Bahamas, The Demographics Profile 2008

Population

307,451
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 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 26.4% (male 40,608/female 40,506)
15-64 years: 66.9% (male 101,150/female 104,457)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male 8,472/female 12,258) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 28.4 years
male: 27.6 years
female: 29.2 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.57% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

17.06 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 23.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 65.72 years
male: 62.5 years
female: 69 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.13 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

3% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

5,600 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality

noun: Bahamian(s)
adjective: Bahamian

Ethnic groups

black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%

Religions

Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census)

Languages

English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.6%
male: 94.7%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.)