Country Statistics

The variety of data shows how dynamic each territory within the region can be, making the Caribbean a complex environment.

Nassau

Capital1

USD

Currency2

325,655

Population3

13,880

Size in Sq. Km4

1,804,184

2019 Number of Annual Tourists5

$37,101

GDP Per Capita6

English

Official Language7

39

People per Sq. Km8

A Coral-Based Archipelago

The Bahamas (that’s with a capital “The”) is one of the most geographically complicated nations of the Atlantic. It’s a coral-based archipelago comprising more than 700 islands — hundreds more if you count the rocky outcroppings that have damaged the hulls of countless ships since colonial days.

Made of more than 100,000 square miles of dry and sometimes barren land, the archipelago comprises The Bahama islands and also, in the south, the Turks and Caicos Islands, which maintain a separate government.11

1 CIA World Factbook

2 CIA World Factbook

3 CIA World Factbook

4 CIA World Factbook

5 Caribbean Tourism Organisation

6 CIA World Factbook

7 CIA World Factbook

8 data.worldbank.org

9 britannica.com

10 Frommer’s