Barbados 
Facts
Population: 280,946 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.7% (male 27,659/female 27,573)
15-64 years: 71.4% (male 98,633/female 102,020)
65 years and over: 8.9% (male 9,662/female 15,399) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 0.369% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 12.61 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 8.61 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.003 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.967 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.627 male(s)/female
total population: 0.938 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 11.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73 years
male: 71.02 years
female: 75.01 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.65 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.5%; (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,500 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial).
Ethnic groups: black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%.
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: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2002 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $5.146 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 3.5% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $18,400 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6%
industry: 16%
services: 78% (2000 est.).
Labor force: 128,500 (2001 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 10%
industry: 15%
services: 75% (1996 est.).
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.5% (2003 est.).
Unemployment rate: 10.7% (2003 est.).
Budget: revenues: $847 million (including grants)
expenditures: $886 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.).
Agriculture - products: sugarcane, vegetables, cotton.
Industries: tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export.
Industrial production growth rate: -3.2% (2000 est.).
Electricity - production: 896 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 833.3 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $209 million (2004 est.).
Exports - commodities: sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components.
Exports - partners: US 18.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 15%, UK 12.1%, Saint Lucia 8.4%, Jamaica 7.9%, Grenada 4.6%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.6% (2005).
Imports: $1.476 billion (2004 est.).
Imports - commodities: consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components.
Imports - partners: US 37.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 22.1%, UK 5.5%, Japan 5.2% (2005).
Debt - external: $668 million (2003).
Economic aid - recipient: $9.1 million (1995).
Currency (code): Barbadian dollar (BBD).
Exchange rates: Barbadian dollars per US dollar - 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004), 2 (2003), 2 (2002).
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
(Privately-owned, Independent), St. Michael
http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/
(Privately-owned, Independent), Bridgetown
http://www.nationnews.com
(Regional News Agency), Bridgetown
http://www.cananews.com
Caribbean Week
(Independent Monthly Review), Bridgetown
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