Barbadians

Bajans
Regions with significant populations
 Barbados 284,589 (2014)[1]
 United States65,653 (2013)[2]
 Canada37,780 (2016)[3]
 United Kingdom18,762 (2011)[4]
 Trinidad and Tobago1,147[5]
 Jamaica1,000[6]
 Australia483[7]
Languages
Bajan Creole, English
Religion
Predominantly Protestant, minority (3.4%) Roman Catholic, other religions include Islam, Judaism, Rastafari, Hinduism, Buddhism and Baha’i[8]
Related ethnic groups
Other Caribbean peoples (especially Afro-Caribbeans), Americo-Liberians

Barbadians, more commonly known as Bajans (pronounced /ˈbənz/ BAY-jənz), are people who are identified with the country of Barbados, by being citizens or their descendants in the Bajan diaspora. The connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Bajans, several (or all) of those connections exist and are collectively the source of their identity. Bajans are a multi-ethnic and multicultural society of various ethnic, religious and national origins; therefore Bajans do not necessarily equate their ethnicity with their Bajan nationality.[9]

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  2. ^ Results   American Fact Finder (US Census Bureau)
  3. ^ Statistics Canada. "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. 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.
  5. ^ "Barbados - International emigrant stock 2020 | countryeconomy.com". countryeconomy.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of O.. | migrationpolicy.org". Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Barbados - Emigrantes totales 2020 | Datosmacro.com". datosmacro.expansion.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  8. ^ "2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Barbados".
  9. ^ Minahan, James B. (14 March 2013). Ethnic Groups of the Americas: An Encyclopedia. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-61069-164-2 – via Google Books.