Bahamas
Urban population in Bahamas
Urban population in Bahamas: 51.1% in 1950 and 81.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 81.3%
- Since 1950
- +30.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 58 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 83.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 83.2% in 2050.
- The highest was 82.4% in 2010, the lowest 51.1% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Bahamas |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.3 |
| 2024 | 81.3 |
| 2023 | 81.3 |
| 2022 | 81.3 |
| 2021 | 81.5 |
| 2020 | 81.7 |
| 2019 | 81.8 |
| 2018 | 82 |
| 2017 | 82.1 |
| 2016 | 82.2 |
| 2015 | 82.3 |
| 2014 | 82.3 |
| 2013 | 82.4 |
| 2012 | 82.4 |
| 2011 | 82.4 |
| 2010 | 82.4 |
| 2009 | 82.4 |
| 2008 | 82.3 |
| 2007 | 82.2 |
| 2006 | 82 |
| 2005 | 81.9 |
| 2004 | 81.7 |
| 2003 | 81.5 |
| 2002 | 81.3 |
| 2001 | 81.2 |
| 2000 | 81 |
| 1999 | 81 |
| 1998 | 80.9 |
| 1997 | 80.8 |
| 1996 | 80.8 |
| 1995 | 80.7 |
| 1994 | 80.7 |
| 1993 | 80.7 |
| 1992 | 80.6 |
| 1991 | 80.5 |
| 1990 | 80.4 |
| 1989 | 80.2 |
| 1988 | 79.8 |
| 1987 | 79.2 |
| 1986 | 78.5 |
| 1985 | 77.6 |
| 1984 | 76.7 |
| 1983 | 75.8 |
| 1982 | 74.9 |
| 1981 | 73.9 |
| 1980 | 73.1 |
| 1979 | 72.3 |
| 1978 | 71.5 |
| 1977 | 70.6 |
| 1976 | 69.8 |
| 1975 | 68.9 |
| 1974 | 68 |
| 1973 | 67 |
| 1972 | 66.1 |
| 1971 | 65.2 |
| 1970 | 64.4 |
| 1969 | 63.5 |
| 1968 | 62.7 |
| 1967 | 61.9 |
| 1966 | 61.1 |
| 1965 | 60.4 |
| 1964 | 59.7 |
| 1963 | 59.1 |
| 1962 | 58.5 |
| 1961 | 58.1 |
| 1960 | 57.6 |
| 1959 | 57.2 |
| 1958 | 56.8 |
| 1957 | 56.3 |
| 1956 | 55.9 |
| 1955 | 55.3 |
| 1954 | 54.7 |
| 1953 | 54.1 |
| 1952 | 53.2 |
| 1951 | 52.2 |
| 1950 | 51.1 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Bahamas |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 81.3 |
| 2027 | 81.4 |
| 2028 | 81.4 |
| 2029 | 81.4 |
| 2030 | 81.4 |
| 2031 | 81.4 |
| 2032 | 81.5 |
| 2033 | 81.5 |
| 2034 | 81.6 |
| 2035 | 81.6 |
| 2036 | 81.7 |
| 2037 | 81.7 |
| 2038 | 81.8 |
| 2039 | 81.9 |
| 2040 | 81.9 |
| 2041 | 82 |
| 2042 | 82.1 |
| 2043 | 82.2 |
| 2044 | 82.4 |
| 2045 | 82.5 |
| 2046 | 82.6 |
| 2047 | 82.7 |
| 2048 | 82.9 |
| 2049 | 83.1 |
| 2050 | 83.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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