People Of 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	conventional long form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas conventional short form: The Bahamas

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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