People of Barbados
| 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.) |
| Median age: | total: 35 years male: 33.8 years female: 36 years (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.) |