The 1997 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- composition by sector: agriculture: 36.8% industry: 12.6% services : 50.6% (1993)
Inflation rate - consumer price index: 14.5% (1995)
Labor force: NA
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget: revenues: $272 million (1993 est.) expenditures: $375 million, including capital expenditures of $84 million (1993 est.)
Industries: textiles, cigarettes; beverages, food; construction materials, petroleum
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity - capacity: 28,000 kW (1992)
Electricity - production: 10 million kWh (1994)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 45 kWh (1994 est.)
Agriculture - products: corn, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), yams, beans, rice, cotton, palm oil, peanuts; poultry, livestock
Exports: total value : $300 million (f.o.b., 1995) commodities: cotton, crude oil, palm products, cocoa partners: Brazil 18%, Portugal 14%, Morocco, Libya, France
Imports: total value: $380 million (c.i.f., 1995) commodities : foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco, petroleum products, intermediate goods, capital goods, light consumer goods partners: France 27%, Thailand 9%, China, Hong Kong
Debt - external: $1.6 billion (1994 est.)
Economic aid: recipient : ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: CFA francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 541.69 (January 1997), 511.55 (1996), 499.15 (1995), 555.20 (1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992) note: beginning 12 January 1994 the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF 100 per French franc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since 1948
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Benin:Communications
Telephones: 16,200 (1986 est.)
Telephone system: domestic: fair system of open wire and microwave radio relay international : satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); submarine cable
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 2
Televisions: 20,000 (1993 est.)
@Benin:Transportation
Railways: total: 578 km (single track) narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
Highways: total: 8,460 km paved: 2,656 km unpaved: 5,804 km (1995 est.)
Waterways: navigable along small sections, important only locally
Ports and harbors: Cotonou, Porto-Novo
Merchant marine: none
Airports: 5 (1996 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (1996 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m : 2 (1996 est.)
Military
Military branches: Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),
National Gendarmerie
Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49 : 1,261,059 females age 15–49: 1,333,966 (1997 est.) note: both sexes are liable for military service
Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 645,660 (1997 est.) females: 675,243 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 64,028 females: 63,056 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $33 million (1994)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.2% (1994)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: none
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for narcotics associated with
Nigerian trafficking organizations and most commonly destined for
Western Europe and the US
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BERMUDA
(dependent territory of the UK)
@Bermuda:Geography
Location: North America, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of North Carolina (US)
Geographic coordinates: 32 20 N, 64 45 W
Map references: North America
Area: total : 50 sq km land: 50 sq km water : 0 sq km
Area - comparative: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 103 km
Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter
Terrain: low hills separated by fertile depressions
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Town Hill 76 m
Natural resources: limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism
Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops : NA% permanent pastures: NA% forests and woodland: 20% other: 80% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: hurricanes (June to November)
Environment - current issues: asbestos disposal; water pollution
Environment - international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified : NA
Geography - note: consists of about 360 small coral islands with ample rainfall, but no rivers or freshwater lakes; some reclaimed land was leased by US Government from 1941 to 1995
@Bermuda:People
Population: 62,569 (July 1997 est.)
Age structure: 0–14 years : NA 15–64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA
Population growth rate: 0.75% (1997 est.)
Birth rate: 14.92 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Death rate: 7.3 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Net migration rate: −0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: NA male(s)/female under 15 years: NA male(s)/female 15–64 years: NA male(s)/female 65 years and over: NA male(s)/female total population: NA male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate: 13.16 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.03 years male : 73.36 years female: 76.97 years (1997 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.79 children born/woman (1997 est.)
Nationality: noun : Bermudian(s) adjective: Bermudian
Ethnic groups: black 61%, white and other 39%
Religions: Anglican 28%, Roman Catholic 15%, African Methodist Episcopal (Zion) 12%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Methodist 5%, other 34% (1991)
Languages: English
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male : 98% female: 99% (1970 est.)
@Bermuda:Government
Country name: conventional