People of The Bahamas

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Population: 275,941 (July 1997 est.)

• 0-14 years: 28% (male 39,280; female 38,755)
• 15-64 years: 66% (male 89,483; female 93,479)
• 65 years and over : 6% (male 6,209; female 8,735) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.41% (1997 est.)

Birth rate: 21.47 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate: 5.45 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

• at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
• under 15 years : 1.01 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
• total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 19.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

• total population: 73.75 years
• male: 70.36 years
• female : 77.2 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.36 children born/woman (1997 est.)

• noun: Bahamian(s)
• adjective: Bahamian

Ethnic groups: black 85%, white 15%

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, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

• definition: age 15 and over can read and write but definition of literacy not available
• total population: 98.2%
• male: 98.5%
• female: 98% (1995 est.)