Bahamas

Facts

Population:  297,852 note:  estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  29.43% (male 44,179; female 43,486) 15-64 years:  64.46% (male 94,329; female 97,674) 65 years and over:  6.11% (male 7,618; female 10,566) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.93% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  19.1 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  7.14 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -2.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.72 male(s)/female total population:  0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  17.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  70.46 years male:  67.27 years female:  73.71 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.3 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  4.13% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  6,900 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  500 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Bahamian(s) adjective:  Bahamian
Ethnic groups:  black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%
Religions:  Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%
Languages:  English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  98.2% male:  98.5% female:  98% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $4.5 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $15,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  3% industry:  7% services:  90% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1.9% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  156,000 (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:  tourism 40%, other services 50%, industry 5%, agriculture 5% (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate:  9% (1998 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $766 million expenditures:  $845 million, including capital expenditures of $97 million (FY97/98)
Industries:  tourism, banking, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  1.465 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  1.362 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  citrus, vegetables; poultry
Exports:  $376.8 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  pharmaceuticals, cement, rum, crawfish, refined petroleum products
Exports - partners:  US 22.3%, Switzerland 15.6%, UK 15%, Denmark 7.4% (1998)
Imports:  $1.73 billion (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  foodstuffs, manufactured goods, crude oil, vehicles, electronics
Imports - partners:  US 27.3%, Italy 26.5%, Japan 10%, Denmark 4.2% (1998)
Debt - external:  $385.8 million (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $9.8 million (1995)
Currency:  Bahamian dollar (BSD)
Currency code:  BSD
Exchange rates:  Bahamian dollars per US dollar - 1.000 (fixed rate pegged to the dollar)
Fiscal year:  1 July - 30 June

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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