Bahamas
In 2025, the Home Office granted 61 study visas to nationals of the Bahamas, counting main applicants and family members.
How UK records count nationals of the Bahamas in 2025.
UK counts
These counts can overlap. Never add them together.
- Moved to the UK
- Not published
- The ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality.
- Asylum claims
- 1 person
- People named on initial claims, main applicants and family members. Counted by claim date, not arrival date.
- Small boat arrivals
- 0 people detected
- People detected arriving by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised.
Sources (4)
- 1 ONS, Long-term international migration, year ending December 2025
- Table 3e of the dataset, nationalities outside the EU+, on a visa. The ONS publishes nationality estimates for a few nationalities only.
- Published 21 May 2026. Official statistics in development.
- 2 Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
- Entry clearance visas granted, main applicants and family members together, by date of decision.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 3 Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01)
- Initial claims, main applicants and family members, by date of claim.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 4 Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset
- Small boat arrivals by nationality, people detected, calendar years from 2018.
- Published 27 August 2026. Official statistics.
Visa routes5 routes · 2025
A visa gives permission to come. It is not an arrival.
Work visas5 grants
Includes family members of workers.
Study visas61 grants
Includes family members of students.
Family visas6 grants
The family route, including refugee family reunion. Not the family members counted in work or study.
Safe route visas0 grants
The BN(O) route and the Ukraine schemes.
Other visas7 grants
All other visas, including EU Settlement Scheme permits and visas for resettled refugees.
Selected visa routes72 grants
Added here Long-term work, study, family and safe route grants added up here, 5 + 61 + 6 + 0. Excludes other visas. Not all visas, and not arrivals.
History
Showing Work visas, grants.
Showing work visas because the ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality. Visas are not arrivals.
| Year | Grants |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2025 | 5 |
Sources (1)
Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
Country context
These describe country populations, not people who moved to the UK. They do not explain migration.
Population people
The UK figure is the World Bank's, so both countries come from one source. The ONS estimates the UK population at 69,483,939 on 30 June 2025 (published 1 October 2026).
GDP per person constant 2021 international dollars
Different years. GDP at purchasing power parity, not earnings or household income.
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.POP.TOTL
- The record for Bahamas. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, people.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- The record for Bahamas. Latest observation in the file, 2024. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, years.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD
- The record for Bahamas. Latest observation in the file, 2024. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, constant 2021 international dollars.
More contextLiteracy, unemployment and urban population
Adult literacy people aged 15 and over, %
Bahamas
Not published
UK
Not published
Unemployment share of the labour force, %
Sources (2)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate).
- The record for Bahamas. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total labour force.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
- Urban population (% of total population).
- The record for Bahamas. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total population.
ReligionsBahamas and the UK
These records describe residents in each country. They do not show the religions of people who moved to the UK.
Not directly comparable. Different years and categories.
Bahamas
2022 census · UNdata [1]
- Anglican47,456 people
- Assembly of God3,722 people
- Baha'i70 people
- Baptist135,875 people
- Brethren5,823 people
- Church of God19,663 people
- Hindu296 people
- Islam336 people
- Jehovah Witness4,225 people
- Jewish190 people
- Lutheran501 people
- Methodist10,996 people
- Mormon182 people
- Pentecostal31,971 people
- Presbyterian916 people
- Rastafarian1,139 people
- Roman Catholic34,749 people
- Seventh Day Adventist17,502 people
- Other Christians35,296 people
- Other Religions1,043 people
- Other Non-Christians1,813 people
- Not Stated19,075 people
- None24,677 people
- Greek Church356 people
UK
2011 census · UNdata [2]
- Buddhist261,584 people
- Christian37,583,962 people
- Hindu835,418 people
- Jewish269,568 people
- Muslim2,786,635 people
- Sikh432,429 people
- Other262,750 people
- No Religion16,221,509 people
- Not Specified4,528,323 people
Sources (2)
- 1 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- Bahamas, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2022. UNdata lists it as received in 2024.
- 2 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2011. UNdata lists it as received in 2014.
Questions people ask
How many UK visas were granted to nationals of the Bahamas in 2025?
In 2025, the Home Office granted 5 work, 61 study, 6 family, 0 safe route and 7 other visas to nationals of the Bahamas, counting main applicants and family members. Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026.
How many nationals of the Bahamas claimed asylum in the UK in 2025?
In 2025, 1 national of the Bahamas claimed asylum in the UK, counting main applicants and family members by date of claim. Source: Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01).
How many nationals of the Bahamas arrived in the UK by small boat in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of the Bahamas were detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised. Source: Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset.