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  1. $Title{Table 6.: The Bahamas. Population, Land Area, and Population Density of the Major Islands, 1980}
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  4.                                                        Area      Population Density
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  6. Island(s)                               Population!    (sq. km.) (sq. km.)
  7. Acklins                                   616            389        1.6
  8. Andros                                  8,397          5,957        1.4
  9. Berry                                     509             31       16.4
  10. Bimini                                  1,432             23       62.3
  11. Cat                                     2,143            389        5.5
  12. Crooked                                   517            238        2.2
  13. Eleuthera, Harbour and Spanish Wells   10,600            518       20.5
  14. Grand Bahama                           33,102          1,373       24.1
  15. Great Abaco and Little Abaco            7,324          1,681        4.4
  16. Great Exuma                             3,672            290       12.7
  17. Great Inagua and Little Inagua            939          1,671        0.6
  18. Long Cay                                   33             23        1.4
  19. Long                                    3,358            448        7.5
  20. Mayaguana                                 476            285        1.7
  21. New Providence                        135,437            207      654.3
  22. Ragged                                    146             23        6.3
  23. San Salvador and Rum Cay                  804            241        3.3
  24. TOTAL                                 209,505         13,787@      15.2#
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  26. ! Population statistics refer to results of the 1980 census; by 1986 the
  27. Bahamas had an estimated population of 235,000.
  28. @ Total land area of the Bahamas is 13,934 square kilometers.
  29. # Based on 1986 estimated population of 235,000, the population density
  30. was 16.8 in that year.
  31. Source: Based on information from Bahamas Handbook and
  32. Businessman's Annual, 1987, Nassau, The Bahamas, 1986, 327-28; and
  33. Bahamas, Ministry of Education, Atlas of the Commonwealth of the
  34. Bahamas, Kingston, Jamaica, 1985, 5.
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