Population: 274,540 (July 2000 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (male 30,687; female 30,172)
15-64 years: 69% (male 92,241; female 96,866)
65 years and over: 9% (male 9,506; female 15,068) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate: At 0.55% (2000 estimate), Barbados' population growth has been very low, historically less than 1% since the 1960s, largely due to family planning efforts and a high emigration rate.

Birth rate: 14.45 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate: 8.68 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 12.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73 years
male: 70.43 years
female: 75.6 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (2000 est.)

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

Ethnic groups: About 80% of Barbados' population is of African descent, 4% European descent, and 16% mixed.

Religions: 67% of Barbadians are Protestant (40% Anglican, 8% Pentecostal, 7% Methodist, 12% other), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12% (mostly Baptist and Moravian, though there are also some small Jewish and Muslim communities).

Languages: English

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 97.4%
male: 98%
female: 96.8% (1995 est.)

Reference

Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.

See also : Barbados