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Demographics of Barbados

Contents 1 Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook 1.1 Population 1.2 Age structure 1.3 Median age 1.4 Population growth rate 1.5 Birth rate 1.6 Death rate 1.7 Net migration rate 1.8 Sex ratio 1.9 Infant mortality rate 1.10 Life expectancy at birth 1.11 Total fertility rate 1.12 HIV/AIDS 1.13 Nationality 1.14 Ethnic groups 1.15 Religions 1.16 Languages 1.17 Literacy

279,912 (July 2006 est.)

0-14 years: 20.1% (male 28,160/female 28,039)

15-64 years: 71.1% (male 97,755/female 101,223)

65 years and over: 8.8% (male 9,508/female 15,227) (2006 est.)

Total: 34.6 years

Male: 33.4 years

Female: 35.6 years (2006 est.)

0.37% (2006 est.)

12.71 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

8.67 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

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: 0.62 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Total: 11.77 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 13.38 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 10.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Total population: 72.79 years

Male: 70.79 years

Female: 74.82 years (2006 est.)

1.65 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Adult prevalence rate: 1.5% (2003 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 2,500 (2003 est.)

Deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.)

Noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)

Adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

Black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%

Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%

English, Bajan (local dialect,(Some Portuguese Creole is spoken in some areas of Barbados)

Definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school

Total population: 99.7%

Male: 99.7%

Female: 99.7% (2002 est.)

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This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.