Barbados Facts
BACKGROUND:
Geographic coordinates:
13 10 N, 59 32 W
Central America and the Caribbean
total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km
water: 0 sq km
0 km
Coastline:
97 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
tropical; rainy season (June to October)
relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
petroleum, fish, natural gas
Land use:
arable land: 37.21%
permanent crops: 2.33%
other: 60.46% (2005)
50 sq km (2008)
Total renewable water resources:
0.1 cu km (2003)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 0.09 cu km/yr (33%/44%/22%)
per capita: 333 cu m/yr (2000)
infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslide
Pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
easternmost Caribbean island
noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)
black 93%, white 3.2%, mixed 2.6%, East Indian 1%, other 0.2% (2000 census)
English
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.)
287,733 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 180
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.)
total: 36.5 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 37.6 years (2011 est.)
0.354% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 162
12.23 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
8.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
urban population: 44% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 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: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
64 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 89
total: 11.63 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 133
male: 12.98 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
total population: 74.52 years
country comparison to the world: 102
male: 72.25 years
female: 76.82 years (2012 est.)
1.68 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 170
6.8% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 86
1.811 physicians/1,000 population (2005)
country comparison to the world: 72
7.6 beds/1,000 population (2008)
country comparison to the world: 10
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008)
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008)
1.4% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
2,100 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 134
fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
6.7% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 19
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2002 est.)
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2001)
total: 26.2%
country comparison to the world: 23
male: 24.1%
female: 28.7% (2003)
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