Population aged 0 to 14 in Barbados

17.1% of the population of Barbados was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Barbados, 2025 17.1% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 17.2%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 153rd of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Barbados over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 0 to 14 (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period BarbadosWorld
2025 17.1% 24.4%
2024 17.2% 24.7%
2023 17.5% 25.0%
2022 17.7% 25.3%
2021 17.9% 25.6%
2020 18.1% 25.8%
2019 18.2% 26.0%
2018 18.4% 26.2%
2017 18.7% 26.4%
2016 18.9% 26.5%
2015 19.2% 26.6%
2014 19.4% 26.8%
2013 19.7% 26.9%
2012 19.9% 27.0%
2011 20.0% 27.1%
2010 20.2% 27.3%
2009 20.2% 27.5%
2008 20.3% 27.6%
2007 20.5% 27.9%
2006 20.7% 28.1%
2005 21.0% 28.5%
2004 21.3% 28.8%
2003 21.5% 29.2%
2002 21.6% 29.6%
2001 21.7% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 17.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 19.2%, the figure has changed by −2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Barbados has the 153rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Barbados
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects