Bahamas, The Demographics Profile 2009

Population

309,156
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 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 25.9% (male 40,085/female 39,959)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male 102,154/female 105,482)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 8,772/female 12,704) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 28.7 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 29.5 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.536% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

16.81 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

9.32 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-2.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 84% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 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 (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 23.17 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 65.78 years
male: 62.63 years
female: 68.98 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.1 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

3% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

6,200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 200 (2007 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.)

Education expenditures

3.6% of GDP (2000)