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Bahrain vs Bulgaria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bahrain has a population of 1.59M (ranked 151/197), compared with 6.44M in Bulgaria (ranked 110/197). Bahrain's land area is 309 sq mi versus 41,915 sq mi for Bulgaria (ranked 174th vs. 101st).

By GDP, Bahrain ranks 95/197 ($47.7B) and Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B). By GDP per capita, Bahrain ranks 41/197 ($30,048), while Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412).

Main facts and rankings

Bahrain Bulgaria
Population
1650128
6403235
Population rank 151/197 111/197
GDP
$47.7B
2024
$112B
2024
GDP rank 95/197 68/197
GDP per capita
$30,048
2024
$17,412
2024
GDP per capita rank 41/197 64/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,211
2024
$41,086
2024
Government debt
$64B
2024
$26.2B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
141.4%
2025
28%
2025
Government debt per person
$40,267
2024
$4,067
2024
Government debt per person rank 13/185 90/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,364
2025
$12,784
2025
Land area
309 sq mi
2025
41,915 sq mi
2025
Population density
5,143 ppl/mi²
2024
153.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.82
2023
1.81
2023
Median age
34.2 years
2024
45.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
81.6 years
2025
76 years
2025

Bahrain and Bulgaria: Comparison Charts

Bahrain and Bulgaria economies compared

GDP
Bahrain

Bulgaria
Year GDP
Bahrain Bulgaria
1970 $391,577,364 -
1971 $422,181,562 -
1972 $534,081,184 -
1973 $761,132,545 -
1974 $1,042,176,884 -
1975 $1,099,107,601 -
1976 $1,581,709,519 -
1977 $1,989,060,283 -
1978 $2,272,042,965 -
1979 $2,710,160,739 -
1980 $3,493,834,468 $19,839,230,769
1981 $3,943,109,532 $19,870,000,000
1982 $4,145,421,080 $19,342,000,000
1983 $4,247,030,468 $16,563,666,667
1984 $4,440,874,566 $17,594,944,444
1985 $4,152,376,484 $17,155,421,053
1986 $3,470,746,843 $20,249,294,118
1987 $3,856,922,694 $28,101,000,000
1988 $4,209,834,173 $22,555,941,176
1989 $4,393,093,963 $21,988,444,444
1990 $4,809,511,005 $20,632,090,909
1991 $5,248,911,170 $7,628,738,475
1992 $5,402,232,447 $8,602,887,623
1993 $5,913,001,064 $10,832,064,942
1994 $6,330,627,926 $9,709,240,034
1995 $6,651,180,851 $18,991,484,420
1996 $6,938,166,755 $12,294,964,838
1997 $7,219,407,713 $11,316,127,379
1998 $7,031,309,043 $15,031,055,047
1999 $7,528,469,149 $13,637,098,579
2000 $9,062,898,936 $13,245,990,274
2001 $8,976,196,809 $14,183,446,026
2002 $9,593,510,638 $16,403,043,850
2003 $11,074,813,830 $21,144,957,990
2004 $13,150,159,574 $26,157,743,369
2005 $15,968,723,404 $29,868,657,858
2006 $18,504,760,638 $34,380,536,496
2007 $21,730,000,000 $44,431,257,129
2008 $25,710,904,255 $54,480,684,188
2009 $22,938,218,085 $52,023,801,230
2010 $26,805,984,043 $50,689,051,382
2011 $29,914,680,851 $57,681,293,007
2012 $31,963,404,255 $54,297,052,002
2013 $33,823,324,468 $55,819,262,375
2014 $34,772,526,596 $57,080,897,012
2015 $32,523,297,872 $50,765,918,159
2016 $33,884,680,851 $53,929,397,039
2017 $37,204,813,830 $59,167,647,388
2018 $39,567,978,723 $66,251,582,036
2019 $40,446,808,511 $68,634,004,792
2020 $35,837,632,979 $70,550,652,467
2021 $40,840,212,766 $84,414,122,840
2022 $46,458,191,489 $90,509,236,929
2023 $46,192,260,638 $102,396,840,296
2024 $47,736,702,128 $112,211,952,704

