Bahrain vs Kuwait statistics compared

Bahrain has a population of 1.59M (ranked 151/197), compared with 4.97M in Kuwait (ranked 127/197). Bahrain's land area is 309 sq mi versus 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait (ranked 174th vs. 153rd).

By GDP, Bahrain ranks 95/197 ($47.7B) and Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B). By GDP per capita, Bahrain ranks 41/197 ($30,048), while Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214).

Bahrain and Kuwait: Comparison Charts

Bahrain and Kuwait economies compared

GDP

Bahrain

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP
	Bahrain	Kuwait
1962	-	$1,828,107,503
1963	-	$1,900,895,857
1964	-	$2,071,668,533
1965	-	$2,097,199,161
1966	-	$2,391,199,044
1967	-	$2,441,599,023
1968	-	$2,662,798,935
1969	-	$2,769,198,892
1970	$391,577,364	$2,873,638,851
1971	$422,181,562	$3,880,392,195
1972	$534,081,184	$4,450,537,925
1973	$761,132,545	$5,408,804,607
1974	$1,042,176,884	$13,006,948,296
1975	$1,099,107,601	$12,022,811,621
1976	$1,581,709,519	$13,132,252,802
1977	$1,989,060,283	$14,137,406,741
1978	$2,272,042,965	$15,503,557,496
1979	$2,710,160,739	$24,749,063,922
1980	$3,493,834,468	$28,638,868,356
1981	$3,943,109,532	$25,058,020,338
1982	$4,145,421,080	$21,577,153,356
1983	$4,247,030,468	$20,871,081,080
1984	$4,440,874,566	$21,700,082,753
1985	$4,152,376,484	$21,445,970,614
1986	$3,470,746,843	$17,903,989,745
1987	$3,856,922,694	$22,368,704,134
1988	$4,209,834,173	$20,690,322,153
1989	$4,393,093,963	$24,313,855,653
1990	$4,809,511,005	$18,427,777,778
1991	$5,248,911,170	$11,009,993,703
1992	$5,402,232,447	$19,858,555,215
1993	$5,913,001,064	$23,941,391,391
1994	$6,330,627,926	$24,848,483,838
1995	$6,651,180,851	$27,186,980,647
1996	$6,938,166,755	$31,492,373,309
1997	$7,219,407,713	$30,350,190,704
1998	$7,031,309,043	$25,943,705,784
1999	$7,528,469,149	$30,122,365,849
2000	$9,062,898,936	$37,718,743,480
2001	$8,976,196,809	$34,889,559,870
2002	$9,593,510,638	$38,135,788,414
2003	$11,074,813,830	$47,874,582,232
2004	$13,150,159,574	$59,439,090,601
2005	$15,968,723,404	$80,798,630,137
2006	$18,504,760,638	$101,557,330,723
2007	$21,730,000,000	$114,634,043,362
2008	$25,710,904,255	$147,379,737,230
2009	$22,938,218,085	$105,968,691,905
2010	$26,805,984,043	$115,416,245,238
2011	$29,914,680,851	$154,039,231,299
2012	$31,963,404,255	$174,047,662,555
2013	$33,823,324,468	$174,168,116,687
2014	$34,772,526,596	$162,650,450,785
2015	$32,523,297,872	$114,585,555,831
2016	$33,884,680,851	$109,406,674,088
2017	$37,204,813,830	$120,687,539,676
2018	$39,567,978,723	$138,646,316,322
2019	$40,446,808,511	$140,856,394,870
2020	$35,837,632,979	$111,045,470,461
2021	$40,840,212,766	$148,350,671,614
2022	$46,458,191,489	$183,502,046,669
2023	$46,192,260,638	$165,384,407,267
2024	$47,736,702,128	$160,227,273,001

