Bahamas Population Pyramid 1996
Bahamas in 1996
As of 1996, the Bahamas counted 306,268 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1986, the population was 257,536; it has grown by 18.9% since.
The median age was 27.2 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 43.4 children under 15 and 9.2 people aged 65 or over. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in the Bahamas had on average 1.37 children, below the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 74.6 years in 2023: 78.2 for women and 70.9 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
64,122 immigrants live in Bahamas, 16.0% of the population.
| Haiti | 31,353 |
| United States of America | 10,962 |
| Jamaica | 8,510 |
| United Kingdom | 2,259 |
| Canada | 1,777 |
1,542 people born in Bahamas live in other countries.
| Jamaica | 685 |
| Australia | 305 |
| Curaçao | 131 |
| Nicaragua | 89 |
| Namibia | 53 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas | 306,268 | 27.2 | |
| Barbados | 262,284 | 31.7 | |
| Martinique | 409,828 | 32.6 | |
| Guadeloupe | 413,925 | 29.9 | |
| Curaçao | 151,574 | 31.3 |





