Barbados – The Facts
- Full name: Barbados
- Population: 290,000 (UN, 2007)
- Capital: Bridgetown
- Area: 430 sq km (166 sq miles)
- Major language: English (Bajan, an English-African dialect, is widely used)
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 74 years (men), 80 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Barbadian dollar = 100 cents
- Main exports: Sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components, clothing
- GNI per capita: US$9,260 (World Bank, 2005)
- Internet domain: .bb
- International dialling code: +1246
- Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II represented by a governor-general.
- Prime minister: David Thompson -elected House of Assembly and the Senate.
- The press
- Barbados Advocate – daily
- The Nation – daily
- Caribbean Week – fortnightly
- Broad Street Journal - business
- Television
- Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) - government-owned, operates CBC TV
- Radio
- Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)-government-owned, operates CBC Radio 900 AM,
- The One 98.1
- Quality 100.7
- BBS FM-commercial, operated by Barbados Broadcasting Service,
- Faith 102-religious
