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Bahamas Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of the Bahamas with its 30 first-level divisions, the capital Nassau and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Bahamas

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 30 units

The Bahamas is divided into 30 first-level administrative divisions:

AcklinsBerry IslandsBiminiBlack PointCat IslandCentral AbacoCentral AndrosCentral EleutheraCity of FreeportCrooked Island and Long CayEast Grand BahamaExumaHarbour IslandInaguaLong IslandMangrove CayMayaguanaMoore's IslandNew ProvidenceNorth AbacoNorth AndrosNorth EleutheraRagged IslandRum CaySan SalvadorSouth AbacoSouth AndrosSouth EleutheraSpanish WellsWest Grand Bahama

Largest cities in Bahamas

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1NassauCapital227,940
2Freeport25,383

Nassau is the largest urban area in the Bahamas with about 227,940 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in the Bahamas: ≈ 221 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

No major named rivers or lakes are mapped for the Bahamas at this map scale.

Ethnic groups in Bahamas

CIA World Factbook · 2010
African descent
90.6%White
4.7%mixed
2.1%other
1.9%unspecified
0.7%

African descent 90.6%, White 4.7%, mixed 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)

Regionally, African descent is the most common ethnic group across most of the 30 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2010 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Bahamas

CIA World Factbook · 2010
Protestant
69.9%Roman Catholic
12%other Christian
13%other
0.6%none
1.9%unspecified
2.6%

Protestant 69.9% (includes Baptist 34.9%, Anglican 13.7%, Pentecostal 8.9% Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, Methodist 3.6%, Church of God 1.9%, Plymouth Brethren 1.6%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 12%, other Christian 13% (includes Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), other 0.6%, none 1.9%, unspecified 2.6% (2010 est.)

Regionally, Protestant is the most common religious group across most of the 30 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2010 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Bahamas

CIA World Factbook

English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)

Regionally, English is the most common language group across most of the 30 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.