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 BahrainMore Facts & FiguresNational Name:
Mamlakat al Bahrayn
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
Ethnicity/race:
Bahraini 62.4%, non-Bahraini 37.6% (2001)
Religion:
Islam (Shiite and Sunni) 81%, Christian 9%
National Holiday:
National Day, December 16 Literacy rate: 89% (2003 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est):
$14.11 billion; per capita $20,500. Real growth rate: 5.9%.
Inflation: 2.7%. Unemployment: 15%. Arable land:
2.82%. Agriculture: fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy
products; shrimp, fish. Labor force: 380,000; note: 44% of the
population in the 15–64 age group is non-national; agriculture
1%, industry, commerce, and services 79%, government 20% (1997
est.). Industries: petroleum processing and refining, aluminum
smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, offshore banking, ship
repairing, tourism. Natural resources: oil, associated and
nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls. Exports: $11.17
billion (2005 est.): petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum,
textiles. Imports: $7.83 billion (2005 est.): crude oil,
machinery, chemicals. Major trading partners: Saudi Arabia,
U.S., UAE, Japan, Germany, UK, France (2004). Communications: Telephones: main lines in
use: 191,600 (2004); mobile cellular: 649,800 (2004). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998). Television
broadcast stations: 4 (1997). Internet hosts: 1,952 (2005).
Internet users: 152,700 (2005). Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 3,498 km; paved: 2,768 km; unpaved: 730 km
(2003). Ports and harbors: Mina' Salman, Sitrah.
Airports: 3 (2005). International
disputes: none.
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