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Barbados:
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Other pages in this profile of Barbados:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
280,946 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 19.7% (male 27,659/female 27,573) 15-64 years: 71.4% (male 98,633/female 102,020) 65 years and over: 8.9% (male 9,662/female 15,399) (2007 est.) |
Median Age |
total: 35 years male: 33.8 years female: 36 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate |
0.369% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate |
12.61 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate |
8.61 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate |
-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.003 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.967 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.627 male(s)/female total population: 0.938 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 11.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 73 years male: 71.02 years female: 75.01 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
1.65 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
1.5%; (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
2,500 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 200 (2003 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 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12% |
Languages |
English |
Literacy |
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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