| People | Barbados |
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Population:
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286,705 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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667 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 44% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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BRIDGETOWN (capital) 112,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.9% (male 27,127/female 27,127)
15-64 years: 71.3% (male 100,594/female 103,751)
65 years and over: 9.8% (male 10,982/female 17,124) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 36.5 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 37.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.366% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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12.35 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.013 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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64 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 11.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.34 years
male: 72.07 years
female: 76.64 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.68 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.8% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.811 physicians/1,000 population (2005) |
Hospital bed density:
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7.6 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.4% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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2,100 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial) |
Ethnic groups:
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black 93%, white 3.2%, mixed 2.6%, East Indian 1%, other 0.2% (2000 census) |
Religions:
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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:
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English |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2002 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2001) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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6.7% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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