BS
Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Bahamas sits in Caribbean and uses BSD - Bahamian dollar ($), USD - United States dollar ($). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Capital
Nassau
Population
398.2K
Area
13.9K km2
Population
398.2K
398,165 people
Area
13.9K km2
13,943 square kilometers
Density
29/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Nassau
25.08, -77.35
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Bahamas, officially listed here as Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Bahamas, BS, BHS, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Bahamas is grouped under Americas, more specifically Caribbean, with North America shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 398,165 people and a land area of 13,943 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 29 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 25.0343, -77.3963, while the capital coordinate reference is 25.08, -77.35. Bahamas has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Nassau (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Nassau, Freeport City, West End, Cooper’s Town and Lucaya. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Bahamas, capital of Bahamas, and major urban areas in Bahamas. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include Commonwealth and United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Bahamas uses calling code +1, postal format not listed, and time zone data listed as UTC-05:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists BSD - Bahamian dollar ($) and USD - United States dollar ($), while language records include English. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as BS. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The country dataset does not include a recent Gini entry for this profile.
How to use this profile
This Bahamas profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
BS / BHS
Top-level domains
.bs
Continents
North America
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
BS
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Bahamas is represented by the BS country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Nassau
227,940
primary
#2
Freeport City
City of Freeport
45,945
City
#3
West End
West Grand Bahama
13,577
City
#4
Cooper’s Town
North Abaco
9,948
City
#5
Lucaya
City of Freeport
0
City
Governance
Government type
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+1
Postal format
Not listed
Timezones
UTC-05:00
Languages
English
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
N/A
No country entry