Bahamas

• 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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