Bahamas
- Capital
- Nassau
- Population
- 330,000
- Area
- 13,943 km²
- Region
- Caribbean
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Bahamian dollar ($)
- Demonym
- Bahamian
- UN member
- Yes
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
From the Lucayan islanders and Columbus's first New World landfall, through Spanish depopulation, the pirate republic of Nassau, Loyalist plantations and emancipation, to majority rule, independence in 1973, and a modern nation of tourism, finance and hurricanes.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.