Population: 254,626 (July 1991), growth rate 0.1% (1991)

Birth rate: 16 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 6 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 23 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 76 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Barbadian(s); adjective--Barbadian

Ethnic divisions: African 80%, mixed 16%, European 4%

Religion: Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%; none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980)

Language: English

Literacy: 99% (male 99%, female 99%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Labor force: 112,300; services and government 37%; commerce 22%; manufacturing and construction 22%; transportation, storage, communications, and financial institutions 9%; agriculture 8%; utilities 2% (1985 est.)

Organized labor: 32% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Barbados on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Barbados People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Barbados People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.