Barbados vs Curacao: Rural population growth
Barbados
-0.3%
in 2025
Curacao
-0.3%
in 2025
Barbados rank
132nd
Curacao rank
130th
Rural population growth over time
- Barbados
- Curacao
How they compare
Curacao currently reports -0.3% against -0.3% in Barbados, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 132nd and Curacao ranks 130th of 209 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Curacao in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Curacao | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.2% | Barbados |
| 1970s | -4.0% | -0.8% | 3.2% | Curacao |
| 1980s | 0.1% | -1.7% | 1.9% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0.4% | -5.7% | 6.1% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.3% | -0.4% | 1.7% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Curacao |
| 2020s | -0.1% | -0.3% | 0.2% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population growth, Barbados or Curacao?
- Curacao, at -0.3% against -0.3% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population growth between Barbados and Curacao?
- 0.0%, with Curacao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Curacao?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Curacao rank globally for rural population growth?
- Barbados ranks 132nd and Curacao ranks 130th of 209 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.