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Caribbean · sovereign state

Bahamas

Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Capital
Nassau
Languages
English
Currency
Bahamian dollar, United States dollar
People
403,033 (2025)
Neighbours
none by land
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Bahamas

  • 4th lowest farmland 1.3% · #4 of 205 · 2024
  • 6th highest adult obesity 48.4% · #6 of 195 · 2024
  • 9th highest meat supply 114.9 kg · #9 of 189 · 2023

Surprising facts about the Bahamas

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Picked for surprise among the Bahamas’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

The Bahamas among 213 countries & territories

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World twins

The countries most like the Bahamas across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

Nearest countries

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The Bahamas has no land borders: these are the 5 nearest countries by distance between capitals. Equal-area map centred on Bahamas.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people