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title: "Bahamas — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Bahamas: capital Nassau, area 13,880 km², population 403,033 (2025), currency Bahamian dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/bahamas/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Bahamas

**Bahamas: Capital Nassau**

13,880 km² · 403,033 people (2025) · Bahamian dollar

About 700 islands and some 2,400 cays spread over 470,000 km² of ocean, of which roughly thirty are inhabited. Dean's Blue Hole off Long Island drops 202 m, one of the deepest blue holes in the world. The Andros barrier reef is the third-largest reef system on Earth.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Nassau
- **Area:** 13,880 km² — 5,359 sq mi
- **Population:** 403,033 (2025)
- **Density:** 29.0 people per km²
- **Currency:** Bahamian dollar (BSD, $)
- **Official language:** English
- **Time zone:** UTC-05:00
- **Calling code:** +1242
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** BS · BHS
- **Continent:** North America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 157 of 200
- **By population:** 175 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eswatini | 17,364 | 1,256,174 |
| Timor-Leste | 14,874 | 1,418,517 |
| Bahamas ← | 13,880 | 403,033 |
| Montenegro | 13,812 | 623,129 |
| Vanuatu | 12,189 | 335,169 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Bahamas?

Nassau

### What currency does Bahamas use?

The Bahamian dollar (BSD).

### How big is Bahamas?

13,880 km², or 5,359 square miles — 157 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Bahamas drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Eswatini](https://atoneplace.net/country/eswatini/)
- [Timor-Leste](https://atoneplace.net/country/timor-leste/)
- [Montenegro](https://atoneplace.net/country/montenegro/)
- [Vanuatu](https://atoneplace.net/country/vanuatu/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Guatemala](https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/)
- [Haiti](https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/)
- [Dominican Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/)
- [Honduras](https://atoneplace.net/country/honduras/)
- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]