Bahamas vs Costa Rica Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
the Bahamas vs Costa Rica

Table

Year	Median age
	Bahamas	Costa Rica
1960	19.5	16.8
1961	19.6	16.8
1962	19.6	16.7
1963	19.7	16.7
1964	19.8	16.7
1965	19.9	16.7
1966	20.1	16.8
1967	20.2	16.9
1968	20.3	17.1
1969	20.5	17.3
1970	20.6	17.6
1971	20.6	17.8
1972	20.7	18.1
1973	20.7	18.4
1974	20.8	18.6
1975	20.9	18.9
1976	21.1	19.2
1977	21.3	19.5
1978	21.6	19.7
1979	21.8	20
1980	22.1	20.3
1981	22.4	20.6
1982	22.7	20.9
1983	23	21.2
1984	23.4	21.4
1985	23.7	21.6
1986	24	21.8
1987	24.3	22.1
1988	24.7	22.3
1989	25	22.5
1990	25.4	22.7
1991	25.7	22.9
1992	26	23.2
1993	26.3	23.4
1994	26.6	23.6
1995	26.9	23.9
1996	27.2	24.1
1997	27.5	24.4
1998	27.9	24.7
1999	28.2	24.9
2000	28.5	25.2
2001	28.9	25.5
2002	29.3	25.9
2003	29.6	26.3
2004	30	26.7
2005	30.3	27
2006	30.6	27.4
2007	30.8	27.8
2008	31	28.2
2009	31.3	28.6
2010	31.5	29
2011	31.8	29.4
2012	32.1	29.8
2013	32.4	30.3
2014	32.6	30.7
2015	33	31.2
2016	33.3	31.7
2017	33.6	32.1
2018	33.9	32.6
2019	34.3	33
2020	34.6	33.5
2021	34.9	34
2022	35.2	34.5
2023	35.6	35.1
2024	36	35.6
2025	36.3	36.2
2026	36.7	36.7
2027	37	37.2
2028	37.4	37.8
2029	37.7	38.3
2030	38.1	38.8
2031	38.5	39.3
2032	38.9	39.8
2033	39.3	40.3
2034	39.6	40.8
2035	39.9	41.3
2036	40.3	41.8
2037	40.6	42.3
2038	40.9	42.8
2039	41.1	43.2
2040	41.4	43.7
2041	41.6	44.2
2042	41.8	44.6
2043	42	45.1
2044	42.2	45.5
2045	42.4	45.9
2046	42.6	46.4
2047	42.8	46.8
2048	43.1	47.2
2049	43.3	47.6
2050	43.5	48

In 1960, the median age in the Bahamas was 19.5 years compared to 16.8 years in Costa Rica. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 36 years in the Bahamas and to 35.6 years in Costa Rica.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in the Bahamas is expected to increased to around 43.5 years by 2050 compared to 48 years in Costa Rica. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Bahamas		Costa Rica
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.75%	2.68%	2.69%	2.58%
5-9	2.93%	2.86%	3.38%	3.24%
10-14	3.38%	3.31%	3.53%	3.38%
15-19	3.59%	3.56%	3.6%	3.45%
20-24	3.52%	3.58%	3.75%	3.6%
25-29	3.9%	4.07%	3.96%	3.84%
30-34	4.05%	4.33%	4.05%	3.95%
35-39	3.55%	3.93%	4.06%	4.01%
40-44	3.25%	3.65%	3.67%	3.71%
45-49	3.17%	3.57%	3.15%	3.32%
50-54	3.23%	3.61%	2.8%	3.04%
55-59	3.04%	3.45%	2.72%	2.98%
60-64	2.42%	2.84%	2.53%	2.78%
65-69	1.72%	2.09%	1.99%	2.24%
70-74	1.2%	1.58%	1.47%	1.69%
75-79	0.96%	1.38%	1.03%	1.22%
80+	1.08%	1.76%	1.04%	1.56%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. The Bahamas has low demographic potential with 48.5% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 49% and similar potential in Costa Rica.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Bahamas			Costa Rica
