Barbados vs Suriname: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Barbados
45,437 people
in 2023
Suriname
47,906 people
in 2023
Barbados rank
174th
Suriname rank
171st
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time
- Barbados
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 47,906 people against 45,437 people in Barbados, a difference of 2,469 people.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 174th and Suriname ranks 171st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Suriname in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10,909 people | 9,323 people | 1,586 people | Barbados |
| 1960s | 11,730 people | 15,483 people | 3,752 people | Suriname |
| 1970s | 15,345 people | 16,341 people | 995.6 people | Suriname |
| 1980s | 22,858 people | 13,705 people | 9,153 people | Barbados |
| 1990s | 28,631 people | 14,805 people | 13,826 people | Barbados |
| 2000s | 30,431 people | 27,781 people | 2,650 people | Barbados |
| 2010s | 35,861 people | 35,813 people | 47.9 people | Barbados |
| 2020s | 43,605 people | 45,180 people | 1,574 people | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of children, working-age adults, and older people, Barbados or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 47,906 people against 45,437 people in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of children, working-age adults, and older people between Barbados and Suriname?
- 2,469 people, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Suriname?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Suriname rank globally for number of children, working-age adults, and older people?
- Barbados ranks 174th and Suriname ranks 171st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children, working-age adults, and older people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.