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
See also
