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General
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General
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Official Name
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Barbados
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Capital
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Bridgetown
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Area
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439 Sq. Kms.
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Currency
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US$I = Barbadian $2.04 (As on 18 April 2022)
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GDP
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US$4.42 billion (2020) (World Bank)
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GDP Growth Rate
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3.3% (2021) (IMF)
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Unemployment
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10.33% (2020) (World Bank)
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GDP Per Capita
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US$15,373 (2020) (World Bank)
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Forest Cover
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14.7% (2020) (World Bank)
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C02 emissions (metric tons per capita emission)
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4.4 (2018) (World Bank)
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Tourist Arrivals
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966,000(2019, World Bank)
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Population
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302,674 (2022, Estimated)
277,821 (2010 Census)
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Age Profile
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0-14: 17.49%
15-24: 12.34%
25-54: 42.69%
55-64: 13.91%
65+: 13.57%(2020, Estimated)
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Life expectancy
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75.79/81.35 (Male/Female)(2020, Estimated)
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Languages
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English, Bajan
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Ethnic groups
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Blacks 93%, white 3.2%, mixed 2.6%, East Indian 1%, other
0.2% [2010 census]
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Religion
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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 .8%), 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 l.2% (20I0 est.)
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Internet Penetration
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82% (2022, Estimated)
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Mobile phones
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114.7(2019/per 100) Estimated
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Urbanisation
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31.3% (2022)Estimated
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Exports
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345.20 US$ million (2020) (Trade map)
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Imports
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1.501 US$ Billion (2020) (Trade map)
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Main Trade Partners
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Export: United States, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago &
Saint Lucia
Import: United States, Trinidad and Tobago , Netherlands, UK &
Panama (Trade map)
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Political
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Political Structure
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Parliamentary Democracy
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Major Political Parties
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ULP and BLP
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Head of State
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President: Dame Sandra Prunella Mason (since 30 Nov 2021)
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Head of Government
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Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister (since 25 May 2018) Re-elected as Prime Minister in January 2022.
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Bilateral Trade
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India's Exports
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2021-22:US$ 15.09 million( Ministry of Commerce,
Government of India)
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India's imports
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2021-22:US$ 0.75 million ( Ministry of Commerce, Government of India)
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Total bilateral trade
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2021-22:US$ 15.84 million ( Ministry of Commerce, Government of India)
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Major Indian Exports
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Vehicles, pharmaceuticals, machinery, plastics, etc.
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Major Indian Imports
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Machinery, plastics, organic chemicals, iron and steel, etc.
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Indian Investments in Barbados
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Nil
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Barbadian Investments in India
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Nil
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Indian Community(Approximately)
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Surati Muslims (PIOs)-2000; Sindhis (PIOs)-250; Others (PIOs)- 80, Total PIOs-2,330; NRis- 230
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