Bahamas
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 403K (2025). World rank 175 of 216; in Americas, 29 of 46. Area: 13,943 km². World rank 161 of 249; in Americas, 28 of 56. GDP per person: $39,455 (2024). World rank 41 of 210 (1 = best); in Americas, 9 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 385.3K → 403K.
State
- Official name
- Commonwealth of the Bahamas
- Local name
- Bahamas
- Capital
- Nassau
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Charles III
- Head of government
- Philip "Brave" Davis
- Independence
- July 10, 1973
- Women in parliament
- 18.4% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 403,033 2025
- Area
- 13,943 km²
- GDP
- $15.8B 2024
- GDP per person
- $39,455 2024
- Life expectancy
- 74.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Bahamian Dollar (BSD), US Dollar (USD)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +1242
- Emergency numbers
- 919
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 120 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 3,542
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 1.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Alvernia, 64 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 23°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,292 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 28.9 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 81.3% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +935 2025
- Born in another country
- 16.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 17.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 70.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 12.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 78.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 71.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 10.8 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 69.9%, other Christian 13%, Catholic 12%, and no religion 1.9% (2010)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 62.4 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 69.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 65.6 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 54 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 69.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $41,258 2024
- GDP growth per year
- +3.4% 2024
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $37,020 2024
- Inflation
- +1.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 96 2024
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.5% 2024
- Industry, share of GDP
- 9.6% 2024
- Services, share of GDP
- 77.2% 2024
- Unemployment
- 9.2% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 19.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 70.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 37.8% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 41.5% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -6.7% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.5% 2024
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 17.3% 2024
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 92.9% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 79.5% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 14.8% 1995
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.7% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.3% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $2,262 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 27.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2017
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.2 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.2 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 86% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 11.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 12.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 76 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8.9% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 75.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 17.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99% 2019
- Access to basic sanitation
- 93.7% 2019
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 32.2 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 7.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 3.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 83.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones and floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 5.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 4.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 50.9% 2024
- Protected areas
- 8.3% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,761 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 92.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 97 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 25.3 2024
- Internet domain
- .bs
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 1.1% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 0.5% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 99.5% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,465,432 2023
- Airports
- 54 2025
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 15 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 4 2017
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0% 2024