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Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Bahamas is a country in Caribbean. Its capital city is Nassau. About 386 thousand people live there, in an area of 13 943 square kilometres.
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Where is Bahamas?
Bahamas lies in Caribbean, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 2 700 km from the equator.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Bahamas?
Bahamas covers 13 943 square kilometres.
That is about 5.4 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 155th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 27.7 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Bahamas?
About 386 thousand people live in Bahamas.
That is the 169th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English.
They pay with the Bahamian dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 71 years.
The land of Bahamas
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Bahamas different?
A dish the country is known for: Crack conch with peas and rice.
Websites from here often end in .bs.
Bahamas and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.1 live in Bahamas.
It takes up about 0.01 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Americas it is the 26th largest of 35 countries, and the 27th most populated.
That is emptier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, 3 live wild in Bahamas: Manatee, Great hammerhead shark and Lined seahorse.
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Questions children ask
What is the capital of Bahamas?
The capital of Bahamas is Nassau. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Bahamas?
About 386 thousand people live in Bahamas, which makes it the 169th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Bahamas?
Bahamas covers 13 943 square kilometres, making it the 155th largest country in the world. That is about 5.4 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Bahamas in?
Bahamas is in Americas, in the part called Caribbean.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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