| Population :
| 299 697.
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 28,30%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 42 474.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 42 423.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 65,70%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 96 825.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 99 985.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 6%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 7 351.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 10 639.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 27.3 years .
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| Median age male :
| 26.5 years .
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| Median age female :
| 28 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.72% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 18.22 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 8.82 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.02 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.97 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.69 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 31.73 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 19.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 65.63 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 62.21 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 69.11 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 2.23 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 3% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 5,600 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| less than 200 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Bahamian(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Bahamian .
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| Ethnic groups :
| black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3% .
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| Religions :
| Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2% .
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| Languages :
| English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants) .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 95,60%.
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| Literacy male :
| 94,70%.
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| Literacy female :
| 96.5% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| constitutional parliamentary democracy .
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| Independence :
| 10 July 1973 (from UK) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 10 July (1973) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| The Bahamas is a stable, developing nation with an economy heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking. Tourism alone accounts for more than 60% of GDP and directly or indirectly employs half of the archipelago's labor force. Steady growth in touris.
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| Population below poverty line :
| NA .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 5%, industry 5%, tourism 50%, other services 40% (1999 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| citrus, vegetables; poultry .
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| Industries :
| tourism, banking, e-commerce, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe .
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| Exports commodities :
| fish and crawfish; rum, salt, chemicals; fruit and vegetables .
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| Exports partners :
| US 39.4%, Spain 10.8%, Germany 8.7%, France 8.6%, Peru 4.8%, Mexico 4.4%, Switzerland 4.1% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 10 July (1973) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 10 July (1973) .
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| Internet users :
| 84,000 (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahamaland,
March on to glory, your bright banners waving high,
See how the world marks the manner of your bearing ;
Pledge to excel thro' love and unity.
Pressing onward, march together, to a common loftier goal ;
Steady sunward tho' the weather hide the wide and treacherous shoal.
Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahamaland,
'til the road you've trod lead unto your God, March on Bahamaland..
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