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Population in Bahrain compared to Bhutan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bahrain was 1,588,670 in 2024 vs 791,524 people in Bhutan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bahrain's population is 1,650,128 people compared to 801,123 in Bhutan.

Population statistics:

  • Bahrain's population is 2.06 times bigger than Bhutan's.
  • Bahrain is ranked the 151st most populous country in the world, while Bhutan is the 163rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.02% for Bahrain vs 0.01% for Bhutan.
  • For the last 10 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of +2.2% per year vs +0.8% in Bhutan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bahrain has increased from 889K people to 1.65M (85.7% growth), while Bhutan has grown from 662K to 801K (21% growth).
  • Bahrain is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 3.05M people compared to the peak of 884K people in 2052 for Bhutan.

Bahrain vs Bhutan: live population counter

Bahrain Bhutan
Current population
1650128
801123
Population rank 151/197 163/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.01%
One net population change
45.3 minutes
1.7 hours
One birth every
26.7 minutes
52.8 minutes
One death every
2.66 hours
1.82 hours
One migration net change every
23.2 minutes
1.32 days
Annual migration change +22,699 -277
Daily growth/decline +32 +14
Annual growth/decline +11,611 +5,139
Annual growth/decline rate +0.74% +0.65%
Population growth rate rank 120/197 123/197

Bahrain and Bhutan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Bahrain
Population

Growth rate
Bhutan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bahrain Bhutan Bahrain Bhutan
1960 165,477 224,084 - -
1961 172,346 230,602 4.15% 2.91%
1962 179,349 237,636 4.06% 3.05%
1963 186,501 245,156 3.99% 3.16%
1964 193,816 252,987 3.92% 3.19%
1965 200,866 261,200 3.64% 3.25%
1966 207,543 269,820 3.32% 3.3%
1967 214,189 278,852 3.2% 3.35%
1968 219,337 288,311 2.4% 3.39%
1969 222,469 298,214 1.43% 3.43%
1970 224,809 308,528 1.05% 3.46%
1971 230,733 319,211 2.64% 3.46%
1972 242,113 330,264 4.93% 3.46%
1973 255,320 341,705 5.45% 3.46%
1974 269,038 353,538 5.37% 3.46%
1975 283,243 365,791 5.28% 3.47%
1976 297,863 378,490 5.16% 3.47%
1977 312,823 391,639 5.02% 3.47%
1978 328,046 405,243 4.87% 3.47%
1979 343,457 419,200 4.7% 3.44%
1980 358,978 433,404 4.52% 3.39%
1981 373,524 447,836 4.05% 3.33%
1982 386,983 462,485 3.6% 3.27%
1983 400,707 477,460 3.55% 3.24%
1984 415,154 492,784 3.61% 3.21%
1985 430,358 508,392 3.66% 3.17%
1986 446,286 524,324 3.7% 3.13%
1987 462,854 540,557 3.71% 3.1%
1988 479,929 556,986 3.69% 3.04%
1989 497,327 573,586 3.63% 2.98%
1990 514,797 589,287 3.51% 2.74%
1991 503,052 599,784 -2.28% 1.78%
1992 516,458 577,774 2.66% -3.67%
1993 530,225 554,673 2.67% -4%
1994 544,366 554,497 2.67% -0.03%
1995 558,879 547,989 2.67% -1.17%
1996 573,792 548,784 2.67% 0.15%
1997 589,115 558,697 2.67% 1.81%
1998 604,842 569,435 2.67% 1.92%
1999 620,989 582,579 2.67% 2.31%
2000 637,582 596,863 2.67% 2.45%
2001 661,316 610,794 3.72% 2.33%
2002 710,553 624,409 7.45% 2.23%
2003 764,517 637,663 7.59% 2.12%
2004 823,741 650,544 7.75% 2.02%
2005 888,822 661,865 7.9% 1.74%
2006 960,424 670,799 8.06% 1.35%
2007 1,039,295 678,641 8.21% 1.17%
2008 1,103,496 686,351 6.18% 1.14%
2009 1,178,415 693,988 6.79% 1.11%
2010 1,228,543 701,632 4.25% 1.1%
2011 1,195,020 709,377 -2.73% 1.1%
2012 1,208,964 717,279 1.17% 1.11%
2013 1,253,191 725,273 3.66% 1.11%
2014 1,314,562 733,139 4.9% 1.08%
2015 1,370,322 740,618 4.24% 1.02%
2016 1,423,726 747,866 3.9% 0.98%
2017 1,501,116 754,335 5.44% 0.86%
2018 1,503,091 759,759 0.13% 0.72%
2019 1,483,756 764,824 -1.29% 0.67%
2020 1,472,204 770,006 -0.78% 0.68%
2021 1,504,365 775,442 2.18% 0.71%
2022 1,524,693 780,914 1.35% 0.71%
2023 1,577,059 786,385 3.43% 0.7%
2024 1,588,670 791,524 0.74% 0.65%
2025 1,624,531 796,681 2.26% 0.65%
2026 1,656,397 802,211 1.96% 0.69%
2027 1,683,692 807,265 1.65% 0.63%
2028 1,706,754 811,835 1.37% 0.57%
2029 1,726,868 816,265 1.18% 0.55%
2030 1,745,013 820,693 1.05% 0.54%
2031 1,762,760 825,464 1.02% 0.58%
2032 1,780,658 830,347 1.02% 0.59%
2033 1,798,708 834,984 1.01% 0.56%
2034 1,816,921 839,045 1.01% 0.49%
2035 1,835,293 843,199 1.01% 0.5%
2036 1,853,822 847,699 1.01% 0.53%
2037 1,872,468 851,844 1.01% 0.49%
2038 1,891,215 855,558 1% 0.44%
2039 1,910,026 858,918 0.99% 0.39%
2040 1,928,909 862,126 0.99% 0.37%
2041 1,947,825 865,152 0.98% 0.35%
2042 1,966,723 868,152 0.97% 0.35%
2043 1,985,577 871,100 0.96% 0.34%
2044 2,004,365 873,733 0.95% 0.3%
2045 2,023,058 876,178 0.93% 0.28%
2046 2,041,627 878,161 0.92% 0.23%
2047 2,060,095 879,450 0.9% 0.15%
2048 2,078,453 880,488 0.89% 0.12%
2049 2,096,741 881,433 0.88% 0.11%
2050 2,114,988 882,337 0.87% 0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Bhutan gained 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Bhutan's population increased by 60,505 (a 8.17% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Bhutan was ranked 161st in 2005 and ranked 163rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bahrain's population will grow by 28.2% to 2,114,988 people with a rank change from 151st to 147th. The population of Bhutan will increase by 10.1% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd.

Biggest cities by population

Bahrain
City Population
Manama 298K
Riffa 115K
Isa Town 61.3K
Bhutan
City Population
Thimphu 115K
Paro 2.36K

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