Bahrain and Kuwait economies compared

GDP per capita

Bahrain

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bahrain	Kuwait
1962	-	$4,748
1963	-	$4,445
1964	-	$4,379
1965	-	$4,024
1966	-	$4,176
1967	-	$3,887
1968	-	$3,872
1969	-	$3,695
1970	$1,742	$3,552
1971	$1,830	$4,486
1972	$2,206	$4,836
1973	$2,981	$5,532
1974	$3,874	$12,527
1975	$3,880	$10,882
1976	$5,310	$11,141
1977	$6,358	$11,238
1978	$6,926	$11,567
1979	$7,891	$17,386
1980	$9,733	$19,032
1981	$10,557	$15,825
1982	$10,712	$12,979
1983	$10,599	$11,965
1984	$10,697	$11,919
1985	$9,649	$11,322
1986	$7,777	$9,077
1987	$8,333	$10,896
1988	$8,772	$9,692
1989	$8,833	$10,965
1990	$9,343	$10,938
1991	$10,434	$8,147
1992	$10,460	$12,146
1993	$11,152	$14,318
1994	$11,629	$14,930
1995	$11,901	$16,168
1996	$12,092	$18,201
1997	$12,255	$16,977
1998	$11,625	$14,067
1999	$12,123	$15,854
2000	$14,214	$19,296
2001	$13,573	$17,374
2002	$13,501	$18,513
2003	$14,486	$22,691
2004	$15,964	$27,552
2005	$17,966	$36,123
2006	$19,267	$42,947
2007	$20,908	$45,709
2008	$23,299	$55,585
2009	$19,465	$37,907
2010	$21,819	$39,212
2011	$25,033	$49,170
2012	$26,439	$52,155
2013	$26,990	$49,651
2014	$26,452	$44,369
2015	$23,734	$29,882
2016	$23,800	$27,324
2017	$24,785	$29,048
2018	$26,324	$32,068
2019	$27,260	$31,708
2020	$24,343	$25,236
2021	$27,148	$34,019
2022	$30,471	$39,982
2023	$29,290	$34,076
2024	$30,048	$32,214

Bahrain vs. Kuwait life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bahrain

Kuwait

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bahrain	Kuwait
1950	38.6	49.7
1951	39.3	50.6
1952	39.9	51.4
1953	40.7	52.3
1954	41.6	53.1
1955	42.8	54
1956	44.1	54.9
1957	45.7	55.9
1958	47.3	56.9
1959	49	57.9
1960	50.6	58.9
1961	52.3	60
1962	53.9	61
1963	55.4	62
1964	56.9	63
1965	58.4	63.9
1966	59.7	64.9
1967	61	65.8
1968	62.3	66.6
1969	63.4	67.3
1970	64.4	68
1971	65.3	68.5
1972	66.1	68.9
1973	66.9	69.2
1974	67.6	69.4
1975	68.3	69.7
1976	68.9	69.9
1977	69.4	70.2
1978	69.9	70.5
1979	70.3	70.8
1980	70.7	71.1
1981	71	71.5
1982	71.4	71.9
1983	71.6	72.4
1984	71.9	72.9
1985	72.1	73.3
1986	72.3	73.8
1987	72.4	74.2
1988	72.5	74.6
1989	72.5	75
1990	72.6	72.9
1991	72.7	73.3
1992	72.8	75.7
1993	72.9	75.8
1994	73.1	75.7
1995	73.4	75.7
1996	73.6	75.6
1997	73.9	75.6
1998	74.1	75.6
1999	74.4	75.7
2000	74.7	75.9
2001	74.9	76
2002	75.2	76.2
2003	75.5	76.3
2004	75.8	76.4
2005	76.1	76.5
2006	76.5	76.6
2007	77	76.7
2008	77.5	76.9
2009	78	77.2
2010	78.6	77.5
2011	79.1	77.9
2012	79.6	78.2
2013	80	78.6
2014	80.2	78.9
2015	80.3	79.2
2016	80.4	79.5
2017	80.4	79.7
2018	80.4	79.9
2019	80.5	80
2020	78.7	78.2
2021	78.1	77.6
2022	81	78.8
2023	81.3	80.4
2024	81.4	80.6
2025	81.6	80.8

Bahrain and Kuwait population clocks and comparison

Population

Bahrain

Kuwait

Table

Year	Population
	Bahrain	Kuwait
1960	165,477	311,060
1961	172,346	345,945
1962	179,349	384,995
1963	186,501	427,694
1964	193,816	473,115
1965	200,866	521,174
1966	207,543	572,590
1967	214,189	628,089
1968	219,337	687,716
1969	222,469	749,452
1970	224,809	809,114
1971	230,733	865,076
1972	242,113	920,352
1973	255,320	977,654
1974	269,038	1,038,346
1975	283,243	1,104,863
1976	297,863	1,178,711
1977	312,823	1,258,023
1978	328,046	1,340,319
1979	343,457	1,423,514
1980	358,978	1,504,782
1981	373,524	1,583,426
1982	386,983	1,662,480
1983	400,707	1,744,295
1984	415,154	1,820,688
1985	430,358	1,894,242
1986	446,286	1,972,520
1987	462,854	2,052,994
1988	479,929	2,134,707
1989	497,327	2,217,468
1990	514,797	1,684,819
1991	503,052	1,351,399
1992	516,458	1,634,961
1993	530,225	1,672,151
1994	544,366	1,664,361
1995	558,879	1,681,513
1996	573,792	1,730,246
1997	589,115	1,787,683
1998	604,842	1,844,302
1999	620,989	1,900,030
2000	637,582	1,954,709
2001	661,316	2,008,121
2002	710,553	2,059,974
2003	764,517	2,109,881
2004	823,741	2,157,320
2005	888,822	2,236,788
2006	960,424	2,364,733
2007	1,039,295	2,507,887
2008	1,103,496	2,651,421
2009	1,178,415	2,795,484
2010	1,228,543	2,943,372
2011	1,195,020	3,132,814
2012	1,208,964	3,337,109
2013	1,253,191	3,507,844
2014	1,314,562	3,665,876
2015	1,370,322	3,834,574
2016	1,423,726	4,004,096
2017	1,501,116	4,154,812
2018	1,503,091	4,323,515
2019	1,483,756	4,442,316
2020	1,472,204	4,400,267
2021	1,504,365	4,360,865
2022	1,524,693	4,589,643
2023	1,577,059	4,853,420
2024	1,588,670	4,973,861

