Editing Demographics of the Bahamas

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[[File:Bahamas single age population pyramid 2020.png|350px|alt=|thumb|upright=1.4|Bahamas [[population pyramid]] in 2020]]
This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[population]] of [[the Bahamas]] including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source:<ref name="2000 census">{{cite web|url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/The%20Bahamas.pdf|format=PDF|title=2000 Round of Population and Housing Census Data Analysis Sub-project: The Bahamas|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=25 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125015323/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/The%20Bahamas.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|title       = Census population and average annual growth rate
| percentages = pagr
|1845|26491
|1851|27519
|1861|35487
|1871|39162
|1881|43521
|1891|47565
|1901|53735
|1911|55944
|1921|53031
|1931|59828
|1943|68846
|1953|84841
|1963|130220
|1970|168812
|1980|209505
|1990|255049
|2000|303611
|2010|351461
|2022|399314 
}}

Ninety percent of the Bahamian population identifies as being primarily of [[Africa]]n ancestry. About two-thirds of the population lives on [[New Providence Island]] (the location of [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]), and about half of the remaining one-third lives on [[Grand Bahama]] (the location of Freeport).

The islands were sparsely settled and a haven for pirates until the late 18th century, when thousands of British Loyalists were given compensatory land grants following the American Revolution. Many new settlers were from the Southern United States and brought slaves with them to cultivate plantations. At the turn of the 20th century, the total population was 53,000.

School attendance is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 16. There are 158 public schools and 52 private schools in the Bahamas catering to more than 66,000 students. The [[College of the Bahamas]], established in Nassau in 1974, provides programmes leading to [[associate's degree]]s and [[bachelor's degree]]s; the college is now converting from a [[Two-year college|two-year]] to a four-year institution.
 
[[Image:Bahamas population.svg|thumb|300px|right|Demographics of Bahamas, data of [[FAO]], year 2005; number of inhabitants in thousands]]


== Structure of the population ==

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|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013) (Because of rounding, totals are not in all cases the sum of the respective components.):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=Unstats.un.org|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:80pt;"|Age group
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80pt;"|Female
! style="width:80pt;"|Total
! style="width:80pt;"|%
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| Total
|| 179 850
|| 188 540
|| 368 390
|| 100
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0-4
|| 16 670
|| 15 660
|| 32 330
|| 8.78
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 5-9
|| 16 400
|| 15 090
|| 31 490
|| 8.55
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 10-14
|| 14 990
|| 14 730
|| 29 720
|| 8.07
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15-19
|| 15 170
|| 15 320
|| 30 490
|| 8.28
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 20-24
|| 14 780
|| 15 250
|| 30 030
|| 8.15
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 25-29
|| 13 090
|| 13 780
|| 26 870
|| 7.29
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 30-34
|| 12 780
|| 13 000
|| 25 780
|| 7.00
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 35-39
|| 13 100
|| 13 720
|| 26 820
|| 7.28
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 40-44
|| 13 480
|| 14 480
|| 27 960
|| 7.59
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 45-49
|| 12 890
|| 13 860
|| 26 750
|| 7.26
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 50-54
|| 11 760
|| 12 570
|| 24 330
|| 6.60
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 55-59
|| 8 670
|| 9 570
|| 18 240
|| 4.95
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 60-64
|| 6 030
|| 6 830
|| 12 860
|| 3.49
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65-69
|| 4 260
|| 5 080
|| 9 340
|| 2.54
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 70-74
|| 3 030
|| 3 860
|| 6 890
|| 1.87
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 75-79
|| 1 800
|| 2 480
|| 4 280
|| 1.16
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 80-84
|| 586
|| 1 747
|| 2 333
|| 0.63
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 85-89
|| 243
|| 873
|| 1 116
|| 0.30
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 90+
|| 121
|| 640
|| 761
|| 0.21
|-
! style="width:50px;"|Age group 
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80px;"|Female
! style="width:80px;"|Total
! style="width:50px;"|Percent
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0-14
|| 48 060
|| 45 480
|| 93 540
|| 25.39
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15-64
|| 121 750
|| 128 380
|| 250 130
|| 67.90
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65+
|| 10 040
|| 14 680
|| 24 720
|| 6.71
|}
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{{Hidden begin 
|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2019) (Data based on the 2010 Population Census.): <ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 186 480
| align="right" | 198 860 
| align="right" | 385 340
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 14 910
| align="right" | 14 150
| align="right" | 29 060
| align="right" | 7.54
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 14 290 
| align="right" | 14 070
| align="right" | 28 360
| align="right" | 7.36
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 15 800
| align="right" | 16 100
| align="right" | 31 900
| align="right" | 8.28
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 15 860
| align="right" | 16 230
| align="right" | 32 090
| align="right" | 8.33
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 15 760
| align="right" | 15 890
| align="right" | 31 650 
| align="right" | 8.21
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 15 040
| align="right" | 14 980
| align="right" | 30 020
| align="right" | 7.79
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 12 960
| align="right" | 13 530
| align="right" | 26 490
| align="right" | 6.87
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 12 980
| align="right" | 14 410
| align="right" | 27 390
| align="right" | 7.11
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 13 490
| align="right" | 14 670
| align="right" | 28 160
| align="right" | 7.31
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 13 630 
| align="right" | 15 020
| align="right" | 28 650
| align="right" | 7.43
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 11 970
| align="right" | 13 170
| align="right" | 25 140
| align="right" | 6.52
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 10 670
| align="right" | 12 000
| align="right" | 22 670
| align="right" | 5.88
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 7 370
| align="right" | 8 900
| align="right" | 16 270
| align="right" | 4.22
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 4 870
| align="right" | 5 950
| align="right" | 10 820
| align="right" | 2.81
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 3 200
| align="right" | 4 090
| align="right" | 7 290
| align="right" | 1.89
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 2 020
| align="right" | 2 890
| align="right" | 4 910
| align="right" | 1.27
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 1 660
| align="right" | 2 810
| align="right" | 4 470
| align="right" | 1.16
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 45 000
| align="right" | 44 320
| align="right" | 89 320
| align="right" | 23.20
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 129 730
| align="right" | 138 800
| align="right" | 268 530
| align="right" | 69.69
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 11 750
| align="right" | 15 740
| align="right" | 27 490
| align="right" | 7.13
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}

