Bahrain 
Facts
Population: 708,573
note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 26.9% (male 96,217/female 94,275)
15-64 years: 69.5% (male 284,662/female 207,555)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 13,451/female 12,413) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.392% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 17.53 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 4.21 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.021 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.372 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.084 male(s)/female
total population: 1.255 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 16.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.68 years
male: 72.18 years
female: 77.25 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 2.57 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 600 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Bahraini(s)
adjective: Bahraini.
Ethnic groups: Bahraini 62.4%, non-Bahraini 37.6% (2001 census).
Religions: Muslim (Shi'a and Sunni) 81.2%, Christian 9%, other 9.8% (2001 census).
Languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 88.6%
female: 83.6% (2001 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $18.02 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 7.8% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $25,800 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0.5%
industry: 38.7%
services: 60.8% (2005 est.).
Labor force: 352,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 1%
industry: 79%
services: 20% (1997 est.).
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.5% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 15% (2005 est.).
Budget: revenues: $5.582 billion
expenditures: $4.197 billion; including capital expenditures of $700 million (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish.
Industries: petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism.
Industrial production growth rate: 2% (2000 est.).
Electricity - production: 7.794 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 7.248 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $12.62 billion (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles.
Exports - partners: Saudi Arabia 3.3%, US 2.6%, UAE 2.3% (2005).
Imports: $9.036 billion (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: crude oil, machinery, chemicals.
Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 36.5%, Japan 6.6%, Germany 6.4%, US 5.4%, UK 5%, UAE 4.1% (2005).
Debt - external: $7.267 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $150 million; note - $50 million annually since 1992 from the UAE and Kuwait (2002).
Currency (code): Bahraini dinar (BHD).
Exchange rates: Bahraini dinars per US dollar - 0.376 (2006), 0.376 (2005), 0.376 (2004), 0.376 (2003), 0.376 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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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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