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Barbados
Barbados
Barbados sits in Caribbean and uses BBD - Barbadian dollar ($). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Capital
Bridgetown
Population
282K
Area
430 km2
Population
282K
281,998 people
Area
430 km2
430 square kilometers
Density
656/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Bridgetown
13.1, -59.62
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Barbados, officially listed here as Barbados, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Barbados, BB, BRB, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Barbados is grouped under Americas, more specifically Caribbean, with North America shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 281,998 people and a land area of 430 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 656 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 13.16666666, -59.53333333, while the capital coordinate reference is 13.1, -59.62. Barbados has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Bridgetown (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Bridgetown and Cave Hill. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Barbados, capital of Barbados, and major urban areas in Barbados. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary parliamentary republic. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include Commonwealth and United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Barbados uses calling code +1, postal format BB#####, and time zone data listed as UTC-04:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists BBD - Barbadian dollar ($), while language records include English. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as BDS. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 34.1 for 2016.
How to use this profile
This Barbados profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
BB / BRB
Top-level domains
.bb
Continents
North America
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
BDS
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Barbados is represented by the BB country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Bridgetown
Saint Michael
98,511
primary
#2
Cave Hill
Saint Lucy
9,758
City
Governance
Government type
Unitary parliamentary republic
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+1
Postal format
BB#####
Timezones
UTC-04:00
Languages
English
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
34.1
2016