People of Barbados

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Photos by Dave Lichtenstein of a steelband playing at a local fish fry and fans at a cricket match, Barbados's national sport (click on the images to see larger versions)

Population: 258,756 (July 1997 est.)

• 0-14 years: 24% (male 31,025; female 30,197)
• 15-64 years: 66% (male 83,977; female 87,208)
• 65 years and over : 10% (male 10,002; female 16,347) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.12% (1997 est.)

Birth rate: 15.35 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate: 8.25 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate: -5.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

• at birth : 1.03 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female
• total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

• total population: 74.6 years
• male : 71.84 years
• female: 77.43 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.88 children born/woman (1997 est.)

• 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

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