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Area: total: 431 sq km
land: 431 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Climate: tropical rainy season [June to October]

Terrain: relatively flat rises gently to central highland region

Natural resources: petroleum, fish, natural gas

Population: 281,968 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.3% [male 27,270/female 27,193]
15-64 years: 71.7% [male 99,357/female 102,683]
65 years and over: 9% [male 9,856/female 15,609] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Barbadian[s] or Bajan [colloquial]
adjective: Barbadian or Bajan [colloquial]

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

Languages: English

Capital: name: Bridgetown
geographic coordinates: 13 06 N, 59 37 W
time difference: UTC-4 [1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Independence Day, 30 November [1966]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6%
industry: 16%
services: 78% [2000 est.]

Labor force: 128,500 [2001 est.]

Budget: revenues: $847 million [including grants]
expenditures: $886 million [2000 est.]

Agriculture - products: sugarcane, vegetables, cotton

Industries: tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export

Exports: $385 million [2006]

Exports - commodities: manufactures, sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components

Exports - partners: US 27.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 15%, UK 10.2%, Saint Lucia 7%, Jamaica 6.5%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.3% [2006]

Imports: $1.586 billion [2006]

Imports - commodities: consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components

Imports - partners: US 37.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 22.6%, UK 5.9% [2006]

Currency (code): Barbadian dollar [BBD]

Exchange rates: Barbadian dollars per US dollar - NA [2007], 2 [2006], 2 [2005], 2 [2004], 2 [2003]

Airports: 1 [2007]

Merchant marine: total: 71 ships [1000 GRT or over] 539,579 GRT/793,899 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 13, cargo 39, chemical tanker 6, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 5, roll on/roll off 2, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 67 [Bahamas, The 1, Canada 9, Greece 11, India 1, Lebanon 1, Monaco 1, Norway 35, Sweden 5, UK 3]
registered in other countries: 1 [St Vincent and The Grenadines 1] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Bridgetown