Digital 2021: The Bahamas
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This report contains all the latest internet stats, mobile stats, and social media stats for The Bahamas, but read on below for essential insights into digital use in The Bahamas in 2021.
The Bahamas’s population
The Bahamas had a population of 395.1 thousand in January 2021.
The Bahamas’s population increased by 3,710 (+0.9%) between January 2020 and January 2021.
51.4% of The Bahamas’s population is female, while 48.6% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].
83.3% of The Bahamas’s population lives in urban centres, while 16.7% lives in rural areas.
Internet users in The Bahamas
There were 335.8 thousand internet users in The Bahamas in January 2021.
The number of internet users in The Bahamas increased by 3,153 (+0.9%) between 2020 and 2021.
Internet penetration in The Bahamas stood at 85.0% in January 2021.
Note: we no longer include data sourced from social media platforms in our internet user numbers, so the numbers shown above and in our complete Digital 2021 reports are not comparable with numbers published in our reports from previous years.
Social media statistics for The Bahamas
There were 260.0 thousand social media users in The Bahamas in January 2021.
The number of social media users in The Bahamas increased by 10 thousand (+4.0%) between 2020 and 2021.
The number of social media users in The Bahamas was equivalent to 65.8% of the total population in January 2021.
Note: Figures for social media users shown here and in our complete Digital 2021 reports may not equate to unique individuals. We have also included new sources in this year’s social media figures, so numbers shown here and in our Digital 2021 reports will not be comparable with numbers published in our previous reports.
Mobile connections in The Bahamas
There were 333.8 thousand mobile connections in The Bahamas in January 2021.
The number of mobile connections in The Bahamas decreased by 17 thousand (-4.9%) between January 2020 and January 2021.
The number of mobile connections in The Bahamas in January 2021 was equivalent to 84.5% of the total population.
Note: many people have more than one mobile connection, so figures for mobile connections may exceed 100% of the total population.
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