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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Brunei	Bahrain	Brunei
1960	165,477	88,347	-	-
1961	172,346	92,517	4.15%	4.72%
1962	179,349	96,719	4.06%	4.54%
1963	186,501	101,159	3.99%	4.59%
1964	193,816	105,922	3.92%	4.71%
1965	200,866	110,838	3.64%	4.64%
1966	207,543	115,874	3.32%	4.54%
1967	214,189	121,017	3.2%	4.44%
1968	219,337	126,222	2.4%	4.3%
1969	222,469	131,446	1.43%	4.14%
1970	224,809	135,138	1.05%	2.81%
1971	230,733	137,921	2.64%	2.06%
1972	242,113	142,189	4.93%	3.09%
1973	255,320	147,369	5.45%	3.64%
1974	269,038	152,656	5.37%	3.59%
1975	283,243	158,070	5.28%	3.55%
1976	297,863	163,607	5.16%	3.5%
1977	312,823	169,277	5.02%	3.47%
1978	328,046	174,884	4.87%	3.31%
1979	343,457	180,422	4.7%	3.17%
1980	358,978	186,111	4.52%	3.15%
1981	373,524	191,977	4.05%	3.15%
1982	386,983	198,165	3.6%	3.22%
1983	400,707	204,741	3.55%	3.32%
1984	415,154	211,661	3.61%	3.38%
1985	430,358	218,919	3.66%	3.43%
1986	446,286	226,495	3.7%	3.46%
1987	462,854	233,860	3.71%	3.25%
1988	479,929	240,913	3.69%	3.02%
1989	497,327	248,064	3.63%	2.97%
1990	514,797	255,292	3.51%	2.91%
1991	503,052	262,596	-2.28%	2.86%
1992	516,458	269,839	2.66%	2.76%
1993	530,225	276,971	2.67%	2.64%
1994	544,366	284,091	2.67%	2.57%
1995	558,879	291,195	2.67%	2.5%
1996	573,792	298,276	2.67%	2.43%
1997	589,115	305,341	2.67%	2.37%
1998	604,842	312,385	2.67%	2.31%
1999	620,989	319,411	2.67%	2.25%
2000	637,582	326,424	2.67%	2.2%
2001	661,316	333,345	3.72%	2.12%
2002	710,553	340,099	7.45%	2.03%
2003	764,517	346,637	7.59%	1.92%
2004	823,741	352,911	7.75%	1.81%
2005	888,822	358,916	7.9%	1.7%
2006	960,424	364,663	8.06%	1.6%
2007	1,039,295	370,873	8.21%	1.7%
2008	1,103,496	377,793	6.18%	1.87%
2009	1,178,415	384,952	6.79%	1.89%
2010	1,228,543	392,332	4.25%	1.92%
2011	1,195,020	399,389	-2.73%	1.8%
2012	1,208,964	405,557	1.17%	1.54%
2013	1,253,191	411,202	3.66%	1.39%
2014	1,314,562	416,750	4.9%	1.35%
2015	1,370,322	422,212	4.24%	1.31%
2016	1,423,726	427,564	3.9%	1.27%
2017	1,501,116	432,772	5.44%	1.22%
2018	1,503,091	437,810	0.13%	1.16%
2019	1,483,756	442,680	-1.29%	1.11%
2020	1,472,204	447,404	-0.78%	1.07%
2021	1,504,365	451,721	2.18%	0.96%
2022	1,524,693	455,370	1.35%	0.81%
2023	1,577,059	458,949	3.43%	0.79%
2024	1,588,670	462,721	0.74%	0.82%
2025	1,624,531	466,324	2.26%	0.78%
2026	1,656,397	469,766	1.96%	0.74%
2027	1,683,692	473,148	1.65%	0.72%
2028	1,706,754	476,428	1.37%	0.69%
2029	1,726,868	479,491	1.18%	0.64%
2030	1,745,013	482,438	1.05%	0.61%
2031	1,762,760	485,308	1.02%	0.59%
2032	1,780,658	487,943	1.02%	0.54%
2033	1,798,708	490,424	1.01%	0.51%
2034	1,816,921	492,887	1.01%	0.5%
2035	1,835,293	495,286	1.01%	0.49%
2036	1,853,822	497,544	1.01%	0.46%
2037	1,872,468	499,693	1.01%	0.43%
2038	1,891,215	501,910	1%	0.44%
2039	1,910,026	504,061	0.99%	0.43%
2040	1,928,909	505,968	0.99%	0.38%
2041	1,947,825	507,800	0.98%	0.36%
2042	1,966,723	509,531	0.97%	0.34%
2043	1,985,577	511,124	0.96%	0.31%
2044	2,004,365	512,586	0.95%	0.29%
2045	2,023,058	514,047	0.93%	0.29%
2046	2,041,627	515,409	0.92%	0.26%
2047	2,060,095	516,596	0.9%	0.23%
2048	2,078,453	517,693	0.89%	0.21%
2049	2,096,741	518,684	0.88%	0.19%
2050	2,114,988	519,542	0.87%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bahrain increased by 463,302 people (a 48.2% growth), while Brunei gained 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bahrain gained 232,969 (a 16.4% growth), while Brunei's population increased by 42,238 (a 9.88% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 157th most populous country in 2006 and is 151st in 2026. Brunei was ranked 169th in 2006 and ranked 170th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bahrain's population will grow by 27.7% to 2,114,988 people with a rank change from 151st to 146th. The population of Brunei will increase by 10.6% to 519,542 people and rank change from 170th to 171st.