Barbados vs French Polynesia
Barbados has about the same population as French Polynesia: 282,623 vs 282,465, a gap of 158. French Polynesia is growing faster (+0.23% vs +0.06% a year), adding about 659 people a year against +156. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, French Polynesia would overtake Barbados in about 0 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2025) — a projection, not a forecast. Barbados is the older society: 17.1% aged 65+ against 11.9% in French Polynesia, while French Polynesia has more children (18.5% under 15 vs 17.1%). Barbados is 8.1× as densely populated (656.6 vs 81.0 people per km²). People in French Polynesia live 7.9 years longer on average (84.2 vs 76.3). GDP per capita is 1.3× higher in Barbados ($28,365 vs $22,440).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Barbados) and 2025 (French Polynesia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Barbados vs French Polynesia — side by side
 Barbados |  French Polynesia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 282,6232025 | 282,4652025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.06%2025 | +0.23%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 11.12024 | 10.72024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 10.22024 | 3.82024 |
| Children per woman | 1.712024 | 1.492024 |
| Life expectancy | 76.3 yrs2024 | 84.2 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.1%2025 | 18.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 17.1%2025 | 11.9%2025 |
| Density | 656.6 /km²2023 | 81.0 /km²2023 |
| Area | 430 km²2023 | 3,471 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 59.7%2025 | 61.8%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -872025 | -1,1992025 |
| GDP per capita | $28,3652025 | $22,4402024 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #179 | #180 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Barbados: 1.2× from 1960 to 2025; French Polynesia: 3.4× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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