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Islands toward the southern part of the Persian Gulf, off the western shore.
Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.
Estimated per capita GDP:
2007 $34,700 (ranks 30th)
2006 $25,800
2005 $23,100
2004 $19,200
2003 $16,900
GDP annual growth rate estimated for 2007: 6.6 percent. (Ranks 53rd)
Petroleum production and refining account for about 60 percent of export income and 30 percent of GDP.
Military expenditures as a percentage of GDP: 4.5 (estimated for 2006).
Estimated for 2008: deaths 4.29; births: 17.26, down from 18.1 in 2005.
2008: 718,306, up from 688,345 in 2005 when 235,108 were non-nationals. Ethnicities other than Bahraini are "Asian 19 percent, other Arab 10 percent, Iranian 8 percent."
Density: 1,035 persons per square kilometer.
More arriving than leaving, for a net gain of 0.4 persons per 1,000 population.
Infant mortality estimated for 2008: 15.64 down from 17.27 in 2005 (deaths before the age of one year, per 1,000 live births).
Average life expectancy estimated for 2008: 74.92, up from 74.23 in 2005.
Living with HIV/AIDS, ages 15 to 49: 0.2 percent (2003)
SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Copyright © 2008 by Frank E. Smitha. All rights reserved.