Barbados

Area: 431 km²

Population: 280 946 (2007)

Population density: 651.8 pers./km²

Capital: Bridgetown

Government type: Constitutional monarchy

Official language: English

Ethnic groups: Afro-Bajan 90%, Europeans 4%, Asians and Mulatto 6%

Religion: Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other Protestant 12%, Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%

Currency: Barbadian dollar (BBD)

Time zone: UTC -4

Administrative divisions: Barbados is divided into 11 parishes and the capital city of Bridgetown

Highest point: Mount Hillaby 340 m

Largest cities: Bridgetown, Speightstown, Oistins, Bathsheba, Holetown

Calling code: + 1 246

Internet TLD: .bb