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People
310,426
country comparison to the world: 
177
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 25.3% (male 39,493/female 38,355)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 103,889/female 107,528)
65 years and over: 5.9% (male 6,998/female 11,289) (2010 est.)
total: 29.9 years
male: 28.8 years
female: 31 years (2010 est.)
0.935% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
16.25 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 128
6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
urban population: 84% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 13.68 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 129
male: 13.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 70.84 years
country comparison to the world: 140
male: 68.48 years
female: 73.27 years (2010 est.)
2 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 128
3% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
6,200 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
noun: Bahamian(s)
adjective: Bahamian
black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%
Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census)
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.6%
male: 94.7%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
3.6% of GDP (2000)
country comparison to the world: 127
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