Demographics & population — Bahamas
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Bahamas: 410,862
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Population overview
- Population
410,862
- Population Growth Rate
1.07%
- Population Distribution
most of the population lives in urban areas, with two-thirds living on New Providence Island where Nassau is located
- Urban Population
- urban population: 83.6%
- of total population rate of urbanization: 1.02% annual rate of change
- Population in Major Urban Areas
280,000 NASSAU (capital)
- Population: Male/Female
- male: 190,100
- female: 220,762
Age & family
- Age Structure
- years: 21.4% (male 41,675/female 46,363) 15-64
- years: 70% (male 132,626/female 154,866) 65
- years and over: 8.6% (male 15,799/female 19,533)
- Median Age
- total: 30.7
- years male: 30.6
- years female: 30.7 years
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
13
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
5.6
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
1.44
- Gross reproduction rate
1
- Currently married women (ages 15-49)
38.9%
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
- at birth: 1.03
- male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.9
- male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.86
- male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81
- male(s)/female total population: 0.86 male(s)/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
3.2
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
African descent 90.6%, White 4.7%, mixed 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7%
- Language Note
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
- Nationality Noun
- Bahamian(s) adjective: Bahamian
Education
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
2.8%
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- total population: 76.7
- years male: 75.1
- years female: 78.4 years
- Infant Mortality Rate
- total: 9.4 deaths/1,000
- live births male: 10.5 deaths/1,000
- live births female: 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- total: 9.4 deaths/1,000
- live births male: 10.5 deaths/1,000
- live births female: 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
77
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
1.94
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
3
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
7.6%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
31.6%
- Tobacco Use
- total: 10.6%
- male: 18.8%
- female: 2.4%
- Alcohol consumption per capita
- total: 9.48
- liters of pure alcohol beer: 3.66
- liters of pure alcohol wine: 1.43
- liters of pure alcohol spirits: 4.08
- liters of pure alcohol other alcohols: 0.31 liters of pure alcohol
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- total: 98.9%
- total: 1.1% of population
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- total: 98.2%
- total: 1.8% of population
