Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Bahamas

Rural population share in the Bahamas in 2025 — 18.7%. Ranked 165 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 23.7 pp.

2025 18.7% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 165of 217
Period maximum 42.4%1960
Period minimum 17.6%2010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Bahamas, 1960–2025102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.4%1962: 41.5%1964: 40.3%1966: 38.9%1968: 37.3%1970: 35.6%1972: 33.9%1974: 32%1976: 30.2%1978: 28.5%1980: 26.9%1982: 25.1%1984: 23.3%1986: 21.5%1988: 20.2%1990: 19.6%1992: 19.4%1994: 19.3%1996: 19.2%1998: 19.1%2000: 19%2002: 18.7%2004: 18.3%2006: 18%2008: 17.7%2010: 17.6%2012: 17.6%2014: 17.7%2016: 17.8%2018: 18%2020: 18.3%2022: 18.7%2024: 18.7%2025: 18.7%
Change over the period: −23.7 pp Annual average: -0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas

Bahamas 18.7%
World 42.2%
Caribbean computed 31%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.7 −0 pp
2024 18.7 −0 pp
2023 18.7 −0 pp
2022 18.7 +0.2 pp
2021 18.5 +0.2 pp
2020 18.3 +0.2 pp
2019 18.2 +0.1 pp
2018 18 +0.1 pp
2017 17.9 +0.1 pp
2016 17.8 +0.1 pp
2015 17.7 +0.1 pp
2014 17.7 +0 pp
2013 17.6 +0 pp
2012 17.6 +0 pp
2011 17.6 +0 pp
2010 17.6 −0 pp
2009 17.6 −0.1 pp
2008 17.7 −0.1 pp
2007 17.8 −0.2 pp
2006 18 −0.2 pp
2005 18.1 −0.2 pp
2004 18.3 −0.2 pp
2003 18.5 −0.2 pp
2002 18.7 −0.2 pp
2001 18.8 −0.1 pp
2000 19 −0.1 pp
1999 19 −0.1 pp
1998 19.1 −0.1 pp
1997 19.2 −0 pp
1996 19.2 −0 pp
1995 19.3 −0 pp
1994 19.3 −0.1 pp
1993 19.4 −0.1 pp
1992 19.4 −0.1 pp
1991 19.5 −0.1 pp
1990 19.6 −0.2 pp
1989 19.8 −0.4 pp
1988 20.2 −0.6 pp
1987 20.8 −0.7 pp
1986 21.5 −0.8 pp
1985 22.4 −0.9 pp
1984 23.3 −0.9 pp
1983 24.2 −0.9 pp
1982 25.1 −0.9 pp
1981 26.1 −0.8 pp
1980 26.9 −0.8 pp
1979 27.7 −0.8 pp
1978 28.5 −0.9 pp
1977 29.4 −0.9 pp
1976 30.2 −0.9 pp
1975 31.1 −0.9 pp
1974 32 −0.9 pp
1973 33 −0.9 pp
1972 33.9 −0.9 pp
1971 34.8 −0.9 pp
1970 35.6 −0.9 pp
1969 36.5 −0.8 pp
1968 37.3 −0.8 pp
1967 38.1 −0.8 pp
1966 38.9 −0.7 pp
1965 39.6 −0.7 pp
1964 40.3 −0.6 pp
1963 40.9 −0.5 pp
1962 41.5 −0.5 pp
1961 42 −0.4 pp
1960 42.4

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.