This article is about the demographic

Demographics

Demographics are the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology , public policy, and marketing. Commonly examined demographics include gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location...

 features of the population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

, including population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

, ethnicity

Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...

, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

0-14 years: 19.2% (male 27,383/female 27,352)

15-64 years: 71.3% (male 99,829/female 103,049)

65 years and over: 9.5% (male 10,464/female 16,512) (2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

county comparison to the world: 102

Urbanization

Urban population: 20% of total population

Rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

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: 0.63 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births

county comparison to the world: 142

Male: 13.89 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 10.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 73.94 years

county comparison to the world: 95

Male: 71.65 years

Female: 76.26 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.68 children born/woman (2009 est.)

county comparison to the world: 172

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2007 est.)

county comparison to the world: 49

People living with HIV/AIDS: 2,200 (2007 est.)

county comparison to the world: 137

Deaths: less than 100 (2007 est.)

county comparison to the world: 152

Nationality

Noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)

Adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

Religions

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%, unspecified 20.6% (2008 est.)

Languages

English, Bajan (local dialect) is the primarily spoken language. Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

/Bhojpuri is second most spoken language from the Indo-Bajan population.

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school

Total population: 99.7%

Male: 99.7%

Female: 99.7% (2002 est.)

External links

• Barbados profile - The Commonwealth of Nations