Share of the population that is female in Bahamas
Bahamas: Share of the population that is female was 52.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of the population that is female in Bahamas, 1960–2025
Source: United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the population that is female in Bahamas is 52.3%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population that is female in Bahamas peaked at 52.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 49.4%, in 1972.
Bahamas ranks 25th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50.2% | 49.6% | 51.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 49.5% | 49.4% | 49.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.8% | 49.5% | 50.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 50.3% | 50.1% | 50.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.9% | 50.6% | 51.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.7% | 51.4% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.2% | 52.0% | 52.3% | 6 |
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More gender data for Bahamas
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 2,126 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 2,179 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 2,142 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 2,194 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 2,150 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 2,203 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 2,162 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 2,215 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 2,171 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 2,224 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that is female in Bahamas?
- Share of the population that is female in Bahamas was 52.3% in 2025, according to United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population that is female recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 52.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of the population that is female recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.4% in 1972.
- How does Bahamas rank for share of the population that is female?
- Bahamas ranks 25th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of the population that is female rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population that is female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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