Barbados vs French Guiana: Population

Barbados

282,347 people

in 2023

French Guiana

303,408 people

in 2023

Barbados rank

185th

French Guiana rank

183rd

Population over time

French Guiana currently reports 303,408 people against 282,347 people in Barbados, a difference of 21,061 people.

That makes French Guiana's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1000 it was French Guiana ahead.

Barbados ranks 185th and French Guiana ranks 183rd of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.