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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	United States	Bahamas	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	116,317	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	122,197	183,691,481	5.06%	1.67%
1962	128,493	186,537,737	5.15%	1.55%
1963	135,087	189,241,798	5.13%	1.45%
1964	141,528	191,888,791	4.77%	1.4%
1965	147,952	194,302,963	4.54%	1.26%
1966	154,874	196,560,338	4.68%	1.16%
1967	162,267	198,712,056	4.77%	1.09%
1968	170,089	200,706,052	4.82%	1%
1969	177,981	202,676,946	4.64%	0.98%
1970	184,982	205,052,174	3.93%	1.17%
1971	190,857	207,660,677	3.18%	1.27%
1972	196,055	209,896,021	2.72%	1.08%
1973	200,791	211,908,788	2.42%	0.96%
1974	205,342	213,853,928	2.27%	0.92%
1975	209,886	215,973,199	2.21%	0.99%
1976	214,501	218,035,164	2.2%	0.95%
1977	219,157	220,239,425	2.17%	1.01%
1978	223,761	222,584,545	2.1%	1.06%
1979	228,230	225,055,487	2%	1.11%
1980	232,526	226,542,250	1.88%	0.66%
1981	236,614	229,465,744	1.76%	1.29%
1982	240,614	231,664,432	1.69%	0.96%
1983	244,698	233,792,014	1.7%	0.92%
1984	248,863	235,824,908	1.7%	0.87%
1985	253,154	237,923,734	1.72%	0.89%
1986	257,536	240,132,831	1.73%	0.93%
1987	261,935	242,288,936	1.71%	0.9%
1988	266,448	244,499,004	1.72%	0.91%
1989	271,178	246,819,222	1.78%	0.95%
1990	275,945	250,131,894	1.76%	1.34%
1991	280,731	253,492,503	1.73%	1.34%
1992	285,927	256,894,189	1.85%	1.34%
1993	291,339	260,255,352	1.89%	1.31%
1994	296,509	263,435,673	1.77%	1.22%
1995	301,461	266,557,091	1.67%	1.18%
1996	306,268	269,667,391	1.59%	1.17%
1997	310,904	272,911,760	1.51%	1.2%
1998	315,368	276,115,288	1.44%	1.17%
1999	319,614	279,294,713	1.35%	1.15%
2000	323,835	282,162,411	1.32%	1.03%
2001	327,836	284,968,955	1.24%	0.99%
2002	331,614	287,625,193	1.15%	0.93%
2003	335,618	290,107,933	1.21%	0.86%
2004	339,782	292,805,298	1.24%	0.93%
2005	343,894	295,516,599	1.21%	0.93%
2006	348,375	298,379,912	1.3%	0.97%
2007	353,334	301,231,207	1.42%	0.96%
2008	358,120	304,093,966	1.35%	0.95%
2009	362,810	306,771,529	1.31%	0.88%
2010	367,478	309,327,143	1.29%	0.83%
2011	371,729	311,583,481	1.16%	0.73%
2012	375,469	313,877,662	1.01%	0.74%
2013	378,953	316,059,947	0.93%	0.7%
2014	382,298	318,386,329	0.88%	0.74%
2015	385,346	320,738,994	0.8%	0.74%
2016	388,055	323,071,755	0.7%	0.73%
2017	390,485	325,122,128	0.63%	0.63%
2018	392,717	326,838,199	0.57%	0.53%
2019	394,675	328,329,953	0.5%	0.46%
2020	395,863	331,526,933	0.3%	0.97%
2021	396,373	331,893,745	0.13%	0.11%
2022	397,538	333,271,411	0.29%	0.42%
2023	399,440	334,914,895	0.48%	0.49%
2024	401,283	340,110,988	0.46%	1.55%
2025	403,042	341,931,772	0.44%	0.54%
2026	404,635	343,664,369	0.4%	0.51%
2027	406,126	345,331,185	0.37%	0.49%
2028	407,560	346,981,137	0.35%	0.48%
2029	408,950	348,601,982	0.34%	0.47%
2030	410,269	350,176,974	0.32%	0.45%
2031	411,543	351,725,612	0.31%	0.44%
2032	412,724	353,249,060	0.29%	0.43%
2033	413,846	354,749,644	0.27%	0.42%
2034	414,942	356,234,239	0.26%	0.42%
2035	415,982	357,694,316	0.25%	0.41%
2036	416,939	359,119,002	0.23%	0.4%
2037	417,847	360,517,853	0.22%	0.39%
2038	418,753	361,895,407	0.22%	0.38%
2039	419,595	363,229,908	0.2%	0.37%
2040	420,348	364,512,364	0.18%	0.35%
2041	421,079	365,753,139	0.17%	0.34%
2042	421,746	366,969,419	0.16%	0.33%
2043	422,343	368,146,925	0.14%	0.32%
2044	422,831	369,258,123	0.12%	0.3%
2045	423,269	370,318,770	0.1%	0.29%
2046	423,679	371,328,255	0.1%	0.27%
2047	423,952	372,299,116	0.06%	0.26%
2048	424,123	373,230,539	0.04%	0.25%
2049	424,251	374,119,803	0.03%	0.24%
2050	424,273	374,986,259	0.005%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.