Barbados's population, female was 147,106 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.16% from 145,424 in 2015 (0.12% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 147,106 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 146,596 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 145,424 | 2015 |
| Highest | 147,106 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 120,470 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 146,561 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 120,470 | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Barbados' population, female rose 0% on 2024 (from 147,044 to 147,106).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.3% and a typical year strayed about 0.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.9% in 1966 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.2% in 1971. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 158.81 a year. A straight line explains 95% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Barbados had the 179th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Barbados | 147,106 | 2025 |
| World | 4.09 billion | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 338.56 million | 2025 |
| High income | 716.66 million | 2025 |
Closest to Barbados in the 2025 ranking
- Iceland — 176th of 217: 191,342
- Vanuatu — 177th of 217: 166,024
- New Caledonia — 178th of 217: 149,630
- French Polynesia — 180th of 217: 139,706
- São Tomé and Principe — 181st of 217: 120,885
- Samoa — 182nd of 217: 108,833
What this measures
Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population, female |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 147,106 |
| 2024 | 147,044 |
| 2023 | 146,972 |
| 2022 | 146,907 |
| 2021 | 146,790 |
| 2020 | 146,596 |
| 2019 | 146,388 |
| 2018 | 146,174 |
| 2017 | 145,940 |
| 2016 | 145,691 |
| 2015 |
Population, female in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 49,360 (2025)
- Argentina — 23.09 million (2025)
- Aruba — 57,403 (2025)
- Bahamas, The — 210,739 (2025)
- Belize — 209,590 (2025)
- Bolivia — 6.28 million (2025)
- Brazil — 108.16 million (2025)
- British Virgin Islands — 20,923 (2025)
- Cayman Islands — 37,781 (2025)
- Chile — 9.99 million (2025)
- Colombia — 27.07 million (2025)
- Costa Rica — 2.61 million (2025)
More health data for Barbados
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.23% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.86% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 23,719 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.12% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 24,507 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 18.08% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 48,226 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 17.06% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.35% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Barbados's population, female?
- 147,106 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 22.11% from 120,470 in 1960 (0.31% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 147,106 in 2025 and the lowest 120,470 in 1960.
- How does Barbados rank?
- 179th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population, female unusual for Barbados?
- In 2025, Barbados' population, female rose 0% on 2024 (from 147,044 to 147,106). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.3% and a typical year strayed about 0.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.TOTL.FE.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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