Bahamas
Population 2026
404,634
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.40%
- Density
- 40 per km²
- Land area
- 10,010 km²
- Capital
- Nassau
- Currency
- Dollar (BSD)
- Official languages
- EN-BS
- Urban population
- 81.3%
- Continent
- NA
Demographics
- Births
- 4,2682026
- Deaths
- 3,6422026
- Birth rate
- 10.8per 1,000
- Death rate
- 8.8per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.37
- Life expectancy
- 74.7At birth, years
- Median age
- 35.7
- Net migration
- 935
Age distribution
- 0–1417.5%
- 15–6470.4%
- 65+12.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $15.8B
- GDP per capita
- $39.5K
- GDP growth
- +3.4%
- Inflation
- 1.1%
- Unemployment
- 9.2%
- Exports
- $6.0B
- Imports
- $6.6B
- Tourism receipts
- 59.6%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture0.5%
- Industry9.6%
- Manufacturing0.6%
- Services77.2%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture0.8%
- Industry14.8%
- Services84.4%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NassauNew Providence | 227,9402019 |
| 2 | LucayaFreeport | 46,5252012 |
| 3 | FreeportFreeport | 26,9102026 |
| 4 | KillarneyNew Providence | 17,6792024 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 404,634 | 4.3K | 3.6K |
| 2020 | 395,874 | 4.4K | 3.8K |
| 2010 | 367,482 | 5.4K | 2.7K |
| 2000 | 323,846 | 5.6K | 2.1K |
| 1990 | 275,954 | 6.1K | 1.7K |
| 1980 | 232,540 | 5.2K | 1.4K |
| 1970 | 184,995 | 5.9K | 1.2K |
| 1960 | 116,328 | 4.4K | 1.0K |
| 1950 | 83,505 | 3.1K | 972 |