Population in the Bahamas compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	United Kingdom	Bahamas	United Kingdom
1960	116,317	52,400,000	-	-
1961	122,197	52,800,000	5.06%	0.76%
1962	128,493	53,250,000	5.15%	0.85%
1963	135,087	53,650,000	5.13%	0.75%
1964	141,528	54,000,000	4.77%	0.65%
1965	147,952	54,348,050	4.54%	0.64%
1966	154,874	54,648,500	4.68%	0.55%
1967	162,267	54,943,600	4.77%	0.54%
1968	170,089	55,211,700	4.82%	0.49%
1969	177,981	55,441,750	4.64%	0.42%
1970	184,982	55,663,250	3.93%	0.4%
1971	190,857	55,896,223	3.18%	0.42%
1972	196,055	56,086,065	2.72%	0.34%
1973	200,791	56,194,527	2.42%	0.19%
1974	205,342	56,229,974	2.27%	0.06%
1975	209,886	56,225,800	2.21%	-0.007%
1976	214,501	56,211,968	2.2%	-0.02%
1977	219,157	56,193,492	2.17%	-0.03%
1978	223,761	56,196,504	2.1%	0.005%
1979	228,230	56,246,951	2%	0.09%
1980	232,526	56,314,216	1.88%	0.12%
1981	236,614	56,333,829	1.76%	0.03%
1982	240,614	56,313,641	1.69%	-0.04%
1983	244,698	56,332,848	1.7%	0.03%
1984	248,863	56,422,072	1.7%	0.16%
1985	253,154	56,550,268	1.72%	0.23%
1986	257,536	56,681,396	1.73%	0.23%
1987	261,935	56,802,050	1.71%	0.21%
1988	266,448	56,928,327	1.72%	0.22%
1989	271,178	57,076,711	1.78%	0.26%
1990	275,945	57,247,586	1.76%	0.3%
1991	280,731	57,424,897	1.73%	0.31%
1992	285,927	57,580,402	1.85%	0.27%
1993	291,339	57,718,614	1.89%	0.24%
1994	296,509	57,865,745	1.77%	0.25%
1995	301,461	58,019,030	1.67%	0.26%
1996	306,268	58,166,950	1.59%	0.25%
1997	310,904	58,316,954	1.51%	0.26%
1998	315,368	58,487,141	1.44%	0.29%
1999	319,614	58,682,466	1.35%	0.33%
2000	323,835	58,892,514	1.32%	0.36%
2001	327,836	59,119,673	1.24%	0.39%
2002	331,614	59,370,479	1.15%	0.42%
2003	335,618	59,647,577	1.21%	0.47%
2004	339,782	59,987,905	1.24%	0.57%
2005	343,894	60,401,206	1.21%	0.69%
2006	348,375	60,846,820	1.3%	0.74%
2007	353,334	61,322,463	1.42%	0.78%
2008	358,120	61,806,995	1.35%	0.79%
2009	362,810	62,276,270	1.31%	0.76%
2010	367,478	62,766,365	1.29%	0.79%
2011	371,729	63,258,810	1.16%	0.78%
2012	375,469	63,711,000	1.01%	0.71%
2013	378,953	64,139,000	0.93%	0.67%
2014	382,298	64,620,000	0.88%	0.75%
2015	385,346	65,088,000	0.8%	0.72%
2016	388,055	65,607,000	0.7%	0.8%
2017	390,485	65,966,000	0.63%	0.55%
2018	392,717	66,289,000	0.57%	0.49%
2019	394,675	66,631,000	0.5%	0.52%
2020	395,863	66,744,000	0.3%	0.17%
2021	396,373	66,984,000	0.13%	0.36%
2022	397,538	67,604,000	0.29%	0.93%
2023	399,440	68,492,000	0.48%	1.31%
2024	401,283	69,226,000	0.46%	1.07%
2025	403,042	69,639,673	0.44%	0.6%
2026	404,635	70,020,350	0.4%	0.55%
2027	406,126	70,382,853	0.37%	0.52%
2028	407,560	70,732,699	0.35%	0.5%
2029	408,950	71,061,482	0.34%	0.46%
2030	410,269	71,377,535	0.32%	0.44%
2031	411,543	71,678,351	0.31%	0.42%
2032	412,724	71,959,934	0.29%	0.39%
2033	413,846	72,234,509	0.27%	0.38%
2034	414,942	72,497,650	0.26%	0.36%
2035	415,982	72,749,096	0.25%	0.35%
2036	416,939	72,990,847	0.23%	0.33%
2037	417,847	73,218,850	0.22%	0.31%
2038	418,753	73,441,349	0.22%	0.3%
2039	419,595	73,658,392	0.2%	0.3%
2040	420,348	73,868,334	0.18%	0.29%
2041	421,079	74,074,316	0.17%	0.28%
2042	421,746	74,275,779	0.16%	0.27%
2043	422,343	74,475,035	0.14%	0.27%
2044	422,831	74,667,284	0.12%	0.26%
2045	423,269	74,848,605	0.1%	0.24%
2046	423,679	75,020,949	0.1%	0.23%
2047	423,952	75,184,478	0.06%	0.22%
2048	424,123	75,337,543	0.04%	0.2%
2049	424,251	75,476,141	0.03%	0.18%
2050	424,273	75,600,588	0.005%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.