Country Profile: Bahrain

News

March 2010: Bahrain has around the same per capita GDP as Sweden, but apparently those with power in Bahrain care less about health care for common Bahrainis. Barhain's infant morality rate is five times higher than Sweden's.

Geography

Islands toward the southern part of the Persian Gulf, off the western shore.

Economy

Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.

CIA Factbook: "Bahrain is one of the most diversified economies in the Persian Gulf. Highly developed communication and transport facilities make Bahrain home to numerous multinational firms with business in the Gulf."

Estimated per capita GDP (2009 U.S. dollars)

2009: $38,400 (ranks 25th)
2008: $37,800
2007: $36,100

GDP annual real (not per capita) growth rate estimate

2009: 2.9%
2008: 6.3%
2007: 8.4%

Public debt

2009: 30.1% of GDP

Oil prodction: 48,520 barrels per day (2008), ranking 64th in the world. Petroleum production and refining account for about 60 percent of export income and 30 percent of GDP.

Military expenditures as a percentage of GDP

2006: 4.5%

Population

Living in an urban area: 89% (2008)

July 2009: 728,709. Growth rate: 1.29%
July 2008: 718,306
July 2005: 688,345

Ethnicities other than Bahraini are "Asian 19 percent, other Arab 10 percent, Iranian 8 percent."

Density: 1,035 persons per square kilometer.

Migration

2009: More arriving than leaving, for a net gain of 0.2 persons per 1,000 population (146 persons).

Health

Infant mortality (deaths before the age of one year per 1,000 live births)

2009: 15.09
2008: 15.64
2005: 17.27

Average life expectancy at birth:

2009: 75.19
2008: 74.92
2005: 74.23 .

Living with HIV/AIDS, ages 15 to 49: 0.2 percent (2003)

SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/