Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Palestine

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Palestine chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bahrain vs Palestine population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahrain	Palestine
1960	7.26	-
1961	7.23	-
1962	7.19	-
1963	7.14	-
1964	7.09	-
1965	7.03	-
1966	6.94	-
1967	6.84	-
1968	6.71	-
1969	6.57	-
1970	6.43	-
1971	6.28	-
1972	6.14	-
1973	5.97	-
1974	5.79	-
1975	5.62	-
1976	5.45	-
1977	5.29	-
1978	5.12	-
1979	4.94	-
1980	4.76	-
1981	4.6	-
1982	4.51	-
1983	4.41	-
1984	4.3	-
1985	4.28	-
1986	4.25	-
1987	4.13	-
1988	4.04	-
1989	3.96	-
1990	3.82	6.81
1991	3.63	6.75
1992	3.55	6.65
1993	3.46	6.5
1994	3.29	6.33
1995	3.13	6.16
1996	2.99	5.99
1997	2.92	5.82
1998	2.89	5.69
1999	2.9	5.58
2000	2.8	5.46
2001	2.65	5.34
2002	2.7	5.22
2003	2.78	5.06
2004	2.77	4.97
2005	2.67	4.87
2006	2.46	4.74
2007	2.28	4.63
2008	2.15	4.51
2009	2.05	4.44
2010	1.99	4.43
2011	2.03	4.31
2012	2.11	4.15
2013	2.17	4.05
2014	2.15	4
2015	2.11	3.98
2016	2.04	3.89
2017	1.98	3.77
2018	1.91	3.67
2019	1.84	3.59
2020	1.86	3.51
2021	1.85	3.44
2022	1.84	3.38
2023	1.82	3.31
2024	1.8	3.25
2025	1.78	3.19
2026	1.77	3.13
2027	1.75	3.07
2028	1.74	3.02
2029	1.74	2.97
2030	1.73	2.93
2031	1.72	2.89
2032	1.72	2.85
2033	1.71	2.81
2034	1.71	2.78
2035	1.7	2.75
2036	1.7	2.71
2037	1.69	2.68
2038	1.69	2.65
2039	1.69	2.62
2040	1.68	2.59
2041	1.68	2.56
2042	1.68	2.53
2043	1.68	2.51
2044	1.68	2.48
2045	1.67	2.45
2046	1.67	2.43
2047	1.67	2.41
2048	1.67	2.38
2049	1.66	2.36
2050	1.66	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Palestine
1960	42.7%	-
1961	42.9%	-
1962	43.2%	-
1963	43.6%	-
1964	44.1%	-
1965	44.7%	-
1966	45.3%	-
1967	45.9%	-
1968	46.1%	-
1969	45.8%	-
1970	45.3%	-
1971	44.4%	-
1972	43.4%	-
1973	42.2%	-
1974	41%	-
1975	39.8%	-
1976	38.7%	-
1977	37.7%	-
1978	36.8%	-
1979	36%	-
1980	35.3%	-
1981	34.8%	-
1982	34.4%	-
1983	34%	-
1984	33.7%	-
1985	33.4%	-
1986	33.3%	-
1987	33.3%	-
1988	33.3%	-
1989	33.4%	-
1990	33.6%	49.1%
1991	33.6%	49.1%
1992	33.5%	49%
1993	33.1%	49%
1994	32.6%	48.9%
1995	32.2%	48.8%
1996	31.7%	48.6%
1997	31.2%	48.4%
1998	30.7%	48.1%
1999	30.2%	47.8%
2000	29.8%	47.4%
2001	28.9%	47.1%
2002	27.6%	46.6%
2003	26.2%	46.1%
2004	24.9%	45.6%
2005	23.7%	45%
2006	22.8%	44.3%
2007	22%	43.7%
2008	21.3%	43%
2009	20.6%	42.4%
2010	20.4%	41.9%
2011	20.4%	41.5%
2012	19.9%	41.1%
2013	19.8%	40.7%
2014	20.3%	40.4%
2015	20.5%	40.1%
2016	20.1%	39.9%
2017	19.8%	39.7%
2018	19.8%	39.6%
2019	20.1%	39.5%
2020	19.9%	39.3%
2021	19.3%	39%
2022	19.1%	38.7%
2023	19%	38.4%
2024	18.7%	38%
2025	18.4%	37.6%
2026	18.2%	37%
2027	17.9%	36.5%
2028	17.7%	35.9%
2029	17.6%	35.3%
2030	17.4%	34.7%
2031	17.3%	34%
2032	17.2%	33.4%
2033	17.1%	32.8%
2034	17.1%	32.3%
2035	17.1%	31.8%
2036	17.2%	31.4%
2037	17.3%	31%
2038	17.3%	30.6%
