Bahrain birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in Bahrain chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 in 2023 and has been below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman since 2016. In 1993, the fertility rate was 3.46 — a -47.3% decline in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahrain	World
1960	7.26	4.69
1961	7.23	4.56
1962	7.19	5.02
1963	7.14	5.31
1964	7.09	5.13
1965	7.03	5.08
1966	6.94	4.97
1967	6.84	4.87
1968	6.71	4.98
1969	6.57	4.88
1970	6.43	4.84
1971	6.28	4.69
1972	6.14	4.55
1973	5.97	4.42
1974	5.79	4.26
1975	5.62	4.07
1976	5.45	3.97
1977	5.29	3.84
1978	5.12	3.77
1979	4.94	3.76
1980	4.76	3.73
1981	4.6	3.71
1982	4.51	3.72
1983	4.41	3.59
1984	4.3	3.57
1985	4.28	3.53
1986	4.25	3.51
1987	4.13	3.48
1988	4.04	3.39
1989	3.96	3.35
1990	3.82	3.31
1991	3.63	3.13
1992	3.55	3.04
1993	3.46	2.97
1994	3.29	2.92
1995	3.13	2.87
1996	2.99	2.82
1997	2.92	2.78
1998	2.89	2.75
1999	2.9	2.72
2000	2.8	2.73
2001	2.65	2.69
2002	2.7	2.66
2003	2.78	2.64
2004	2.77	2.63
2005	2.67	2.61
2006	2.46	2.61
2007	2.28	2.6
2008	2.15	2.6
2009	2.05	2.59
2010	1.99	2.57
2011	2.03	2.55
2012	2.11	2.56
2013	2.17	2.53
2014	2.15	2.52
2015	2.11	2.49
2016	2.04	2.49
2017	1.98	2.46
2018	1.91	2.39
2019	1.84	2.35
2020	1.86	2.28
2021	1.85	2.25
2022	1.84	2.22
2023	1.82	2.2
2024	1.8	2.19
2025	1.78	2.18
2026	1.77	2.18
2027	1.75	2.17
2028	1.74	2.16
2029	1.74	2.15
2030	1.73	2.14
2031	1.72	2.13
2032	1.72	2.12
2033	1.71	2.12
2034	1.71	2.11
2035	1.7	2.1
2036	1.7	2.09
2037	1.69	2.09
2038	1.69	2.08
2039	1.69	2.08
2040	1.68	2.08
2041	1.68	2.07
2042	1.68	2.07
2043	1.68	2.07
2044	1.68	2.07
2045	1.67	2.06
2046	1.67	2.06
2047	1.67	2.06
2048	1.67	2.05
2049	1.66	2.05
2050	1.66	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 1.55% were to women under 20 years old, 45% to women ages 20-29, and 53.5% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 3.17%, 58%, and 38.9% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in Bahrain by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	Bahrain	World
1960	42.7%	37.4%
1961	42.9%	37.5%
1962	43.2%	37.6%
1963	43.6%	37.8%
1964	44.1%	38%
1965	44.7%	38%
1966	45.3%	38%
1967	45.9%	38%
1968	46.1%	37.9%
1969	45.8%	37.8%
1970	45.3%	37.7%
1971	44.4%	37.6%
1972	43.4%	37.5%
1973	42.2%	37.3%
1974	41%	37.2%
1975	39.8%	37.1%
1976	38.7%	36.9%
1977	37.7%	36.7%
1978	36.8%	36.3%
1979	36%	35.9%
1980	35.3%	35.5%
1981	34.8%	35.2%
1982	34.4%	34.9%
1983	34%	34.6%
1984	33.7%	34.3%
1985	33.4%	34%
1986	33.3%	33.8%
1987	33.3%	33.6%
1988	33.3%	33.4%
1989	33.4%	33.2%
1990	33.6%	33%
1991	33.6%	32.9%
1992	33.5%	32.7%
1993	33.1%	32.5%
1994	32.6%	32.3%
1995	32.2%	32.1%
1996	31.7%	31.8%
1997	31.2%	31.5%
1998	30.7%	31.1%
1999	30.2%	30.8%
2000	29.8%	30.4%
2001	28.9%	30%
2002	27.6%	29.6%
2003	26.2%	29.2%
2004	24.9%	28.8%
2005	23.7%	28.5%
2006	22.8%	28.1%
2007	22%	27.9%
2008	21.3%	27.6%
2009	20.6%	27.5%
2010	20.4%	27.3%
2011	20.4%	27.1%
2012	19.9%	27%
2013	19.8%	26.9%
2014	20.3%	26.8%
2015	20.5%	26.6%
2016	20.1%	26.5%
2017	19.8%	26.4%
2018	19.8%	26.2%
2019	20.1%	26%
2020	19.9%	25.8%
2021	19.3%	25.6%
2022	19.1%	25.3%
2023	19%	25%
2024	18.7%	24.7%
2025	18.4%	24.4%
2026	18.2%	24.1%
2027	17.9%	23.8%
2028	17.7%	23.4%
2029	17.6%	23.1%
2030	17.4%	22.8%
2031	17.3%	22.6%
2032	17.2%	22.3%
2033	17.1%	22.1%
2034	17.1%	21.9%
2035	17.1%	21.7%
2036	17.2%	21.6%
2037	17.3%	21.5%
2038	17.3%	21.4%
2039	17.3%	21.3%
2040	17.3%	21.2%
2041	17.3%	21.1%
2042	17.3%	21%
2043	17.3%	21%
2044	17.3%	20.9%
2045	17.3%	20.8%
2046	17.3%	20.7%
2047	17.3%	20.7%
2048	17.2%	20.6%
2049	17.2%	20.5%
2050	17.1%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Bahrain was 42.7% in 1960, 33.1% in 1993, and 18.7% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of Bahrain.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in Bahrain, excluding migration, has been +1.16% annually. On average, 17,011 more people were born each year than died.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bahrain
1960	5,513
1961	5,882
1962	6,232
1963	6,557
1964	6,873
1965	7,148
1966	7,342
1967	7,492
1968	7,584
1969	7,277
1970	6,973
1971	6,650
1972	6,763
1973	7,012
1974	7,265
1975	7,535
1976	7,818
1977	8,093
1978	8,358
1979	8,587
1980	8,802
1981	9,020
1982	9,396
1983	9,821
1984	10,269
1985	10,924
1986	11,455
1987	11,709
1988	11,995
1989	12,293
1990	12,337
1991	11,491
1992	11,577
1993	11,521
1994	11,133
1995	10,824
1996	10,607
1997	10,739
1998	10,970
1999	11,397
2000	11,339
2001	10,948
2002	11,875
2003	13,243
2004	14,454
2005	15,196
2006	15,248
2007	15,393
2008	15,541
2009	15,795
2010	16,474
2011	15,990
2012	16,219
2013	17,044
2014	17,826
2015	18,193
2016	17,996
2017	18,140
2018	17,445
2019	16,639
2020	15,056
2021	15,401
2022	17,058
2023	16,356

