Bahamas, the

Census Results


1953-12-06 84,841
1963-11-15 130,220
1970-04-07 168,812
1980-05-12 209,505
1990-05-01 255,049
2000-05-01 303,611
2010-05-04 353,658

General Information


Official name the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Official name [native] the Commonwealth of the Bahamas «English»
Capital Nassau
Capital [native]
Region the Caribbean
ISO code BS
Statistical agency Department of Statistics

Name in Chinese 巴哈马国
Name in Arabic كمنولث جزر البهاما
Name in Spanish el Commonwealth de las Bahamas
Name in Russian Содружество Багамских Островов
Name in French le Commonwealth des Bahamas

Administrative units

islandcapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1990-05-01
census		population
2000-05-01
census		population
2010-05-04
census
Abaco 1,68110,00313,17016,692
Acklins 497405428560
Andros 5,9548,1777,6867,386
Berry Islands 31628709798
Bimini Islands 231,6391,7172,008
Cat Island 3881,6981,6471,503
Crooked Island 241412350323
Eleuthera 4847,9937,9997,826
Exuma and Cays 2903,5563,5717,314
Grand Bahama 1,37340,89846,99451,756
Harbour Island 81,2191,6391,702
Inagua 1,551985969911
Long Island 5962,9492,9923,024
Mayaguana 285312259271
New Providence 207172,196210,832248,948
Ragged Island 36897270
Rum Cay 78538099
San Salvador 163465970930
Spanish Wells 261,3721,5271,537
total 13,940255,049303,611353,658
source: Department of Statistics, the Bahamas.