Key demographics
- Population
- 412.6K
- Density
- 25.2/km²
- HDI
- 0.820 (Very High)
- GDP per capita
- $35,257
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 74.7 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.37
- Urban population (2025)
- 81.3%
- Labor force (2025)
- 82.9%
- Gender wage gap (2019)
- -2.1%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 42.1%
- Profile
- Mature
- Urban population (2025)
- 81.3%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 10.8 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 8.8 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.37
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 11.1 /1000
- Tourism (2020)
- 1.8M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 93.0% |
| No religion | 4.5% |
| Folk religion | 1.9% |
| Other | 0.6% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| African | 90.6% |
| White | 4.7% |
| Mixed | 2.1% |
| Others | 1.9% |
| Unspecified | 0.7% |
- Demonym (male)
- Bahamian
- Demonym (female)
- Bahamian
- National anthem
- March On, Bahamaland
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 74.7 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 61.5 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 6.3% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 11.1/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 80/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 2.2/1000
- Physicians (2017)
- 1.90/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 4.22/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $2,262
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 27.5%
Education and technology
- Education spending (2023)
- 2.7% of GDP
- Internet users (2024)
- 92.5%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 96.7/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 25.3/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 6,355/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 25.3
Geography and practical
- Area
- 13,943 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC-05:00
- Calling codes
- +1
- TLD
- .bs
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of the Bahamas is composed of three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine, yellow and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-third the width of the field.
- National anthem
- March On, Bahamaland
- National holiday
- 1973-07-10