Area: 620 sq km Land: 620 sq km Arable land: 1%
Irrigated land: 10 sq km Infant mortality rate: 19.77 deaths/1,000 live births
Total fertility rate: 2.79 children born/woman
Religions: Shi’a Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30%
Ethnic groups: Bahraini 63%, Asian 19%, other Arab 10%, Iranian 8%
Judicial System: High Civil Appeals Court
Legal System: based on Islamic law and English common law
GDP per capita: $15,900 GDP — agriculture: 1% industry: 46% services: 53%
Unemployment rate: 15% Literacy — male: 89.1% female: 79.4%
Exports: $5.8 billion Commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 61%, aluminum 7%
Exports partners: India 14%, Saudi Arabia 5%, US 5%, UAE 5%, Japan 4%, South Korea 4%
Imports: $4.2 billion Commodities: nonoil 59%, crude oil 41%
Imports partners: France 20%, US 14%, UK 8%, Saudi Arabia 7%, Japan 5%
Telephones — main lines in use: 152,000 Internet Service Providers: 1
Manpower fit for military service: 121,833
Military expenditures: $318 million — 5.2% of GDP
Independence: 15 August 1971 (from UK)
Government type: Constitutional monarchy
Population: 645,361
