General information
Barbados | United States | |
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Region: | Caribbean | North America |
Area: | 430 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Government form: | Parliamentary democracy (under constitutional monarchy) | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1966 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Bridgetown | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Barbados | United States | |
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Population: | 287,025 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 667.5 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 78 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 80 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 36.9 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 10.65 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 9.00 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.29 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Barbados | United States | |
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Political stability: | 67 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 71 | 83 |
Health: | 80 | 74 |
Climate: | 77 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 33 | 38 |
Popularity: | 32 | 86 |
Economy
Barbados | United States | |
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Currency: | Barbadian Dollar (1 BBD = 100 Cents) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 12.8 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 4.10 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 118.60 % | 110.20 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 35.60 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 17,380 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 62 (moderate) | 69 (moderate) |
BRB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 5,209 M US$ | 18.15 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 4,989 M US$ | 17.38 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 2,391 M US$ | 8.33 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 2,225 M US$ | 7.75 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 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 | 20.07 km |
Harbours: | 132 | 0.460 | 3,673 | 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 | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 1.01 bn kWh | 3.52 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 1.28 m t | 4,446.01 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 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: | 138,312 | 482 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 311,734 | 1086 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 1,524 | 5 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 234,674 | 818 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Barbados | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 5.80 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.49 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 13.4 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.34 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 100.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 8.7 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Barbados and United StatesBarbados | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 30.3 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 24.3 °C | 7.3 °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 % |
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 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Rastafari: | 1.0 % | n/a |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 2.9 % | 15.3 % |