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Bahrain      Country: Bahrain Internet: .bh Continent: Asia / Middle East Government URL: http://www.bahrain.gov.bh Area: 665 sq km Population: 698,585 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 738.528 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 420.032 Population Women: 318.496 Annual Growth Rate: 1.563 % Birth Rate: 17.8 % Death Rate: 4.14 % Life Expectancy: 74.45 years Infant Mortality Rate: 16.8 % Fertility Rate: 2.6 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.2 % HIV AIDS Living With: 600 HIV AIDS Deaths: 200 Labor Force: 352,000 Unemployment Rate: 15 % GDP Per Capita: $25,300 GDP Purchasing Power: $17,700,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 7.6 Industrial Growth: 2 Inflation Rate CP: 3.5 % Investment Gross Fixed: 21.1 Public Debt: 34.2 Capital: Manama / Al-Manámah Capital Population: 527000 (metro area) / 149900 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 26 13 N, 50 35 E UTC Offset: 3 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Merchant Marine: 8 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Roadways: 3498 km Airports: 3 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 152700 Internet Hosts: 2165 Telephones Mobile: 748,700 Telephones Main: 196500 Debt External: $7,267,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $2,918,000,000 Imports: $9,036,000,000 Exports: $12,620,000,000 Current Account Balance: $1,999,000,000 Natural Gas Reserves: 92,030,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 0 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 9,750,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 9,750,000,000 Electricity Consumption: 7,248,000,000 Electricity Production: 7,794,000,000 Oil Consumption: 27,000 Oil Production: 188,300 Oil Reserves: 121,000,000  Map of Bahrain

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