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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 97 km
PeoplePopulation: 256,395 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.24% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.45 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.27 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -4.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 19.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.78 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: African 80%, European 4%, other 16% Religions: Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980) Languages: English
Literacy:
age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Bridgetown Independence: 30 November 1966 (from UK) Constitution: 30 November 1966
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.4 billion National product real growth rate: 3% National product per capita: $9,200 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% Unemployment rate: 20.5%
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |