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Bahrain

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Bahrain is a country. The capital city is Manama, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 790 km², a population of 1,577,059 people and uses the currency Bahraini dinar. The King is Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Key facts

currency: Bahraini dinar
capital city: Manama
region: Western Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 790 km²
population: 1,577,059 people
political leader: Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (King)

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central government debt: 111.60 % of GDP
expense: 26.11 % of GDP
GDP: 46,079,867,021.28 current US$
inflation: 0.07 annual %
self-employed workers: 2.63 % of total employment
tax revenue: 2.82 % of GDP
unemployment: 1.15 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 0.97 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 19,000 people
democracy score: 2.71
democracy type: Authoritarian
individuals using the Internet: 100.00 % of population
military expenditure: 3.11 % of GDP
net migration: 20,002 people
press freedom: 1.28
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 20.00 %
birth rate: 11.45 per 1,000 people
death rate: 2.48 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,146.47 current US$
health expenditure: 4.27 % of GDP
hospital beds: 1.74 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 79
suicide mortality rate: 8.90 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 81.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 37.43 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 99.97 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.03 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: -61.58 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.80 births per woman
forest area: 7 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 99.37 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 63.73 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 28.80
methane emissions: 24.08 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.20 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 598,073 people
male population: 978,986 people
renewable energy consumption: 0.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 335.71 km²
rural population: 159,772 people
urban land area: 330.29 km²
urban population: 1,417,287 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 31.98 % of total population

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