Barbados
🇧🇧 Caribbean
How Barbados ranks globally
About Barbados
Barbados is a country in Caribbean, with Bridgetown as its capital. It is home to roughly 282.62 thousand people, giving a population density of about 657 people per square kilometre. The country covers 430 km² of land and has no shared land borders. Its economy is valued at approximately $8.02B in nominal GDP (2025), and it records a Human Development Index of 0.811. The official currency is the Barbadian dollar (BBD), and the main language is English.
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How Barbados measures up
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Barbados is the 173rd most populous country in the world, with about 282.62 thousand people.
By land area it is the 183rd-largest country in the world, covering 430 km².
It has the world's 154th-largest economy by nominal GDP ($8.02B).
Barbados has no land borders with other countries.
It is classed by the UN as a country of very high human development, with an HDI of 0.811.
Barbados has a population density of about 657 people per square kilometre.
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