Bahamas Population Pyramid 2015
Bahamas in 2015
The population of the Bahamas in 2015 was 385,346. That is 12.1% more than in 2005, when the population stood at 343,894.
With a median age of 33.0 years, the Bahamas had a youth dependency ratio of 31.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 14.9 per 100 people of working age. 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 | 385,347 | 33.0 | |
| Martinique | 383,731 | 43.8 | |
| Guadeloupe | 403,951 | 41.3 | |
| Barbados | 278,990 | 37.9 | |
| Saint Lucia | 174,905 | 31.5 |





