Barbados People 2007

Population:
280,946 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.7% (male 27,659/female 27,573)
15-64 years: 71.4% (male 98,633/female 102,020)
65 years and over: 8.9% (male 9,662/female 15,399) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 35 years
male: 33.8 years
female: 36 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.369% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
12.61 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
8.61 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.003 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.967 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.627 male(s)/female
total population: 0.938 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 11.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73 years
male: 71.02 years
female: 75.01 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.65 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
1.5%; (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
2,500 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

Ethnic groups:
black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%

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

Languages:
English