Urban population share in Barbados in 2025 — 59.7%. Ranked 126 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.3 pp.
1960–2025 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.7 | +0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 59.5 | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 59.4 | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 59.4 | +0 pp |
| 2021 | 59.3 | +0 pp |
| 2020 | 59.3 | +0 pp |
| 2019 | 59.3 | +0 pp |
| 2018 | 59.3 | +0 pp |
| 2017 | 59.3 | +0 pp |
| 2016 | 59.3 | +0 pp |
| 2015 | 59.2 | +0 pp |
| 2014 | 59.2 | +0 pp |
| 2013 | 59.2 | +0 pp |
| 2012 | 59.2 | +0 pp |
| 2011 | 59.2 | +0 pp |
| 2010 | 59.2 | −0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 59.3 | −0.2 pp |
| 2008 | 59.5 | −0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 59.8 | −0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 60.2 | −0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 60.6 | −0.5 pp |
| 2004 | 61.1 | −0.5 pp |
| 2003 | 61.6 | −0.4 pp |
| 2002 | 62 | −0.3 pp |
| 2001 | 62.3 | −0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 62.5 | −0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 62.7 | −0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 62.8 | −0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 63 | −0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 63.1 | −0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 63.2 | −0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 63.3 | −0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 63.4 | −0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 63.5 | −0 pp |
| 1991 | 63.5 | −0 pp |
| 1990 | 63.6 | +0 pp |
| 1989 | 63.6 | +0 pp |
| 1988 | 63.6 | +0 pp |
| 1987 | 63.6 | +0 pp |
| 1986 | 63.5 | +0 pp |
| 1985 | 63.5 | +0 pp |
| 1984 | 63.5 | +0 pp |
| 1983 | 63.5 | +0 pp |
| 1982 | 63.5 | +0 pp |
| 1981 | 63.5 | +0 pp |
| 1980 | 63.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 1979 | 63.1 | +1.1 pp |
| 1978 | 62 | +1.7 pp |
| 1977 | 60.3 | +2.2 pp |
| 1976 | 58.1 | +2.4 pp |
| 1975 | 55.7 | +2.5 pp |
| 1974 | 53.1 | +2.5 pp |
| 1973 | 50.6 | +2.2 pp |
| 1972 | 48.4 | +1.8 pp |
| 1971 | 46.6 | +1.2 pp |
| 1970 | 45.3 | +0.8 pp |
| 1969 | 44.5 | +0.7 pp |
| 1968 | 43.8 | +0.6 pp |
| 1967 | 43.2 | +0.6 pp |
| 1966 | 42.6 | +0.5 pp |
| 1965 | 42.1 | +0.5 pp |
| 1964 | 41.6 | +0.4 pp |
| 1963 | 41.2 | +0.3 pp |
| 1962 | 40.9 | +0.3 pp |
| 1961 | 40.6 | +0.2 pp |
| 1960 | 40.4 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Sint Maarten
100
Cayman Islands
100
Saint Martin
100
United States Virgin Islands
95.4
Turks and Caicos Islands
94.4
Puerto Rico
94.3
Curaçao
91.5
Bahamas
81.3
Cuba
77.2
Dominica
74
Dominican Republic
72.5
Aruba
61.7
Barbados
59.7
Jamaica
59.4
British Virgin Islands
57.4
Haiti
55.6
Trinidad and Tobago
54
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
48
Grenada
36.7
Saint Kitts and Nevis
31.9
Saint Lucia
29.1
Antigua and Barbuda
24.3
The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.
Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.