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The Bahamas, Caribbean

This post was last updated by José of onez on Saturday, 14 June 2025.

The Bahamas is a Caribbean nation excelling in tourism, financial services, maritime logistics, and marine biodiversity protection through extensive protected areas.
The Bahamas in one word would be “Cays,” meaning small islands.

The Bahamas Flag

Flag of The Bahamas

The Bahamas armorial

armorial of The Bahamas

The Bahamas Map

The Bahamas is a country on the Latin America and the Caribbean, North America located in the Caribbean sub‑region of the Americas continent, member of CARICOM.

The Bahamas administrative divisions

31 districts
  1. Acklins Islands
  2. Berry Islands
  3. Bimini
  4. Black Point
  5. Cat Island
  6. Central Abaco
  7. Central Andros
  8. Central Eleuthera
  9. City of Freeport
  10. Crooked Island and Long Cay
  11. East Grand Bahama
  12. Exuma
  13. Grand Cay
  14. Harbour Island
  15. Hope Town
  16. Inagua
  17. Long Island
  18. Mangrove Cay
  19. Mayaguana
  20. Moore's Island
  21. North Abaco
  22. North Andros
  23. North Eleuthera
  24. Ragged Island
  25. Rum Cay
  26. San Salvador
  27. South Abaco
  28. South Andros
  29. South Eleuthera
  30. Spanish Wells
  31. West Grand Bahama

Easy learning about The Bahamas

The capital city of The Bahamas is Nassau.

The Bahamas is located in Latin America and the Caribbean, North America
Caribbean
Americas Continent
Inhabitants of The Bahamas are called Bahamians
Member of CARICOM since 1983
The Bahamas has a population of 399,440 inhabitants
within a total area of 13,940 Km2
(8,662 sq mi)
(2023 UN data)
Human Development Index (HDI) The Bahamas HDI ranks in position nº 66 worldwide
HDI of 0.820 (0.4 to 1)
(2023 data from UNDP)
The Bahamas’s passport allows visa-free entry to 161 countries
The Bahamas passport ranks 20th in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
The Bahamas GDP per capita is $36,784 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
The Bahamas ’s LGBTI legal status Same-sex sexual acts are Legal
(2025 ILGA data)
The Bahamas Climatetropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream
Most predominant religionProtestant (includes Baptist, Anglican, PentecostalSeventh Day Adventist, Methodist, Church of God, Brethren, other Protestant),
Second most predominant religionRoman Catholic
Currency name & code Dollar (BSD)
Internet ccTLD.bs
The Bahamas calling code+-241

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