- Demographics of Barbados
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Demographics of Barbados, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Barbados, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
Population pyramid of BarbardosThe following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Population
- 284,589 (July 2009 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 181
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 19.2% (male 27,383/female 27,352)
- 15-64 years: 71.3% (male 99,829/female 103,049)
- 65 years and over: 9.5% (male 10,464/female 16,512) (2009 est.)
Median age
- Total: 35.8 years
- Male: 34.7 years
- Female: 36.9 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate
- 0.383% (2009 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 168
Birth rate
- 12.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 163
Death rate
- 8.58 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 99
Net migration rate
- -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 102
Urbanization
- Urban population: 20% of total population
- Rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio
- At birth: 1.01 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- Total: 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births
- county comparison to the world: 142
- Male: 13.89 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 10.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 73.94 years
- county comparison to the world: 95
- Male: 71.65 years
- Female: 76.26 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 1.68 children born/woman (2009 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 172
HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2007 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 49
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 2,200 (2007 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 137
- Deaths: less than 100 (2007 est.)
- county comparison to the world: 152
Nationality
- Noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
- Adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)
Ethnic groups
- Black 90%, White 4%, Asian and mixed 6%
Religions
Main article: Religion in Barbados- Protestant 63.4% (Anglican 28.3%, Pentecostal 18.7%, Methodist 5.1%, other 11.3%), Roman Catholic 4.2%, other Christian 7%, other 4.8%, unspecified 20.6% (2008 est.)
Languages
- English, Bajan (local dialect) is the primarily spoken language. Hindi/Bhojpuri is second most spoken language from the Indo-Bajan population.
Literacy
- Definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
- Total population: 99.7%
- Male: 99.7%
- Female: 99.7% (2002 est.)
Education expenditure
- 6.9 of GDP (2005)
- county comparison to the world: 24
See also
External links
- Barbados profile - The Commonwealth of Nations
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2009 edition".Demographics of North America Sovereign states Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Canada · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago · United States
Dependencies and
other territoriesAnguilla · Aruba · Bermuda · Bonaire · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Curaçao · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Puerto Rico · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Saba · Sint Eustatius · Sint Maarten · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States Virgin Islands
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