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Bahamas, The

403,033

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change+1.75K2024 to 2025
Growth since 2000+24.5%from 323.84K
Life expectancy74.7 years2024
Fertility rate1.37births per woman · 2024
Urban population81.3%2025
RegionLatin America & Caribbean High income

A country at every age

How Bahamas, The is shaped by age.

Most people are in the working ages, with the younger and older generations shaping what comes next.

Latest shared source year: 2025
Ages 0–1417.5%Children and early teens
Ages 15–6470.4%Working-age population
Ages 65+12.1%Older population

The population pulse

How the population changes.

Births and deaths show natural change. Migration shows how movement across borders also changes the population.

Birth rate10.8births per 1,000 · 2024
Death rate8.8deaths per 1,000 · 2024
Natural balance+2.0births minus deaths per 1,000
Net migration+935net people estimate · 2025

UN medium projection

What could Bahamas, The look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 424.27K in 2050—5.7% larger than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 2024401.28K
  2. 2050424.27K
  3. 2100384.96K
Median age in 205042.5years
Births in 20503.77Kduring the year
Deaths in 20504.94Kduring the year
Life expectancy78.7years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 1960116.32K
  2. 1970184.98K
  3. 1980232.53K
  4. 1990275.95K
  5. 2000323.84K
  6. 2010367.48K
  7. 2020395.86K
  8. 2025403.03K
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/22/2026

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