==Vital statistics==
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations : Demographic Yearbooks|website=Unstats.unorg|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/9e19e8ee-f810-4212-afd2-a2acf75a41b3/Vital+Statistics+Provisional+Report+2017.pdf?MOD=AJPERES|title=Department of Statistics of the Bahamas|website=bahamas.gov.bs|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=caricom>{{cite web |url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/BS.pdf |title=Demographic Profile of the Bahamas |website=Caricomstats.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013133024/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/BS.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! style="width:70pt;"|Average population
! style="width:70pt;"|Live births
! style="width:70pt;"|Deaths
! style="width:70pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:70pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Total fertility rate<ref name=caricom/>
! style="width:70pt;"|Infant mortality rate<ref>{{Cite web |title=Infant (Under One Year) Deaths, Bahamas, 1995-2016 |url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/004f4d5f-4b88-425a-a561-d91a6febd939/Infant+Deaths+1992-2016e-mail.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |access-date=April 14, 2023 |website=Bahamas Ministry of Health}}</ref>
|-
| 1935
| 64,000
|2,000||1,121|| 879
|31.3||17.5||13.7 ||  || 
|-
| 1936
| 66,000
|1,902||1,056|| 846
|28.8||16.0||12.8  ||  || 
|-
| 1937
| 67,000
|2,084|| 914||1,170
|31.1||13.6||17.5 ||  || 
|-
| 1938
| 67,000
|2,020||1,096|| 924
|30.1||16.4||13.8 ||  || 
|-
| 1939
| 68,000
|2,040||1,066|| 974
|30.0||15.7||14.3 ||  || 
|-
| 1940
| 70,000
|2,185||1,052||1,133
|31.2||15.0||16.2 ||  || 
|-
| 1941
| 71,000
|2,312|| 920||1,392
|32.6||13.0||19.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1942
| 72,000
|2,409||1,011||1,398
|33.5||14.0||19.4 ||  || 
|-
| 1943
| 70,000
|2,502||1,043||1,459
|35.7||14.9||20.8 ||  || 
|-
| 1944
| 69,000
|2,485||1,103||1,382
|36.0||16.0||20.0 ||  || 
|-
| 1945
| 71,000
|2,174||1,326|| 848
|30.6||style="color:red" |18.7||11.9 ||  || 
|-
| 1946
| 73,000
|2,208||1,002||1,206
|30.2||13.7||16.5 ||  || 
|-
| 1947
| 74,000
|2,415|| 987||1,428
|32.6||13.3||19.3 ||  || 
|-
| 1948
| 76,000
|2,539||1,029||1,510
|33.4||13.5||19.9 ||  || 
|-
| 1949
| 77,000
|2,646||1,052||1,594
|34.4||13.7||20.7 ||  || 
|-
| 1950
| 79,000
|2,532||1,143||1,389
|32.1||14.5||17.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1951
| 80,000
|2,739|| 963||1,776
|34.2||12.0||22.2 ||  || 
|-
| 1952
| 81,000
|2,714|| 959||1,755
|33.5||11.8||21.7 ||  || 
|-
| 1953
| 83,000
|3,056|| 903||2,153
|36.8||10.9||25.9 ||  || 
|-
| 1954
| 86,000
|3,410|| 844||2,566
|style="color:blue" |39.7||9.8||style="color:blue" |29.8 ||  || 
|-
| 1955
| 89,000
|2,844|| 857||1,987
|32.0||9.6||22.3 ||  || 
