The latest officially reported population of Bahrain was 1,588,670 in 2024 vs 29,123,744 people in Cameroon in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bahrain's population is 1,650,128 people compared to 30,491,011 in Cameroon.
Population statistics:
- Cameroon's population is 18.5 times bigger than Bahrain's.
- Bahrain is ranked the 151st most populous country in the world, while Cameroon is the 51st.
- The countries together account for 0.39% of the world: 0.02% for Bahrain vs 0.37% for Cameroon.
- For the last 10 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of +2.2% per year vs +2.84% in Cameroon.
- Since 2005, the population of Bahrain has increased from 889K people to 1.65M (85.7% growth), while Cameroon has grown from 17.1M to 30.5M (78.6% growth).
- Bahrain is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 3.05M people compared to the peak of 88.9M people in 2100 for Cameroon.
Bahrain vs Cameroon: live population counter
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| Current population |
1650128
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30491011
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| Population rank | 151/197 | 51/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.37% |
| One net population change |
45.3 minutes
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42 seconds
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| One birth every |
26.7 minutes
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32.9 seconds
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| One death every |
2.66 hours
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2.59 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.2 minutes
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37.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +22,699 | -13,892 |
| Daily growth/decline | +32 | +2,058 |
| Annual growth/decline | +11,611 | +751,057 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.74% | +2.65% |
| Population growth rate rank | 120/197 | 24/197 |
Bahrain and Cameroon: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 165,477 | 5,159,057 | - | - |
| 1961 | 172,346 | 5,239,273 | 4.15% | 1.55% |
| 1962 | 179,349 | 5,338,620 | 4.06% | 1.9% |
| 1963 | 186,501 | 5,456,623 | 3.99% | 2.21% |
| 1964 | 193,816 | 5,578,257 | 3.92% | 2.23% |
| 1965 | 200,866 | 5,704,686 | 3.64% | 2.27% |
| 1966 | 207,543 | 5,837,295 | 3.32% | 2.32% |
| 1967 | 214,189 | 5,977,318 | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| 1968 | 219,337 | 6,125,863 | 2.4% | 2.49% |
| 1969 | 222,469 | 6,283,462 | 1.43% | 2.57% |
| 1970 | 224,809 | 6,449,793 | 1.05% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 230,733 | 6,624,408 | 2.64% | 2.71% |
| 1972 | 242,113 | 6,806,872 | 4.93% | 2.75% |
| 1973 | 255,320 | 6,996,660 | 5.45% | 2.79% |
| 1974 | 269,038 | 7,193,583 | 5.37% | 2.81% |
| 1975 | 283,243 | 7,397,120 | 5.28% | 2.83% |
| 1976 | 297,863 | 7,597,962 | 5.16% | 2.72% |
| 1977 | 312,823 | 7,796,501 | 5.02% | 2.61% |
| 1978 | 328,046 | 8,011,921 | 4.87% | 2.76% |
| 1979 | 343,457 | 8,239,641 | 4.7% | 2.84% |
| 1980 | 358,978 | 8,512,219 | 4.52% | 3.31% |
| 1981 | 373,524 | 8,816,377 | 4.05% | 3.57% |
| 1982 | 386,983 | 9,028,678 | 3.6% | 2.41% |
| 1983 | 400,707 | 9,215,397 | 3.55% | 2.07% |
| 1984 | 415,154 | 9,475,078 | 3.61% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 430,358 | 9,761,730 | 3.66% | 3.03% |
| 1986 | 446,286 | 10,060,342 | 3.7% | 3.06% |
| 1987 | 462,854 | 10,370,749 | 3.71% | 3.09% |
| 1988 | 479,929 | 10,684,968 | 3.69% | 3.03% |
| 1989 | 497,327 | 11,002,745 | 3.63% | 2.97% |
| 1990 | 514,797 | 11,331,821 | 3.51% | 2.99% |
| 1991 | 503,052 | 11,667,180 | -2.28% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 516,458 | 12,006,353 | 2.66% | 2.91% |
| 1993 | 530,225 | 12,353,131 | 2.67% | 2.89% |
| 1994 | 544,366 | 12,704,903 | 2.67% | 2.85% |
