Urban population in Barbados

Urban population in Barbados: 39.7% in 1950 and 59.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025: 59.7%
Since 1950: +20 percentage points
Rank, 2025: 133 of 229; counting from the highest
Projected, 2050: 74.9%; UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

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% of people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 74.9% in 2050.
The highest was 63.6% in 1988, the lowest 39.7% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Barbados
2025	59.7
2024	59.5
2023	59.4
2022	59.4
2021	59.3
2020	59.3
2019	59.3
2018	59.3
2017	59.3
2016	59.3
2015	59.3
2014	59.2
2013	59.2
2012	59.2
2011	59.2
2010	59.2
2009	59.3
2008	59.5
2007	59.8
2006	60.2
2005	60.6
2004	61.1
2003	61.6
2002	62
2001	62.3
2000	62.5
1999	62.7
1998	62.8
1997	63
1996	63.1
1995	63.2
1994	63.3
1993	63.4
1992	63.5
1991	63.5
1990	63.6
1989	63.6
1988	63.6
1987	63.6
1986	63.5
1985	63.5
1984	63.5
1983	63.5
1982	63.5
1981	63.5
1980	63.5
1979	63.1
1978	62
1977	60.3
1976	58.1
1975	55.7
1974	53.1
1973	50.6
1972	48.4
1971	46.6
1970	45.3
1969	44.5
1968	43.8
1967	43.2
1966	42.6
1965	42.1
1964	41.6
1963	41.2
1962	40.9
1961	40.6
1960	40.4
1959	40.3
1958	40.2
1957	40.1
1956	40
1955	40
1954	39.9
1953	39.8
1952	39.8
1951	39.7
1950	39.7

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Barbados
2026	59.9
2027	60.2
2028	60.4
2029	60.8
2030	61.1
2031	61.5
2032	62
2033	62.4
2034	62.9
2035	63.5
2036	64.1
2037	64.7
2038	65.3
2039	66
2040	66.7
2041	67.4
2042	68.1
2043	68.9
2044	69.7
2045	70.5
2046	71.4
2047	72.2
2048	73.1
2049	74
2050	74.9

Good to know

The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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