This is a demography of

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate) ...

including

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

Population

At the 2010 census Barbados had an estimated population of 277,821. The tabulated population was only 226,193 due to a high undercount (estimated at 18%). The estimated population of is ().

Race

The population of Barbados is predominantly black (91%) or mixed (4%). 3.5% of the population is white and 1% South Asian. The remaining 0.5% of the population includes East Asians (0.1%).

Languages

English is the

official language An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, ...

of Barbados, and is used for communications, administration, and public services all over the island. In its capacity as the official language of the country, the standard of English tends to conform to the vocabulary, pronunciations, spellings, and conventions akin to, but not exactly the same as, those of

British English British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is, according to Lexico, Oxford Dictionaries, "English language, English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere". More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in ...

. A regional variant of English referred to locally as

Bajan Bajan may refer to: Geography and culture Barbados * Barbadians, known by the colloquialism Bajan(s) (pronounced 'bay-jun') * Barbadian English language * Bajan Creole, a Creole language Other location * Something or someone from Baja ...

is spoken by most Barbadians in everyday life especially in informal settings. In its full-fledged form, Bajan sounds markedly different from the Standard English heard on the island. The degree of intelligibility between Bajan and general English depends on the level of creolised vocabulary and idioms. A Bajan speaker may be completely unintelligible to an English speaker from another country. Bajan is influenced by other

Caribbean English Caribbean English (CE, CarE) is a set of dialects of the English language which are spoken in the Caribbean and Liberia, most countries on the Caribbean coast of Central America, and Guyana and Suriname on the coast of South America. Carib ...

dialects. There was no indigenous language on Barbados.

Religion

According to the 2010 census, 75.6% of the population of Barbados are considered Christian, 2.6% have a non-Christian religion and 20.6% have no religion. Anglicanism constitutes the largest religious group, with 23.9% of the population. It is represented by the

Church in the Province of the West Indies The Church in the Province of the West Indies is one of 40 member provinces in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church comprises eight dioceses spread out over much of the West Indies area. The present position of Archbishop and Primate of the ...

, within which the island belongs to the Diocese of Barbados.

Pentecostals Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

are the second largest group (19.5%). The next largest group are

Seventh-day Adventists The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and i ...

, 5.9% of the population, followed by Methodists (4.2%). 3.8% of the population are Roman Catholics. Other Christians include

Wesleyans Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ...

(3.4%), Nazarenes (3.2%), Church of God (2.4%), Jehovah's Witnesses (2.0%), Baptists (1.8), Moravians (1.2%),

Brethren Christian Brethren is a name adopted by a wide range of mainly Christian religious groups throughout history. The largest movement is Anabaptist. Late Middle Ages * Apostolic Brethren (13th century), mendicant order similar to the Franciscans * Kalands Bret ...

(0.5%), the Salvationists (0.4%) and

Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The c ...

( 0.1%). The number of non-Christians is small. 0.7% of the population are

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

, most of whom are immigrants or descendants of Indian immigrants from the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

. There are three mosques and an Islamic centre. Other religious groups include the

Rastafarians Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is a religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion. There is no central authority in control of ...

(1.0% of the population), which was introduced to Barbados in 1975,

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

(0.5%),

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

(0.05%), the Baháʼís (0.04%) and Buddhists.

Historical statistics

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (01.05.2010) (Census) :

Other demographics statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019. *One birth every 180 minutes *One death every 206 minutes *One net migrant every Infinity minutes *Net gain of one person every 1440 minutes Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. ;Nationality: :noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial) :adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial) ;Population: :293,131 (July 2018 est.) ;Ethnic groups: :African descent 92.4%, mixed 3.1%, white 2.7%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.2%, unspecified 0.3% (2010 est.) ;Age structure: Barbadospop

:''0-14 years:'' 17.8% (male 26,084 /female 26,090) :''15-24 years:'' 12.53% (male 18,236 /female 18,479) :''25-54 years:'' 43.69% (male 63,829 /female 64,249) :''55-64 years:'' 13.62% (male 18,888 /female 21,043) :''65 years and over:'' 12.36% (male 14,705 /female 21,528) (2018 est.) ;Median age: :total: 38.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 56th :male: 37.8 years :female: 40.1 years (2018 est.) ;Birth rate: :11.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 169th ;Death rate: :8.6 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 73rd ;

Total fertility rate The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if: # she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime # she were t ...

: :1.68 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 175th ;Net migration rate: :-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 114th ;Population growth rate: :0.26% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 176th ;Contraceptive prevalence rate: :59.2% (2012) ;Languages: English (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings) ;Religions: Protestant 66.4% (includes Anglican 23.9%, other Pentecostal 19.5%, Adventist 5.9%, Methodist 4.2%, Wesleyan 3.4%, Nazarene 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Baptist 1.8%, Moravian 1.2%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 3.8%, other Christian 5.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness 2.0%, other 3.4%), Rastafarian 1%, other 1.5%, none 20.6%, unspecified 1.2% (2010 est.) ;Population distribution: most densely populated country in the eastern Caribbean; approximately one-third live in urban areas ;Life expectancy at birth: :total population: 75.7 years :male: 73.3 years :female: 78.1 years (2018 est.) ;

Dependency ratio The dependency ratio is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the ''dependent'' part ages 0 to 14 and 65+) and those typically in the labor force (the ''productive'' part ages 15 to 64). It is used to measure the press ...

s: :total dependency ratio: 50.4 (2015 est.) :youth dependency ratio: 29.1 (2015 est.) :elderly dependency ratio: 21.3 (2015 est.) :

potential support ratio The potential support ratio (PSR) is the number of people age 15–64 per one older person aged 65 or older. This ratio describes the burden placed on the working population (unemployment and children are not considered in this measure) by the no ...

: 4.7 (2015 est.) ;Urbanization: :urban population: 31.1% of total population (2018) :rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) ;Obesity - adult prevalence rate: :23.1% (2016). Country comparison to the world: 67th ;Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2014 est.) :total population: 99.6% :male: 99% :female: 99.6% (2014) ;School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): :total: 15 years :male: 14 years :female: 17 years (2011) ;Unemployment, youth ages 15–24: :total: 29.6%. Country comparison to the world: 32nd :male: 27.9% :female: 31.5% (2016 est.)

References

External links

Barbados Statistical Service (BSS)

Barbados profile
- The Commonwealth of Nations
Barbados Profile BGIS

CARICOM Stats
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