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Annex I: Bahamas Area (km2 ) Population4 Population Population Growth (%) Urban Population 1960 (%) Urban Population 1980 (%) Urban Population 2000 (%) Urban Population 2020 projected (%)

Barbados

Sub-Regional Data

13,880

430

Dominican Republic 48,730

302,000 1.3 73.6

268,000 0.5 35.5

75.2

Guyana

Haiti

Jamaica

Suriname

215,000

27,750

10,990

163,000

Trinidad and Tobago 5,130

8.6 million 1.8 30.2

863,000 0.8 29

8 million 2 15.6

2.6 million 0.8 33.8

415,000 0.4 47.2

1.3 million 0.6 64.4

40.2

50.5

30.6

23.7

46.8

44.8

62.8

88.5

50

65

38.2

35.7

56.1

74.2

74.1

92.2

61.1

74.6

51.1

48

65.9

63.4

80.6

14,900

9,700

2,313

831

475

2,654

1,154

5,462

n/a n/a n/a

6.7 20.6 72.6

10.5 31.9 57.6

21.6 27.7 50.8

31.4 18.7 49.9

7.1 28.2 64.7

9.1 23.3 67.6

1.9 39.5 58.6

2.61

0

1.6

0.05

3.49

7.45

0.8

1.55

68.4

n/a

97.7

98.9

93.2

96.7

91.7

93.5

0

n/a

25.1

97.4

0.8

35.6

95.6

35.5

11,238 99.6

97 100

1,612 100

1,154 76.6

1,977 99.6

895 100

620 87

704 100

24

26

25

n/a

25

25

n/a

25

1,510

3,162

11,058

36,507

3,733

7,296

12,660

13,518

8,442

n/a

2,906

14,015

1,477

2,610

243

685

GDP5 Per Capita GDP (US$) Agriculture Industry Services

Forests6 Decrease in Forest Cover 1990-1995 (%) Original Forest as Percent of Total Land Area (%) Current Forest as Percentage of Original (%)

Coastal and Marine Ecosystems 7 Length of Coastline (km) Population with 100km of coast Number of Scleractinia (Reef-forming) Coral Genera Average annual marine fish catch (metric tons) Average annual mollusks and crustaceans catch (metric tons)

4

Population and population from World Bank (2000). Urban population from FAO. World Bank. All data for 2000, except Suriname per capita GDP and Barbados, Haiti, and Suriname GDP composition are from 1996. 6 WRI EarthTrends. 7 WRI EarthTrends. 5

Final Draft窶年ovember 28, 2001


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