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Status: Overseas territory
Governor: Sir Richard Gozney
(2007)
Prime Minister: Ewart Brown
(2006)
Land area: 19 sq mi (49 sq km); total
area: 21 sq mi (53.3 sq km)
Population (2008 est.): 66,536 (growth
rate: 0.5%); birth rate: 11.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.8/1000;
life expectancy: 78.3; density per sq mi: 1,255
Capital (2003 est.): Hamilton, 970
Monetary unit: Bermuda dollar
Ethnicity/race: black African 58%, white
and other 42%
National Holiday:
Bermuda Day, May 24
Literacy rate: 98% (1970 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $4.5 billion; per capita $36,000. Real growth rate:
4.6%. Inflation: 2.8% (Nov. 2005). Unemployment: 2.1%
(2004 est.). Arable land: 20%. Agriculture: bananas,
vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products, honey. Labor
force: 38,360 (2004); agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%,
clerical 19%, professional and technical 21%, administrative and
managerial 15%, sales 7%, services 19% (2004 est.). Industries:
international business, tourism, light manufacturing. Natural
resources: limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism.
Exports: $1.469 billion (2004 est.): reexports of
pharmaceuticals. Imports: $982 million (2004 est.): clothing,
fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials,
chemicals, food and live animals. Major trading partners:
France, UK, Spain, Kazakhstan, Japan, South Korea, U.S.
(2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 52,000 (1997); mobile cellular: 7,980 (1996). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998).
Radios: 82,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations:
3 (1997). Televisions: 66,000 (1997). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 20 (2000). Internet users: 25,000
(2000).
Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 450 km; paved: 450 km; unpaved: 0 km (2002) note:
241 km are privately owned. Ports and harbors: Hamilton,
Saint George's, Dockyard. Airports: 1 (2002).
International disputes: none.
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