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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, 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:

       299,697

       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

       2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 28.3% (male 42,474; female 42,423)

       15–64 years: 65.7% (male 96,825; female 99,985)

       65 years and over: 6% (male 7,351; female 10,639) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 27.3 years

       male: 26.5 years

       female: 28 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       0.72% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       18.22 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       8.82 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 25.7 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 19.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 31.73 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 65.63 years

       male: 62.21 years

       female: 69.11 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       2.23 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       3% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       5,600 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 200 (2003 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 (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 95.6%

       male: 94.7%

       female: 96.5% (2003 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

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),

       represented by Governor General Dame Ivy DUMONT (since NA May 2002)

       head of government: Prime Minister Perry CHRISTIE (since 3 May 2002)

       and Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia PRATT (since 7 May 2002)

       cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the prime

       minister's recommendation

       elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general

       appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the

       leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition

       is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; the

       prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister

      Legislative branch:

       bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16-member body

       appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime

       minister and the opposition leader for five-year terms) and the

       House of Assembly (40 seats; members elected by direct popular vote

       to serve five-year terms); the government may dissolve the

       parliament and call elections at any time

       elections: last held 1 May 2002 (next to be held by May 2007)

       election results: percent of vote by party - PLP 50.8%, FNM 41.1%,

       independents 5.2%; seats by party - PLP 29, FNM 7, independents 4

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; magistrates courts

      Political parties and leaders:

       Free National Movement or FNM [Tommy TURNQUEST]; Progressive

      

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