| 1995 | 558,879 | 13,058,516 | 2.67% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 573,792 | 13,414,757 | 2.67% | 2.73% |
| 1997 | 589,115 | 13,775,214 | 2.67% | 2.69% |
| 1998 | 604,842 | 14,144,860 | 2.67% | 2.68% |
| 1999 | 620,989 | 14,525,140 | 2.67% | 2.69% |
| 2000 | 637,582 | 14,912,631 | 2.67% | 2.67% |
| 2001 | 661,316 | 15,309,490 | 3.72% | 2.66% |
| 2002 | 710,553 | 15,725,528 | 7.45% | 2.72% |
| 2003 | 764,517 | 16,160,340 | 7.59% | 2.77% |
| 2004 | 823,741 | 16,610,487 | 7.75% | 2.79% |
| 2005 | 888,822 | 17,074,594 | 7.9% | 2.79% |
| 2006 | 960,424 | 17,550,407 | 8.06% | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 1,039,295 | 18,049,896 | 8.21% | 2.85% |
| 2008 | 1,103,496 | 18,574,056 | 6.18% | 2.9% |
| 2009 | 1,178,415 | 19,113,974 | 6.79% | 2.91% |
| 2010 | 1,228,543 | 19,668,066 | 4.25% | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 1,195,020 | 20,232,304 | -2.73% | 2.87% |
| 2012 | 1,208,964 | 20,809,529 | 1.17% | 2.85% |
| 2013 | 1,253,191 | 21,402,376 | 3.66% | 2.85% |
| 2014 | 1,314,562 | 22,059,893 | 4.9% | 3.07% |
| 2015 | 1,370,322 | 22,763,414 | 4.24% | 3.19% |
| 2016 | 1,423,726 | 23,454,161 | 3.9% | 3.03% |
| 2017 | 1,501,116 | 24,128,601 | 5.44% | 2.88% |
| 2018 | 1,503,091 | 24,806,383 | 0.13% | 2.81% |
| 2019 | 1,483,756 | 25,506,095 | -1.29% | 2.82% |
| 2020 | 1,472,204 | 26,210,558 | -0.78% | 2.76% |
| 2021 | 1,504,365 | 26,915,758 | 2.18% | 2.69% |
| 2022 | 1,524,693 | 27,632,771 | 1.35% | 2.66% |
| 2023 | 1,577,059 | 28,372,687 | 3.43% | 2.68% |
| 2024 | 1,588,670 | 29,123,744 | 0.74% | 2.65% |
| 2025 | 1,624,531 | 29,879,335 | 2.26% | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 1,656,397 | 30,640,810 | 1.96% | 2.55% |
| 2027 | 1,683,692 | 31,410,378 | 1.65% | 2.51% |
| 2028 | 1,706,754 | 32,190,667 | 1.37% | 2.48% |
| 2029 | 1,726,868 | 32,979,275 | 1.18% | 2.45% |
| 2030 | 1,745,013 | 33,777,182 | 1.05% | 2.42% |
| 2031 | 1,762,760 | 34,584,118 | 1.02% | 2.39% |
| 2032 | 1,780,658 | 35,399,666 | 1.02% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 1,798,708 | 36,223,480 | 1.01% | 2.33% |
| 2034 | 1,816,921 | 37,054,803 | 1.01% | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 1,835,293 | 37,893,817 | 1.01% | 2.26% |
| 2036 | 1,853,822 | 38,742,461 | 1.01% | 2.24% |
| 2037 | 1,872,468 | 39,600,369 | 1.01% | 2.21% |
| 2038 | 1,891,215 | 40,463,007 | 1% | 2.18% |
| 2039 | 1,910,026 | 41,332,840 | 0.99% | 2.15% |
| 2040 | 1,928,909 | 42,207,999 | 0.99% | 2.12% |
| 2041 | 1,947,825 | 43,089,974 | 0.98% | 2.09% |
| 2042 | 1,966,723 | 43,976,014 | 0.97% | 2.06% |
| 2043 | 1,985,577 | 44,857,795 | 0.96% | 2.01% |
| 2044 | 2,004,365 | 45,741,469 | 0.95% | 1.97% |
| 2045 | 2,023,058 | 46,629,033 | 0.93% | 1.94% |
| 2046 | 2,041,627 | 47,519,028 | 0.92% | 1.91% |
| 2047 | 2,060,095 | 48,413,775 | 0.9% | 1.88% |
| 2048 | 2,078,453 | 49,308,762 | 0.89% | 1.85% |
| 2049 | 2,096,741 | 50,203,267 | 0.88% | 1.81% |
| 2050 | 2,114,988 | 51,096,315 | 0.87% | 1.78% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Cameroon gained 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Cameroon's population increased by 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth).
Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Cameroon was ranked 59th in 2005 and ranked 51st 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 Cameroon will increase by 67.6% to 51,096,315 people and rank change from 51st to 41st.
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Population differences between Bahrain and Cameroon
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| Life expectancy | 81.6 years | 64.2 years |
| Average age | 33.3 years | 23.2 years |
| Median age | 34.2 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 62:38 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 5,143 ppl/mi² | 159.6 ppl/mi² |
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