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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 148 km
PeoplePopulation: 82,608 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.4% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 18.63 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.33 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -9.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.95 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: black, Carib Indians Religions: Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, unknown 1%, other 5% Languages: English (official), French patois
Literacy:
age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Roseau Independence: 3 November 1978 (from UK) Constitution: 3 November 1978
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $200 million National product real growth rate: 1.6% National product per capita: $2,260 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6% Unemployment rate: 15%
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). |