Bahrain and Bulgaria economies compared

GDP per capita
Bahrain

Bulgaria
Year GDP per capita
Bahrain Bulgaria
1970 $1,742 -
1971 $1,830 -
1972 $2,206 -
1973 $2,981 -
1974 $3,874 -
1975 $3,880 -
1976 $5,310 -
1977 $6,358 -
1978 $6,926 -
1979 $7,891 -
1980 $9,733 $2,239
1981 $10,557 $2,235
1982 $10,712 $2,169
1983 $10,599 $1,853
1984 $10,697 $1,964
1985 $9,649 $1,915
1986 $7,777 $2,260
1987 $8,333 $3,132
1988 $8,772 $2,511
1989 $8,833 $2,477
1990 $9,343 $2,367
1991 $10,434 $884
1992 $10,460 $1,007
1993 $11,152 $1,279
1994 $11,629 $1,150
1995 $11,901 $2,259
1996 $12,092 $1,470
1997 $12,255 $1,361
1998 $11,625 $1,820
1999 $12,123 $1,661
2000 $14,214 $1,621
2001 $13,573 $1,771
2002 $13,501 $2,093
2003 $14,486 $2,719
2004 $15,964 $3,390
2005 $17,966 $3,900
2006 $19,267 $4,523
2007 $20,908 $5,889
2008 $23,299 $7,271
2009 $19,465 $6,988
2010 $21,819 $6,854
2011 $25,033 $7,850
2012 $26,439 $7,432
2013 $26,990 $7,796
2014 $26,452 $8,070
2015 $23,734 $7,269
2016 $23,800 $7,822
2017 $24,785 $8,697
2018 $26,324 $9,872
2019 $27,260 $10,373
2020 $24,343 $10,770
2021 $27,148 $12,972
2022 $30,471 $14,000
2023 $29,290 $15,884
2024 $30,048 $17,412

Bahrain vs. Bulgaria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bahrain

Bulgaria
Year Life expectancy, years
Bahrain Bulgaria
1950 38.6 61.5
1951 39.3 60.7
1952 39.9 59.6
1953 40.7 64.2
1954 41.6 64.4
1955 42.8 64.8
1956 44.1 65.2
1957 45.7 66.6
1958 47.3 68.7
1959 49 66.6
1960 50.6 69.2
1961 52.3 70.2
1962 53.9 69.5
1963 55.4 70.3
1964 56.9 71.1
1965 58.4 71.3
1966 59.7 71.2
1967 61 70.4
1968 62.3 71.2
1969 63.4 70.5
1970 64.4 71.3
1971 65.3 70.9
1972 66.1 70.9
1973 66.9 71.3
1974 67.6 71.2
1975 68.3 71
1976 68.9 71.4
1977 69.4 70.8
1978 69.9 71.1
1979 70.3 71.2
1980 70.7 71.1
1981 71 71.5
1982 71.4 71.1
1983 71.6 71.2
1984 71.9 71.3
1985 72.1 71
1986 72.3 71.6
1987 72.4 71.3
1988 72.5 71.4
1989 72.5 71.5
1990 72.6 71.3
1991 72.7 71.2
1992 72.8 71.2
1993 72.9 71.2
1994 73.1 70.9
1995 73.4 71
1996 73.6 70.8
1997 73.9 70.3
1998 74.1 70.9
1999 74.4 71.6
2000 74.7 71.6
2001 74.9 71.9
2002 75.2 72.1
2003 75.5 72.4
2004 75.8 72.6
2005 76.1 72.6
2006 76.5 72.7
2007 77 73
2008 77.5 73.3
2009 78 73.7
2010 78.6 73.8
2011 79.1 74.2
2012 79.6 74.3
2013 80 74.8
2014 80.2 74.5
2015 80.3 74.6
2016 80.4 74.8
2017 80.4 74.8
2018 80.4 74.9
2019 80.5 75.1
2020 78.7 73.6
2021 78.1 71.4
2022 81 74
2023 81.3 75.6
2024 81.4 75.8
2025 81.6 76

Bahrain and Bulgaria population clocks and comparison

Population
Bahrain

Bulgaria
Year Population
Bahrain Bulgaria
1960 165,477 7,867,374
1961 172,346 7,943,118
1962 179,349 8,012,946
1963 186,501 8,078,145
1964 193,816 8,144,340
1965 200,866 8,204,168
1966 207,543 8,258,057
1967 214,189 8,310,226
1968 219,337 8,369,603
1969 222,469 8,434,172
1970 224,809 8,489,574
1971 230,733 8,536,395
1972 242,113 8,576,200
1973 255,320 8,620,967
1974 269,038 8,678,745
1975 283,243 8,720,742
1976 297,863 8,758,599
1977 312,823 8,804,183
1978 328,046 8,814,032
1979 343,457 8,825,940
1980 358,978 8,861,535
1981 373,524 8,891,117
1982 386,983 8,917,457
1983 400,707 8,939,738
1984 415,154 8,960,679
1985 430,358 8,960,547
1986 446,286 8,958,171
1987 462,854 8,971,359
1988 479,929 8,981,446
1989 497,327 8,876,972
1990 514,797 8,718,289
1991 503,052 8,632,367
1992 516,458 8,540,164
1993 530,225 8,472,313
1994 544,366 8,443,591
1995 558,879 8,406,067
1996 573,792 8,362,826
1997 589,115 8,312,068
1998 604,842 8,256,786
1999 620,989 8,210,624
2000 637,582 8,170,172
2001 661,316 8,009,142
2002 710,553 7,837,161
2003 764,517 7,775,327
2004 823,741 7,716,860
2005 888,822 7,658,972
2006 960,424 7,601,022
2007 1,039,295 7,545,338
2008 1,103,496 7,492,561
2009 1,178,415 7,444,443
2010 1,228,543 7,395,599
2011 1,195,020 7,348,328
2012 1,208,964 7,305,888
2013 1,253,191 7,160,005
2014 1,314,562 7,073,572
2015 1,370,322 6,984,225
2016 1,423,726 6,894,139
2017 1,501,116 6,803,468
2018 1,503,091 6,710,798
2019 1,483,756 6,616,726
2020 1,472,204 6,550,696
2021 1,504,365 6,507,301
2022 1,524,693 6,465,097
2023 1,577,059 6,446,596
2024 1,588,670 6,444,366

Fertility rates in Bahrain and Bulgaria

Fertility rate
Bahrain

Bulgaria
Year Fertility rate
Bahrain Bulgaria
1960 7.26 2.31
1961 7.23 2.29
1962 7.19 2.24
1963 7.14 2.21
1964 7.09 2.19
1965 7.03 2.09
1966 6.94 2.03
1967 6.84 2.02
1968 6.71 2.27
1969 6.57 2.27
1970 6.43 2.17
1971 6.28 2.1
1972 6.14 2.03
1973 5.97 2.15
1974 5.79 2.29
1975 5.62 2.23
1976 5.45 2.24
1977 5.29 2.21
1978 5.12 2.15
1979 4.94 2.16
1980 4.76 2.05
1981 4.6 2
1982 4.51 2.01
1983 4.41 2.01
1984 4.3 2.01
1985 4.28 1.97
1986 4.25 2.02
1987 4.13 1.96
1988 4.04 1.97
1989 3.96 1.9
1990 3.82 1.82
1991 3.63 1.66
1992 3.55 1.55
1993 3.46 1.46
1994 3.29 1.37
1995 3.13 1.23
1996 2.99 1.23
1997 2.92 1.09
1998 2.89 1.11
1999 2.9 1.23
2000 2.8 1.26
2001 2.65 1.21
2002 2.7 1.23
2003 2.78 1.26
2004 2.77 1.33
2005 2.67 1.37
2006 2.46 1.44
2007 2.28 1.49
2008 2.15 1.56
2009 2.05 1.66
2010 1.99 1.57
2011 2.03 1.51
2012 2.11 1.5
2013 2.17 1.54
2014 2.15 1.62
2015 2.11 1.64
2016 2.04 1.67
2017 1.98 1.71
2018 1.91 1.73
2019 1.84 1.79
2020 1.86 1.77
2021 1.85 1.8
2022 1.84 1.78
2023 1.82 1.81

