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🇧🇸 Bahamas

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BHS
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BS
UN M49 numeric044
IOC codeBAH
Official nameCommonwealth of the Bahamas
Native name(s)eng: official: Commonwealth of the Bahamas; common: Bahamas
Alt spellingsBS, Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCaribbean
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalNassau
Area (km²)13,943
Lat / Lng24.2500, -76.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.bs
Calling coderoot: +1; suffixes: 242

Demographics

Population (World Bank)403,033 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)74.71 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: Bahamian; m: Bahamian; fra: f: Bahamienne; m: Bahamien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)15,832,800,000 (2024)
GDP per capita (current USD)39,455.447 (2024)
Unemployment rate (%)9.207 (2025)
CurrenciesBSD: name: Bahamian dollar; symbol: $; USD: name: United States dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195083,487
195184,585
195286,163
195388,237
195490,824
195593,922
195697,505
1957101,537
1958105,999
1959110,917
1960116,317
1961122,197
1962128,493
1963135,087
1964141,528
1965147,952
1966154,874
1967162,267
1968170,089
1969177,981
1970184,982
1971190,857
1972196,055
1973200,791
1974205,342
1975209,886
1976214,501
1977219,157
1978223,761
1979228,230
1980232,526
1981236,614
1982240,614
1983244,698
1984248,863
1985253,154
1986257,536
1987261,935
1988266,448
1989271,178
1990275,945
1991280,731
1992285,927
1993291,339
1994296,509
1995301,461
1996306,268
1997310,904
1998315,368
1999319,614
2000323,835
2001327,836
2002331,614
2003335,618
2004339,782
2005343,894
2006348,375
2007353,334
2008358,120
2009362,810
2010367,478
2011371,729
2012375,469
2013378,953
2014382,298
2015385,346
2016388,055
2017390,485
2018392,717
2019394,675
2020395,863
2021396,373
2022397,538
2023399,440

Full raw record (JSON)

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    "urd": {
      "official": "دولتِ مشترکہ بہاماس",
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      "year": 2025
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      },
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        "common": "باهاما"
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