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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Barbados fits inside Trinidad and Tobago 12 times

Barbados: 431 km² (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 5,128 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Trinidad and Tobago’s coastline is 3.7 times as long as Barbados’

Barbados: 97 km (2026 edition) · Trinidad and Tobago: 362 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Trinidad and Tobago’s highest peak towers 604 m above Barbados’

Barbados: 336 m (2026 edition) · Trinidad and Tobago: 940 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 23% of Barbados, versus 12% of Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 23.2% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Trinidad and Tobago has 4.8 times as many people as Barbados

Barbados: 282,623 (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 1.37 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Barbados is 2.5 times as densely populated as Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 656 per km² (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 267 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Barbados are 1.0 cm taller than in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 177 cm (2019) · Trinidad and Tobago: 176 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Barbados are 2.3 cm taller than in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 165.7 cm (2019) · Trinidad and Tobago: 163.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Barbados is 2.2 years older than in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 38.9 years (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 36.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Barbados have 0.2 more children on average than in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 1.71 children per woman (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

17% of people in Barbados are 65 or older, versus 13% in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 17.1% (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 12.9% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Trinidad and Tobago hosts 78 times as many refugees per resident as Barbados

Barbados: 0.018 per 1,000 (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 7.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are practically level

Barbados: 1 (2026) · Trinidad and Tobago: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Barbados’

Barbados: $8.02 billion (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: $25.9 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Trinidad and Tobago produces 43% more per person than Barbados

Barbados: Int$25,894 (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: Int$37,121 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Barbados: 34.1 (2016) · Trinidad and Tobago: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.5% in Barbados, versus 3.3% in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 6.5% (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 3.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 0.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Barbados’ central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Trinidad and Tobago’s 17%

Barbados: 23.4% (2016) · Trinidad and Tobago: 16.8% (2019)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Barbados’ price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Trinidad and Tobago’s

Barbados: 110% (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 51% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are nearly identical here

Barbados: $1,286 (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: $1,276 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Barbados live 2.7 years longer than in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 76.3 years (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 73.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Trinidad and Tobago is 87% more likely to die before turning one than in Barbados

Barbados: 9.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 17 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Trinidad and Tobago has 41% more doctors per person than Barbados

Barbados: 3 per 1,000 (2022) · Trinidad and Tobago: 4.2 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Barbados has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 6.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Trinidad and Tobago is 2.8 times that in Barbados

Barbados: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

40% of adults in Barbados are obese, versus 32% in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 39.6% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 32% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 5.91 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Barbados drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 10.1 litres (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Barbados has 16% more meat per person than Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 76.2 kg (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 65.7 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Barbados has 172 kcal more food per person per day than Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 3,118 kcal (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 2,946 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 1,610 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Trinidad and Tobago went to school 0.86 years longer than in Barbados

Barbados: 9.9 years (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 10.8 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Barbados welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Trinidad and Tobago (2019)

Barbados: 2.49 (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 0.24 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Barbados has 1 more World Heritage site than Trinidad and Tobago (1 against 0)

Barbados: 1 (2026) · Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Trinidad and Tobago has won 19 Olympic medals, Barbados 1

Barbados: 1 (2026 edition) · Trinidad and Tobago: 19 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

82% of people in Trinidad and Tobago are online, versus 70% in Barbados

Barbados: 70% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Trinidad and Tobago is 3% faster than in Barbados

Barbados: 218 Mbps (2026) · Trinidad and Tobago: 224 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are practically level

Barbados: 100% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

60% of people in Barbados live in cities, versus 54% in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 60% (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 54% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Trinidad and Tobago has 119 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Barbados 115

Barbados: 115 (2022) · Trinidad and Tobago: 119 (2024)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 1.48 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 44% of Trinidad and Tobago, but only 15% of Barbados

Barbados: 14.6% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 44.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Trinidad and Tobago emits 4.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Barbados

Barbados: 4.8 t (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 22.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

9.0% of Barbados’ electricity is renewable, versus 0.1% in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 9% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 0.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Trinidad and Tobago carries 21% more fine dust than in Barbados

Barbados: 11.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 13.5 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 5.4 times as likely to be murdered in Trinidad and Tobago as in Barbados

Barbados: 7.4 per 100k (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 40.4 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Barbados are 2.5 times as deadly as in Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 6.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 26.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 1,453 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Barbados bigger than Trinidad and Tobago?

Trinidad and Tobago is larger. Barbados fits inside Trinidad and Tobago 12 times.

Which has more people, Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago?

Trinidad and Tobago has 4.8 times as many people as Barbados (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago?

People in Barbados live 2.7 years longer than in Trinidad and Tobago. Life expectancy at birth is 76.3 years in Barbados and 73.6 in Trinidad and Tobago.

Are people taller in Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago?

Men in Barbados are 1.0 cm taller than in Trinidad and Tobago (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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