The duel
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
The Bahamas fits inside the Dominican Republic 11 times
Bahamas: 13,878 km² (2024) · Dominican Republic: 146,839 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
The Bahamas’ coastline is 2.8 times as long as the Dominican Republic’s
Bahamas: 3,542 km (2026 edition) · Dominican Republic: 1,288 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
The Dominican Republic’s highest peak towers 3,034 m above the Bahamas’
Bahamas: 64 m (2026 edition) · Dominican Republic: 3,098 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 51% of the Dominican Republic, versus 1.3% of the Bahamas
Bahamas: 1.3% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 51.5% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
The Dominican Republic has 29 times as many people as the Bahamas
Bahamas: 403,033 (2025) · Dominican Republic: 11.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The Dominican Republic is 5.9 times as densely populated as the Bahamas
Bahamas: 40 per km² (2025) · Dominican Republic: 239 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
The Dominican Republic and the Bahamas are practically level
Bahamas: 174.4 cm (2019) · Dominican Republic: 174.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the Bahamas are 2.3 cm taller than in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 163.5 cm (2019) · Dominican Republic: 161.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the Bahamas is 6.9 years older than in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 34.6 years (2023) · Dominican Republic: 27.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in the Dominican Republic have 0.8 more children on average than in the Bahamas
Bahamas: 1.37 children per woman (2024) · Dominican Republic: 2.22 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
12% of people in the Bahamas are 65 or older, versus 8.2% in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 12.1% (2025) · Dominican Republic: 8.2% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
The Bahamas hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 0.025 per 1,000 (2025) · Dominican Republic: 0.0017 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Bahamas: no data · Dominican Republic: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
The Bahamas and the Dominican Republic are practically level
Bahamas: 1 (2026) · Dominican Republic: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The Dominican Republic’s economy is 8 times the size of the Bahamas’
Bahamas: $15.8 billion (2024) · Dominican Republic: $127 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The Bahamas produces 44% more per person than the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: Int$41,258 (2024) · Dominican Republic: Int$28,721 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Bahamas: no data · Dominican Republic: 39 (2024)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Bahamas: no data · Dominican Republic: 0.8% (2024)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 9.2% in the Bahamas, versus 5.1% in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 9.2% (2025) · Dominican Republic: 5.1% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Bahamas: no data · Dominican Republic: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
The Bahamas’ central government collects 17% of GDP in tax, the Dominican Republic’s 15%
Bahamas: 17.3% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 14.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The Bahamas’ price level (US = 100) is 2.5× the Dominican Republic’s
Bahamas: 96% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 39% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The Bahamas spends 4.6 times as much on health per person as the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: $2,262 (2023) · Dominican Republic: $489 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in the Bahamas live 0.84 years longer than in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 74.7 years (2024) · Dominican Republic: 73.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in the Dominican Republic is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Bahamas
Bahamas: 11.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Dominican Republic: 27.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The Dominican Republic has 28% more doctors per person than the Bahamas
Bahamas: 1.9 per 1,000 (2017) · Dominican Republic: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
The Bahamas has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 2.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Dominican Republic: 0.8 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in the Dominican Republic is 3.9 times that in the Bahamas
Bahamas: 2.4 per 100k (2023) · Dominican Republic: 9.3 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
48% of adults in the Bahamas are obese, versus 31% in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 48.4% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 30.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Bahamas: 17.3% (2024) · Dominican Republic: no data
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Bahamas: no data · Dominican Republic: 6.09 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in the Bahamas drink 56% more alcohol than in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 8.1 litres (2023) · Dominican Republic: 5.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
The Bahamas has 87% more meat per person than the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 114.9 kg (2023) · Dominican Republic: 61.6 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
The Dominican Republic has 641 kcal more food per person per day than the Bahamas
Bahamas: 2,672 kcal (2023) · Dominican Republic: 3,313 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Bahamas: no data · Dominican Republic: 2,072 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the Bahamas went to school 3.4 years longer than in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 12.8 years (2023) · Dominican Republic: 9.4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
The Bahamas welcomed 6.2 times as many tourists per resident as the Dominican Republic (2019)
Bahamas: 4.66 (2024) · Dominican Republic: 0.75 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
The Dominican Republic has 1 more World Heritage site than the Bahamas (1 against 0)
Bahamas: 0 (2026) · Dominican Republic: 1 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
The Bahamas has won 16 Olympic medals, the Dominican Republic 15
Bahamas: 16 (2026 edition) · Dominican Republic: 15 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
92% of people in the Bahamas are online, versus 91% in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 92% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 91% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in the Bahamas is 78% faster than in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 167 Mbps (2026) · Dominican Republic: 94 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in the Bahamas have electricity, versus 100% in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 100% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 99.5% (2024)
How many live in cities?
81% of people in the Bahamas live in cities, versus 73% in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 81% (2025) · Dominican Republic: 73% (2025)
How many phones per person?
The Bahamas has 97 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Dominican Republic 94
Bahamas: 97 (2024) · Dominican Republic: 94 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Bahamas: no data · Dominican Republic: 496 km (2014)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the Bahamas fly 42 times as many passengers per resident as those from the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 3.64 (2023) · Dominican Republic: 0.09 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 51% of the Bahamas, but only 47% of the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 50.9% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 46.7% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the Bahamas emits 2.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 7.6 t (2024) · Dominican Republic: 2.9 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
24% of the Dominican Republic’s electricity is renewable, versus 0.9% in the Bahamas
Bahamas: 0.9% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 23.8% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in the Dominican Republic carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in the Bahamas
Bahamas: 5.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Dominican Republic: 12.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in the Bahamas as in the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 32.2 per 100k (2022) · Dominican Republic: 10.9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in the Dominican Republic are 73% deadlier than in the Bahamas
Bahamas: 30.5 per 100k (2023) · Dominican Republic: 52.7 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
The Bahamas is on average 1.2 °C warmer than the Dominican Republic
Bahamas: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Dominican Republic: 24.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
The Dominican Republic gets 13% more rain than the Bahamas
Bahamas: 934 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Dominican Republic: 1,056 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is the Bahamas bigger than the Dominican Republic?
The Dominican Republic is larger. The Bahamas fits inside the Dominican Republic 11 times.
Which has more people, the Bahamas or the Dominican Republic?
The Dominican Republic has 29 times as many people as the Bahamas (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, the Bahamas or the Dominican Republic?
People in the Bahamas live 0.84 years longer than in the Dominican Republic. Life expectancy at birth is 74.7 years in the Bahamas and 73.9 in the Dominican Republic.
Are people taller in the Bahamas or the Dominican Republic?
The Dominican Republic and the Bahamas are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
