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Bahrain SOCIETY
Population: About 550,000 in early 1992, of
which 66
percent Bahrainis; 1992 growth rate 3.1 percent.
Education: Almost all children in six- to
eleven-year-
old age-group enrolled in primary school system; about
two-thirds
of all twelve- to fourteen-year-olds enrolled in
intermediate
schools.
NOTE--The Country Profile contains updated
information
as
available.
Health: Free, comprehensive public health care
system.
Two private hospitals and one military hospital. Life
expectancy
for Bahraini children born in 1990 seventy years for males
and
seventy-five years for females.
Ethnic Groups: Most Bahrainis are Arabs,
although
fairly large number of Iranian origin. Foreign residents
include
other Arabs, Iranians, Indians, Pakistanis, and small
groups of
East Asians and Europeans.
Religion: Population 85 percent Muslim,
including about
70 percent Shia and 30 percent Sunni. Non-Muslim
foreigners
include 7.3 percent Christians and 7.7 percent Hindus and
others.
Data as of January 1993
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