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