Bahrain

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National Name: Mamlakat al Bahrayn

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: 86.5% (2011 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2011 est): $30.8 billion; per capita $27,300. Real growth rate: 1.5%. Inflation: .3%. Unemployment: 15%. Arable land: 2.82%. Agriculture: fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish. Labor force: 666,000; 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: $20.23 billion (2011 est.): petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles. Imports: $16.8 billion (2011 est.): crude oil, machinery, chemicals. Major trading partners: Saudi Arabia, U.S., UAE, Japan, Germany, UK, France (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 228,000 (2011); mobile cellular: 1,567,000 (2011). Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998). Television broadcast stations: 4 (1997). Internet hosts: 46,035 (2011). Internet users: 419,500 (2012).

Transportation: Railways: 0 km. Highways: total: 3,851 km; paved: (2011). Ports and harbors: Mina' Salman, Sitrah. Airports: 4 (2011).

International disputes: none.

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