Barbados: flag, capital & map
Get to know Barbados, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Region
- North America
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 282,623
- Area
- 430 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Barbadian Dollar (BBD)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Barbados is a country in the Caribbean. Its capital is Bridgetown.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Barbados
The flag of Barbados is composed of three equal vertical bands of ultramarine, gold and ultramarine. The head of a black trident is centered in the gold band.
Where it is
Barbados is grouped in Caribbean, within Roam’s North America region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Barbados has a recorded area of 430 square kilometres. Among the 13 countries assigned to Caribbean in this dataset, it ranks 10 by area, from largest to smallest. Antigua and Barbuda is immediately above it in that ordering, at 442 km². Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is immediately below it, at 389 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 282,623 people for Barbados in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 657 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Barbadian Dollar (BBD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Barbados?
Reveal answer
Bridgetown. Barbados is a country in the Caribbean. Its capital is Bridgetown.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Barbados?
Reveal answer
The flag of Barbados is composed of three equal vertical bands of ultramarine, gold and ultramarine. The head of a black trident is centered in the gold band.
Which land neighbours of Barbados are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Barbados. It is grouped in Caribbean, within Roam’s North America region.
Which languages does the source list for Barbados?
Reveal answer
English. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Barbados.
Which currency codes are listed for Barbados?
Reveal answer
Barbadian Dollar (BBD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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