Polity · 1973 CE – present
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Bahamas · The Bahamas
Also recorded as Bahamas, The Bahamas
- Peak recorded area
- 19,022 km²
- 1973 CE
- Rulers on record
- 5
- from 1992 CE
- Data series
- 269
- 1973 CE–2025 CE
Overview
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an island country located within the Lucayan Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The country comprises more than 3,000 islands, cays and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Cuba and north-west of the island of Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the US state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. The capital and largest city is Nassau on the island of New Providence.
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Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. CShapes 2.0 holds 2 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 50 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 74.86years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population143 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 403Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 935persons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 0.413% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 78.46years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 71.21years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 111 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 25.1Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP Current Usd110 obs · 1960 CE–2024 CE | 15.8Bcurrent US$2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Cattle Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 743head2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cereals Area Harvested64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 78ha2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cereals Production64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 604.91tonnes2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cereals Yield64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 7,737hg_per_ha2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
Military
6 of 13 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score44 obs · 1973 CE–2016 CE | 0CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption44 obs · 1973 CE–2016 CE | 252Kcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production44 obs · 1973 CE–2016 CE | 0tons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel44 obs · 1973 CE–2016 CE | 1,000persons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure43 obs · 1973 CE–2016 CE | 121Mcurrent USD2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Armed Forces Personnel27 obs · 1985 CE–2020 CE | 2,000persons2020 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Territory & resources
6 of 46 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.7992% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 50.94% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 1.3%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.02hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 13Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 8,000ha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
6 of 19 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Checks And Balances49 obs · 1975 CE–2023 CE | 2count2023 CE · Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023 |
| Executive Years In Office49 obs · 1975 CE–2023 CE | 2years2023 CE · Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023 |
| Govt Concentration Herfindahl49 obs · 1975 CE–2023 CE | 1index_0_12023 CE · Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023 |
| Largest Govt Party Vote Share49 obs · 1975 CE–2023 CE | 53.2percent2023 CE · Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023 |
| Largest Opposition Vote Share49 obs · 1975 CE–2023 CE | 36.2percent2023 CE · Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023 |
| Legislature Fractionalization49 obs · 1975 CE–2023 CE | 0.3023index_0_12023 CE · Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023 |
Development
6 of 30 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Mobile Subscriptions Per 10051 obs · 1960 CE–2023 CE | 100.05per_1002023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Dpt Immunization %45 obs · 1980 CE–2024 CE | 90%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Primary Enrollment Gross %45 obs · 1971 CE–2024 CE | 92.86%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Measles Immunization %43 obs · 1982 CE–2024 CE | 86%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Secondary Enrollment Gross %42 obs · 1971 CE–2024 CE | 79.49%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Who Skilled Birth Attendance39 obs · 1985 CE–2023 CE | 75.95%2023 CE · WHO Global Health Observatory |
Rulers
5 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Hubert IngrahamHead of Government1992 CE – 2002 CE
- Perry ChristieHead of Government2002 CE – 2007 CE
- Hubert MinnisHead of Government2017 CE – 2021 CE
- Philip "Brave" DavisHead of Government2021 CE –
- Charles IIIHead of State2022 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba; note - although The Bahamas does not border the Caribbean Sea, geopolitically it is often designated as a Caribbean nation
- Government type
- parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
- Executive branch
- chief of state: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor-General Cynthia A. PRATT (since 1 September 2023); head of government: Prime Minister Philip Edward DAVIS (since 17 September 2021); cabinet: Cabinet appointed by governor-general on recommendation of prime minister;
- Ethnic groups
- African descent 90.6%, White 4.7%, mixed 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)
- Natural resources
- salt, aragonite, timber, arable land
- Economy
- high-income tourism and financial services economy; major income inequality; strong US bilateral relations; several tax relief programs; targeted investment in agriculture, energy, light manufacturing, and technology industries
Language & currency
- Currency
- Bahamian dollars (BSD)
Memberships
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · member1973 CE –
- 35-member Defense Pact (1947)Military alliance · member1982 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CIA World Factbook 2024
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Database of Political Institutions (DPI) 2023DPI 2023
Cruz, C., Keefer, P. & Scartascini, C. (2023). Database of Political Institutions 2023. Inter-American Development Bank.
IDB open data, attribution
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
WHO Global Health Observatory2024
World Health Organization (2024). Global Health Observatory data repository.
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
Commonwealth of The Bahamas is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.