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Bahrain vs Curacao statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bahrain has a population of 1.59M (ranked 151/197), compared with 156K in Curacao (ranked 179/197). Bahrain's land area is 309 sq mi versus 171.4 sq mi for Curacao (ranked 174th vs. 182nd).

By GDP, Bahrain ranks 95/197 ($47.7B) and Curacao ranks 168/197 ($3.28B). By GDP per capita, Bahrain ranks 41/197 ($30,048), while Curacao ranks 56/197 ($21,062).

Main facts and rankings

Bahrain Curacao
Population
1650128
155910
Population rank 151/197 179/197
GDP
$47.7B
2024
$3.28B
2023
GDP rank 95/197 168/197
GDP per capita
$30,048
2024
$21,062
2023
GDP per capita rank 41/197 56/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,211
2024
$30,716
2023
Government debt
$64B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
141.4%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$40,267
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 13/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,364
2025
$14,281
2025
Land area
309 sq mi
2025
171.4 sq mi
2025
Population density
5,143 ppl/mi²
2024
909 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.82
2023
1.2
2023
Median age
34.2 years
2024
39.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
81.6 years
2025
77.2 years
2025

Bahrain and Curacao: Comparison Charts

Bahrain and Curacao economies compared

GDP
Bahrain

Curacao
Year GDP
Bahrain Curacao
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 -
1981 $3,943,109,532 -
1982 $4,145,421,080 -
1983 $4,247,030,468 -
1984 $4,440,874,566 -
1985 $4,152,376,484 -
1986 $3,470,746,843 -
1987 $3,856,922,694 -
1988 $4,209,834,173 -
1989 $4,393,093,963 -
1990 $4,809,511,005 -
1991 $5,248,911,170 -
1992 $5,402,232,447 -
1993 $5,913,001,064 -
1994 $6,330,627,926 -
1995 $6,651,180,851 -
1996 $6,938,166,755 -
1997 $7,219,407,713 -
1998 $7,031,309,043 -
1999 $7,528,469,149 -
2000 $9,062,898,936 $2,120,511,229
2001 $8,976,196,809 $2,143,450,726
2002 $9,593,510,638 $2,160,784,693
2003 $11,074,813,830 $2,202,117,374
2004 $13,150,159,574 $2,237,160,503
2005 $15,968,723,404 $2,344,637,263
2006 $18,504,760,638 $2,457,581,732
2007 $21,730,000,000 $2,593,831,508
2008 $25,710,904,255 $2,833,476,145
2009 $22,938,218,085 $2,869,153,184
2010 $26,805,984,043 $2,951,342,793
2011 $29,914,680,851 $2,930,092,235
2012 $31,963,404,255 $3,012,836,257
2013 $33,823,324,468 $3,033,568,603
2014 $34,772,526,596 $3,059,406,983
2015 $32,523,297,872 $3,058,779,218
2016 $33,884,680,851 $3,024,690,168
2017 $37,204,813,830 $3,033,433,240
2018 $39,567,978,723 $3,046,364,804
2019 $40,446,808,511 $3,026,124,116
2020 $35,837,632,979 $2,534,327,592
2021 $40,840,212,766 $2,739,594,360
2022 $46,458,191,489 $3,075,180,835
2023 $46,192,260,638 $3,281,419,347
2024 $47,736,702,128 -

Bahrain and Curacao economies compared

GDP per capita
Bahrain

Curacao
Year GDP per capita
Bahrain Curacao
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 -
1981 $10,557 -
1982 $10,712 -
1983 $10,599 -
1984 $10,697 -
1985 $9,649 -
1986 $7,777 -
1987 $8,333 -
1988 $8,772 -
1989 $8,833 -
1990 $9,343 -
1991 $10,434 -
1992 $10,460 -
1993 $11,152 -
1994 $11,629 -
1995 $11,901 -
1996 $12,092 -
1997 $12,255 -
1998 $11,625 -
1999 $12,123 -
2000 $14,214 $15,841
2001 $13,573 $16,610
2002 $13,501 $16,724
2003 $14,486 $16,696
2004 $15,964 $16,671
2005 $17,966 $17,032
2006 $19,267 $17,400
2007 $20,908 $18,006
2008 $23,299 $19,423
2009 $19,465 $19,540
2010 $21,819 $19,847
2011 $25,033 $19,426
2012 $26,439 $19,810
2013 $26,990 $19,721
2014 $26,452 $19,623
2015 $23,734 $19,362
2016 $23,800 $18,944
2017 $24,785 $18,938
2018 $26,324 $19,119
2019 $27,260 $19,221
2020 $24,343 $16,356
2021 $27,148 $17,980
2022 $30,471 $20,502
2023 $29,290 $21,062
2024 $30,048 -

Bahrain vs. Curacao life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bahrain

