North America · Caribbean
Barbados
Barbados covers about 444 km² (172 mi²), the 203rd largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 444km²Area, main territory
- 303,000Population
- 0.01In Belgiums
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Facts
| Area, main territory | 444 km²172 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 439 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Capital | Bridgetown |
| Population | 303,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 683 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 13°N |
| In other languages | Barbade Français · バルバドス 日本語 · 巴巴多斯 中文 · 바베이도스 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#22 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Barbados
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 38,226× the size of Barbados.
- Barbados lies at 13°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Barbados's main territory stretches about 33 km north to south and 25 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 439 km² agrees with our measured area of 444 km², to within 2%.
How Barbados measures up
Barbados holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.1% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Caribbean it is the 11th largest of 16.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 444 km² | 200th of 239 |
| Population | 303,000 | 178th of 237 |
| Farthest north | 13.2°N | 128th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Barbados is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 549 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 805 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 841 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 1,233 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 7,093 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 19,074 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 21,268 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 38,226 its size |
Where Barbados sits
- Barbados's centre lies at 13.2°N, 59.6°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 1,470 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 13°N to 13°N, about 30 km from its southern edge to its northern.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11