Barbados August 24, 2021 Americas , Antilles , archipelago , Atlantic Ocean , Barbados , Bridgetown , British colony , British Commonwealth , canne à sucre , Caribbean , Caribbean Sea , colony , Commonwealth , islands , Leeward Islands , Lesser Antilles , tourism Official name Barbados Name in local language Barbados (en) Continent Americas Subcontinent Caribbean Population (ranking: 192e ) 270,135 inhabitants (2021) Population growth -0.40 % / year Area 431 km² Density 626.76 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 176e )4.366 billions $USD (2020) GDP/capita (ranking ) 15,191 $USD (2020) GDP growth -17.60 % / year (2020) Life expectancy (ranking ) 79.20 years (2019) Birth rate 9.50 ‰ (2019) Fertility rate 1.68 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 10.60 ‰ (2019) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 7.30 ‰ (2019) Literacy rate 100.00 % (2021) Official languages English (Creole widely spoken) Currency Barbadian dollar ($ BBD) HDI (ranking: 78e )0.814 / 1 (2019) EPI (ranking )55.76 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Head of State Queen Elizabeth II ; Governor-General Dame Sandra Mason ; Prime Minister Mia Mottley National Day 30 November (independence of 1966) ISO Codes BB, BRB Demonym Barbadian Tourists (ranking ) 680,000 people (2018)
Barbados is a small island state located in the Caribbean Sea. It is part of the Lesser Antilles, although it is eccentric to the east compared to the other Windward Islands. The closest islands are Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia to the west and Trinidad and Tobago to the south.
Beach in Barbados
Urban areas (2021) Urban areas Population Bridgetown 270,135 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Parishes Population Area Christ Church 54,336 inhabitants 57 km² Saint Andrew 5,139 inhabitants 36 km² Saint George 19,767 inhabitants 44 km² Saint James 28,498 inhabitants 31 km² Saint John 8,963 inhabitants 34 km² Saint Joseph 6,620 inhabitants 26 km² Saint Lucy 9,758 inhabitants 36 km² Saint Michael 88,529 inhabitants 39 km² Saint Peter 11,300 inhabitants 34 km² Saint Philip 30,662 inhabitants 60 km² Saint Thomas 14,249 inhabitants 34 km²
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