Barbados
A coral island of cricket, flying fish and Crop Over
Passport card
Barbados
Barbados
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Continent
- North America
- Currency
- Barbadian dollar
- Languages
- English and Bajan
- People
- About 2.8 lakh
- Size
- About 430 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Mia Mottley
- Free since
- 30 November 1966
- Time
- 9½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 2:30 am in Bridgetown
⭐ The broken trident on the flag shows a break from the colonial past.
Your Barbados stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Barbados
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Barbados
Turn the globe with your finger. Barbados has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Barbados and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale. Barbados is so small that it is marked with a ring.
- SizeIndia is about 7,600 times the size of Barbados.
- PeopleIndia has about 5,200 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 2.8 lakh in Barbados.
- DistanceBridgetown is about 13,500 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeBarbados is 9½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 2:30 am in Bridgetown.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Barbados, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Barbados
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Barbados's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Barbados back on the map
Barbados and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Barbados worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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