301,865 (July 2021 est.)
noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)
African descent 92.4%, mixed 3.1%, White 2.7%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.2%, unspecified 0.3% (2010 est.)
English (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings)
Protestant 66.4% (includes Anglican 23.9%, other Pentecostal 19.5%, Adventist 5.9%, Methodist 4.2%, Wesleyan 3.4%, Nazarene 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Baptist 1.8%, Moravian 1.2%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 3.8%, other Christian 5.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness 2.0%, other 3.4%), Rastafarian 1%, other 1.5%, none 20.6%, unspecified 1.2% (2010 est.)
0-14 years: 17.49% (male 25,762/female 25,764)
15-24 years: 12.34% (male 18,024/female 18,330)
25-54 years: 42.69% (male 62,655/female 63,093)
55-64 years: 13.91% (male 19,533/female 21,430)
65 years and over: 13.57% (male 16,398/female 23,571) (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 50.3
youth dependency ratio: 25.2
elderly dependency ratio: 25.1
potential support ratio: 4 (2020 est.)
total: 39.5 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 40.7 years (2020 est.)
0.28% (2021 est.)
10.96 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
-0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
most densely populated country in the eastern Caribbean; approximately one-third live in urban areas
urban population: 31.2% of total population (2021)
rate of urbanization: 0.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
89,000 BRIDGETOWN (capital) (2018)
at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
total: 10.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total population: 78.31 years
male: 75.54 years
female: 81.13 years (2021 est.)
1.7 children born/woman (2021 est.)
59.2% (2012)
improved: total: 98.5% of population
unimproved: total: 1.5% of population (2017 est.)
6.6% (2018)
2.48 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
6 beds/1,000 population (2017)
improved: total: 99.2% of population
unimproved: total: 0.8% of population (2017 est.)
1.1% (2019 est.)
2,700 (2019 est.)
23.1% (2016)
3.5% (2012)
4.4% of GDP (2017)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.6% (2014)
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2011)
total: 26%
male: 30.3%
female: 21.2% (2019 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Barbados on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Barbados 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Barbados 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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