Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Nassau
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 403,033 (2025)
- Area
- 13,940 km²
- Currency
- Bahamian dollar (BSD), United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +1-242
- Internet domain
- .bs
- ISO codes
- BS, BHS, 044
- Time zone
- UTC-5:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
The Bahamas covers about 13,940 square kilometres. By area it ranks 163rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Montenegro and a little larger than Vanuatu. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 24° north, 76° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 403,033 people live in the Bahamas (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 179th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 29 people to each square kilometre. About 81 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 75 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English. A person from the Bahamas is called Bahamian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Bahamian dollar (code BSD, symbol $). Also listed as used here: United States dollar (USD). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 15.8 billion (2024), which is about US$ 39,455 for each person (2024).
Time
The Bahamas uses one time zone, UTC-5:00 (America/Nassau). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Nassau | 227,940 |
| Lucaya | 46,525 |
| Freeport | 26,910 |
| Killarney | 17,679 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Cuba. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.