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The Bahamas

General information
Name
Long nameCommonwealth of The Bahamas
Population (source)census
Population (people)254,685 (1990)
Constitutional form
Drives on
Head of state authority
Main continent
Number of airports61
Airports - with paved runways22
Airports - with unpaved runways39
Area (m²)13,878
Birth rate (births/1,000 population)16
Calling code
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%)
Current Account Balance (US$)-1,146,000,000
Death rate (deaths/1,000 population)7
Debt - external (Billion US$)0
Economic aid donor (Billion $)
Electricity consumption (billion kWh)2
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person)6,031
Electricity exports (million kWh)0
Electricity imports (million kWh)0
Electricity production (billion kWh)2
Exports (Billion $)1
GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$)31,400
GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $)11
GDP real growth rate (%)2
Gross national income (US$)57
Human Development Index1
Health expenditures (% of GDP)7
Heliports1
HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%)3
HIV AIDS deaths500
HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS6,600
Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population)3
Capital city
Currency
Imports (Billion $)3
Industrial production growth rate (%)
Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)13
Inflation rate consumer prices (%)3
Internet hosts20,674
Internet tld.bs
Internet users115,800
Investment (gross fixed) (%)
Iso 3166 codeBS
ISO CODEBHS
Labor force184,000
Life expectancy at birth (years)71
Literacy (%)96
Manpower available for military service85,568
Manpower fit for military service63,429
Manpower reaching militarily age annually2,829
Is democracyYes
Market value of publicly traded shares (US$)
Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births)47
Merchant marine1,213
Military expenditures percent of GDP1
Natural gas consumption (cubic meters)0
Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person)0
Natural gas exports (cubic meters)0
Natural gas imports (cubic meters)0
Natural gas production (cubic meters)0
Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters)0
Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population)0
Obesity adult prevalence rate (%)
Oil consumption (bbl/day)35,000
Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people)111
Oil exports (bbl/day)41,610
Oil imports (bbl/day)70,990
Oil production (bbl/day)0
Oil proved reserves (bbl)0
Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population)1
Population below poverty line (%)9
Population census (people)254,685 (1990)
Population density (Number of people per square kilometer)23
Population estimate (people)319,031 (2013)
Population growth rate (%)1
Public debt (% of GDP)
Railways (km)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$)
Roadways (km)2,717
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$)
Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$)
Telephones main lines in use133,000
Telephones main lines in use per capita42
Telephones mobile cellular298,800
Telephones mobile cellular per capita95
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)2
Unemployment rate (%)14
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%)19
Waterways (km)
Valley
Helicopter
Canyon
Artillery
Crater
Religion
ContinentAmerica
Border
Plateau
Marsh
Demonymbahamian
Relations
conflicts - Country2 Relations
vivariums - Country2 Relations
schools - Country2 Relations
military constructions - Country2 Relations
televisions - Country1 Relations
temples - Country4 Relations
companies - country Headquarters5 Relations
recurring events editions - Country2 Relations
castles - Country1 Relations
radios - Country1 Relations
organizations - country Headquarters1 Relations
libraries - Country1 Relations
stadiums - Country4 Relations
public bodies - country Headquarters1 Relations
recurring events - Country3 Relations
hotels - country3 Relations
anthems - Country1 Relations
cities - Country53 Relations
amusement parks - country1 Relations
airlines - country Headquarters4 Relations
currencies - Country1 Relations
museums - Country1 Relations
universities - Country3 Relations
stocks exchanges - country Headquarters1 Relations
sport organizations - Country6 Relations
sport organizations - country Headquarters6 Relations
airports - country6 Relations
airports - country location46 Relations
teams - Country1 Relations
political parties - Country3 Relations
political parties - country Headquarters3 Relations
lighthouses - Country5 Relations
archipelagos - Country9 Relations
capes - Country1 Relations
continents - Country1 Relations
languages - Country1 Relations
administrative divisions - Country33 Relations
islands - Country63 Relations
mountains - Country3 Relations
protected Areas - Country5 Relations
rivers - Country18 Relations
straits - Country2 Relations
golf clubs - Country9 Relations
accidents - place28 Relations
bands - place of origin1 Relations
elections - place3 Relations
companies - place13 Relations
cyclones - place120 Relations
earthquakes - place2 Relations
organizations - place1 Relations
beers - place of origin1 Relations
cultivars - place of origin1 Relations
storms - place10 Relations
ships career - entity1 Relations
treaties - entity1 Relations
people - nationality122 Relations
people - country of birth217 Relations
people - country of death56 Relations