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Bahamas:
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Other pages in this profile of the Bahamas:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 307,451 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 30.5 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 26.4% (male 40,608/female 40,506) 15-64 years: 66.9% (male 101,150/female 104,457) 65 years and over: 6.7% (male 8,472/female 12,258) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 28.4 years male: 27.6 years female: 29.2 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.57% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 17.06 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map -2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 23.67 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 65.72 years male: 62.5 years female: 69 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.13 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 3% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 5,600 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition fewer than 200 (2003 est.) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Bahamian(s) adjective: Bahamian |
Ethnic groups |
Definition black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3% |
Religions |
Definition Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census) |
Languages |
Definition English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants) |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.6% male: 94.7% female: 96.5% (2003 est.) |
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