The 2002 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ broadcast stations: 4 (1997)

      Televisions: 275,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .bh

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

      Internet users: 105,000 (2001)

      Transportation Bahrain

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: 3,164 km paved: 2,433 km unpaved: 731 km note: a paved causeway links Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

      Waterways: none

      Pipelines: crude oil 56 km; petroleum products 16 km; natural gas 32 km

      Ports and harbors: Manama, Mina' Salman, Sitrah

      Merchant marine: total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 270,784 GRT/384,561 DWT ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 4, container 2, includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Kuwait 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports: 4 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 3 over 3,047 m: 2 (2001)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2001)

      Heliports: 1 (2001)

      Military Bahrain

      Military branches: Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF) comprising Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Police Force, Amiri Guards, National Guard

      Military manpower - military age: 15 years of age (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 222,572 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 121,955 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 5,926 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $526.2 million (FY01)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 6.7% (FY01)

      Transnational Issues Bahrain

      Disputes - international: none

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Barbados

      Introduction

      Barbados

      Background: The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Its economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.

      Geography Barbados

      Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North

       Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela

      Geographic coordinates: 13 10 N, 59 32 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 431 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 431 sq km

      Area - comparative: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 97 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate: tropical; rainy season (June to October)

      Terrain: relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point:

       Mount Hillaby 336 m

      Natural resources: petroleum, fish, natural gas

      Land use: arable land: 37% permanent crops: 2% other: 61% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards: infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides

      Environment - current issues: pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Climate Change,

       Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species,

       Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection,

       Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: Geography - note: easternmost

       Caribbean island

      People Barbados

      Population: 276,607 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 0-14 years: 21.4% (male 29,888; female 29,338) 15-64 years: 69.8% (male 94,214; female 98,811) 65 years and over: 8.8% (male 9,378; female 14,978) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: 0.46% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 13.32 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate: -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 11.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 76.12 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 1.64 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.17% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 1,800 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 130 (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial) adjective:

       Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

      Ethnic groups: black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%

      Religions: Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%

      Languages: English

      Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population:

       Government Barbados

      Country name: СКАЧАТЬ