Caribbean
Flag of Bahamas
Hundreds of islands scattered over the clearest waters on Earth.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #00a8c0 55%
- #000000 21%
- #f0d830 18%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Bahamas in numbers
| Official name | Commonwealth of the Bahamas |
|---|---|
| Capital | Nassau |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Population | 393,248 |
| Area | 13,943 km² · 28 people per km² |
| Currency | Bahamian dollar (BSD) |
| Languages | English |
| Country codes | BS · BHS · .bs |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- The Bahamas is an archipelago of about 700 islands and cays, only a fraction of them inhabited.
- Christopher Columbus made his first New World landfall in the Bahamas in 1492.
- The capital, Nassau, sits on New Providence and was once a notorious haven for Caribbean pirates.
Did you know
Pigs that swim in the turquoise shallows of Big Major Cay have made the Bahamas' 'swimming pigs' a global attraction.
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.