Barbados - GENERAL INFORMATION - Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures

Full name:

Barbados

Nationality

noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)

adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

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Area
total: 431 sq km

water: 0 sq km land: 431 sq km

Population: 279,254 (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups black 90% white 4% Asian and mixed 6%

Capital: Bridgetown(20 000)

Largest Cities

Speightstown Holetown St Andrews Crane

Official Language: English

Religion

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

Political system: parliamentary democracy; independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth

GDP: purchasing power parity – $4.569 billion (2004 est.)

GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $16,400 (2004 est.)

Annual growth: 2.3% (2004 est.)

GDP – composition by sector          agriculture: 6%         industry: 16%         services: 78% (2000 est.)

Inflation: -0.5% (2003 est.)