|-
| 1956
| 92,000
|3,290|| 849||2,441
|35.8||9.2||26.5 ||  || 
|-
| 1957
| 96,000
|3,126|| style="color:blue" |764||2,362
|32.6||8.0||24.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1958
| 100,000
|3,029||1,095||1,934
|30.3||11.0||19.3 ||  || 
|-
| 1959
| 104,000
|3,154||1,000||2,154
|30.3||9.6||20.7 ||  || 
|-
| 1960
| 110,000
|3,359|| 805||2,554
|30.5||7.3||23.2 ||  || 
|-
| 1961
| 115,000
|3,734||1,024||2,710
|32.5||8.9||23.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1962
| 121,000
|3,468|| 821||2,647
|28.7||6.8||21.9 ||  || 
|-
| 1963
| 127,000
|4,584||1,030||3,554
|35.8||8.0||27.8 ||  || 
|-
| 1964
| 134,000
|4,805|| 987||3,818
|35.9||7.4||28.5 ||  || 
|-
| 1965
| 140,000
|4,439||1,098||3,341
|31.7||7.8||23.9 ||  || 
|-
| 1966
| 146,000
|4,573||1,067||3,506
|31.1||7.3||23.9 ||  || 
|-
| 1967
| 153,000
|4,275||1,212||3,063
|27.9||7.9||20.0 ||  || 
|-
| 1968
| 159,000
|4,220||1,023||3,197
|26.5||6.4||20.1 ||  || 
|-
| 1969
| 164,000
|4,306||1,097||3,209
|26.1||6.6||19.4 ||  || 
|-
| 1970
| 169,000
|4,262||1,054||3,208
|25.1||6.2||18.9 ||  || 
|-
| 1971
| 174,000
|5,334|| 948||4,386
|30.7||5.4||25.2 ||  || 
|-
| 1972
| 178,000
|4,745||1,115||3,630
|26.7||6.3||20.4 ||  || 
|-
| 1973
| 181,000
|4,419||1,109||3,310
|24.3||6.1||18.2 ||  || 
|-
| 1974
| 185,000
|4,382||1,032||3,350
|23.7||5.6||18.1 ||  || 
|-
| 1975
| 189,000
|4,033||1,106||2,927
|21.3||5.9||15.5 ||  || 
|-
| 1976
| 193,000
|5,295|| 976||4,319
|27.4||5.1||22.4 ||  || 
|-
| 1977
| 197,000
|4,871||1,067||3,804
|24.7||5.4||19.3 ||  || 
|-
| 1978
| 202,000
|4,362||1,077||3,285
|21.7||5.4||16.3 ||  || 
|-
| 1979
| 206,000
|4,809||1,211||3,598
|23.3||5.9||17.5 ||  || 
|-
| 1980
| 211,000
|5,035||1,338||3,697
|24.0||6.4||17.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1981
| 215,000
|5,251||1,127||4,124
|24.4||5.2||19.2 ||  || 
|-
| 1982
| 220,000
|5,293||1,185||4,108
|24.2||5.4||18.8 ||  || 
|-
| 1983
| 225,000
|5,280||1,104||4,176
|23.6||style="color:blue" |4.9||18.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1984
| 230,000
|5,177||1,150||4,027
|22.6||5.0||17.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1985
| 235,000
|5,584||1,341||4,243
|24.0||5.8||18.2 ||  || 
|-
| 1986
| 239,000
|4,770||1,407||3,363
|20.0||5.9||14.1 ||  || 
|-
| 1987
| 243,000
|4,331||1,376||2,955
|17.9||5.7||12.2 ||  || 
|-
| 1988
| 248,000
|4,943||1,319||3,624
|20.1||5.4||14.7 ||  || 
|-
| 1989
| 252,000
|4,971||1,459||3,512
|19.9||5.8||14.0 ||  || 
|-
| 1990
| 256,000
|6,117||1,343||4,774
|23.9||5.2||18.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1991
| 261,000
|6,192||1,335||4,857
|23.7||5.1||18.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1992
| 266,000
|style="color:blue" |6,759||1,462|| style="color:blue" |5,297
|25.4||5.5||19.9 ||  || 
|-
| 1993
| 271,000
|6,674||1,493||5,181
|24.6||5.5||19.1 ||  || 
|-
| 1994
| 276,000
