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

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СКАЧАТЬ - availability: males age 15-49: 2,508,557 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 2,070,016 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 63,247 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $3,076,500,000 (FY01/02)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.4% (FY01/02)

      Transnational Issues Belgium

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: growing producer of synthetic drugs; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Bahamas, The

      Introduction

      Bahamas, The

      Background: Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.

      Geography Bahamas, The

      Location: Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida

      Geographic coordinates: 24 15 N, 76 00 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 13,940 sq km water: 3,870 sq km land: 10,070 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Connecticut

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 3,542 km

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

      Climate: tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

      Terrain: long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills

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

       Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m

      Natural resources: salt, aragonite, timber, arable land

      Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 0% other: 99% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage

      Environment - current issues: coral reef decay; solid waste disposal

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate

       Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered

       Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone

       Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified:

       none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note: strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain of which 30 are inhabited

      People Bahamas, The

      Population: 300,529 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 0-14 years: 29% (male 43,964; female 43,250) 15-64 years: 64.7% (male 95,508; female 98,859) 65 years and over: 6.3% (male 7,948; female 11,000) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: 0.86% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 18.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 7.49 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate: -2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 17.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 73.49 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 2.28 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 4.13% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 6,900 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 500 (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Bahamian(s) adjective: Bahamian

      Ethnic groups: black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%

      Religions: Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%,

       Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%

      Languages: English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.5% female: 98% (1995 est.)

      Government Bahamas, The

      Country name: conventional long form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas conventional short form: The Bahamas

      Government type: constitutional parliamentary democracy

      Capital: Nassau

      Administrative divisions: 21 districts; Acklins and Crooked Islands,

       Bimini, Cat Island, Exuma, Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governor's Harbour,

       Green Turtle Cay, Harbour Island, High Rock, Inagua, Kemps Bay, Long

       Island, Marsh Harbour, Mayaguana, New Providence, Nichollstown and Berry

       Islands, Ragged Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador and Rum Cay

      Independence: 10 July 1973 (from UK)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 10 July (1973)

      Constitution: 10 July 1973

      Legal system: based on English common law

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

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