Population: 255,827 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.21% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 15.63 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 8.4 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -5.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 20.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.83 years
male: 71.11 years
female: 76.76 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.78 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Barbadian(s)
adjective: Barbadian

Ethnic divisions: African 80%, European 4%, other 16%

Religions: Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980)

Languages: English

Literacy: age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%
Labor force: 120,900 (1991)
by occupation: services and government 37%, commerce 22%, manufacturing and construction 22%, transportation, storage, communications, and financial institutions 9%, agriculture 8%, utilities 2% (1985 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Barbados on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Barbados People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Barbados People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.