Bahrain and Bulgaria demographics compared

Median age
Bahrain

Bulgaria
Year Median age, years
Bahrain Bulgaria
1960 18.8 30.4
1961 18.7 30.7
1962 18.5 31
1963 18.4 31.3
1964 18.2 31.6
1965 17.9 32
1966 17.7 32.3
1967 17.4 32.6
1968 17.2 32.8
1969 17.2 33
1970 17.4 33.2
1971 17.6 33.3
1972 17.9 33.5
1973 18.3 33.6
1974 18.7 33.6
1975 19.2 33.7
1976 19.6 33.8
1977 20.2 33.9
1978 20.7 34
1979 21.3 34.1
1980 21.8 34.2
1981 22.2 34.4
1982 22.4 34.6
1983 22.6 34.8
1984 22.8 35
1985 23 35.3
1986 23.3 35.6
1987 23.6 35.8
1988 23.9 35.9
1989 24.2 36.2
1990 24.6 36.6
1991 25.1 37
1992 25.2 37.4
1993 25.2 37.7
1994 25.2 38
1995 25.3 38.3
1996 25.4 38.6
1997 25.5 38.9
1998 25.8 39.1
1999 26.2 39.4
2000 26.6 39.7
2001 26.8 40
2002 26.8 40.3
2003 26.8 40.6
2004 27 40.8
2005 27.4 41.1
2006 27.8 41.3
2007 28.3 41.5
2008 28.9 41.7
2009 29.6 42
2010 30 42.3
2011 30.2 42.5
2012 30.5 42.8
2013 30.8 43
2014 30.9 43.3
2015 31.1 43.6
2016 31.2 43.8
2017 31.4 44.1
2018 31.8 44.3
2019 32.2 44.6
2020 31.9 44.9
2021 31.6 45
2022 32.6 45.2
2023 33.8 45.3
2024 34.2 45.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bahrain Bulgaria
GNI, Atlas method
$45.8B
2024
$98.7B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.6%
2025
39%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.89%
2023
4.5%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.11%
2023
1.85%
2023
Armed forces personnel
19,000
2020
37,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-10.4%
2025
-3.03%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.2%
2012
4.17%
2024
Services, % of GDP
51.9%
2023
62.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
43.4%
2023
22.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
65.6
2025
68.8
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
31.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.1%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
2
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
39
2024
204
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$20.4B
2024
$8.41B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$4.95B
2024
$43.7B
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$2.67B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,909,000
2020
4,973,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.82%
2020
4.49%
2020
Banked people share
82.3%
2024
84.7%
2024

Energy

Bahrain Bulgaria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
0 kg
2023
2,604 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.76
2022
$14.4
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
37.4 megatons
2023
39.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
23.7 tons
2023
6.17 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
100%
2022
68.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0%
2021
20.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.03%
2022
29.8%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-45.5%
2022
40.9%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
22,689 kWh
2022
5,361 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
0.04%
2021
22.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
7.78%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
40.2%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Bahrain Bulgaria
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.08%
2024
Annual migration change
+22,699
2024
+524
2024
Urban population
90%
2024
77%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.67 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.19 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
72.1
2025
67.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
53
2024
43
2024
Higher education index
51
2025
69
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.2
2022
1.09
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.2
2019
9.2
2019
Visa free countries
103
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.8%
2024
98.4%
2021
English speaking
80%
2025
24.9%
2023
People using the Internet
100%
2024
82.4%
2024

Health

Bahrain Bulgaria
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,111
2022
$1,011
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$260.7
2022
$355
2022
Life expectancy
81.6 years
2025
76 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0.56%
2021
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.84
2016
4.9
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
26.9 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
17
2023
6
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.6
2023
6.1
2023
Obesity rate
37.3%
2022
21.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
22.1%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
13
2025
60
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
15%
2022
39.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.25 liters
2020
11.6 liters
2020

Territory

Bahrain Bulgaria
% of world land
0.0005%
2025
0.07%
2025
Land area per capita
194.4 sq mi
2024
6,504 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31.3 sq mi
2025
19,317 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2.93 sq mi
2025
15,182 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,561 mi
2010
12,124 mi
2023

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