!!!Barbados: People & Society
||Population|291,495 (July 2016 est.)
||Nationality|''noun'': Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial) \\ ''adjective'': Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial) \\ 
||Ethnic groups|black 92.4%, white 2.7%, mixed 3.1%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.2%, unspecified 0.2% (2010 est.)
||Languages|English (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings)
||Religions|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 0.9%), 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 1.2% (2010 est.)
||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 18.13% (male 26,421/female 26,434) \\ ''15-24 years'': 13.03% (male 18,888/female 19,083) \\ ''25-54 years'': 44.35% (male 64,430/female 64,842) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.18% (male 18,036/female 20,396) \\ ''65 years and over'': 11.31% (male 13,216/female 19,749) (2016 est.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 50.4% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 29.1% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 21.3% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 4.7% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Median age|''total'': 38.3 years \\ ''male'': 37.2 years \\ ''female'': 39.4 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Population growth rate|0.3% (2016 est.)
||Birth rate|11.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Death rate|8.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Net migration rate|-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Population distribution|most densely populated country in the eastern Caribbean; approximately one-third live in urban areas
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 31.5% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.13% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|BRIDGETOWN (capital) 90,000 (2014)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.01 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 0.99 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.99 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.88 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.66 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.94 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Maternal mortality rate|27 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 10.5 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 9.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 75.3 years \\ ''male'': 73 years \\ ''female'': 77.7 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|1.68 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Health expenditures|7.5% of GDP (2014)
||Physicians density|1.81 physicians/1,000 population (2005)
||Hospital bed density|6.2 beds/1,000 population (2012)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 99.7% of population \\ rural: 99.7% of population \\ total: 99.7% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 0.3% of population \\ rural: 0.3% of population \\ total: 0.3% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 96.2% of population \\ rural: 96.2% of population \\ total: 96.2% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 3.8% of population \\ rural: 3.8% of population \\ total: 3.8% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|1.57% (2015 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|2,600 (2015 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|100 (2015 est.)
||Major infectious diseases| \\ ''__note__'': active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) \\ 
||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|33.2% (2014)
||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|3.5% (2012)
||Education expenditures|6.7% of GDP (2014)
||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 15 years \\ ''male'': 14 years \\ ''female'': 17 years (2011) \\ 
||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 29.6% \\ ''male'': 27.7% \\ ''female'': 31.9% (2013 est.) \\