Bahamas, The Demographics Profile 2007

Population

305,655
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 27% (male 41,268/female 41,186)
15-64 years: 66.5% (male 99,961/female 103,230)
65 years and over: 6.5% (male 8,176/female 11,834) (2007 est.)

Median age

total: 28.1 years
male: 27.3 years
female: 28.9 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate

0.602% (2007 est.)

Birth rate

17.3 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate

9.13 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate

-2.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.002 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.968 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.691 male(s)/female
total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 24.17 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 65.66 years
male: 62.37 years
female: 69.02 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.15 children born/woman (2007 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.)