BARBADOS BARBADOS REGION CARIBBEAN NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 30 1966 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 30 1966 POPULATION 259191 1999 EST AREA 166 SQ MI CAPITAL BRIDGETOWN FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES OIL FISH NATURAL GAS MAIN INDUSTRIES SUGAR REFINING TOURISM LIGHT MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURE SUGARCANE COTTON VEGETABLES CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 2.98 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 11200 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLICISM LITERACY RATE 97 LIFE EXPECTANCY 72 YEARS MALE 78 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 14 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
