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Transportation of Barbados

Airports:1 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2006)
Roadways:total: 1,600 km
paved: 1,600 km (2004)
Merchant marine:total: 58 ships (1000 GRT or over) 433,390 GRT/664,998 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 11, cargo 32, chemical tanker 7, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 2, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 57 (Bahamas, The 1, Canada 8, Greece 11, Lebanon 1, Monaco 1, Norway 29, UAE 1, UK 5)
registered in other countries: 1 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Bridgetown

Barbados Quickstats

  • Population: 280,946 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 431 sq km
  • Density: 647 /km² (15th)
  • GDP (total): $4.9 billion (149th)
  • GDP (per capita): $17,610 (39th)
  • Literacy: 99.7%

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  • Currency: Barbadian dollar ($) (BBD)
  • Dial code: +1-246

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