Maternal mortality chart

The maternal mortality rate in Bahrain was 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.02% chance of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination. This is a -32% decrease compared to the year 2000.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	World
1985	37	460
1986	37	438
1987	36	429
1988	36	414
1989	35	401
1990	35	391
1991	34	395
1992	34	395
1993	33	389
1994	33	382
1995	31	371
1996	30	366
1997	28	358
1998	27	360
1999	26	340
2000	25	328
2001	24	321
2002	23	311
2003	22	301
2004	21	291
2005	20	283
2006	20	276
2007	19	269
2008	19	264
2009	18	258
2010	18	253
2011	18	247
2012	17	239
2013	17	235
2014	16	231
2015	16	228
2016	17	220
2017	17	215
2018	16	211
2019	17	207
2020	7	211
2021	10	242
2022	5	203
2023	17	197

Under-five mortality rate chart

The under-5 mortality rate in Bahrain was 8.6 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.86% chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five. This is down from 12.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bahrain	World
1960	19.8%	18.5%
1961	18.2%	18.1%
1962	16.6%	17.8%
1963	15.2%	17.5%
1964	13.9%	17.7%
1965	12.7%	17.5%
1966	11.5%	17.3%
1967	10.5%	17%
1968	9.5%	16.5%
1969	8.6%	15.5%
1970	7.79%	15.2%
1971	7.05%	15.1%
1972	6.38%	14.4%
1973	5.8%	14.1%
1974	5.29%	13.7%
1975	4.84%	13.4%
1976	4.45%	13%
1977	4.11%	12.5%
1978	3.81%	12.1%
1979	3.54%	11.7%
1980	3.3%	11.4%
1981	3.09%	11%
1982	2.91%	10.8%
1983	2.76%	10.6%
1984	2.63%	10.4%
1985	2.52%	10.1%
1986	2.44%	9.81%
1987	2.38%	9.47%
1988	2.34%	9.31%
1989	2.32%	9.02%
1990	2.31%	8.81%
1991	2.27%	8.66%
1992	2.21%	8.46%
1993	2.1%	8.19%
1994	1.97%	7.98%
1995	1.82%	7.76%
1996	1.66%	7.52%
1997	1.52%	7.28%
1998	1.41%	7.05%
1999	1.32%	6.76%
2000	1.25%	6.48%
2001	1.2%	6.21%
2002	1.16%	5.94%
2003	1.13%	5.65%
2004	1.1%	5.43%
2005	1.06%	5.16%
2006	1.03%	4.92%
2007	0.98%	4.7%
2008	0.94%	4.5%
2009	0.9%	4.31%
2010	0.86%	4.11%
2011	0.83%	3.97%
2012	0.81%	3.77%
2013	0.79%	3.61%
2014	0.78%	3.48%
2015	0.77%	3.35%
2016	0.76%	3.23%
2017	0.77%	3.11%
2018	0.77%	2.97%
2019	0.78%	2.86%
2020	0.8%	2.75%
2021	0.82%	2.66%
2022	0.84%	2.59%
2023	0.86%	2.49%