Nationality:
noun: Bahamian(s)
adjective: Bahamian

Ethnic groups:
black 90.6%, white 4.7%, black and white 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)

Languages:
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Religions:
Protestant 69.9% (includes Baptist 34.9%, Anglican 13.7%, Pentecostal 8.9% Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, Methodist 3.6%, Church of God 1.9%, Brethren 1.6%), Roman Catholic 12%, other Christian 13% (includes Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), other 0.6%, none 1.9%, unspecified 2.6% (2010 est.)

Population:
321,834
country comparison to the world: 179
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23.2% (male 37,962/female 36,857)
15-24 years: 17.4% (male 28,387/female 27,639)
25-54 years: 44.1% (male 70,765/female 71,038)
55-64 years: 8.3% (male 11,882/female 14,885)
65 years and over: 7% (male 8,591/female 13,828) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 40.9 %
youth dependency ratio: 29.6 %
elderly dependency ratio: 11.3 %
potential support ratio: 8.9 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 31.2 years
male: 30.1 years
female: 32.3 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.87% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 128
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Birth rate:
15.65 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
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Death rate:
7 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 133
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Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 97
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Urbanization:
urban population: 84.3% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 1.37% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
NASSAU (capital) 254,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Maternal mortality rate:
47 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 111
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Infant mortality rate:
total: 12.5 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 124
male: 12.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.93 years
country comparison to the world: 140
male: 69.48 years
female: 74.46 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.97 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
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Health expenditures:
7.7% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 67
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Physicians density:
2.82 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
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Hospital bed density:
3.1 beds/1,000 population (2010)
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Drinking water source:
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