Location: Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba

Geographic coordinates: 24 15 N, 76 00 W

Area:

total: 13,940 sq km
land: 10,070 sq km
water: 3,870 sq km


Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Connecticut

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.)

Currency: Bahamas Dollar (BSD). US$1= BSD$1.00

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