The current population of Bahrain is 1,650,128 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 1,588,670 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Bahrain accounts for 0.02% of the world's population.
- Bahrain is ranked 151/197 by population and was ranked 156th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of 4.28% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 889K people to 1.65M (85.7% growth in 20 years).
- Bahrain is projected to reach 3.05M people in 2100.
Bahrain population clock
Bahrain
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1650128
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 151/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | N/A |
| One net population change |
45.3 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
26.7 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.66 hours
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +32 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +11,611 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.74% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 120/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
23.2 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +22,699 | N/A |
Bahrain population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 165,477 | - |
| 1961 | 172,346 | 4.15% |
| 1962 | 179,349 | 4.06% |
| 1963 | 186,501 | 3.99% |
| 1964 | 193,816 | 3.92% |
| 1965 | 200,866 | 3.64% |
| 1966 | 207,543 | 3.32% |
| 1967 | 214,189 | 3.2% |
| 1968 | 219,337 | 2.4% |
| 1969 | 222,469 | 1.43% |
| 1970 | 224,809 | 1.05% |
| 1971 | 230,733 | 2.64% |
| 1972 | 242,113 | 4.93% |
| 1973 | 255,320 | 5.45% |
| 1974 | 269,038 | 5.37% |
| 1975 | 283,243 | 5.28% |
| 1976 | 297,863 | 5.16% |
| 1977 | 312,823 | 5.02% |
| 1978 | 328,046 | 4.87% |
| 1979 | 343,457 | 4.7% |
| 1980 | 358,978 | 4.52% |
| 1981 | 373,524 | 4.05% |
| 1982 | 386,983 | 3.6% |
| 1983 | 400,707 | 3.55% |
| 1984 | 415,154 | 3.61% |
| 1985 | 430,358 | 3.66% |
| 1986 | 446,286 | 3.7% |
| 1987 | 462,854 | 3.71% |
| 1988 | 479,929 | 3.69% |
| 1989 | 497,327 | 3.63% |
| 1990 | 514,797 | 3.51% |
| 1991 | 503,052 | -2.28% |
| 1992 | 516,458 | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 530,225 | 2.67% |
| 1994 | 544,366 | 2.67% |
| 1995 | 558,879 | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 573,792 | 2.67% |
| 1997 | 589,115 | 2.67% |
| 1998 | 604,842 | 2.67% |
| 1999 | 620,989 | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 637,582 | 2.67% |
| 2001 | 661,316 | 3.72% |
| 2002 | 710,553 | 7.45% |
| 2003 | 764,517 | 7.59% |
| 2004 | 823,741 | 7.75% |
| 2005 | 888,822 | 7.9% |
| 2006 | 960,424 | 8.06% |
| 2007 | 1,039,295 | 8.21% |
| 2008 | 1,103,496 | 6.18% |
| 2009 | 1,178,415 | 6.79% |
| 2010 | 1,228,543 | 4.25% |
| 2011 | 1,195,020 | -2.73% |
| 2012 | 1,208,964 | 1.17% |
| 2013 | 1,253,191 | 3.66% |
| 2014 | 1,314,562 | 4.9% |
| 2015 | 1,370,322 | 4.24% |
| 2016 | 1,423,726 | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 1,501,116 | 5.44% |
| 2018 | 1,503,091 | 0.13% |
| 2019 | 1,483,756 | -1.29% |
| 2020 | 1,472,204 | -0.78% |
| 2021 | 1,504,365 | 2.18% |
| 2022 | 1,524,693 | 1.35% |
| 2023 | 1,577,059 | 3.43% |
| 2024 | 1,588,670 | 0.74% |
| 2025 | 1,624,531 | 2.26% |
| 2026 | 1,656,397 | 1.96% |
| 2027 | 1,683,692 | 1.65% |
| 2028 | 1,706,754 | 1.37% |
| 2029 | 1,726,868 | 1.18% |
| 2030 | 1,745,013 | 1.05% |
| 2031 | 1,762,760 | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 1,780,658 | 1.02% |
| 2033 | 1,798,708 | 1.01% |
| 2034 | 1,816,921 | 1.01% |
| 2035 | 1,835,293 | 1.01% |
| 2036 | 1,853,822 | 1.01% |
| 2037 | 1,872,468 | 1.01% |
| 2038 | 1,891,215 | 1% |
| 2039 | 1,910,026 | 0.99% |
| 2040 | 1,928,909 | 0.99% |
| 2041 | 1,947,825 | 0.98% |
| 2042 | 1,966,723 | 0.97% |
| 2043 | 1,985,577 | 0.96% |
| 2044 | 2,004,365 | 0.95% |
| 2045 | 2,023,058 | 0.93% |
| 2046 | 2,041,627 | 0.92% |
| 2047 | 2,060,095 | 0.9% |
| 2048 | 2,078,453 | 0.89% |
| 2049 | 2,096,741 | 0.88% |
| 2050 | 2,114,988 | 0.87% |
Bahrain has a population of 1.65M as of 2025, compared to 1.37M in 2015, 889K in 2005, and 559K in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.04% per year. Bahrain is ranked 70th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Bahrain will have 2,023,058 people (22.6% growth) with a rank change from 151st to 148th.
By the year 2100, Bahrain's population is projected to grow by 85.1% to 3.05M people.
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Bahrain population statistics
|
Bahrain
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.6 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 33.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 34.2 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 62:38 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 5,143 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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