Where is Bahamas?
The Bahamas is an island country in Caribbean, with no land borders.
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Crazy but True
There is an island in the Bahamas inhabited entirely by swimming pigs. The pigs of Big Major Cay paddle out to meet approaching boats, nobody is quite certain how they got there, and they have become one of the country's best known attractions.
Bahamas facts
- Capital
- Nassau
- Population
- 403,033 (2025)
- Area
- 13,943 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Caribbean
- Currency
- Bahamian dollar (BSD) and United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- English
- Coordinates
- 24.25°, -76°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- BS · BHS
How Bahamas compares
- The Bahamas is the 157th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Timor-Leste and larger than Montenegro.
- It is the 164th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It has no land borders, one of 16 such countries on our map.
- Within North America, it is the 15th largest of 17 countries by area.