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The Bahamas

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The Bahamas is a country. The capital city is Nassau, located in the Caribbean region of Americas. It has a land area of 10,010 km², a population of 399,440 people and uses the currency Bahamian dollar. The Prime Minister is Hubert Minnis.

Key facts

currency: Bahamian dollar
capital city: Nassau
region: Caribbean
continent: Americas
land area: 10,010 km²
population: 399,440 people
political leader: Hubert Minnis (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 82.16 % of GDP
expense: 23.62 % of GDP
GDP: 14,338,500,000.00 current US$
inflation: 3.05 annual %
self-employed workers: 15.81 % of total employment
tax revenue: 16.43 % of GDP
unemployment: 8.64 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 14.97 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
democracy score: 0.00
democracy type: Unknown
individuals using the Internet: 94.80 % of population
net migration: 1,001 people
press freedom: 0.00
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 17.95 %
birth rate: 11.38 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.30 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,961.68 current US$
health expenditure: 7.14 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.15 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.68 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 74
suicide mortality rate: 3.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 130.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 1.68 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
fertility rate: 1.38 births per woman
forest area: 5,098 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 2.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 30.60
methane emissions: 0.34 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 208,531 people
male population: 190,909 people
renewable energy consumption: 1.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 12,279.92 km²
rural population: 65,408 people
urban land area: 203.74 km²
urban population: 334,032 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.04 % of total population

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Location on a map: 24°25′N, -76°0′W

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The Bahamas is one of the countries in Americas, countries in Caribbean and 194 countries in our database.

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