Barbados - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Barbados was 89,634 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 101,213 in 1980 and a minimum value of 84,949 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 84,949
1961 85,386
1962 85,889
1963 86,432
1964 86,957
1965 87,435
1966 87,856
1967 88,244
1968 88,633
1969 89,077
1970 89,705
1971 90,777
1972 91,948
1973 93,173
1974 94,413
1975 95,645
1976 96,850
1977 98,032
1978 99,194
1979 100,313
1980 101,213
1981 100,883
1982 100,498
1983 100,082
1984 99,660
1985 99,265
1986 98,897
1987 98,545
1988 98,209
1989 97,886
1990 97,511
1991 96,923
1992 96,331
1993 95,740
1994 95,160
1995 94,590
1996 94,027
1997 93,478
1998 92,928
1999 92,366
2000 91,844
2001 91,637
2002 91,408
2003 91,171
2004 90,945
2005 90,746
2006 90,584
2007 90,441
2008 90,299
2009 90,131
2010 89,915
2011 89,707
2012 89,515
2013 89,351
2014 89,230
2015 89,162
2016 89,149
2017 89,186
2018 89,280
2019 89,430
2020 89,634

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Barbados was 31.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.10 in 1980, while its lowest value was 31.15 in 2018.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 36.78
1961 36.85
1962 36.92
1963 37.00
1964 37.07
1965 37.14
1966 37.21
1967 37.29
1968 37.36
1969 37.43
1970 37.55
1971 37.81
1972 38.07
1973 38.33
1974 38.59
1975 38.86
1976 39.12
1977 39.38
1978 39.65
1979 39.91
1980 40.10
1981 39.83
1982 39.55
1983 39.28
1984 39.01
1985 38.74
1986 38.46
1987 38.19
1988 37.92
1989 37.65
1990 37.37
1991 37.01
1992 36.64
1993 36.28
1994 35.92
1995 35.57
1996 35.21
1997 34.86
1998 34.50
1999 34.15
2000 33.83
2001 33.63
2002 33.43
2003 33.23
2004 33.04
2005 32.84
2006 32.65
2007 32.45
2008 32.26
2009 32.06
2010 31.87
2011 31.70
2012 31.55
2013 31.43
2014 31.33
2015 31.25
2016 31.19
2017 31.16
2018 31.15
2019 31.16
2020 31.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization