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Barbados
Community
Area 430 square kilometres (land area 430 square kilometres)
Population,
66,000 (1684)*
54,500 (1710)
102,231 (1834)
135,939 (1850)
182,322 (1891)
195,588 (1901)
156,312 (1921)
192,841 (1946)
210,700 (1950)
232,085 (1960) +10.1%
238,750 (1970) +2.9%
252,200 (1980) +5.8%
260,300 (1990) +3.1%
269,800 (2000) +3.6%
279,600 (2010) +3.6%
287,400 (2020) +2.8%
*Census by Governor Sir Richard Dutton; 46,000 slaves and 20,000 Whites.
Ethnicity, %
|
|
Afro-Caribbean |
Indian (Asian) |
Mixed race |
White |
|
1710 |
77.0 |
|
|
23.0 |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
10.0 |
|
1921 |
71.0 |
|
|
7.0 |
|
1970 |
89.2 |
0.2 |
|
4.3 |
|
1980 |
|
|
|
3.8 |
|
2000 |
93.0 |
|
|
3.2 |
|
2010 |
92.4 |
1.3 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Anglican |
Christian Methodist |
Christian Pentecostal |
Christian All Protestant |
Muslim |
Christian R C |
None |
|
1980 |
70.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
40.0 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
28.8 |
5.1 |
18.7 |
63.0 |
0.7 |
5.0 |
17.3 |
|
2008 |
28.3 |
5.1 |
18.7 |
63.4 |
|
4.2 |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.6 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1950 |
|
33.0 (+20.0) |
132.0 |
13.0 |
33.2 |
5.7 |
35.7 |
|
1960 |
4.3 |
29.0 (+16.5) |
69.6 |
12.5 |
38.1 |
6.8 |
36.8 |
|
1972 |
2.7 |
21.0 (+10.9) |
31.0 |
10.1 |
34.8 |
8.8 |
38.0 |
|
1980 |
2.0 |
18.0 (+7.7) |
23.6 |
10.3 |
29.8 |
10.5 |
39.6 |
|
1990 |
1.7 |
16.0 (+6.3) |
16.1 |
9.7 |
24.1 |
10.1 |
32.7 |
|
2000 |
1.6 |
12.0 (+2.0) |
13.7 |
10.0 |
21.9 |
11.5 |
33.8 |
|
2010 |
1.6 |
11.0 (+0.7) |
13.5 |
10.3 |
19.7 |
12.5 |
32.1 |
|
2015 |
1.6 |
12.0 (+1.3) |
12.3 |
10.7 |
18.3 |
14.7 |
31.5 |
|
2017 |
1.6 |
10.7 (-0.l) |
11.6 |
10.8 |
17.7 |
|
31.2 |
|
2018 |
|
|
11.3 |
|
17.3 |
15.8 |
31.1 |
Life expectancy,
57.2 (1950); 55.0 (M), 60.0 (F)
60.7 (1960); 58.6 (M), 63.0 (F)
65.3 (1970); 63.2 (M), 67.6 (F)
68.6 (1980); 66.4 (M), 70.9 (F)
71.2 (1990); 69.0 (M), 73.5 (F)
73.2 (2000); 71.0 (M), 75.6 (F)
74.8 (2010); 72.5 (M), 77.3 (F)
79.3 (2020); 77.9 (M), 80.6 (F)
Population of principal cities
BRIDGETOWN Originally known as Indian Bridge, Bridgetown was founded in 1628. The city�s name derives from a bridge over a nearby creek constructed by the indigenous Amerindian population.
25,500 (1902)
35,000 (1913)
108,000 (1990)
133,000 (2000)
116,000 (2009)
110,000 (2014)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1965 |
88 |
0.01 |
|
|
|
1970 |
130 |
0.01 |
533 |
10.16 |
|
1975 |
420 |
0.03 |
1,708 |
21.84 |
|
1980 |
860 |
0.03 |
3,453 |
27.41 |
|
1985 |
1,200 |
0.03 |
4,810 |
26.33 |
|
1990 |
1,710 |
0.03 |
6,865 |
28.66 |
|
1995 |
2,261 |
0.03 |
7,284 |
24.23 |
|
2000 |
3,212 |
0.03 |
9,664 |
26.51 |
|
2005 |
3,897 |
0.03 |
14,224 |
32.10 |
|
2010 |
4,446 |
0.03 |
15,906 |
32.88 |
|
2015 |
4,421 |
0.02 |
15,558 |
27.68 |
|
2016 |
4,552 |
0.02 |
16,097 |
28.01 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1967 |
|
24.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
|
17.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
|
10.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1983 |
|
|
11.2 |
18.9 |
|
|
|
1988 |
|
|
17.9 |
22.0 |
75.2 |
70.0 |
|
1990 |
6.9 |
8.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
16.0 |
15.0 |
76.0 |
75.0 |
|
2010 |
3.4 |
|
13.4 |
|
75.0 |
|
|
2016 |
1.6 |
|
11.3 |
|
87.1 |
|
Communications
Language Official;
English
Literacy
91.0% (1946)
97.5% (1995); 98.0% (M), 97.0% (F)
99.7% (2002); 99.7% (M), 99.7% (F)
99.7% (2009); 99.7% (M), 99.7% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1938 |
866 |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
|
|
6,477 |
|
|
1964 |
|
14,900 |
|
|
|
1968 |
|
|
14,773 |
2,900 |
|
1977 |
|
|
22,000 |
|
|
1985 |
1,546 |
|
32,000 |
|
|
1995 |
1,650 |
55,668 |
42,821 |
|
|
2000 |
|
|
55,479 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
94,946 |
13,000 |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
15,200 |
|
2014 |
1,700 |
66,512 |
|
|
Railways; None. In 1877 construction began on a 39.0 km long line from Bridgetown to St Andrews, opened 1881. Due to mismanagement and lack of maintenance, this line lost traffic and closed in 1937.
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1964
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
|
|
700 |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
3,237 |
|
2,104 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
9,070 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
34,539 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
|
|
190,000 |
54,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
72,141 |
|
225,000 |
70,000 |
|
|
|
1991 |
|
486 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
4,600 |
235,000 |
74,000 |
15,000 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
237,000 |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
132,832 |
28,500 |
|
86,500 |
22,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
2005 |
|
206,200 |
|
90,000 |
40,000 |
160,000 |
|
2010 |
138,000 |
|
|
|
|
190,000 |
|
2012 |
144,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
139,948 |
332,200 |
|
|
|
232,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Barbados,
115,697 (1968)
220,000 (1973)
269,000 (1979)
304,000 (1982)
359,135 (1985)
432,000 (1990)
442,000 (1995)
545,000 (2000)
548,000 (2005)
532,000 (2010)
592,000 (2015)