Demographics of Barbados

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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 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook

[edit] Population

-890,437 (July 2006 est.)

[edit] Age structure

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.)

[edit] Median age

Total: 34.6 years

Male: 33.4 years

Female: 35.6 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

0.36% (2006 est.)

[edit] Birth rate

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

[edit] Death rate

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

[edit] Net migration rate

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

[edit] 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: 0.62 male(s)/female

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

[edit] Infant mortality rate

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.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 72.79 years

Male: 70.79 years

Female: 74.82 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

1.65 children born/woman (2006 est.)

[edit] HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 1.5% (2003 est.)

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

Deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.)

[edit] Nationality

Noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)

Adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

[edit] Ethnic groups

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

[edit] Religions

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

[edit] Languages

English, Bajan (local dialect) is the primarily spoken language. Hindi is second most spoken language from the Indo-Bajan population. Portuguese creole rarely is spoken in modern day Barbados.

[edit] Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school

Total population: 99.7%

Male: 99.7%

Female: 99.7% (2002 est.)

[edit] See also

• Barbadian Jews
• Indians in Barbados

[edit] External links

• Barbados profile - The Commonwealth of Nations

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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.

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