25+ Interesting Facts About Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea . This easternmost Caribbean island is close to but not part of the Lesser Antilles, an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Its nearest countries are St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Barbados has the highest number of people above 100 per capita among sovereign countries. There are 71 centenarians per 100,000 people in this Caribbean island country. Comparatively, Japan and Uruguay jointly hold the second place, with 62 centenarians per 100,000 people. ( Source ) Barbados is the most water-scarce country in the Caribbean, having annual renewable water resources of only 350 cubic meters per capita. The country receives all its internal water resources through rainfall, while the region faces rising temperatures and low rainfall. ( Source ) According to historical records, humans from northern South America settled in Barbados by 1600 BC . The initial Europeans to reach the island were Spaniards in the 16