Barbados

Net migration rate in Barbados

Net migration rate in Barbados: -1.6 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
-0.3 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+1.3 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
131 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
-0.7 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in BarbadosNet migration rate in Barbados: -1.6 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -15.4 per 1,000 people and 17.1 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -15.4 per 1,000 people and 17.1 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 1.9 per 1,000 people in 2008, the lowest -19.5 per 1,000 people in 1970.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearBarbados
2023-0.3
2022-0.3
2021-0.1
20200
2019-0.2
2018-0.2
2017-0.2
2016-0.2
2015-0.2
2014-0.2
2013-0.2
2012-0.2
2011-0.2
2010-0.1
20091.1
20081.9
20071.1
20061.2
20051.2
20041
20030.9
20021.2
20010.8
2000-10
1999-4.6
1998-4.1
1997-4.3
1996-4.4
1995-4.4
1994-4.2
1993-4.1
1992-4.1
1991-4.3
1990-5.7
1989-5.4
1988-5
1987-4.9
1986-5.4
1985-5.8
1984-5.7
1983-6.8
1982-7.1
1981-7.2
1980-6.7
1979-10.7
1978-10.8
1977-11
1976-11.3
1975-11.7
1974-12.9
1973-14
1972-14.7
1971-17.6
1970-19.5
1969-17
1968-14.9
1967-13.9
1966-13.1
1965-13.4
1964-13.7
1963-13.9
1962-14.2
1961-14.3
1960-14.4
1959-15.6
1958-15.5
1957-15.6
1956-15.7
1955-15.6
1954-11.8
1953-9.7
1952-7.3
1951-4.6
1950-1.6
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearBarbados
2024-0.2-4–3.3
2025-0.3-5.3–4.3
2026-0.3-6.7–5.2
2027-0.2-7.4–6.8
2028-0.3-7.8–7.2
2029-0.5-8.9–7.8
2030-0.6-9.5–8
2031-0.7-9.8–8
2032-0.7-10.7–8.5
2033-0.7-11.4–8.3
2034-0.5-11.8–9.4
2035-0.6-12–9.6
2036-0.7-13.1–9.8
2037-0.7-13.2–10
2038-0.8-13.5–11.2
2039-0.6-13.5–10.7
2040-0.8-13.6–11
2041-0.6-13.4–11.2
2042-0.8-13.3–11.5
2043-0.9-13.8–11.5
2044-0.7-14.3–12.5
2045-0.7-14.3–12.8
2046-0.8-14.8–12.6
2047-1-14.6–12.4
2048-0.8-14.9–12.6
2049-0.8-14.8–12.4
2050-0.7-15–13.5
2051-0.8-15.8–13.7
2052-0.7-15.8–13.3
2053-0.6-16.1–14
2054-0.6-16.1–14.3
2055-0.7-17.4–13.7
2056-0.7-17–13.8
2057-0.5-17.1–14.5
2058-0.5-17–14.9
2059-0.7-16.4–15.4
2060-0.8-16.9–14.8
2061-0.7-16.3–14.7
2062-0.8-16.7–14.7
2063-0.8-16.1–15.1
2064-0.7-16.2–15.2
2065-0.8-16.1–15.3
2066-0.7-16–15.4
2067-0.8-16.8–14.9
2068-0.8-15.7–15.6
2069-0.7-16.5–15.6
2070-0.8-16.7–16
2071-0.5-16.4–16.1
2072-0.6-16.2–16
2073-0.6-15.8–16.1
2074-0.8-15.8–15.9
2075-0.7-15.9–15.8
2076-0.8-16–16
2077-0.8-15.9–15.9
2078-0.8-17.3–16.9
2079-0.7-16.2–16.5
2080-0.8-15.8–16.1
2081-0.7-14.9–16.3
2082-0.7-15.3–16.7
2083-0.7-14.6–16.7
2084-0.8-14.8–15.9
2085-0.7-14.6–16.4
2086-0.8-14.7–16.3
2087-0.7-14.6–16.9
2088-0.6-15.6–17.3
2089-0.7-15.4–16.6
2090-0.7-15.9–17.2
2091-0.8-15.8–16.8
2092-0.8-15.2–16.9
2093-0.7-15.2–16.5
2094-0.8-15–17.4
2095-0.6-14.9–17
2096-0.6-15.9–17.5
2097-0.6-15.8–17.1
2098-0.6-15.6–16.9
2099-0.7-15.2–17.9
2100-0.7-15.4–17.1

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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