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)

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)

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)

How crowded is it?

Barbados is 2.5 times as densely populated as Trinidad and Tobago.

Barbados: 657 per km² (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 267 per km² (2025)

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)

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)

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)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 7.3 (2025)

How many official languages?

Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are practically level.

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

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)

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)

How evenly is income shared?

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

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)

How much goes to the military?

Barbados: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 0.9% (2024)

How expensive is it?

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

How do people rate their lives?

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

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)

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)

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)

How long do people work?

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

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)

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)

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)

Who has electricity at home?

Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are practically level.

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

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)

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)

How much do they fly?

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

How much of the land is forest?

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

Barbados: 14.7% (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 44.2% (2023)

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)

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)

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)

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)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Barbados are 2 times as deadly as in Trinidad and Tobago.

Barbados: 10 per 100k (2021) · Trinidad and Tobago: 5 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

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

How much rain falls?

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