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Barbados' population (1960-2010). At the 2010 census Barbados had an estimated population of 277,821. [4] The tabulated population was only 226,193 due to a high undercount (estimated at 18%). The estimated population of 2021 is 281,200 (the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [1] [2]).
Indians have influenced Barbadian cuisine, music, and culture. Barbados is also home to expatriates from other countries who mainly come from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. [14] The largest ethnic groups in Barbados is black (92.4%) or mixed (3.1%). 2.7% of Barbados' population is white and 1.3% South Asian.
By 1660, Barbados generated more trade than all of the other English colonies combined. This remained the case until it eventually was surpassed by geographically larger islands like Jamaica in 1713. Even so, in 1730–31 the estimated value of the colony of Barbados was as much as £5,500,000.
Barbadian (or Bajan) Americans are Americans of full or partial Barbadian heritage. The 2000 Census recorded 53,785 US residents born on the Caribbean island [2] 52,170 of whom were born to non-American parents [3] and 54,509 people who described their ethnicity as Barbadian. [4]
Today many well-known Barbadians are the grandchildren of these unions. These Muslims started the itinerant trading process, which continues up to this day. In the early stages most of the trading was with poor Barbadians living in the country areas who found it difficult to get to Bridgetown to do their shopping.
Pages in category "African diaspora in Barbados" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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Sir James Drax (d. 1662), a pioneer sugar grower and 'plantocrat' (born in England before settling in Barbados) Theodorious Paleologus (c. 1660–1693), sailor and privateer , last surviving male descendant of the Paleologus dynasty , rulers of the Byzantine Empire from 1259 to its fall in 1453.