −0.34%
2024 114,287 −275 −0.24%
2023 114,562 −189 −0.16%
2022 114,751 −21 −0.02%
2021 114,772 +125 +0.11%
2020 114,647 +151 +0.13%
2019 114,496 +163 +0.14%
2018 114,333 +189 +0.17%
2017 114,144 +211 +0.19%
2016 113,933 +231 +0.2%
2015 113,702 +250 +0.22%
2014 113,452 +272 +0.24%
2013 113,180 +292 +0.26%
2012 112,888 +325 +0.29%
2011 112,563 +365 +0.33%
2010 112,198 +615 +0.55%
2009 111,583 +1,115 +1.01%
2008 110,468 +1,421 +1.3%
2007 109,047 +1,576 +1.47%
2006 107,471 +1,706 +1.61%
2005 105,765 +1,791 +1.72%
2004 103,974 +1,795 +1.76%
2003 102,179 +1,712 +1.7%
2002 100,467 +1,546 +1.56%
2001 98,921 +747 +0.76%
2000 98,174 +243 +0.25%
1999 97,931 +418 +0.43%
1998 97,513 +387 +0.4%
1997 97,126 +386 +0.4%
1996 96,740 +405 +0.42%
1995 96,335 +429 +0.45%
1994 95,906 +445 +0.47%
1993 95,461 +453 +0.48%
1992 95,008 +441 +0.47%
1991 94,567 +336 +0.36%
1990 94,231 +172 +0.18%
1989 94,059 +119 +0.13%
1988 93,940 +164 +0.17%
1987 93,776 +223 +0.24%
1986 93,553 +268 +0.29%
1985 93,285 +301 +0.32%
1984 92,984 +305 +0.33%
1983 92,679 +289 +0.31%
1982 92,390 +259 +0.28%
1981 92,131 +229 +0.25%
1980 91,902 −783 −0.84%
1979 92,685 −2,914 −3.05%
1978 95,599 −4,374 −4.38%
1977 99,973 −5,379 −5.11%
1976 105,352 −6,018 −5.4%
1975 111,370 −6,201 −5.27%
1974 117,571 −5,988 −4.85%
1973 123,559 −5,271 −4.09%
1972 128,830 −4,328 −3.25%
1971 133,158 −3,208 −2.35%
1970 136,366 −1,980 −1.43%
1969 138,346 −1,223 −0.88%
1968 139,569 −785 −0.56%
1967 140,354 −266 −0.19%
1966 140,620 +178 +0.13%
1965 140,442 +287 +0.2%
1964 140,155 +437 +0.31%
1963 139,718 +589 +0.42%
1962 139,129 +634 +0.46%
1961 138,495 +953 +0.69%
1960 137,542 — —

Caribbean, 2025

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

HT Haiti 5.28M DO Dominican Republic 3.17M CU Cuba 2.49M JM Jamaica 1.15M TT Trinidad and Tobago 629,587 PR Puerto Rico 180,246 LC Saint Lucia 127,732 BB Barbados 113,898 BS Bahamas 75,243 GD Grenada 74,287 AG Antigua and Barbuda 71,285 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51,979 AW Aruba 41,612 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 31,954 DM Dominica 17,136 VG British Virgin Islands 16,928 CW Curaçao 13,325 VI United States Virgin Islands 4,786 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 2,626 SX Sint Maarten 0 KY Cayman Islands 0 MF Saint Martin 0
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About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

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

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