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	81.2%	74.5%	6.74%	97.9%	91.9%	6.01%
1961	80.5%	73.9%	6.57%	98.5%	92.5%	6.03%
1962	79.9%	73.5%	6.42%	98.9%	92.9%	6.06%
1963	79.5%	73.2%	6.31%	99%	92.9%	6.08%
1964	79.2%	73%	6.25%	98.8%	92.7%	6.11%
1965	79.1%	72.9%	6.23%	98.3%	92.2%	6.13%
1966	78.9%	72.7%	6.21%	97.5%	91.4%	6.14%
1967	78.7%	72.5%	6.2%	96.4%	90.2%	6.16%
1968	78.2%	72%	6.18%	94.8%	88.7%	6.16%
1969	77.7%	71.6%	6.16%	93.1%	86.9%	6.17%
1970	77.3%	71.1%	6.15%	91.1%	84.9%	6.19%
1971	76.9%	70.7%	6.15%	89%	82.8%	6.21%
1972	76.5%	70.3%	6.19%	86.7%	80.5%	6.25%
1973	76.2%	69.9%	6.26%	84.3%	78.1%	6.29%
1974	75.5%	69.2%	6.35%	81.9%	75.6%	6.33%
1975	74.5%	68%	6.45%	79.5%	73.2%	6.38%
1976	73.1%	66.5%	6.57%	77.3%	70.9%	6.43%
1977	71.4%	64.7%	6.69%	75.2%	68.8%	6.48%
1978	69.5%	62.7%	6.8%	73.4%	66.9%	6.53%
1979	67.5%	60.5%	6.92%	71.9%	65.3%	6.58%
1980	65.4%	58.3%	7.04%	70.5%	63.9%	6.62%
1981	63.4%	56.2%	7.16%	69.5%	62.8%	6.66%
1982	61.5%	54.2%	7.28%	68.7%	62%	6.71%
1983	59.7%	52.3%	7.39%	68.2%	61.4%	6.76%
1984	58%	50.5%	7.49%	67.9%	61.1%	6.84%
1985	56.5%	48.9%	7.57%	67.9%	60.9%	6.92%
1986	55.1%	47.4%	7.64%	67.9%	60.9%	7.03%
1987	53.9%	46.2%	7.71%	68%	60.9%	7.14%
1988	53%	45.2%	7.79%	68.1%	60.9%	7.28%
1989	52.3%	44.4%	7.88%	68.2%	60.7%	7.43%
1990	51.9%	43.9%	8%	68%	60.4%	7.58%
1991	51.6%	43.5%	8.15%	67.6%	59.9%	7.73%
1992	51.7%	43.4%	8.31%	67%	59.2%	7.87%
1993	51.9%	43.4%	8.5%	66.3%	58.3%	8.01%
1994	52.2%	43.5%	8.7%	65.4%	57.2%	8.14%
1995	52.4%	43.5%	8.92%	64.3%	56.1%	8.26%
1996	52.6%	43.4%	9.15%	63.2%	54.8%	8.36%
1997	52.7%	43.3%	9.4%	61.9%	53.4%	8.47%
1998	52.8%	43.1%	9.66%	60.6%	52%	8.57%
1999	52.8%	42.9%	9.94%	59.3%	50.6%	8.68%
2000	52.7%	42.5%	10.2%	58%	49.2%	8.8%
2001	52.5%	42%	10.5%	56.7%	47.7%	8.93%
2002	52.2%	41.4%	10.9%	55.3%	46.3%	9.09%
2003	51.9%	40.7%	11.2%	54%	44.8%	9.27%
2004	51.4%	39.9%	11.5%	52.8%	43.4%	9.45%
2005	51%	39.1%	11.9%	51.7%	42%	9.65%
2006	50.5%	38.3%	12.3%	50.6%	40.8%	9.86%
2007	49.8%	37.3%	12.6%	49.7%	39.6%	10.1%
2008	49.1%	36.2%	12.9%	48.9%	38.6%	10.3%
2009	48.5%	35.3%	13.2%	48.2%	37.6%	10.6%
2010	48.1%	34.5%	13.6%	47.5%	36.7%	10.9%
2011	47.6%	33.7%	13.9%	47%	35.8%	11.2%
2012	47.1%	32.9%	14.2%	46.5%	35%	11.5%
2013	46.7%	32.2%	14.4%	46.1%	34.2%	11.9%
2014	46.3%	31.6%	14.7%	45.8%	33.5%	12.3%
2015	46%	31.1%	14.9%	45.5%	32.8%	12.7%
2016	45.5%	30.5%	15.1%	45.3%	32.1%	13.2%
2017	45.1%	29.8%	15.3%	45.3%	31.6%	13.7%
2018	44.7%	29.2%	15.4%	45.3%	31.2%	14.2%
2019	44.2%	28.6%	15.6%	45.4%	30.7%	14.7%
2020	43.8%	28%	15.8%	45.4%	30.1%	15.2%
2021	43.3%	27.4%	15.9%	45.3%	29.5%	15.8%
2022	42.9%	26.8%	16.1%	45.1%	28.8%	16.3%
2023	42.5%	26.1%	16.4%	45%	28%	17%
2024	42.2%	25.5%	16.7%	45%	27.3%	17.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in the Bahamas decreased from 51.4% to 42.2% between 2004 and 2024.

