People (The Bahamas)
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     Population:
         255,811 (July 1992), growth rate 1.4% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         19 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         5 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         19 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         69 years male, 76 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         2.2 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun--Bahamian(s); adjective--Bahamian
     Ethnic divisions:
         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% (1980)
     Languages:
         English; some Creole among Haitian immigrants
     Literacy:
         90% (male 90%, female 89%) age 15 and over but definition of literacy not
         available (1963 est.)
     Labor force:
         127,400; government 30%, hotels and restaurants 25%, business services
         10%, agriculture 5% (1989)
     Organized labor:
         25% of labor force