2039	17.3%	30.3%
2040	17.3%	30%
2041	17.3%	29.7%
2042	17.3%	29.4%
2043	17.3%	29.2%
2044	17.3%	28.9%
2045	17.3%	28.6%
2046	17.3%	28.4%
2047	17.3%	28.1%
2048	17.2%	27.8%
2049	17.2%	27.5%
2050	17.1%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain and +2.64% in Palestine. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bahrain	Palestine
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	76,163
1991	11,491	79,444
1992	11,577	82,865
1993	11,521	86,434
1994	11,133	90,156
1995	10,824	94,037
1996	10,607	98,085
1997	10,739	102,307
1998	10,970	103,566
1999	11,397	104,823
2000	11,339	106,367
2001	10,948	107,320
2002	11,875	108,560
2003	13,243	109,162
2004	14,454	110,045
2005	15,196	110,569
2006	15,248	111,728
2007	15,393	112,453
2008	15,541	108,395
2009	15,795	111,724
2010	16,474	117,674
2011	15,990	119,021
2012	16,219	119,185
2013	17,044	120,503
2014	17,826	120,724
2015	18,193	126,189
2016	17,996	126,698
2017	18,140	125,688
2018	17,445	124,791
2019	16,639	124,508
2020	15,056	122,416
2021	15,401	120,396
2022	17,058	123,987
2023	16,356	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Palestine

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Palestine
1985	37	102
1986	37	96
1987	36	87
1988	36	85
1989	35	82
1990	35	78
1991	34	75
1992	34	73
1993	33	69
1994	33	66
1995	31	64
1996	30	61
1997	28	60
1998	27	59
1999	26	58
2000	25	59
2001	24	60
2002	23	58
2003	22	56
2004	21	55
2005	20	52
2006	20	51
2007	19	49
2008	19	49
2009	18	48
2010	18	42
2011	18	39
2012	17	36
2013	17	32
2014	16	29
2015	16	26
2016	17	23
2017	17	21
2018	16	19
2019	17	18
2020	7	20
2021	10	29
2022	5	17
2023	17	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain and 2.63% in Palestine. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bahrain	Palestine
1960	19.8%	-
1961	18.2%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	15.2%	-
1964	13.9%	-
1965	12.7%	-
1966	11.5%	-
1967	10.5%	-
1968	9.5%	-
1969	8.6%	-
1970	7.79%	-
1971	7.05%	-
1972	6.38%	-
1973	5.8%	-
1974	5.29%	-
1975	4.84%	10.8%
1976	4.45%	10.2%
1977	4.11%	9.55%
1978	3.81%	8.98%
1979	3.54%	8.45%
1980	3.3%	7.95%
1981	3.09%	7.48%
1982	2.91%	7.04%
1983	2.76%	6.63%
1984	2.63%	6.25%
1985	2.52%	5.89%
1986	2.44%	5.56%
1987	2.38%	5.25%
1988	2.34%	4.97%
1989	2.32%	4.72%
1990	2.31%	4.49%
1991	2.27%	4.28%
1992	2.21%	4.09%
1993	2.1%	3.92%
1994	1.97%	3.77%
1995	1.82%	3.62%
1996	1.66%	3.49%
1997	1.52%	3.36%
1998	1.41%	3.24%
1999	1.32%	3.13%
2000	1.25%	3.03%
2001	1.2%	2.94%
2002	1.16%	2.85%
2003	1.13%	2.77%
2004	1.1%	2.68%
2005	1.06%	2.6%
2006	1.03%	2.52%
2007	0.98%	2.43%
2008	0.94%	2.35%
2009	0.9%	2.28%
2010	0.86%	2.2%
2011	0.83%	2.12%
2012	0.81%	2.04%
2013	0.79%	1.97%
2014	0.78%	2.2%
2015	0.77%	1.83%
2016	0.76%	1.76%
2017	0.77%	1.69%
2018	0.77%	1.63%
2019	0.78%	1.57%
2020	0.8%	1.52%
2021	0.82%	1.47%
2022	0.84%	1.42%
2023	0.86%	2.63%