Recognised as Country

Bahamas

BS
North America
BSD
.bs

Bahamas (BS/BHS) is a country in North America with its capital at Nassau. It covers about 13,943 km² with a population of roughly 410,000, uses the BSD, dials on +1242, owns the .bs internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Nassau. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameBahamas

CapitalNassau

ContinentNorth America

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BS

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BHS

Internet TLD.bs

Calling code+1242

Currency codeBSD

Geography

Approximate centre25.0343, -77.3963a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude25.0343° N

Longitude77.3963° W

HemisphereNorthern and Western

Area13,943 km²5,383 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London6,995 kmto the approximate centre of Bahamas, not to Nassau. W, bearing 276.9°

Antipode-25.0343, 102.6037the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Nassauthe IANA zone for Nassau; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC-05:00

Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC-05:00 and UTC-04:00

Summer offsetUTC-04:00

Offset in JanuaryUTC-05:00

Offset in JulyUTC-04:00

Current offsetUTC-04:00

Local time now22 Sept 2026, 10:25

Hours ahead of UTC-4

Population & scale

Population410,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density29.4 per km²≈

Share of world population0.005%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset156 of 196

Population rank in this dataset171 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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