Facts and Figures
Full name:
The Bahamas
Nationality
noun: Bahamian(s) adjective: Bahamian
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Area total: 13,940 sq km land: 10,070 sq km water: 3,870 sq km
Population: 301,790
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 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
black 85% white 12%
Asian and Hispanic 3%
Capital: Nassau, population 180,000
Largest Cities
Freeport – 30,000
Matthew Town
Official Language: English
Religion
Baptist 32% Anglican 20% Roman Catholic 19% Methodist 6% Church of God 6% other Protestant 12% none or unknown 3% other 2%
Political system: constitutional parliamentary democracy, Part of the British Commonwealth of Nations
GDP: purchasing power parity – $5.295 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity -$17,700
Annual growth: 3%
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 3% industry: 7% services: 90% (2001 est.)
Inflation: 1.2 %