In Costa Rica, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 52.8% to 45% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Bahamas	Costa Rica
1960	55.2%	50.5%
1961	55.4%	50.4%
1962	55.6%	50.3%
1963	55.7%	50.3%
1964	55.8%	50.3%
1965	55.8%	50.4%
1966	55.9%	50.6%
1967	56%	50.9%
1968	56.1%	51.3%
1969	56.3%	51.8%
1970	56.4%	52.3%
1971	56.5%	52.9%
1972	56.6%	53.6%
1973	56.8%	54.2%
1974	57%	55%
1975	57.3%	55.7%
1976	57.8%	56.4%
1977	58.3%	57.1%
1978	59%	57.7%
1979	59.7%	58.2%
1980	60.5%	58.6%
1981	61.2%	59%
1982	61.9%	59.3%
1983	62.6%	59.5%
1984	63.3%	59.5%
1985	63.9%	59.6%
1986	64.5%	59.6%
1987	65%	59.5%
1988	65.4%	59.5%
1989	65.7%	59.5%
1990	65.8%	59.5%
1991	65.9%	59.7%
1992	65.9%	59.9%
1993	65.8%	60.1%
1994	65.7%	60.5%
1995	65.6%	60.9%
1996	65.5%	61.3%
1997	65.5%	61.8%
1998	65.4%	62.3%
1999	65.4%	62.8%
2000	65.5%	63.3%
2001	65.6%	63.8%
2002	65.7%	64.4%
2003	65.8%	64.9%
2004	66%	65.4%
2005	66.2%	65.9%
2006	66.4%	66.4%
2007	66.7%	66.8%
2008	67.1%	67.2%
2009	67.3%	67.5%
2010	67.5%	67.8%
2011	67.8%	68%
2012	68%	68.2%
2013	68.2%	68.4%
2014	68.3%	68.6%
2015	68.5%	68.7%
2016	68.7%	68.8%
2017	68.9%	68.8%
2018	69.1%	68.8%
2019	69.3%	68.8%
2020	69.5%	68.8%
2021	69.8%	68.8%
2022	70%	68.9%
2023	70.2%	69%
2024	70.3%	69%
2025	70.4%	68.9%
2026	70.3%	68.9%
2027	70.2%	68.8%
2028	70.1%	68.7%
2029	69.9%	68.6%
2030	69.7%	68.5%
2031	69.3%	68.5%
2032	69%	68.4%
2033	68.6%	68.3%
2034	68.2%	68.2%
2035	67.8%	68%
2036	67.5%	67.7%
2037	67.2%	67.4%
2038	66.8%	67.1%
2039	66.6%	66.8%
2040	66.3%	66.4%
2041	66.1%	66.1%
2042	65.8%	65.7%
2043	65.6%	65.3%
2044	65.5%	64.9%
2045	65.3%	64.5%
2046	65.1%	64%
2047	64.9%	63.6%
2048	64.8%	63.1%
2049	64.6%	62.6%
2050	64.4%	62.1%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 66% to 70.3% in the Bahamas and from 65.4% to 69% in Costa Rica.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Costa Rica
1960	41.1%	46.4%
1961	41%	46.6%
1962	40.9%	46.7%
1963	40.8%	46.7%
1964	40.7%	46.6%
1965	40.7%	46.5%
1966	40.6%	46.3%
1967	40.6%	45.9%
1968	40.4%	45.5%
1969	40.3%	45%
1970	40.1%	44.4%
1971	40%	43.8%
1972	39.9%	43.1%
1973	39.7%	42.3%
1974	39.4%	41.5%
1975	39%	40.8%
1976	38.4%	40%
1977	37.8%	39.2%
1978	37%	38.6%
1979	36.1%	38%
1980	35.3%	37.5%
1981	34.4%	37.1%
1982	33.6%	36.7%
1983	32.8%	36.5%
1984	32%	36.4%
1985	31.2%	36.3%
1986	30.6%	36.3%
1987	30%	36.2%
1988	29.5%	36.2%
1989	29.2%	36.1%
1990	28.9%	36%
1991	28.7%	35.7%
1992	28.6%	35.4%
1993	28.6%	35%
1994	28.6%	34.6%
1995	28.5%	34.1%
1996	28.5%	33.6%
1997	28.4%	33%
1998	28.2%	32.4%
1999	28.1%	31.8%
2000	27.8%	31.1%
2001	27.5%	30.5%
2002	27.2%	29.8%
2003	26.8%	29.1%
2004	26.3%	28.4%
2005	25.9%	27.7%
2006	25.4%	27.1%
