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PEOPLE

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

Population

2009	0.3 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
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 (2009)

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
92 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

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

USEFUL INFORMATION

Time zone
GMT -5

Climate description
Subtropical, warm all year

Currency
Bahamian dollar

Telephone dialling code
(+) 242

Driving (left/right)
Left

STANDARD OF LIVING

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

2007	12 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
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

2007	13 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
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

2003-2005	6 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	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

2006	No data available percent
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

2006	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
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

2008	398 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	398 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	399 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	409 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	435 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	415 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	404 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	399 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	375 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1060 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	1121 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	768 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	700 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	579 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	385 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	389 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	196 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	103 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	424 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	362 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	336 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	319 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	292 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	267 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	194 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	55 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	44 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
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

ECONOMY & AID

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

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	No data available current US$
2006	No data available current US$
2005	No data available current US$
2004	No data available current US$
2003	17160 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	16100 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	15750 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	15290 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

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

2007	6.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	6.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	6.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	5.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	5.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	5.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	5.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	5.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	0.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	-2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	5.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	2.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	0.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	5.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	-0.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	1.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

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

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

HEALTH

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)

2007	3.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	3.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	3.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	3.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	3.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

CONFLICT & MIGRATION

Number of refugees originating here

2008	15	UNHCR
2007	14	UNHCR
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

2008	No data available
2007	No data available
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