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Bahamas, The
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#171out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

328 K263 K197 K132 K67 K196019932025Bahamas, The · 2025: 327,790Bahamas, The

Analytical takeaways

  • Bahamas, The records 327,790 for Urban population in 2025, ranking #171 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 66,999 in 1960 to 327,790 in 2025, a gain of 260,791.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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