PEOPLE
Population: 255,911 (1992 est.)
Density: 16.9 person per sq km (43.7 per sq mi). (1986)
Distribution: 57% (1985)
Annual growth: 1.4% (1992)
Official language: English
Major religion: Anglicanism, Roman Catholic, Baptist Church, Greek Orthodoxy, Judaism.

EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Literacy: 89% of adult population (1984)
Universities: None (1987)
Hospital beds: 948 (1983)
Physicians: 218 (1983)
Life expectancy: Women -- 76; Men -- 69 (1992)
Infant mortality: 19 per 1,000 live births (1992)

ECONOMY
GDP: $2.5 billion; $9,900 per capita (1990)
Labor distribution
Commerce and services: N/A
Agriculture: 6%
Industry: N/A
Foreign trade
Imports: $1.4 billion
Exports: $306 million
Principal trade partners: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Currency: 1 Bahamian dollar = 100 cents

GOVERNMENT
Type: Independent state within Commonwealth of Nations.
Legislature: Parliament
Government leaders: (1992) Clifford Darling -- govenor General; Hubert Ingraham -- Prime Minister
Political subdivisions: N/A

COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: None (1987)
Roads: 4,100 km total (1983)
Major ports: 2
Major airfields: 2