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The population of Bermuda in 1783 was 10,381, and included 5,462 white (1,076 males under 15; 1,325 males over 15; 3,061 females) and 4,919 coloured (1,153 males under 15; 1,193 males over 15; 2,573 females). [23] By 18 November 1811, the permanent population of Bermuda was 10,180, including 5,425 coloured and 4,755 white:
Bermuda's 2016 Census put its population at 63,779 and, with an area of 53.2 km 2 (20.5 sq mi), it has a calculated population density of 1,201 people/km 2 (3,110 people/sq mi). [2] As of July 2018, the population is estimated to be 71,176.
Ethnic groups in Bermuda (2 C, 2 P) Expatriates in Bermuda (18 C) I. Immigrants to Bermuda (6 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Demographics of Bermuda"
The first Europeans to discover Bermuda were Spanish explorers. Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez discovered the island in the early 1500s. [5] [6] The White population of Bermuda made up the entirety of the Bermuda's population, other than a black and an Indian slave brought in for a very short-lived pearl fishery in 1616, [7] from settlement (which began accidentally in 1609 with the wreck ...
Map of the island of Bermuda. Bermuda was first documented by a European in 1503 by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.In 1609, the English Virginia Company, which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier, permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane, when the crew and passengers of Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent it from sinking ...
Bermuda has had steady economic prosperity since the end of World War II, although the island has experienced recessions, including during the early 1990s, when the contraction of the economy led to a population reduction of 2,000 people (with work permits of many long-term residents not being renewed), and a mild recession in 2001–02, both ...
The "Bermuda high" is a high-pressure system located over the Atlantic Ocean that borrows its name from a nearby island chain and has the ability to influence the movement of tropical systems in ...
Bermuda has nine "Parishes", originally called "Tribes". Each of the nine parishes with the exception of St. George's covers the same land area of 597 hectares.The Parishes are not administrative divisions, and have no relationship with Bermuda's electoral districts.