© GeoNova Publishing, Inc. Caribbean | North America | World Country (long form) Commonwealth of The Bahamas Capital Nassau Total Area 5,382.26 sq mi 13,940.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Connecticut) Population 297,852 (July 2001 est.) 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 Estimated Population in 2050 318,301 Languages English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants) Literacy 98.2% total, 98.5% male, 98% female (1995 est.) Religions Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2% Life Expectancy 67.27 male, 73.71 female (2001 est.) Government Type constitutional parliamentary democracy Currency 1 Bahamian dollar (B$) = 100 cents GDP (per capita) $15,000 (2000 est.) Industry tourism, banking, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe Agriculture citrus, vegetables; poultry Arable Land 1% Natural Resources salt, aragonite, timber, arable land Also available from this page: Cuba North Atlantic Ocean Turks & Caicos United States