Bahamas

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PROFILE
  • Area: 13,880 sq. km (5,359 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 327,316 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.83% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 72.4 years (2016)
  • Languages: English (official), Creole
  • Religions: Protestant 69.9% (includes Baptist 34.9%, Anglican 13.7%, Pentecostal 8.9% Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, Methodist 3.6%), Roman Catholic 12%, other Christian 13%, other 0.6%, none 1.9%, unspecified 2.6%
  • Formal name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
  • Alternate names: Bahama Islands, Colony of the Bahamas, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas
  • Government type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
  • Leaders: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II; head of government: Prime Minister Perry CHRISTIE
  • Capital: Nassau
  • Administrative divisions: 31 districts
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $25,200 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: crawfish, aragonite, crude salt, polystyrene products
  • Imports: machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals
  • Currency: Bahamian dollar (BSD)
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