Barbados vs Fiji: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Barbados
59.7%
in 2025
Fiji
59.5%
in 2025
Barbados rank
142nd
Fiji rank
143rd
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Barbados
- Fiji
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 59.7% against 59.5% in Fiji, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Fiji ahead.
Barbados ranks 142nd and Fiji ranks 143rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 15 and Fiji in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Fiji | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | — |
| 1710s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Fiji |
| 1720s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Fiji |
| 1730s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Fiji |
| 1740s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Fiji |
| 1750s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Fiji |
| 1760s | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Fiji |
| 1770s | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Fiji |
| 1780s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Fiji |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | Fiji |
| 1800s | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.4% | Fiji |
| 1810s | 1.6% | 2.1% | 0.5% | Fiji |
| 1820s | 2.0% | 2.5% | 0.5% | Fiji |
| 1830s | 2.5% | 3.0% | 0.5% | Fiji |
| 1840s | 3.1% | 3.6% | 0.5% | Fiji |
| 1850s | 3.9% | 4.3% | 0.4% | Fiji |
| 1860s | 4.8% | 5.1% | 0.3% | Fiji |
| 1870s | 6.0% | 6.1% | 0.1% | Fiji |
| 1880s | 7.6% | 7.4% | 0.2% | Barbados |
| 1890s | 9.5% | 8.8% | 0.6% | Barbados |
| 1900s | 11.8% | 10.6% | 1.2% | Barbados |
| 1910s | 14.8% | 12.7% | 2.0% | Barbados |
| 1920s | 18.5% | 15.3% | 3.2% | Barbados |
| 1930s | 23.1% | 18.3% | 4.7% | Barbados |
| 1940s | 28.8% | 22.0% | 6.8% | Barbados |
| 1950s | 40.0% | 16.1% | 23.9% | Barbados |
| 1960s | 42.1% | 31.3% | 10.8% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 54.3% | 36.6% | 17.7% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 63.5% | 38.6% | 24.9% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 63.2% | 44.9% | 18.3% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 60.9% | 49.7% | 11.2% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 59.2% | 54.4% | 4.9% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 59.4% | 58.4% | 1.1% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Barbados or Fiji?
- Barbados, at 59.7% against 59.5% in Fiji as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Barbados and Fiji?
- 0.2%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Fiji?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Fiji rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Barbados ranks 142nd and Fiji ranks 143rd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.