Barbados
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and North America.
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Continent
- North America
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- the Caribbean
- Land neighbours
- None
- Population
- 282,623 (2025)
- Total area
- 430 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 13.2° N, 59.6° W
Barbados at a glance
Barbados is a country in North America, in the Caribbean. Its capital is Bridgetown. It has no land neighbours.
Flag of Barbados
Barbados’ flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Barbados and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: blue and gold vertical bands; Barbados has a black trident on blue–gold–blue, Saint Vincent three green diamonds on blue–gold–green.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Palau, Kosovo, Saint Lucia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Barbados in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in North America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 282,623 | 175thof 195 | 17thof 23 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 430 km² | 183rdof 194 | 20thof 23 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $8.017B | 146thof 182 | 14thof 21 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $28,365 | 41stof 182 | 3rdof 21 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 76.3 years | 76thof 195 | 7thof 23 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.71 | 119thof 195 | 11thof 23 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $1,286 | 55thof 191 | 6thof 22 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 59.7% | 108thof 195 | 11thof 23 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 70.4% | 117thof 180 | 16thof 23 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 14.7% | 132ndof 191 | 22ndof 23 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 2.52 t | 92ndof 181 | 11thof 23 |
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Barbados and its nearest countries
Barbados has no land neighbours, so this compares it with the four countries closest to it.
| Country | Population2025 | Area2023 | GDP per person2025 | Distanceclosest points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbados | 282,623 | 430 km² | $28,365 | |
| Saint Lucia | 180,149 | 620 km² | $14,746 | about 150 km |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99,924 | 390 km² | $12,562 | about 160 km |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,367,764 | 5,130 km² | $18,967 | about 220 km |
| Grenada | 117,303 | 340 km² | $12,107 | about 240 km |
Quizzes featuring Barbados
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Barbados · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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