Curacao
Year Life expectancy, years
Bahrain Curacao
1950 38.6 60.3
1951 39.3 61
1952 39.9 61.6
1953 40.7 62.1
1954 41.6 62.7
1955 42.8 63.3
1956 44.1 63.8
1957 45.7 64.2
1958 47.3 64.7
1959 49 65.1
1960 50.6 65.4
1961 52.3 65.7
1962 53.9 66
1963 55.4 66.3
1964 56.9 66.6
1965 58.4 66.9
1966 59.7 67.1
1967 61 67.4
1968 62.3 67.7
1969 63.4 67.9
1970 64.4 68.2
1971 65.3 68.5
1972 66.1 68.8
1973 66.9 69.1
1974 67.6 69.4
1975 68.3 69.7
1976 68.9 70
1977 69.4 70.2
1978 69.9 70.4
1979 70.3 70.7
1980 70.7 71
1981 71 71.2
1982 71.4 71.4
1983 71.6 71.5
1984 71.9 71.7
1985 72.1 71.9
1986 72.3 72
1987 72.4 72.1
1988 72.5 72.2
1989 72.5 72.2
1990 72.6 72.4
1991 72.7 72.5
1992 72.8 72.7
1993 72.9 72.7
1994 73.1 72.8
1995 73.4 72.8
1996 73.6 72.9
1997 73.9 73
1998 74.1 73.1
1999 74.4 73.2
2000 74.7 73.3
2001 74.9 73.4
2002 75.2 73.5
2003 75.5 73.6
2004 75.8 73.7
2005 76.1 73.9
2006 76.5 74
2007 77 74.1
2008 77.5 74.3
2009 78 74.5
2010 78.6 75.1
2011 79.1 75.6
2012 79.6 76
2013 80 76.2
2014 80.2 76.4
2015 80.3 76.5
2016 80.4 76.3
2017 80.4 76.4
2018 80.4 76.5
2019 80.5 76.5
2020 78.7 76.5
2021 78.1 75.7
2022 81 76.7
2023 81.3 76.8
2024 81.4 77
2025 81.6 77.2

Bahrain and Curacao population clocks and comparison

Population
Bahrain

Curacao
Year Population
Bahrain Curacao
1960 165,477 124,826
1961 172,346 126,125
1962 179,349 128,414
1963 186,501 130,860
1964 193,816 133,148
1965 200,866 135,266
1966 207,543 136,682
1967 214,189 138,140
1968 219,337 140,298
1969 222,469 142,581
1970 224,809 144,739
1971 230,733 147,389
1972 242,113 147,710
1973 255,320 146,912
1974 269,038 148,351
1975 283,243 149,129
1976 297,863 149,399
1977 312,823 149,459
1978 328,046 148,341
1979 343,457 147,851
1980 358,978 148,041
1981 373,524 148,629
1982 386,983 150,101
1983 400,707 151,159
1984 415,154 151,940
1985 430,358 152,711
1986 446,286 152,662
1987 462,854 151,456
1988 479,929 149,254
1989 497,327 146,937
1990 514,797 145,400
1991 503,052 144,403
1992 516,458 143,912
1993 530,225 144,299
1994 544,366 144,630
1995 558,879 145,139
1996 573,792 146,306
1997 589,115 146,956
1998 604,842 144,472
1999 620,989 139,428
2000 637,582 133,860
2001 661,316 129,047
2002 710,553 129,205
2003 764,517 131,897
2004 823,741 134,192
2005 888,822 137,658
2006 960,424 141,239
2007 1,039,295 144,056
2008 1,103,496 145,880
2009 1,178,415 146,833
2010 1,228,543 148,703
2011 1,195,020 150,831
2012 1,208,964 152,088
2013 1,253,191 153,822
2014 1,314,562 155,909
2015 1,370,322 157,980
2016 1,423,726 159,664
2017 1,501,116 160,175
2018 1,503,091 159,336
2019 1,483,756 157,441
2020 1,472,204 154,947
2021 1,504,365 152,369
2022 1,524,693 149,996
2023 1,577,059 155,800
2024 1,588,670 155,900

