General information
Barbados | United States | |
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Region: | Caribbean | North America |
Area: | 430 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Government form: | Parliamentary democracy | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1966 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Bridgetown | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Barbados | United States | |
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Population: | 287,371 | 331,501,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 668.3 | 33.7 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 78 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 81 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 39.5 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 10.60 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 9.13 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.29 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Barbados | United States | |
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Political stability: | 72 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 72 | 81 |
Health: | 80 | 71 |
Climate: | 81 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 27 | 38 |
Popularity: | 31 | 67 |
Economy
Barbados | United States | |
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Currency: | Barbadian Dollar (1 BBD = 100 Cents) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 10.4 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 4.10 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 121.50 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 35.60 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 14,350 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 65 (moderate) | 67 (moderate) |
BRB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 4,418 M US$ | 15.37 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.21 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 4,125 M US$ | 14.35 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.14 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 2,391 M US$ | 8.32 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.44 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 2,225 M US$ | 7.74 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.48 M US$ |
Infrastructure
BRB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 1,700 km | 5.92 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.87 km |
Harbours: | 165 | 0.574 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 1 | 0.003 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
BRB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 990.00 m kWh | 3.45 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.77 m kWh |
Energy production: | 1.01 bn kWh | 3.51 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.35 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,245.76 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,365.80 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 1.25 m t | 4,349.78 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,026.50 t |
Telecommunication
Barbados | United States | |
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International dialing: | +1809 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .bb | .us |
BRB total | BRB per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 128,043 | 446 | 103,052,000 | 311 |
Mobile cellulars: | 329,326 | 1146 | 442,457,000 | 1335 |
Internet server: | 1,524 | 5 | 505,000,000 | 1523 |
Internet users: | 234,957 | 818 | 294,658,590 | 889 |
Broadband Internet: | 128,000 | 445 | 121,176,000 | 366 |
Healthcare system
Barbados | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 5.97 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.49 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 13.4 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.34 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 100.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 8.5 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Barbados and United StatesBarbados | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 30.3 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 24.3 °C | 7.1 °C |
Rain days: | 12.0 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 8.1 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Barbados | United States | |
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Bajan: | 95.1 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 4.9 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Barbados | United States | |
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Christianity: | 75.5 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 20.6 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Rastafari: | 1.0 % | n/a |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 2.9 % | 15.3 % |