--2 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV; 1 Atlantic
Ocean INTELSAT satellite earth station

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: People's Armed Forces (including Army, Navy, Air Force),
National Gendarmerie, People's Militia, Presidential Guard

_#_Manpower availability: eligible 15-49, 2,089,646; of the 991,278
males 15-49, 507,482 are fit for military service; of the 1,098,368
females 15-49, 554,454 are fit for military service; about 57,106 males
and 55,297 females reach military age (18) annually; both sexes are
liable for military service

_#_Defense expenditures: $38 million, 2.3% of GDP (1988)
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_@_Bermuda
(dependent territory of the UK)
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 50 km2; land area: 50 km2

_#_Comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_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

_#_Natural resources: limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism

_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
0%; forest and woodland 20%; other 80%

_#_Environment: ample rainfall, but no rivers or freshwater lakes;
consists of about 360 small coral islands

_#_Note: 1,050 km east of North Carolina; some reclaimed land
leased by US Government

_*_People
_#_Population: 58,433 (July 1991), growth rate 1.5% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: 7 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 12 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Bermudian(s); adjective--Bermudian

_#_Ethnic divisions: black 61%, white and other 39%

_#_Religion: Anglican 37%, Roman Catholic 14%, African Methodist
Episcopal (Zion) 10%, Methodist 6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, other
28%

_#_Language: English

_#_Literacy: 98% (male 98%, female 99%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1970)

_#_Labor force: 32,000; clerical 25%, services 22%, laborers 21%,
professional and technical 13%, administrative and managerial 10%,
sales 7%, agriculture and fishing 2% (1984)

_#_Organized labor: 8,573 members (19