Population growth in Bahamas

The population of Bahamas changed by 0.44% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Bahamas, 2025 0.44% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.03percentage points 2024: 0.46%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 144th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Bahamas over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period BahamasWorld
2025 0.44% 0.91%
2024 0.46% 0.96%
2023 0.48% 0.93%
2022 0.29% 0.87%
2021 0.13% 0.83%
2020 0.30% 0.98%
2019 0.50% 1.05%
2018 0.57% 1.08%
2017 0.62% 1.13%
2016 0.70% 1.16%
2015 0.79% 1.18%
2014 0.88% 1.21%
2013 0.92% 1.23%
2012 1.00% 1.26%
2011 1.15% 1.22%
2010 1.28% 1.22%
2009 1.30% 1.25%
2008 1.35% 1.27%
2007 1.41% 1.26%
2006 1.29% 1.27%
2005 1.20% 1.27%
2004 1.23% 1.29%
2003 1.20% 1.29%
2002 1.15% 1.31%
2001 1.23% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.03 percentage points from 0.46% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.79%, the figure has changed by −0.36 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Bahamas has the 144th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Bahamas
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects