Bahamas vs United States: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Bahamas
191 years
in 2022
United States
177 years
in 2022
Bahamas rank
46th
United States rank
48th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Bahamas
  • United States
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How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 191 years against 177 years in United States, a difference of 14 years.

That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was United States ahead.

Bahamas ranks 46th and United States ranks 48th of 159 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit
years
Source
Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
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Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.