Population in Bahrain compared to the Cayman Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bahrain and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Cayman Islands	Bahrain	Cayman Islands
1960	165,477	8,428	-	-
1961	172,346	8,601	4.15%	2.05%
1962	179,349	8,781	4.06%	2.09%
1963	186,501	8,970	3.99%	2.15%
1964	193,816	9,166	3.92%	2.19%
1965	200,866	9,361	3.64%	2.13%
1966	207,543	9,560	3.32%	2.13%
1967	214,189	9,769	3.2%	2.19%
1968	219,337	9,971	2.4%	2.07%
1969	222,469	10,165	1.43%	1.95%
1970	224,809	10,517	1.05%	3.46%
1971	230,733	11,098	2.64%	5.52%
1972	242,113	11,764	4.93%	6%
1973	255,320	12,438	5.45%	5.73%
1974	269,038	13,114	5.37%	5.43%
1975	283,243	13,788	5.28%	5.14%
1976	297,863	14,454	5.16%	4.83%
1977	312,823	15,105	5.02%	4.5%
1978	328,046	15,727	4.87%	4.12%
1979	343,457	16,351	4.7%	3.97%
1980	358,978	17,079	4.52%	4.45%
1981	373,524	17,905	4.05%	4.84%
1982	386,983	18,750	3.6%	4.72%
1983	400,707	19,598	3.55%	4.52%
1984	415,154	20,454	3.61%	4.37%
1985	430,358	21,324	3.66%	4.25%
1986	446,286	22,197	3.7%	4.09%
1987	462,854	23,073	3.71%	3.95%
1988	479,929	23,951	3.69%	3.81%
1989	497,327	24,874	3.63%	3.85%
1990	514,797	25,999	3.51%	4.52%
1991	503,052	27,294	-2.28%	4.98%
1992	516,458	28,621	2.66%	4.86%
1993	530,225	29,976	2.67%	4.73%
1994	544,366	31,352	2.67%	4.59%
1995	558,879	32,743	2.67%	4.44%
1996	573,792	34,143	2.67%	4.28%
1997	589,115	35,543	2.67%	4.1%
1998	604,842	36,922	2.67%	3.88%
1999	620,989	38,284	2.67%	3.69%
2000	637,582	39,674	2.67%	3.63%
2001	661,316	41,089	3.72%	3.57%
2002	710,553	42,514	7.45%	3.47%
2003	764,517	43,934	7.59%	3.34%
2004	823,741	45,352	7.75%	3.23%
2005	888,822	46,788	7.9%	3.17%
2006	960,424	48,232	8.06%	3.09%
2007	1,039,295	49,687	8.21%	3.02%
2008	1,103,496	51,151	6.18%	2.95%
2009	1,178,415	52,618	6.79%	2.87%
2010	1,228,543	54,099	4.25%	2.81%
2011	1,195,020	55,606	-2.73%	2.79%
2012	1,208,964	57,136	1.17%	2.75%
2013	1,253,191	58,655	3.66%	2.66%
2014	1,314,562	60,160	4.9%	2.57%
2015	1,370,322	61,642	4.24%	2.46%
2016	1,423,726	63,100	3.9%	2.37%
2017	1,501,116	64,535	5.44%	2.27%
2018	1,503,091	65,941	0.13%	2.18%
2019	1,483,756	67,327	-1.29%	2.1%
2020	1,472,204	68,684	-0.78%	2.02%
2021	1,504,365	70,108	2.18%	2.07%
2022	1,524,693	71,591	1.35%	2.12%
2023	1,577,059	73,038	3.43%	2.02%
2024	1,588,670	74,457	0.74%	1.94%
2025	1,624,531	75,842	2.26%	1.86%
2026	1,656,397	77,197	1.96%	1.79%
2027	1,683,692	78,532	1.65%	1.73%
2028	1,706,754	79,852	1.37%	1.68%
2029	1,726,868	81,146	1.18%	1.62%
2030	1,745,013	82,412	1.05%	1.56%
2031	1,762,760	83,676	1.02%	1.53%
2032	1,780,658	84,915	1.02%	1.48%
2033	1,798,708	86,125	1.01%	1.42%
2034	1,816,921	87,319	1.01%	1.39%
2035	1,835,293	88,457	1.01%	1.3%
2036	1,853,822	89,597	1.01%	1.29%
2037	1,872,468	90,741	1.01%	1.28%
2038	1,891,215	91,867	1%	1.24%
2039	1,910,026	92,983	0.99%	1.21%
2040	1,928,909	94,101	0.99%	1.2%
2041	1,947,825	95,206	0.98%	1.17%
2042	1,966,723	96,287	0.97%	1.14%
2043	1,985,577	97,352	0.96%	1.11%
2044	2,004,365	98,386	0.95%	1.06%
2045	2,023,058	99,371	0.93%	1%
2046	2,041,627	100,330	0.92%	0.96%
2047	2,060,095	101,257	0.9%	0.92%
2048	2,078,453	102,188	0.89%	0.92%
2049	2,096,741	103,075	0.88%	0.87%
2050	2,114,988	103,943	0.87%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th 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 the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.