| Country (long form) |
Commonwealth of The Bahamas |
| Capital |
Nassau |
| Total Area |
5,382.26 sq mi
13,940.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Connecticut) |
| Population |
297,852 (July 2001 est.)
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 |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
318,301 |
| Languages |
English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants) |
| Literacy |
98.2% total, 98.5% male, 98% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2% |
| Life Expectancy |
67.27 male, 73.71 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
constitutional parliamentary democracy |
| Currency |
1 Bahamian dollar (B$) = 100 cents |
| GDP (per capita) |
$15,000 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
tourism, banking, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe |
| Agriculture |
citrus, vegetables; poultry |
| Arable Land |
1% |
| Natural Resources |
salt, aragonite, timber, arable land |
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