Barbados
Barbados is an island nation in the Caribbean. Its capital is Bridgetown. About 303,431 people live there (2023). It covers 439 square kilometres.
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- People (2023)
- 303,431
- Area
- 439 km²
- Currency
- Barbadian dollar
Barbados at a glance
- Status
- Sovereign country
- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Population
- 303,431 (2023)
- Area
- 439 km² (169 mi²)
- People are called
- Barbadian
- Official languages
- English
- Regional languages
- Bajan Creole
- Currency
- Barbadian dollar
- GDP (nominal)
- US$5.6 billion (2022)
- Life expectancy
- 78 years (2022)
- Human Development Index
- 0.79 (2021)
- Unemployment
- 12.8% (2020)
- Government
- unitary state, parliamentary republic
- Head of state
- Sandra Mason (since 2021)
- Head of government
- Mia Mottley (since 2018)
- Country codes
- BB, BRB
- Calling code
- +1246
- Internet domain
- .bb
- Drives on the
- left
- Time zones
- UTC−04:00, America/Barbados
- Coordinates
- 13.17°, -59.5525°
Barbados on a map
Barbados is shown in green. It has no neighbours listed in the data.
- Barbados
Divisions of Barbados
- Christ Church
- Saint Andrew
- Saint George
- Saint James
- Saint John
- Saint Joseph
- Saint Lucy
- Saint Michael
- Saint Peter
- Saint Philip
- Saint Thomas
Member of
- United Nations
- Commonwealth of Nations
- World Trade Organization
- Caribbean Community
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Development Association
- International Finance Corporation
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Alliance of Small Island States
- Caribbean Development Bank
- Interpol
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
and 10 more organisations.
How far are you from Barbados?
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Questions
What is the capital of Barbados?
The capital of Barbados is Bridgetown.
What is the population of Barbados?
Barbados has about 303,431 people, as recorded in 2023.
How big is Barbados?
Barbados covers 439 square kilometres (169 square miles).
What currency does Barbados use?
The Barbadian dollar.
What language is spoken in Barbados?
The official language of Barbados is English.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.