Population in the Bahamas compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	Philippines	Bahamas	Philippines
1960	116,317	27,891,897	-	-
1961	122,197	28,792,621	5.06%	3.23%
1962	128,493	29,723,536	5.15%	3.23%
1963	135,087	30,674,731	5.13%	3.2%
1964	141,528	31,643,032	4.77%	3.16%
1965	147,952	32,625,316	4.54%	3.1%
1966	154,874	33,617,170	4.68%	3.04%
1967	162,267	34,621,320	4.77%	2.99%
1968	170,089	35,638,342	4.82%	2.94%
1969	177,981	36,660,799	4.64%	2.87%
1970	184,982	37,622,204	3.93%	2.62%
1971	190,857	38,518,659	3.18%	2.38%
1972	196,055	39,408,560	2.72%	2.31%
1973	200,791	40,294,130	2.42%	2.25%
1974	205,342	41,174,341	2.27%	2.18%
1975	209,886	42,120,826	2.21%	2.3%
1976	214,501	43,201,488	2.2%	2.57%
1977	219,157	44,367,962	2.17%	2.7%
1978	223,761	45,575,281	2.1%	2.72%
1979	228,230	46,807,103	2%	2.7%
1980	232,526	48,043,740	1.88%	2.64%
1981	236,614	49,311,727	1.76%	2.64%
1982	240,614	50,695,707	1.69%	2.81%
1983	244,698	52,194,620	1.7%	2.96%
1984	248,863	53,726,181	1.7%	2.93%
1985	253,154	55,213,006	1.72%	2.77%
1986	257,536	56,645,077	1.73%	2.59%
1987	261,935	58,157,496	1.71%	2.67%
1988	266,448	59,739,052	1.72%	2.72%
1989	271,178	61,265,260	1.78%	2.55%
1990	275,945	62,854,666	1.76%	2.59%
1991	280,731	64,382,249	1.73%	2.43%
1992	285,927	65,926,125	1.85%	2.4%
1993	291,339	67,530,621	1.89%	2.43%
1994	296,509	69,019,291	1.77%	2.2%
1995	301,461	70,546,246	1.67%	2.21%
1996	306,268	72,190,242	1.59%	2.33%
1997	310,904	73,908,810	1.51%	2.38%
1998	315,368	75,791,024	1.44%	2.55%
1999	319,614	77,753,257	1.35%	2.59%
2000	323,835	79,625,397	1.32%	2.41%
2001	327,836	81,401,488	1.24%	2.23%
2002	331,614	83,068,889	1.15%	2.05%
2003	335,618	84,731,835	1.21%	2%
2004	339,782	86,394,504	1.24%	1.96%
2005	343,894	88,015,962	1.21%	1.88%
2006	348,375	89,508,986	1.3%	1.7%
2007	353,334	91,075,184	1.42%	1.75%
2008	358,120	92,699,095	1.35%	1.78%
2009	362,810	94,384,250	1.31%	1.82%
2010	367,478	96,337,125	1.29%	2.07%
2011	371,729	98,248,614	1.16%	1.98%
2012	375,469	100,175,512	1.01%	1.96%
2013	378,953	102,076,336	0.93%	1.9%
2014	382,298	103,767,130	0.88%	1.66%
2015	385,346	105,312,992	0.8%	1.49%
2016	388,055	106,735,719	0.7%	1.35%
2017	390,485	108,119,693	0.63%	1.3%
2018	392,717	109,465,287	0.57%	1.24%
2019	394,675	110,804,683	0.5%	1.22%
2020	395,863	112,081,264	0.3%	1.15%
2021	396,373	113,100,950	0.13%	0.91%
2022	397,538	113,964,338	0.29%	0.76%
2023	399,440	114,891,199	0.48%	0.81%
2024	401,283	115,843,670	0.46%	0.83%
2025	403,042	116,786,968	0.44%	0.81%
2026	404,635	117,724,479	0.4%	0.8%
2027	406,126	118,656,426	0.37%	0.79%
2028	407,560	119,583,984	0.35%	0.78%
2029	408,950	120,502,132	0.34%	0.77%
2030	410,269	121,408,897	0.32%	0.75%
2031	411,543	122,301,606	0.31%	0.74%
2032	412,724	123,180,341	0.29%	0.72%
2033	413,846	124,049,036	0.27%	0.71%
2034	414,942	124,904,124	0.26%	0.69%
2035	415,982	125,740,977	0.25%	0.67%
2036	416,939	126,558,232	0.23%	0.65%
2037	417,847	127,352,607	0.22%	0.63%
2038	418,753	128,118,535	0.22%	0.6%
2039	419,595	128,850,047	0.2%	0.57%
2040	420,348	129,546,666	0.18%	0.54%
2041	421,079	130,209,810	0.17%	0.51%
2042	421,746	130,837,005	0.16%	0.48%
2043	422,343	131,427,404	0.14%	0.45%
2044	422,831	131,979,673	0.12%	0.42%
2045	423,269	132,492,038	0.1%	0.39%
2046	423,679	132,962,001	0.1%	0.35%
2047	423,952	133,385,290	0.06%	0.32%
2048	424,123	133,759,436	0.04%	0.28%
2049	424,251	134,089,011	0.03%	0.25%
2050	424,273	134,373,439	0.005%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Bahamas' population will grow by 4.85% to 424,273 people with a rank change from 172nd to 174th. The population of the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.