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Bermuda
Community
Area 53.3 square kilometres (land area 53.3 square kilometres)
Population,
1,500 (1622)
5,900 (1687)*
11,092 (1851)
12,121 (1871)
14,314 (1881)
15,347 (1891)
17,535 (1901)
18,000 (1910)
30,814 (1939)
38,900 (1950)
44,900 (1960) +15.4%
55,000 (1970) +22.5%
54,700 (1980) -0.5%
59,300 (1990) +8.4%
61,800 (2000) +4.2%
65,100 (2010) +5.3%
63,900 (2020) -1.8%
*Including 1,737 African slaves.
Ethnicity %
|
|
Black |
Mixed |
White |
|
1901 |
|
|
36.4 |
|
1970 |
56.5 |
10.0 |
29.0 |
Religion,%
|
|
Christian African Episcopal |
Christian Anglican |
Christian Other Protestant |
Christian R C |
No religion |
|
1900 |
|
67.3 |
|
6.2 |
0.0 |
|
1970 |
|
45.0 |
|
14.6 |
1.9 |
|
2000 |
11.0 |
23.0 |
18.0 |
15.0 |
14.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1945 |
|
24.2 (+22.8) |
|
11.4 |
|
|
100 |
|
1952 |
|
28.0 (+19.0) |
|
9.0 |
|
|
� |
|
1962 |
|
26.0 (+18.6) |
|
7.4 |
|
|
� |
|
1965 |
|
21.0 (+13.7) |
30.5 |
7.3 |
|
|
� |
|
1972 |
|
20.0 (+12.7) |
|
7.3 |
33.0 |
|
� |
|
1980 |
|
18.0 (+10.7) |
14.0 |
7.3 |
|
|
� |
|
1990 |
|
15.0 (+7.7) |
|
7.3 |
|
|
� |
|
1995 |
1.8 |
13.3 (+5.4) |
|
7.9 |
|
|
� |
|
2000 |
1.7 |
14.0 (+7.3) |
9.8 |
6.7 |
|
|
� |
|
2003 |
1.8 |
13.2 (+6.5) |
|
6.7 |
19.2 |
11.5 |
� |
|
2010 |
1.8 |
11.5 (+4.2) |
2.5 |
7.3 |
18.3 |
14.2 |
� |
|
2014 |
2.0 |
11.4 (+3.8) |
2.5 |
7.6 |
|
|
� |
|
2015 |
1.6 |
9.4 (+2.0) |
|
7.4 |
|
|
� |
|
2017 |
1.6 |
9.3 (+1.5) |
|
7.8 |
|
|
� |
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
100 |
Life expectancy,
68.9 (1965); 65.6 (M), 72.4 (F)
70.3 (1970); 66.9 (M), 73.9 (F)
72.3 (1980); 68.7 (M), 76.1 (F)
74.0 (1990); 70.0 (M), 78.0 (F)
77.9 (2000); 75.3 (M), 80.6 (F)
79.3 (2010); 76.7 (M), 82.1 (F)
81.0 (2015); 77.3 (M), 84.9 (F)
Population of principal cities
HAMILTON, Founded in 1790, capital of Bermuda since 1815.
2,000 (1890)
2,250 (1910)
2,978 (1939)
3,000 (1965)
3,438 (1991)
3,686 (2009)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1960 |
84 |
0.02 |
1,902 |
63.25 |
|
1965 |
114 |
0.02 |
2,282 |
59.61 |
|
1970 |
186 |
0.02 |
3,387 |
64.55 |
|
1975 |
345 |
0.02 |
6,510 |
83.25 |
|
1980 |
614 |
0.02 |
11,218 |
89.05 |
|
1985 |
1,040 |
0.02 |
18,270 |
100.01 |
|
1990 |
1,592 |
0.03 |
26,842 |
112.05 |
|
1995 |
2,030 |
0.03 |
34,000 |
113.08 |
|
2000 |
3,480 |
0.03 |
56,284 |
154.41 |
|
2005 |
4,868 |
0.04 |
75,882 |
171.26 |
|
2010 |
5,744 |
0.04 |
89,240 |
184.48 |
|
2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
5,198 |
0.03 |
|
|
GDP by primary sector, Financial services are the main economic activity, with tourism second.� Most tourists come from the USA.
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1987 |
|
1.3 |
|
11.7 |
|
65.5 |
|
1990 |
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
1.0 |
|
10.0 |
|
89.0 |
|
|
2010 |
0.7 |
|
9.4 |
|
90.8 |
|
|
2013 |
|
2.0 |
|
15.0 |
|
83.0 |
|
2016 |
0.8 |
|
5.8 |
|
93.4 |
|
Communications
Language, Official; English.� Portuguese also spoken
Literacy
97.0% (1950)
97.0% (1995); 97.0% (M), 97.0% (F)
98.0% (2002)
Physical communications � roads All motorised vehicles were banned on Bermuda between 1908 and 1946, excepting emergency services.
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1946 |
|
827 |
|
|
|
1951 |
447 |
6,000 |
|
|
|
1964 |
|
9,300 |
|
|
|
2001 |
|
45,342 |
20,334 |
|
|
2015 |
447 |
49,771 |
22,600 |
|
Railways; None.� Railway services commenced in 1931, but were closed in 1948 and a replacement bus service introduced.
35 km (1938)
Electronic communications, �TV broadcasts began 1958
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
2,257 |
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
3,270 |
|
8,000 |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
22,371 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
|
745 |
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
37,319 |
1,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
6,300 |
81,000 |
59,000 |
20,000 |
|
|
2000 |
56,073 |
13,000 |
|
|
30,000 |
25,000 |
|
2010 |
57,800 |
88,200 |
|
|
|
54,000 |
|
2012 |
69,000 |
|
|
|
|
61,025 |
|
2016 |
29,200 |
|
|
|
|
69,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Bermuda,
95,020 (1956)
108,439 (1958)
127,372 (1961)
412,947 (1971)
610,000 (1980)
435,000 (1990)
387,000 (1995)
332,000 (2000)
270,000 (2005)
232,000 (2010)
220,000 (2015)
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