Area: 53.2 sq km
Population: 63 918 inhab. (estimate 2019)
Density: 1 201.47 inhab./sq km
Coordinates: lat. 32° N; long. 65° W
Capital: Hamilton (chief town) 854 inhab. (2016);
Currency: Bermuda dollar (100 cents)
Premier: Edward David Burt (PLP), since 19 July 2017
Legislative Assembly: seats based on the elections of 17 December 2012: OBA (One Bermuda Alliance, conservative), 19; PLP (Progressive Labour Party), 17
Internet: www.gov.bm/department/statistics (Government of Bermuda)
Member of Caricom associated
Bermuda

GMT -4
DST -3
DST duration (start-end) mid March (Sunday 9)-early November
Annual average temperature (°C) Saint George’s 21.7
Average temperature in January/July (°C) Saint George’s 17.5/27
Daily sunshine hours in June/December (average) Saint George’s 9/5
Annual average precipitation (mm) Saint George’s 1415
Days of rainfall (annual average) Saint George’s 130

A British overseas territory with a House of Assembly of 36 members. There is a naval base on the island of Saint George.
Geography.
Bermuda is an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1000 km south-east of Cape Hatteras (USA). It comprises about 360 coral islands of varying sizes, some twenty of which are inhabited. The largest is Main Island (39 km²).
Administrative division
Parish | AREA | INHABITANTS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Devonshire | 5$ sq km | 7 087 inhab. | 2016 |
Hamilton | 5.3 sq km | 5 584 inhab. | 2016 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Saint George | 1 527 | inhab. | 2016 |
Hamilton | 854 | inhab. | 2016 |
Population
Population by age and gender (% - 2020) | ||||||||
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MALE | AGE | FEMALE |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Birth rate | 9$ | ‰ | 2017 |
Death rate | 7.5 | ‰ | 2017 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
black | 52.3 | % | 2016 |
white | 30.5 | % | 2016 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Protestant | 55$ | % | 2010 |
nonreligious/atheist | 19$ | % | 2010 |
DESCRIPTION |
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English (official) |
English Creole |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
0-14 years | 16.6 | % | 2020 |
15-29 years | 18.1 | % | 2020 |
Economy
Economy.
Tourism and financial services are major industries. Others include fishing, food, ship-building, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Agricultural prod. index (2004-06=100) | 112.45 | index | 2016 |
Balance of trade | - 793 | M US$ | 2020 |
Agriculture
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
arable land | 5.556 | % | 2018 |
forests | 18.519 | % | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
potatoes | 0.925 | 1000 t | 2018 |
roots and tubers, total | 1.086 | 1000 t | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
cabbages | 0.254 | 1000 t | 2018 |
carrots and turnips | 0.362 | 1000 t | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
beans, green | 0.023 | 1000 t | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
fruits, total | 0.326 | 1000 t | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
bananas | 0.326 | 1000 t | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
potatoes | 0.038 | 1000 ha | 2018 |
sweet potatoes | 0.014 | 1000 ha | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
cabbages | 0.013 | 1000 ha | 2018 |
carrots and turnips | 0.019 | 1000 ha | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
beans, green | 0.005 | 1000 ha | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
bananas | 0.021 | 1000 ha | 2018 |
Forests-Livestock-Fishing
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
cattle | 0.64 | 1000 heads | 2018 |
cattle and buffaloes | 0.64 | 1000 heads | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
pigs | 0.809 | 1000 heads | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
goats | 0.371 | 1000 heads | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
asses | 0.006 | 1000 heads | 2018 |
asses and mules | 0.007 | 1000 heads | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
birds | 52$ | 1000 heads | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
eggs | 0.365 | 1000 t | 2018 |
hides and skins | 0.004 | 1000 t | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
crustaceans and molluscs | 40$ | t | 2019 |
marine fishes | 344 | t | 2019 |
Energy
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
- thermal | 602 | M kWh | 2018 |
non-renewable electricity generation | 100 | % | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
- thermal | 171 | 1000 kW | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
total net generation | 602 | M kWh | 2018 |
total installed capacity | 171 | 1000 kW | 2018 |
Industry
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
chemicals production | 1.192 | M US$ | 2018 |
food, beverages and tobacco production | 3.478 | M US$ | 2018 |
Trade
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
manufactures | 84.284 | % of goods exports | 2019 |
food products | 14.477 | % of goods exports | 2019 |
Tourism
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Expenditures | 340 | M US$ | 2018 |
Number of arrivals | 269 000 | units | 2019 |
Social and welfare
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Expected years of schooling | 12.711 | years | 2015 |
Graduates | 142 | units | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Students, primary level | 4 147 | units | 2015 |
Students, secondary level | 4 040 | units | 2015 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Hospital beds | 22.6 | per 1000 pop. | 2003 |
Physicians | 1.9 | per 1000 pop. | 2003 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Research and development spending | 0.26 | % of GDP | 2018 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Access to electricity | 100 | % | 2019 |
Access to improved drinking-water source | 99.903 | % | 2017 |