Official Name: Islands

Term for Citizens: Town

Political Status: crown colony

Form of Government: governor and locally elected assembly

GEOGRAPHY

Size: sq. km.

Topography: limestone and coral islands

Climate: estimated in 1985 growth rate (in percentage) in 1985

POPULATION

Life expectancy at birth in 1984:

Adult literacy rate (in percentage) in 1986:

Ethnic groups: Black (25 percent), white (20 percent), mulatto (55 percent)

Religion: Protestant

ECONOMY

Currency: Cayman Islands dollar (CI$)

Exchange rate: CI$0.84=US$1.00

Gross domestic product (GDP) in 1985 million

Per capita GDP in 1985 of GDP available

NATIONAL SECURITY

Armed forces personnel: personnel

Data as of November 1987

NOTE: The information regarding Commonweath of Caribbean Islands on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies and the CIA World Factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Commonweath of Caribbean Islands BRITISH DEPENDENCIES: THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Commonweath of Caribbean Islands BRITISH DEPENDENCIES: THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA.