![]()
GeographyLocation: Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 3,542 km
PeoplePopulation: 256,616 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.09% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 19.23 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.79 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -2.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 24.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.01 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: black 85%, white 15% Religions: Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Churchof God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2% Languages: English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write but definition of literary not available (1963 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: commonwealth Capital: Nassau Independence: 10 July 1973 (from UK) Constitution: 10 July 1973
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.4 billion National product real growth rate: 3.5% National product per capita: $15,900 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.7% Unemployment rate: 13.1%
Electricity:
|
| 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). |