|6,104||1,538||4,566
|22.1||5.6||16.6 ||  || 
|-
| 1995
| 280,000
|6,253||1,638||4,615
|22.3||5.8||16.5 ||  || 19.0
|-
| 1996
| 284,000
|5,913||1,537||4,376
|20.8||5.4||15.4 ||  || 18.4
|-
| 1997
| 287,000
|6,022||1,670||4,352
|21.0||5.8||15.2 ||  || 16.4
|-
| 1998
| 290,000
|5,880||1,800||4,080
|20.3||6.2||14.1 ||  || 14.0
|-
| 1999
| 293,000
|5,367||1,644||3,723
|18.3||5.6||12.7 ||  || 15.8
|-
| 2000
| 298,000
|5,287||1,825||3,462
|17.8||6.1||11.6 ||  || 14.8
|-
| 2001
| 303,000
|5,353||1,609||3,744
|17.7||5.3||12.4 ||  || 12.7
|-
| 2002
| 309,000
|5,216||1,827||3,389
|16.9||5.9||11.0 ||  || 16.7
|-
| 2003
| 316,000
|5,054||1,730||3,324
|16.0||5.5||10.5 ||  || 17.2
|-
| 2004
| 322,000
|5,154||1,655||3,499
|16.1||5.1||11.0 ||  || 17.3
|-
| 2005
| 328,320
|5,548||1,824||3,724
|17.1||5.6||11.5
|2.05
|19.6
|-
| 2006
| 333,060
|5,296||1,730||3,566
|16.0||5.2||10.8
|1.93
|18.1
|-
| 2007
| 337,920
|5,854||1,798||4,056
|17.5||5.4||12.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"| 2.14
|17.6
|-
| 2008
| 342,830
|5,480||1,863||3,617
|16.2||5.5||10.7
|2.00
|17.9
|-
| 2009
| 347,780
|5,348||1,981||3,367
|15.6||5.7||9.9
|2.03
|21.1
|-
| 2010
| 351,461
|5,049||2,023||3,026
|14.4||5.8||8.6
|1.94
|19.8
|-
| 2011
| 357,750
|5,000||2,127||2,873
|14.0||5.9||8.1
|1.69
|16.2
|-
| 2012
| 362,590
|4,345||1,937||2,408
|12.0||5.3||6.7
|1.76
|19.1
|-
| 2013
| 367,430
|3,935||2,062||1,873
||10.7||5.6||5.1
|1.73
|22.7
|-
| 2014
| 372,380
|4,155||2,132||2,023
|11.3||5.8||5.5
|1.69
|19.4
|-
| 2015
| 373,630
|4,253||2,243||2,010
|11.5||6.1||5.4
|1.57
|20.6
|-
| 2016
| 378,040
|4,093||2,288||1,805
|11.0||6.1||4.9
|1.50
|16.0
|-
| 2017
| 382,460
|4,017||2,372||1,645
|10.7||6.3||style="color:red" |4.4
|style="text-align:right; color:red;"| 1.42
|
|-
| 2018
| 386,870
|4,286<ref name=births2022>{{cite web |url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/165eb4c9-cd2c-424c-8dda-c0164b63f6be/Live+births%2C+Infant+Deaths%2C+1992-2022+%288.6.23+Update%29.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |title=LIVE BIRTHS, BAHAMAS 1993-2022 |website=bahamas.gov.bs |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426185223/https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/165eb4c9-cd2c-424c-8dda-c0164b63f6be/Live+births%2C+Infant+Deaths%2C+1992-2022+%288.6.23+Update%29.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |archive-date=April 26, 2025 |access-date=April 26, 2025}}</ref>||2,491||
|11.2<ref name=births2022/>||6.4||
|
|
|-
| 2019
| 391,260
|4,221<ref name=births2022/>||2,639||
|11.0<ref name=births2022/>||6.7||
|
|
|-
| 2020
| 395,640
|4,316<ref name=births2022/>||3,016||
|11.1<ref name=births2022/>||7.6||
|
|
|-
| 2021
| 400,000
|3,618<ref name=births2022/>||style="color:red" |3,649||
|9.2<ref name=births2022/>||9.1||
|
|
|-
| 2022
| 
|3,300<ref name=births2022/>|||||
|8.3<ref name=births2022/>||||
|
|
|}

