Bible Society work in the East Caribbean
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Society in the East CaribbeanRoebuck Plaza 20-23 Roebuck Street Bridgetown Barbados Tel: +(1 246)-429-7978 Fax: +(1 246)-436-7319 E-mail: N/A |
website |
Country Data:
| Area: | 9,050 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 2,245,000 | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$15,018 (highest country) US$2,720 (lowest country) |
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| Literate Population: | 95.4% | |
| Religions in % of Population: | Protestant |
41.4%
|
| Roman Catholic |
29.3%
|
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| Hindu |
14.9%
|
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| Muslim |
3.6%
|
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| Orthodox |
0.1%
|
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| Other |
10.7%
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| Official Language: | English | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1808 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1979 | |
| Date of Associate Membership in UBS: | 1994 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
|
Bibles
|
New
Testaments |
||||
| 9,551 | 9,842 | 7,907 | 118 | 238,381 | 449 |
| Islands served: | ||
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Population
|
Beginning of organised
work
|
|
| Anguilla |
11,510
|
1832
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
64,500
|
1808
|
| Barbados |
265,000
|
1809
|
| Dominica |
74,400
|
1809
|
| Grenada |
98,400
|
1821
|
| Montserrat |
6,400
|
1824
|
| Saint Kitts-Nevis |
42,838
|
1809
|
| Saint Lucia |
154,020
|
1832
|
| Saint Vincent |
120,519
|
1817
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,276,000
|
1809
|
| Virgin Islands (UK) |
19,156
|
1817
|
| Virgin Islands (US) |
108,612
|
1808
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Bible news in Brief (June 2002)
