Bermuda

North America, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of South Carolina (US)

32 20 N, 64 45 W

North America

54 sq km

54 sq km

0 sq km

About one-third the size of Washington, D.C.

0 km

103 km

12 nm

200 nm

200 nm

Subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter

Low hills separated by fertile depressions

Town Hill 79 m

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism

5.6% (2023 est.)

Arable land: 5.6% (2023 est.)

Permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.)

Permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.)

14.4% (2023 est.)

80% (2023 est.)

NA

Relatively even population distribution throughout

Hurricanes (June to November)

The archipelago consists of over 170 coral islands and islets with ample rainfall, as well as thousands of cays, but no rivers or freshwater lakes; some land was leased by the US Government from 1941 to 1995

72,800 (2024 est.)

35,401

37,399

Bermudian(s)

Bermudian

African descent 52%, White 31%, mixed 9%, Asian 4%, other 4% (2010 est.)

English (official), Portuguese

Protestant 46.2% (includes Anglican 15.8%, African Methodist Episcopal 8.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.7%, Pentecostal 3.5%, Methodist 2.7%, Presbyterian 2.0%, Church of God 1.6%, Baptist 1.2%, Salvation Army 1.1%, Brethren 1.0%, other Protestant 2.0%), Roman Catholic 14.5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, other Christian 9.1%, Muslim 1%, other 3.9%, none 17.8%, unspecified 6.2% (2010 est.)

16.4% (male 6,133/female 5,817)

60.9% (male 22,247/female 22,113)

22.7% (2024 est.) (male 7,021/female 9,469)

64.1 (2024 est.)

26.9 (2024 est.)

37.2 (2024 est.)

2.7 (2024 est.)

43.9 years (2025 est.)

41.5 years

46.3 years

0.27% (2025 est.)

10.82 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)

9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)

1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)

Relatively even population distribution throughout

100% of total population (2023)

-0.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

10,000 HAMILTON (capital) (2018)

1.05 male(s)/female

1.05 male(s)/female

1.01 male(s)/female

0.74 male(s)/female

0.95 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

2.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)

2.5 deaths/1,000 live births

1.8 deaths/1,000 live births

82.5 years (2024 est.)

79.4 years

85.7 years

1.88 children born/woman (2025 est.)

0.92 (2025 est.)

Urban: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)

Urban: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)

Urban: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)

Urban: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)

49.7% (2016 est.)

1.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

7.8% national budget (2017 est.)

12 years (2023 est.)

11 years (2023 est.)

12 years (2023 est.)

Air pollution from vehicle emissions; scarce water resources; solid waste disposal; hazardous waste disposal; sewage disposal; overfishing; oil spills

Subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter

5.6% (2023 est.)

Arable land: 5.6% (2023 est.)

Permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.)

Permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.)

14.4% (2023 est.)

80% (2023 est.)

100% of total population (2023)

-0.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

577,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

9 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

577,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

82,000 tons (2024 est.)

2% (2012 est.)

None

Bermuda

Somers Islands

Named after Juan de BERMUDEZ, an early 16th-century Spanish sea captain and the first European explorer of the archipelago

Overseas Territory of the UK with limited self-government; parliamentary democracy

Overseas territory of the UK

Hamilton

32 17 N, 64 47 W

UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

+1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November

Named after Henry HAMILTON, who served as governor of Bermuda from 1788 to 1794

9 parishes and 2 municipalities*; Devonshire, Hamilton, Hamilton*, Paget, Pembroke, Saint George*, Saint George's, Sandys, Smith's, Southampton, Warwick

English common law

Several previous (dating to 1684); latest entered into force 8 June 1968 (Bermuda Constitution Order 1968)

Proposal procedure - NA; passage by an Order in Council in the UK

Has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt

No

At least one parent must be a citizen of the UK

Yes

10 years

18 years of age; universal

King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor Andrew MURDOCH (since 23 January 2025)

Premier David BURT (since 19 July 2017)

Cabinet nominated by the premier, approved by the governor

The monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the governor usually appoints the leader of the majority party or majority coalition as the premier

Parliament

Bicameral

House of Assembly

36 (directly elected)

Plurality/majority

Full renewal

5 years

10/1/2020

PLP (30); OBA (6)

20%

2025

Senate

11 (appointed)

5 years

2022

63.6%

2027

Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and at least 2 justices); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, 4 puisne judges, and 1 associate justice); the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) is the court of final appeal

Court of Appeal justice appointed by the governor; justice tenure by individual appointment; Supreme Court judges nominated by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission and appointed by the governor; judge tenure based on terms of appointment

Commercial court (began in 2006); magistrates' courts

Free Democratic Movement or FDM One Bermuda Alliance or OBA Progressive Labor Party or PLP

