Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Bahamas

Rural population in the Bahamas in 2025 — 75,243 people. Ranked 176 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 52.6%.

2025 75,243 people +0.4% vs 2024
World rank 176of 217
Period maximum 75,243 people2025
Period minimum 49,318 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Bahamas, 1960–202540,00050,00060,00070,00080,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49,318 people1962: 53,282 people1964: 57,048 people1966: 60,269 people1968: 63,516 people1970: 65,932 people1972: 66,386 people1974: 65,806 people1976: 64,886 people1978: 63,809 people1980: 62,530 people1982: 60,507 people1984: 57,891 people1986: 55,428 people1988: 53,847 people1990: 54,081 people1992: 55,524 people1994: 57,230 people1996: 58,838 people1998: 60,272 people2000: 61,412 people2002: 61,994 people2004: 62,279 people2006: 62,570 people2008: 63,317 people2010: 64,603 people2012: 66,102 people2014: 67,598 people2016: 69,157 people2018: 70,829 people2020: 72,584 people2022: 74,260 people2024: 74,940 people2025: 75,243 people
Change over the period: +25,925 (+52.57%) Average annual rate: 0.65 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Bahamas 75,243 people
World 3.46B people
Caribbean computed 13.55M people
High-income countries computed 274M people
Rural population — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 75,243 +303 +0.4%
2024 74,940 +330 +0.44%
2023 74,610 +350 +0.47%
2022 74,260 +845 +1.15%
2021 73,415 +831 +1.14%
2020 72,584 +855 +1.19%
2019 71,729 +900 +1.27%
2018 70,829 +860 +1.23%
2017 69,969 +812 +1.17%
2016 69,157 +785 +1.15%
2015 68,372 +774 +1.15%
2014 67,598 +764 +1.14%
2013 66,834 +732 +1.11%
2012 66,102 +726 +1.11%
2011 65,376 +773 +1.2%
2010 64,603 +740 +1.16%
2009 63,863 +546 +0.86%
2008 63,317 +411 +0.65%
2007 62,906 +336 +0.54%
2006 62,570 +190 +0.3%
2005 62,380 +101 +0.16%
2004 62,279 +129 +0.21%
2003 62,150 +156 +0.25%
2002 61,994 +206 +0.33%
2001 61,788 +376 +0.61%
2000 61,412 +536 +0.88%
1999 60,876 +604 +1%
1998 60,272 +687 +1.15%
1997 59,585 +747 +1.27%
1996 58,838 +791 +1.36%
1995 58,047 +817 +1.43%
1994 57,230 +843 +1.5%
1993 56,387 +863 +1.55%
1992 55,524 +782 +1.43%
1991 54,742 +661 +1.22%
1990 54,081 +386 +0.72%
1989 53,695 −152 −0.28%
1988 53,847 −622 −1.14%
1987 54,469 −959 −1.73%
1986 55,428 −1,168 −2.06%
1985 56,596 −1,295 −2.24%
1984 57,891 −1,335 −2.25%
1983 59,226 −1,281 −2.12%
1982 60,507 −1,144 −1.86%
1981 61,651 −879 −1.41%
1980 62,530 −666 −1.05%
1979 63,196 −613 −0.96%
1978 63,809 −562 −0.87%
1977 64,371 −515 −0.79%
1976 64,886 −480 −0.73%
1975 65,366 −440 −0.67%
1974 65,806 −365 −0.55%
1973 66,171 −215 −0.32%
1972 66,386 +47 +0.07%
1971 66,339 +407 +0.62%
1970 65,932 +959 +1.48%
1969 64,973 +1,457 +2.29%
1968 63,516 +1,614 +2.61%
1967 61,902 +1,633 +2.71%
1966 60,269 +1,625 +2.77%
1965 58,644 +1,596 +2.8%
1964 57,048 +1,770 +3.2%
1963 55,278 +1,996 +3.75%
1962 53,282 +2,017 +3.93%
1961 51,265 +1,947 +3.95%
1960 49,318

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

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