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Where Is Barbados? Location Map
List of Land & Sea Borders For Barbados
- Trinidad and Tobago (Sea): 386 km (240 miles)
- France (Sea): 353 km (219 miles) (via Martinique)
- Saint Lucia (Sea): 105 km (65.2 miles)
- Venezuela (Sea): (est. ~100 km / ~60 miles)*
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Sea): 99 km (61.5 miles)
- Guyana (Sea): 54 km (33.6 miles)
* = no agreed or delimited boundary exists (overlapping or undelimited claims); the bracketed figure is a rough estimate of the de facto claim interface.
Barbados Facts
Full Official Name: Barbados
Demonym: Barbadian, Bajan (colloquial)
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Area
Total Area: 430 km²
Total Land Area: 430 km²
Total Water Area: 0 km²
Demographics
Population: 304,139
Population Growth Rate: 0.23% (2024 est.)
Largest City: Bridgetown (Population: 110,000)
Ethnic Groups: African descent 92.4%, mixed 3.1%, White 2.7%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.2%, unspecified 0.3% (2010 est.)
Languages: English (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings)
Religions: Protestant 66.4% (includes Anglican 23.9%, other Pentecostal 19.5%, Adventist 5.9%, Methodist 4.2%, Wesleyan 3.4%, Nazarene 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Baptist 1.8%, Moravian 1.2%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 3.8%, other Christian 5.4% (includes Jehovah’s Witness 2.0%, other 3.4%), Rastafarian 1%, other 1.5%, none 20.6%, unspecified 1.2% (2010 est.)
Economy
Currency: Barbadian dollar
Real GDP at Purchasing Power Parity ($ PPP): $4.92 billion (2023 est.)
GDP per capita (PPP): $17,400 (2023 est.)
Exports Value Per Year: $2.228 billion (2017 est.)
Biggest Export Partners: US 23%, Jamaica 11%, Trinidad and Tobago 9%, Guyana 8%, Poland 6% (2022)
Imports Value Per Year: $2.12 billion (2021 est.)
Biggest Import Partners: US 43%, China 8%, Trinidad and Tobago 7%, UK 5%, Netherlands 3% (2022)
Government
Type: parliamentary republic; a Commonwealth realm
Capital City: Bridgetown (Population: 110,000)
Other Facts
Time Zone: UTC−4 (AST)
Country Code: BB
Internet TLD: .bb
Climate: tropical; rainy season (June to October)