None (overseas territory of the UK)

Consul General Antoinette HURTADO (since 27 March 2025)

US Consulate Bermuda, 16 Middle Road, Devonshire, DV 03, Bermuda

5300 Hamilton Place, Washington, DC 20520-5300

(441) 295-1342

(441) 295-1592

HamiltonConsulate@state.gov https://bm.usconsulate.gov/

16 Middle Road, Devonshire DV O3

Caricom (associate), ICC (NGOs), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, ITUC (NGOs), UPU, WCO

None (overseas territory of the UK)

Bermuda Day, 24 May

Description: a red field with the UK flag in the upper-left quadrant and the Bermudian coat of arms centered on the right half of the flag; the coat of arms is a white shield with a red lion on a green field, holding a scroll showing the sinking of the ship "Sea Venture" history: the 1609 shipwreck of the "Sea Venture" led to the settling of Bermuda

Red lion

Bermuda's coat of arms was formally granted by Royal Warrant on 4 October 1910 but has been in use since at least 1624; the red lion is a symbol of Great Britain; the Latin motto under the coat of arms, Quo Fata Ferunt, means "Whither the Fates Carry [Us];" the ship is the Sea Venture, an English ship that was wrecked on then-uninhabited Bermuda in 1609

"God Save the King"

Unknown

Official anthem, as a UK territory

1 (cultural); note - excerpted from the UK entry

Historic Town of St. George and Related Fortifications

Small, tourism- and construction-based, territorial-island economy; American import and tourist destination; known offshore banking hub; increasing inflation; major re-exportation and re-importation area

$6.808 billion (2024 est.)

$6.667 billion (2023 est.)

$6.355 billion (2022 est.)

2.1% (2024 est.)

4.9% (2023 est.)

6.5% (2022 est.)

$105,300 (2024 est.)

$103,100 (2023 est.)

$98,100 (2022 est.)

$8.98 billion (2024 est.)

2.8% (2022 est.)

1.4% (2021 est.)

0% (2020 est.)

0.2% (2023 est.)

4.6% (2023 est.)

91.5% (2023 est.)

45.6% (2024 est.)

11% (2024 est.)

11.3% (2024 est.)

0% (2024 est.)

56.3% (2024 est.)

-24.2% (2024 est.)

Bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products, honey

International business, tourism, light manufacturing

-3.6% (2023 est.)

23.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

22.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

22.7% of GDP (2021 est.)

$999.2 million (2017 est.)

$1.176 billion (2017 est.)

$1.32 billion (2023 est.)

$1.135 billion (2022 est.)

$962.258 million (2021 est.)

$1.599 billion (2023 est.)

$1.425 billion (2022 est.)

$1.136 billion (2021 est.)

Germany 40%, South Africa 38%, Netherlands 15%, USA 2%, Angola 2% (2023)

Crude petroleum, ships, aircraft, liquor, railway cargo containers (2023)

$2.3 billion (2023 est.)

$2.235 billion (2022 est.)

$1.925 billion (2021 est.)

USA 38%, Cyprus 31%, UK 6%, China 6%, Canada 4% (2023)

Ships, refined petroleum, railway cargo containers, packaged medicine, cars (2023)

Bermudian dollars (BMD) per US dollar -

1 (2024 est.)

1 (2023 est.)

1 (2022 est.)

1 (2021 est.)

1 (2020 est.)

100% (2022 est.)

172,000 kW (2023 est.)

590.38 million kWh (2023 est.)

43.172 million kWh (2023 est.)

99% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

4 metric tons (2023 est.)

4 metric tons (2023 est.)

4,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)

122.737 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

25,000 (2021 est.)

39 (2022 est.)

68,164 (2022 est.)

97 (2024 est.)

3 TV stations; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; roughly 13 radio stations operating

.bm

98% (2017 est.)

23,000 (2022 est.)

36 (2022 est.)

VP-B

1 (2025)

122 (2023)

Container ship 15, oil tanker 8, other 99

4 (2024)

0

1

2

0

1

3

Freeport, Hamilton, Ireland Island, St. George

Royal Bermuda Regiment; Bermuda Police Service (2025)

The Royal Bermuda Regiment has about 350 troops (2025)

The Regiment is equipped with small arms (2025)

Men and women who are Commonwealth citizens and 18-45 years of age can volunteer for the Bermuda Regiment; service is for a minimum period of three years and two months from the date of enlistment; after completing their initial service, soldiers in the Regiment can choose to extend their service (2025)

Defense is the responsibility of the UK; the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s responsibilities include maritime security of Bermuda’s inshore waters, search and rescue, ceremonial duties, humanitarian/disaster assistance, security of key installations, and assisting the Bermuda Police with maintaining public order; it includes explosive ordnance disposal, diver, maritime, security police, and support units (2025)