Bahamas, The Demographics Profile 2003

Population

297,477
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 28.8% (male 42,799; female 42,730)
15-64 years: 65.4% (male 95,718; female 98,875)
65 years and over: 5.8% (male 7,092; female 10,263) (2003 est.)

Median age

total: 27 years
male: 26.2 years
female: 27.7 years (2002)

Population growth rate

0.77% (2003 est.)

Birth rate

18.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate

8.68 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate

-2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 26.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 32.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 65.71 years
male: 62.3 years
female: 69.18 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.25 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

3.5% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

6,200 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

610 (2001 est.)

Nationality

noun: Bahamian(s)
adjective: Bahamian

Ethnic groups

black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%

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)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.6%
male: 94.7%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.)