===Life expectancy at birth===
:total population: 76.13 years. Country comparison to the world: 107th
male: 73.2 years
female: 79.14 years (2022 est.)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in
Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in
Years
|-
|1950–1955
|60.0
|1985–1990
|70.2
|-
|1955–1960
|62.0
|1990–1995
|71.1
|-
|1960–1965
|63.7
|1995–2000
|71.7
|-
|1965–1970
|65.2
|2000–2005
|73.2
|-
|1970–1975
|66.6
|2005–2010
|74.3
|-
|1975–1980
|67.9
|2010–2015
|75.1
|-
|1980–1985
|69.1
|
|
|}
Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>

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| x = 1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 64,66,67,67,68,70,71,72,70,69,71,73,74,76,77,79,80,81,83,86,89,92,96,100,104,110,115,121,127,134,140,146,153,159,164,169,174,178,181,185,189,193,197,202,206,211,215,220,225,230,235,239,243,248,252,256,261,266,271,276,280,284,287,290,293,298,303,309,316,322,328,333,338,343,348,351,358,363,367,372,

| y1Title= population

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| yAxisTitle= %
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| x = 1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 13.7,12.8,17.5,13.8,14.3,16.2,19.6,19.4,20.8,20.0,11.9,16.5,19.3,19.9,20.7,17.6,22.2,21.7,25.9,29.8,22.3,26.5,24.6,19.3,20.7,23.2,23.6,21.9,27.8,28.5,
23.9,23.9,20.0,20.1,19.4,18.9,25.2,20.4,18.2,18.1,15.5,22.4,19.3,16.3,17.5,17.6,19.2,18.8,18.6,17.6,18.2,14.1,12.2,14.7,14.0,18.6,18.6,19.9,19.1,16.6,16.5,
15.4,15.2,14.1,12.7,11.6,12.4,11.0,10.5,11.0,11.5,10.8,12.1,10.7,9.9,8.6,8.1,6.7,5.1,5.5,5.4,4.9,4.4

| y1Title=natural growth %

}}

==Ethnic groups==
African descent 90.6%, White 4.7%, mixed 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)
note: data represents population by racial group

==Languages==
English (official), Bahamian Creole, Haitian Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

==Religion==
Protestant 69.9% (includes Baptist 34.9%, Anglican 13.7%, Pentecostal 8.9% Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, Methodist 3.6%, Church of God 1.9%, Brethren 1.6%), Roman Catholic 12%, other Christian 13% (includes Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), other 0.6%, none 1.9%, unspecified 2.6% (2010 est.)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://bahamas.gov.bs/statistics/}} &ndash; Commonwealth of the Bahamas Department of Statistics
* [https://caricom.org/country_profiles/bahamas/ The Bahamas profile] &ndash; Caribbean Community Statistics

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