Population of Barbados 2021

As of 2021, the latest population of Barbados is 294,560, based on AllCityPopulation calculation of the current data from UN (United Nations).

Population Distribution

Total population	294,560
Population growth rate	0.23%
Birth rate	11.70 births per 1,000 people
Life expectancy
Overall life expectancy	74.75 years
Men life expectancy	72.47 years
Women life expectancy	77.05 years
Age structure
0-14 years	17.80%
15-64 years	69.84%
65 years and above	12.36%
Median age	38.00 years
Gender ratio (Male to Female)	0.94
Population density	685.02 residents per km²
Urbanization	51.70%
Ethnicities
over 90% of African descent
Religions
Protestants 67% (Anglicans 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodists 7%, Others 12%), Catholics (Roman Catholic) 4%, no religion 17%, others 12%
Human Development Index (HDI)	0.813
HDI ranking	56th out of 194

People in Barbados

The people of Barbados are called Barbadians in German. They call themselves Bajans. Most of the population, namely 92 percent, are descendants of African slaves. Just under 3 percent are whites, mostly of British or Irish descent. Another minority are Asians, especially from India and China.

Languages in Barbados

English is spoken in Barbados. English is the official language and is spoken on television and radio, in government offices and in commerce. But many Barbadians also speak a Creole language that has developed from English. It is called Bajan, like the residents themselves. It is used on all less formal occasions in everyday life.

Typical of Bajan, for example, is that the English th is not pronounced: The word this is pronounced dis. The English r is also omitted from the pronunciation. An example of a sentence is: “I go to church on Sundays” means in Bajan: I does guh church punna Sunduh.

Religions in Barbados

90 percent of the residents are of the Christian faith. Most of them are Protestants from different churches such as Anglicans or Methodists. Only 3 percent are Catholic.