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Bahamas

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Capital:	Nassau
Area size:	10010 sq. km Slightly larger than Cyprus
Time zone:	GMT -5
Currency:	Bahamian dollar
Area code:	(+) 242
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	Subtropical, warm all year

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
English is the official language, but Creole is also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	0.3 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.5 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Most are descendants of African slaves (86 percent). There are also North Americans and British (12 percent), as well as Asian and Hispanic immigrants (2 percent).
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Christian Baptists (32 percent), Anglicans (20 percent), Roman Catholics (19 percent) and Methodists (6 percent)
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	90.9 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	90.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	90.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	90.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	89.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	89.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	89.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	88.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1961 1964
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	27.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	28.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	28.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	29 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	29.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	29.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	72.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	70.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	69.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	67.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	67.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	69.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	69.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	67.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	66.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	63.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	63.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	65.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	75.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	73.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	73.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	70.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	70.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	73.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	13 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	13 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	10 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	11 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	13 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	13 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	15 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	14 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	15 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	13 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	14 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	16 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	16 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	60 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	49	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	52	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	50	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	51	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	49	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	41	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	8 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	7 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2004	97 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2004	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	No data available percent
2003	95.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	95.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	95.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	95.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	No data available percent
2003	94.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	94.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	94.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	94.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	No data available percent
2003	96.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	96.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	96.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	96.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2006	412 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005	412 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	439 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	419 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	408 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	403 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	379 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers

2006	705 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	705 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	584 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	389 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	393 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	198 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	105 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Internet users

2006	319 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	319 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	292 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	267 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	194 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	55 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	44 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2007	Not ranked
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2005	No data available current US$
2004	No data available current US$
2003	No data available current US$
2002	15800 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	15390 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	15380 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2005	No data available current US$ billions
2004	No data available current US$ billions
2003	5.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	5.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	5.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual GDP growth

2005	No data available percent
2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent
2002	0.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	-2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation

2005	No data available percent
2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent
2002	4.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	4.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	4.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	105 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	163 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	106 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2005	3.3 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003	2.9 percent	UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	38 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	39 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	40 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	40 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	42 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	43 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2006	14	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	1	UNHCR
2004	1	UNHCR
2003	No data available
2002	No data available
2001	No data available
2000	No data available

Number of refugees residing here

2006	No data available
2000	100	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	0.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	0.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	3.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	3.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	4.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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