Barbados

Facts

Population:  275,330 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  21.68% (male 30,122; female 29,572) 15-64 years:  69.44% (male 93,283; female 97,915) 65 years and over:  8.88% (male 9,432; female 15,006) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.46% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  13.47 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  8.53 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.01 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.63 male(s)/female total population:  0.93 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  12.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  73.25 years male:  70.66 years female:  75.86 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.64 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  1.17% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  1,800 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  130 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial) adjective:  Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)
Ethnic groups:  black 80%, white 4%, other 16%
Religions:  Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%
Languages:  English
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over has ever attended school total population:  97.4% male:  98% female:  96.8% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $4 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  2.8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $14,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  4% industry:  16% services:  80% (1998)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  2% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  136,000 (1998 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  services 75%, industry 15%, agriculture 10% (1996 est.)
Unemployment rate:  11% (1999 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $725.5 million expenditures:  $750.6 million, including capital expenditures of $126.3 million (FY97/98 est.)
Industries:  tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export
Industrial production growth rate:  0.8% (1996)
Electricity - production:  718 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  667.7 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  sugarcane, vegetables, cotton
Exports:  $260 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components, clothing
Exports - partners:  UK 14.8%, US 11.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 7.6%, Venezuela 6.1%, Jamaica 5.8% (1998)
Imports:  $800.3 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components
Imports - partners:  US 30.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 10.2%, Japan 8.3%, UK 7.7%, Canada 2.2% (1998)
Debt - external:  $425 million (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $9.1 million (1995)
Currency:  Barbadian dollar (BBD)
Currency code:  BBD
Exchange rates:  Barbadian dollars per US dollar - 2.0000 (fixed rate pegged to the US dollar)
Fiscal year:  1 April - 31 March

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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