2007	24.9%	26.5%
2008	24.3%	25.9%
2009	23.8%	25.4%
2010	23.3%	24.9%
2011	22.8%	24.3%
2012	22.4%	23.9%
2013	22%	23.4%
2014	21.6%	23%
2015	21.3%	22.5%
2016	20.9%	22.1%
2017	20.6%	21.8%
2018	20.2%	21.4%
2019	19.8%	21.1%
2020	19.5%	20.7%
2021	19.1%	20.3%
2022	18.8%	19.8%
2023	18.3%	19.3%
2024	17.9%	18.8%
2025	17.5%	18.3%
2026	17.2%	17.8%
2027	16.9%	17.3%
2028	16.7%	16.9%
2029	16.4%	16.4%
2030	16.2%	16%
2031	16%	15.5%
2032	15.9%	15.1%
2033	15.8%	14.7%
2034	15.7%	14.4%
2035	15.6%	14.1%
2036	15.5%	13.9%
2037	15.4%	13.8%
2038	15.3%	13.7%
2039	15.3%	13.6%
2040	15.2%	13.5%
2041	15.1%	13.4%
2042	15%	13.3%
2043	14.9%	13.2%
2044	14.9%	13.2%
2045	14.8%	13.1%
2046	14.7%	13%
2047	14.7%	12.9%
2048	14.6%	12.8%
2049	14.5%	12.7%
2050	14.4%	12.6%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 17.9% in The Bahamas and 18.8% in Costa Rica. Birth rates in The Bahamas compared to Costa Rica .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Bahamas	Costa Rica
1960	3.72%	3.04%
1961	3.64%	3.04%
1962	3.57%	3.04%
1963	3.52%	3.06%
1964	3.49%	3.07%
1965	3.48%	3.09%
1966	3.47%	3.11%
1967	3.47%	3.13%
1968	3.47%	3.16%
1969	3.47%	3.2%
1970	3.47%	3.24%
1971	3.48%	3.29%
1972	3.5%	3.35%
1973	3.55%	3.41%
1974	3.62%	3.48%
1975	3.7%	3.55%
1976	3.8%	3.63%
1977	3.9%	3.7%
1978	4.01%	3.77%
1979	4.13%	3.83%
1980	4.26%	3.88%
1981	4.38%	3.93%
1982	4.51%	3.98%
1983	4.63%	4.02%
1984	4.74%	4.07%
1985	4.84%	4.13%
1986	4.93%	4.18%
1987	5.01%	4.25%
1988	5.09%	4.33%
1989	5.18%	4.42%
1990	5.27%	4.51%
1991	5.37%	4.61%
1992	5.48%	4.71%
1993	5.59%	4.82%
1994	5.72%	4.92%
1995	5.85%	5.02%
1996	6%	5.13%
1997	6.16%	5.23%
1998	6.32%	5.34%
1999	6.5%	5.45%
2000	6.69%	5.57%
2001	6.9%	5.7%
2002	7.13%	5.85%
2003	7.37%	6.02%
2004	7.62%	6.19%
2005	7.88%	6.36%
2006	8.14%	6.55%
2007	8.39%	6.74%
2008	8.62%	6.94%
2009	8.88%	7.15%
2010	9.16%	7.37%
2011	9.41%	7.61%
2012	9.64%	7.87%
2013	9.85%	8.15%
2014	10%	8.45%
2015	10.2%	8.76%
2016	10.4%	9.07%
2017	10.5%	9.4%
2018	10.7%	9.74%
2019	10.8%	10.1%
2020	11%	10.5%
2021	11.1%	10.9%
2022	11.3%	11.3%
2023	11.5%	11.7%
2024	11.8%	12.2%
2025	12.1%	12.8%
2026	12.5%	13.3%
2027	12.8%	13.8%
2028	13.3%	14.4%
2029	13.7%	15%
2030	14.2%	15.5%
2031	14.7%	16%
2032	15.1%	16.5%
2033	15.6%	17%
2034	16.1%	17.5%
2035	16.6%	17.9%
2036	17%	18.4%
2037	17.4%	18.8%
2038	17.8%	19.2%
2039	18.2%	19.6%
2040	18.5%	20.1%
2041	18.8%	20.5%
2042	19.1%	21%
2043	19.4%	21.4%
2044	19.7%	21.9%
2045	19.9%	22.4%
2046	20.2%	23%
2047	20.4%	23.5%
2048	20.7%	24.1%
2049	20.9%	24.7%
2050	21.2%	25.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 11.8% in the Bahamas and 12.2% in Costa Rica. Life expectancy in the Bahamas compared to Costa Rica .