Bahrain 
Facts
Population:
645,361
note:
includes 228,424 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
29.6% (male 96,697; female 94,330)
15-64 years:
67.43% (male 257,360; female 177,839)
65 years and over:
2.97% (male 9,721; female 9,414) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.73% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
20.07 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
3.92 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.45 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.03 male(s)/female
total population:
1.29 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
19.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.2 years
male:
70.81 years
female:
75.67 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.79 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.15% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Bahraini(s)
adjective:
Bahraini
Ethnic groups:
Bahraini 63%, Asian 19%, other Arab 10%, Iranian 8%
Religions:
Shi'a Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30%
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
85.2%
male:
89.1%
female:
79.4% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $10.1 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $15,900 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
1%
industry:
46%
services:
53% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
295,000 (1998 est.)
note:
44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
industry, commerce, and service 79%, government 20%, agriculture 1% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:
15% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$1.8 billion
expenditures:
$2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Industries:
petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, offshore banking, ship repairing; tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
6.185 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
5.752 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish
Exports:
$5.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 61%, aluminum 7%
Exports - partners:
India 14%, Saudi Arabia 5%, US 5%, UAE 5%, Japan 4%, South Korea 4% (1999)
Imports:
$4.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
nonoil 59%, crude oil 41%
Imports - partners:
France 20%, US 14%, UK 8%, Saudi Arabia 7%, Japan 5% (1999)
Debt - external:
$2.7 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$48.4 million (1995)
Currency:
Bahraini dinar (BHD)
Currency code:
BHD
Exchange rates:
Bahraini dinars per US dollar - 0.3760 (fixed rate pegged to the US dollar)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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(Daily Arabic Newspaper),
http://www.akhbar-alkhaleej.com/home.asp
Akhbar al-Bahrain
(Government-owned), Manama
(Pro-government), Manama
http://www.akhbar-alkhaleej.com/
(Daily Arabic Newspaper),
http://www.alayam.com/
(Daily Arabic Newspaper),
http://www.almeethaq.net/liveweb/default.asp
(Daily Arabic Newspaper),
http://www.alwasatnews.com/
Al-Adwaa'
(Weekly newsmagazine), Manama
Bahrain in the News
Peter C. Valenti reviews Bahraini coverage of the first parliamentary elections there in decades.
Bahrain citizens voted unanimously in favor of a proposed national charter to create a constitutional monarchy, with an elected legislature and a government based on the seperation of powers.
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