Fertility rates in Bahrain and Kuwait

Fertility rate

Bahrain

Kuwait

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahrain	Kuwait
1960	7.26	7.22
1961	7.23	7.25
1962	7.19	7.25
1963	7.14	7.28
1964	7.09	7.29
1965	7.03	7.31
1966	6.94	7.34
1967	6.84	7.33
1968	6.71	7.28
1969	6.57	7.18
1970	6.43	7.03
1971	6.28	6.84
1972	6.14	6.64
1973	5.97	6.43
1974	5.79	6.23
1975	5.62	6.06
1976	5.45	5.9
1977	5.29	5.71
1978	5.12	5.52
1979	4.94	5.33
1980	4.76	5.18
1981	4.6	5.02
1982	4.51	4.85
1983	4.41	4.66
1984	4.3	4.45
1985	4.28	4.22
1986	4.25	4
1987	4.13	3.83
1988	4.04	3.7
1989	3.96	3.59
1990	3.82	3.49
1991	3.63	3.4
1992	3.55	3.35
1993	3.46	3.31
1994	3.29	3.27
1995	3.13	3.25
1996	2.99	3.22
1997	2.92	3.14
1998	2.89	3.04
1999	2.9	2.95
2000	2.8	2.89
2001	2.65	2.84
2002	2.7	2.8
2003	2.78	2.77
2004	2.77	2.76
2005	2.67	2.73
2006	2.46	2.59
2007	2.28	2.41
2008	2.15	2.27
2009	2.05	2.15
2010	1.99	2.04
2011	2.03	1.96
2012	2.11	1.99
2013	2.17	1.97
2014	2.15	2.06
2015	2.11	2.03
2016	2.04	2.06
2017	1.98	2.16
2018	1.91	2.12
2019	1.84	2.08
2020	1.86	2.03
2021	1.85	2.15
2022	1.84	1.55
2023	1.82	1.52

Bahrain and Kuwait demographics compared

Median age

Bahrain

Kuwait

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bahrain	Kuwait
1960	18.8	22
1961	18.7	21.8
1962	18.5	21.5
1963	18.4	21
1964	18.2	20.7
1965	17.9	20.4
1966	17.7	20
1967	17.4	19.6
1968	17.2	19.2
1969	17.2	18.8
1970	17.4	18.5
1971	17.6	18.3
1972	17.9	18.3
1973	18.3	18.3
1974	18.7	18.4
1975	19.2	18.4
1976	19.6	18.7
1977	20.2	19.2
1978	20.7	19.6
1979	21.3	20.1
1980	21.8	20.5
1981	22.2	20.9
1982	22.4	21.3
1983	22.6	21.7
1984	22.8	22.1
1985	23	22.4
1986	23.3	22.7
1987	23.6	22.8
1988	23.9	23
1989	24.2	23.2
1990	24.6	23.4
1991	25.1	23.6
1992	25.2	23.8
1993	25.2	24.2
1994	25.2	25.1
1995	25.3	25.5
1996	25.4	25.5
1997	25.5	25.5
1998	25.8	25.5
1999	26.2	25.6
2000	26.6	25.9
2001	26.8	26.3
2002	26.8	26.8
2003	26.8	27.3
2004	27	27.9
2005	27.4	28.3
2006	27.8	28.5
2007	28.3	28.6
2008	28.9	28.8
2009	29.6	29.2
2010	30	29.6
2011	30.2	30.5
2012	30.5	31.5
2013	30.8	32.3
2014	30.9	33
2015	31.1	33.8
2016	31.2	34.7
2017	31.4	35.6
2018	31.8	36.4
2019	32.2	37.1
2020	31.9	37.7
2021	31.6	35.8
2022	32.6	34.4
2023	33.8	35.5
2024	34.2	35.8

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