In 2000 the total population of the Bahamas was 325 014 inhabitants; by 2023 this figure had risen to 412 623, representing a 27.0% increase. Regarding the country’s demographic profile, in 2023 people over 65 years of age accounted for 9.3% of the total population, an increase of 4.3 percentage points compared to the year 2000. In 2023, there were 109.6 women per 100 men and 50.2 older people (65 years or older) per 100 children under 15 years of age, as can be seen in the country’s population pyramids, distributed by age group and sex (Figure 1). Considering the population between 15 and 64 years of age to be potentially active (i.e., potential participants in the labor force), this group represented 72.2% of the total population of the country in 2023 (298 025 people). When we add these figures to the potentially passive population (76 291 under 15 years of age and 38 308 over 65 years of age), the result is a dependency ratio of 38.5 potentially passive people per 100 potentially active people. This ratio was 53.6 in 2000.
Life expectancy at birth in 2023 was 74.5 years, lower than the average for the Region of the Americas and 2.5 years higher that in 2000.
(Source: Health in the Americas+)
