Demographics of Bermuda

The total population of Bermuda is 61,070 people. People in Bermuda speak the English language. The linguistic diversity of Bermuda is almost homogeneous according to a fractionalization scale which for Bermuda is 0. The median age is approximately 42.9 years. Life expectancy in Bermuda is 80.71. Around 40% of the population of Bermuda are obese. The ethnic diversity is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale which for Bermuda is 0. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Bermuda see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population

In Bermuda, the population density is 1212 people per square kilometer (3153 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be very densely. The total population of Bermuda is 61,070 people. Bermuda has approximately 19,066 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Bermuda represent 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Bermuda represent 29.1 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Bermuda is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Bermuda is 0. This means that the people living in Bermuda are somewhat fractionalized. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Bermuda on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age

The median age is approximately 42.9 years. The median age for men is 41.1, while the median age for women is 44.6.

Gender

The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.015. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.97; sex ratio over 64 - 0.71; total sex ratio - 0.94. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion

The majority religion of Bermuda is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 75% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Bermuda are Islam, Buddhism, folk religions, Judaism. The religious diversity of Bermuda is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Bermuda. The index of religious fractionalization in Bermuda is 0.7112. This score means that there are several major religions distributed evenly within Bermuda.

General development

Bermuda is considered to be a developed nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developed nation, Bermuda is able to provide its citizens with social services like public education, healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developed nations enjoy a high standard of living and longer life expectancies than citizens of developing nations. In Bermuda, 91.3 in every 100 people use internet. The migration rate in Bermuda is 1.88%. In Bermuda, 11% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Bermuda is low, indicating that it has a stable economy. Investors should consider Bermuda to be a safe location for investments and other financial ventures.

Language

People in Bermuda speak the English language. The linguistic diversity of Bermuda is almost homogeneous according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of unrelated languages spoken in Bermuda. The index of linguistic fractionalization in Bermuda is 0. This means that within the country there is one major language and a few minor languages. Unrelated languages share few characteristics of grammatical structure, vocabulary, and etymological heritage. Linguistic diversity often results in issues of social and cultural fractionalization that can impact a country’s political circumstance and public policies.