Barbadian people

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Bajan
Total population
c. 405,000
Regions with significant populations
 Barbados 284,589 (2014)[1]
 United States65,653 (2013)[2]
 Canada37,780 (2016)[3]
 United Kingdom18,762 (2011)[4]
Languages
English (Bajan, British English, American English)
Religion
Christianity (predominantly Protestantism)
Related ethnic groups
other Caribbean people
Afro-Barbadian, Barbadian British, Barbadian American, Americo-Liberians, Barbadians in Trinidad, Barbadians in Brazil, Barbadian Canadians, African diaspora

Barbadians or Bajans are people from the Caribbean island of Barbados. They can live on Barbados or live in another country.

Diaspora[change | change source]

Many Bajans now live overseas and outside of Barbados. Most have moved to English language countries. There are some 60,000 Bajans in the United Kingdom, around 54,509 Bajans in the United States and 20,000 in Canada.

Related pages[change | change source]

See: List of famous Bajan people

References[change | change source]

  1. "The World Factbook: Barbados". cia.gov. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. Results   American Fact Finder (US Census Bureau)
  3. Statistics Canada. "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  4. "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.