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Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Sir Orville Alton Turnquest (1995)
Prime Minister: Hubert Ingraham (1992)
Area: 5,380 sq. mi. (13,940 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 283,705 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.52%); birth rate: 20.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 18.4/1000; density per sq. mi.: 53
Capital and largest city (1991 census): Nassau, 171,542
Monetary unit: Bahamian dollar
Language: English
Ethnicity/race: black 85%, white 15%
Religions: Baptist, 29%; Anglican, 23%; Roman Catholic, 22%, others
Literacy rate: 95%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $5.63 billion; $20,100 per capita. Real growth rate: 4%. Inflation: 0.4% (1997). Unemployment: 9% (1998 est.). Labor force: 148,000 (1996); government, 30%; tourism, 40%; business services, 10%; agriculture, 5% (1995 est.). Agriculture: citrus, vegetables, poultry. Industries: tourism, banking, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt production, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe. Natural resources: salt, aragonite, timber. Exports: $300 million (1998): pharmaceuticals, cement, rum, crawfish, refined petroleum products. Imports: $1.37 billion (1998): foodstuffs, manufactured goods, crude oil, vehicles, electronics. Major trading partners: U.S., E.U., U.K., Singapore, Japan, Russia.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
