Barbados vs New Caledonia: Has the population peaked?

Barbados

282,347 people

in 2023

New Caledonia

289,879 people

in 2023

Barbados rank

185th

New Caledonia rank

184th

Has the population peaked? over time

New Caledonia currently reports 289,879 people against 282,347 people in Barbados, a difference of 7,532 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 185th and New Caledonia ranks 184th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.