🇧🇧 Barbados Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇧🇧 Barbados BB / BRB #182

Nomad Score 60.0

Cities 6

Region Caribbean Community, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Digital Nomad Islands, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, North America, Americas, Caribbean, Developing Countries

Currency BBD

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 282.0K

Density 660.0/km²

HDI 0.811 (Very High)

GDP per capita $21,442

Gini Index (2016) 34.1

Life Expectancy (2024) 76.3 yrs

Fertility Rate (2024) 1.71

Urban Population (2024) 59.5%

Labor Force (2025) 78.3%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
English	English

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	75.6%
No religion	20.6%
Baháʼí faith	2.0%
Hinduism	1.1%
Others	0.7%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Black	92.4%
Mixed	3.1%
White	2.7%
Indian	1.3%
Others	0.3%

Demonym (male) Barbadian

Demonym (female) Barbadian

National Anthem National Anthem of Barbados

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		17.2%
15-64 Working		66.2%
65+ Elderly		16.6%

Dependency Ratio 51%

Profile Mature

Urban Pop. (2024) 59.5%

Birth Rate (2024) 11.1 /1000

Death Rate (2024) 10.2 /1000

Fertility Rate (2024) 1.71

Infant Mortality (2024) 9.1 /1000

Tourism (2019) 966.0K

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2024) 76.3 yrs

HALE (2021) 66.7 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 5.4% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2024) 9.1/1000

UHC Index (2021) 77/100

Hospital Beds (2023) 6.4/1000

Physicians (2022) 2.96/1000

Nurses (2023) 3.67/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $1,286

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 49.5%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Education Spending (2024) 3.6% of GDP

Internet Users (2024) 70.4%

Mobile Subscriptions (2022) 114.6/100

Broadband (2022) 37.5/100

Secure Servers (2024) 1,172/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2022) 37.5

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 439 km²

Capital Bridgetown 📍

Continent North America

Region Americas

Subregion Caribbean

Landlocked No

Driving Side Left

Timezones UTC-04:00

Calling Codes +1

Postal Code BB#####

TLD .bb

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Barbados is composed of three equal vertical bands of ultramarine, gold and ultramarine. The head of a black trident is centered in the gold band.