Aruba vs Bahamas

Aruba and Bahamas compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Bahamas has about 3.7 times as many people as Aruba: 403,033 against 108,785 in 2025.
• GDP per person is about the same in Aruba ($38,591) and Bahamas ($39,455) in 2024.
• The economy grew faster in Aruba (6.8%) than in Bahamas (3.4%), a difference of 3.4 percentage points in 2024.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Aruba (4.3% in 2019) than in Bahamas (1.1% in 2025), a difference of 3.2 percentage points.
• A baby born in Aruba can expect to live 1.8 years longer than one born in Bahamas: 76.5 years against 74.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Aruba is older: half of its people are over 41 years, against 34.6 years in Bahamas in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Aruba (97.2% in 2017) than in Bahamas (92.5% in 2024), a difference of 4.7 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Aruba (5.1 tonnes) are 42% higher than in Bahamas (3.6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Bahamas (50.9%) than in Aruba (2.7%), a difference of 48.2 percentage points in 2024.