CCBLA - Arab-Belgium-Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce - ABLCC

Country name : Kingdom of Bahrain

Capital : Manama

Area : 665 km²

Population : 708,573, including 235,108 non-nationals (July 2007)

Density : 1,065 inhabitants/km²

Population growth rate : 1.392% (2007)

Age structure : 0-14 years : 26.9% - 15-64 years : 69.5% - 65 years and over : 3.7%

Life expectancy at birth : 74.68 years

Labour force : 363,000

Gross Domestic Product : US$24.61 billion (2007)

GDP – real growth rate : 6.6% (2007)

GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 0.3% - industry : 43.6% - services : 56%

GDP – per capita : US$34,700 (2007)

Budget : revenues : US$6.048 billion - expenditures : US$5.082 billion (2007)

Industries : petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletisation, fertilisers, Islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism

Industrial production growth rate : 5.5% (2007)

Land use : arable land : 2.82% - permanent crops : 6.63% - other : 91.55%

Agricultural products : fruit, vegetables, poultry, dairy products, shrimp, fish

Exports : US$13.16 billion (2007)

Exports – commodities : petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles

Exports – partners : Saudi Arabia (3.2%), US (3%), Japan (2.3%) (2006

Imports : US$9.784 billion (2007)

Imports – commodities : crude oil, machinery, chemicals

Imports – partners : Saudi Arabia (37.6%), Japan (6.8%), US (6.2%), UK (6.2%), Germany (5.1%), UAE (4.2%) (2006)

Current account balance : US$2.009 billion (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : US$3.474 billion (31 December 2007)

External debt : US$7.692 billion (31 December 2007)