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Bahamas

24.3N 76.0W · 23 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 10 JULY 1973
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1973 – present · Tourism, finance and the age of hurricanes
3 EVENTS
1992 · First peaceful change of government 2 REFS
September 2019 · Hurricane Dorian devastates Abaco and Grand Bahama 2 REFS
1934 – 1973 · Majority rule and independence
4 EVENTS
1953 · Founding of the Progressive Liberal Party 3 REFS
10 January 1967 · Majority rule — the Quiet Revolution 3 REFS
1838 – 1934 · Wrecking, blockade-running and rum
4 EVENTS
19th century · An economy of wrecking and sponging 2 REFS
1861–1865 · Civil War blockade-running boom 2 REFS
1718 – 1838 · Loyalists, slavery and emancipation
4 EVENTS
1783 · Spain cedes the Bahamas to Britain 2 REFS
from 1783 · American Loyalists and enslaved Africans arrive 2 REFS
1648 – 1718 · English settlers and the Republic of Pirates
4 EVENTS
1648 · The Eleutheran Adventurers settle Eleuthera 2 REFS
1670 · Grant to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina 2 REFS
c. 700 – 1520 · The Lucayans and Columbus's landfall
4 EVENTS
by c. 700 CE · Lucayan settlement of the islands 3 REFS
12 October 1492 · Columbus's first landfall at Guanahani 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Nassau
Population
330,000
Area
13,943 km²
Region
Caribbean
Languages
English
Currency
Bahamian dollar ($)
Demonym
Bahamian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$16 B’24 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$39,455’24 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.4%’24 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.4%’24 WB-WDI
Trade openness
79.2%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
403,000’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
74.7 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
81.3%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.4’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
66.5’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
83.8’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
65.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
53.2’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
61.3’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
72.8’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
6.3%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.90’17 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
12.4’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
86.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Education

Education spending
2.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
92.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
79.5%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
92.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
97’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.0%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
10,010 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
50.9%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
1.3%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
3.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
1.1%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Armed forces
2,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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