GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $4.4 billion (US$) or £2.64 billion (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $6.528 billion (US$) or £3.917 billion (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $23,600 (US$) or £14,160 (GBP)
Capital of Barbados : Bridgetown
Population (Estimated July 2012): 287,733
Area: 430 km2 or 166 mi2
Currency: Barbados Dollar (Bds$)
Official Language: English
Political Information: Constitutional Monarchy with Democratic Parliament
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 63.4% of the population are Protestant, 4.2% are Roman Catholic, 7% have other Christian beliefs, 4.8% have other religious beliefs and 20.6% have unspecified and no religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Mount Hillaby at 336m or 1,102ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): - 4:00
Wildlife:
Cities: Bridgetown
Parishes: Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Commonwealth Member since the 30 th of November 1966.
