Bahamas

Exact population: 303,770 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 2006 est.)
Literacy: Total population: 95.6%; male: 94.7%; female: 96.5%
Ethnicities: Black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%
Land boundaries: 0 km
Terrain: Long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills
Extremes: Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m; highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m
Imports: US 22.4%, South Korea 18.9%, Brazil 9.2%, Japan 7.9%, Italy 7.8%, Venezuela 6.6% (2004)
Exports: US 40.3%, Poland 13.3%, Spain 11.7%, Germany 5.9%, France 4.3% (2004)
Industries: Tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe

Source: CIA World Factbook