Population 259,025 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 23% (male 30,592; female 29,747)
15-64 years: 67% (male 84,725; female 87,730)
65 years and over: 10% (male 9,926; female 16,305) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.09% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 14.92 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 8.21 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate -5.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 17.25 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 74.79 years
male: 72.03 years
female: 77.62 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.85 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Barbadian(s)
adjective: Barbadian

Ethnic groups black 80%, white 4%, other 16%

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

Languages English

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 97.4%
male: 98%
female: 96.8% (1995 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Barbados on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Barbados People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Barbados People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.