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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North AtlanticOcean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 153 km
PeoplePopulation: 65,176 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.68% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 17.08 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.35 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -4.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.68 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: black African, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian Religions: Anglican (predominant), other Protestant sects, some Roman Catholic Languages: English (official), local dialects
Literacy:
age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (1960)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Saint John's Independence: 1 November 1981 (from UK) Constitution: 1 November 1981
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $400 million National product real growth rate: 3.4% National product per capita: $6,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% Unemployment rate: 6%
Electricity:
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