bahamas Capital: nassau Pos.: Surface: 13.878 Kmq 157 Population 2024: 401.300 Pop. density: 28,92 in./Kmq Pop. growth 4 ys:  + 0,96 % GDP per capita: 35.731 $ Nominal GDP 2023: 14,339 billions $ Estimate Growth GDP 2025: +5,9 % PPP per capita: 31.886 $ 43 GDP PPP 2020: 12,796 billions $ 153 Internet TLD:  BS Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a sovereign country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and northwest of the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of Florida Economy: The economy of the Bahamas is dependent upon tourism and offshore banking. The Bahamas is the richest country in the West Indies and is ranked 14th in North America for nominal GDP.  It is a stable, developing nation in the Lucayan Archipelago, with a population of 391,232 (2016). Steady growth in tourism Economy bahamas population 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2022 2023 2024 2025  TOP