Barbados flag

The People of Barbados

Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial) People

Barbados' map

Population: 284,589 (July 2009 est.)

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.)

Death rate: 8.58 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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 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 male: 71.65 years female: 76.26 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.68 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 100 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial) adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

Ethnic groups: black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%

Religions: 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%, none or unspecified 20.6% (2008 est.)

Languages: English

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2002 est.)