Fertility rates in Bahrain and Curacao

Fertility rate
Bahrain

Curacao
Year Fertility rate
Bahrain Curacao
1960 7.26 5.13
1961 7.23 5.04
1962 7.19 4.93
1963 7.14 4.8
1964 7.09 4.64
1965 7.03 4.47
1966 6.94 4.26
1967 6.84 4.06
1968 6.71 3.83
1969 6.57 3.61
1970 6.43 3.4
1971 6.28 3.18
1972 6.14 2.99
1973 5.97 2.87
1974 5.79 2.77
1975 5.62 2.66
1976 5.45 2.55
1977 5.29 2.46
1978 5.12 2.38
1979 4.94 2.31
1980 4.76 2.27
1981 4.6 2.25
1982 4.51 2.24
1983 4.41 2.24
1984 4.3 2.24
1985 4.28 2.24
1986 4.25 2.24
1987 4.13 2.24
1988 4.04 2.25
1989 3.96 2.27
1990 3.82 2.3
1991 3.63 2.37
1992 3.55 2.43
1993 3.46 2.44
1994 3.29 2.43
1995 3.13 2.42
1996 2.99 2.4
1997 2.92 2.37
1998 2.89 2.32
1999 2.9 2.29
2000 2.8 2.34
2001 2.65 2.4
2002 2.7 2.3
2003 2.78 2.19
2004 2.77 2.1
2005 2.67 2.04
2006 2.46 2.1
2007 2.28 2
2008 2.15 2.2
2009 2.05 2.1
2010 1.99 2.2
2011 2.03 2.1
2012 2.11 2.2
2013 2.17 2.1
2014 2.15 2
2015 2.11 1.9
2016 2.04 1.7
2017 1.98 1.5
2018 1.91 1.7
2019 1.84 1.6
2020 1.86 1.4
2021 1.85 1.4
2022 1.84 1.3
2023 1.82 1.2

Bahrain and Curacao demographics compared

Median age
Bahrain

Curacao
Year Median age, years
Bahrain Curacao
1960 18.8 19.8
1961 18.7 19.6
1962 18.5 19.5
1963 18.4 19.4
1964 18.2 19.4
1965 17.9 19.5
1966 17.7 19.5
1967 17.4 19.6
1968 17.2 19.7
1969 17.2 19.7
1970 17.4 19.8
1971 17.6 19.9
1972 17.9 20.1
1973 18.3 20.4
1974 18.7 20.8
1975 19.2 21.2
1976 19.6 21.6
1977 20.2 22
1978 20.7 22.4
1979 21.3 22.8
1980 21.8 23.3
1981 22.2 23.7
1982 22.4 24.1
1983 22.6 24.6
1984 22.8 25.1
1985 23 25.6
1986 23.3 26.1
1987 23.6 26.6
1988 23.9 27.1
1989 24.2 27.7
1990 24.6 28.2
1991 25.1 28.7
1992 25.2 29.2
1993 25.2 29.8
1994 25.2 30.3
1995 25.3 30.8
1996 25.4 31.3
1997 25.5 31.8
1998 25.8 32.4
1999 26.2 33
2000 26.6 33.6
2001 26.8 34.1
2002 26.8 34.6
2003 26.8 35.3
2004 27 35.8
2005 27.4 36.3
2006 27.8 36.8
2007 28.3 37.3
2008 28.9 37.9
2009 29.6 38.4
2010 30 39
2011 30.2 39.5
2012 30.5 39.9
2013 30.8 39.9
2014 30.9 39.9
2015 31.1 40
2016 31.2 40.1
2017 31.4 40.2
2018 31.8 38.4
2019 32.2 37.6
2020 31.9 38.5
2021 31.6 38.7
2022 32.6 39
2023 33.8 39.2
2024 34.2 39.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bahrain Curacao
GNI, Atlas method
$45.8B
2024
$3.27B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.6%
2025
31%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.89%
2023
5.44%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.11%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
19,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-10.4%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
1.2%
2012
19.1%
2020
Services, % of GDP
51.9%
2023
73.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
43.4%
2023
11.7%
2023
Economic freedom index
65.6
2025
78
2025
Listed domestic companies
39
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$20.4B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$4.95B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$116M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,909,000
2020
1,293,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
2.82%
2020
27.8%
2020
Banked people share
82.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

Bahrain Curacao
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
0 kg
2023
5,775 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.76
2022
$5.12
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
37.4 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
23.7 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
100%
2022
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0%
2021
2.8%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.03%
2022
2.15%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-45.5%
2022
236.1%
2018
Electric power consumption per capita
22,689 kWh
2022
5,140 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
0.04%
2021
18.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Bahrain Curacao
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.002%
2024
Annual migration change
+22,699
2024
+513
2024
Urban population
90%
2024
89%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.67 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.19 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
72.1
2025
63.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
53
2024
72
2025
Higher education index
51
2025
8
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.2
2022
17.1
2007
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.2
2019
17
2025
Visa free countries
103
2025
n/a
Adult literacy rate
97.8%
2024
n/a
English speaking
80%
2025
60%
2025
People using the Internet
100%
2024
68.1%
2017

Health

Bahrain Curacao
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,111
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$260.7
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
81.6 years
2025
77.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.84
2016
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
17
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.6
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
37.3%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
22.1%
2024
13.4%
2024
Air quality index
13
2025
81
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
15%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.25 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Bahrain Curacao
% of world land
0.0005%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
194.4 sq mi
2024
1,100 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31.3 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
2.93 sq mi
2025
0.27 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,561 mi
2010
342 mi
2025

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