Population in Bahrain compared to the Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bahrain and the Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Congo	Bahrain	Congo
1960	165,477	1,056,732	-	-
1961	172,346	1,084,389	4.15%	2.62%
1962	179,349	1,113,175	4.06%	2.65%
1963	186,501	1,143,263	3.99%	2.7%
1964	193,816	1,174,816	3.92%	2.76%
1965	200,866	1,207,880	3.64%	2.81%
1966	207,543	1,242,534	3.32%	2.87%
1967	214,189	1,278,691	3.2%	2.91%
1968	219,337	1,316,519	2.4%	2.96%
1969	222,469	1,356,182	1.43%	3.01%
1970	224,809	1,397,638	1.05%	3.06%
1971	230,733	1,441,039	2.64%	3.11%
1972	242,113	1,486,468	4.93%	3.15%
1973	255,320	1,533,680	5.45%	3.18%
1974	269,038	1,582,301	5.37%	3.17%
1975	283,243	1,627,032	5.28%	2.83%
1976	297,863	1,667,225	5.16%	2.47%
1977	312,823	1,707,568	5.02%	2.42%
1978	328,046	1,748,089	4.87%	2.37%
1979	343,457	1,788,524	4.7%	2.31%
1980	358,978	1,828,985	4.52%	2.26%
1981	373,524	1,869,759	4.05%	2.23%
1982	386,983	1,910,430	3.6%	2.18%
1983	400,707	1,950,321	3.55%	2.09%
1984	415,154	1,999,528	3.61%	2.52%
1985	430,358	2,059,311	3.66%	2.99%
1986	446,286	2,120,602	3.7%	2.98%
1987	462,854	2,183,473	3.71%	2.96%
1988	479,929	2,247,653	3.69%	2.94%
1989	497,327	2,313,558	3.63%	2.93%
1990	514,797	2,380,560	3.51%	2.9%
1991	503,052	2,449,229	-2.28%	2.88%
1992	516,458	2,519,465	2.66%	2.87%
1993	530,225	2,595,124	2.67%	3%
1994	544,366	2,673,144	2.67%	3.01%
1995	558,879	2,749,461	2.67%	2.85%
1996	573,792	2,826,785	2.67%	2.81%
1997	589,115	2,887,862	2.67%	2.16%
1998	604,842	2,952,061	2.67%	2.22%
1999	620,989	3,032,874	2.67%	2.74%
2000	637,582	3,151,345	2.67%	3.91%
2001	661,316	3,272,537	3.72%	3.85%
2002	710,553	3,350,771	7.45%	2.39%
2003	764,517	3,445,753	7.59%	2.83%
2004	823,741	3,565,554	7.75%	3.48%
2005	888,822	3,696,393	7.9%	3.67%
2006	960,424	3,837,409	8.06%	3.81%
2007	1,039,295	3,980,430	8.21%	3.73%
2008	1,103,496	4,113,517	6.18%	3.34%
2009	1,178,415	4,281,219	6.79%	4.08%
2010	1,228,543	4,462,290	4.25%	4.23%
2011	1,195,020	4,609,724	-2.73%	3.3%
2012	1,208,964	4,740,450	1.17%	2.84%
2013	1,253,191	4,857,099	3.66%	2.46%
2014	1,314,562	4,975,880	4.9%	2.45%
2015	1,370,322	5,097,581	4.24%	2.45%
2016	1,423,726	5,222,536	3.9%	2.45%
2017	1,501,116	5,351,011	5.44%	2.46%
2018	1,503,091	5,483,118	0.13%	2.47%
2019	1,483,756	5,616,661	-1.29%	2.44%
2020	1,472,204	5,752,791	-0.78%	2.42%
2021	1,504,365	5,892,183	2.18%	2.42%
2022	1,524,693	6,035,104	1.35%	2.43%
2023	1,577,059	6,182,885	3.43%	2.45%
2024	1,588,670	6,332,961	0.74%	2.43%
2025	1,624,531	6,484,427	2.26%	2.39%
2026	1,656,397	6,637,777	1.96%	2.36%
2027	1,683,692	6,794,288	1.65%	2.36%
2028	1,706,754	6,953,966	1.37%	2.35%
2029	1,726,868	7,116,456	1.18%	2.34%
2030	1,745,013	7,282,261	1.05%	2.33%
2031	1,762,760	7,452,405	1.02%	2.34%
2032	1,780,658	7,626,474	1.02%	2.34%
2033	1,798,708	7,802,988	1.01%	2.31%
2034	1,816,921	7,981,338	1.01%	2.29%
2035	1,835,293	8,160,723	1.01%	2.25%
2036	1,853,822	8,341,706	1.01%	2.22%
2037	1,872,468	8,524,798	1.01%	2.19%
2038	1,891,215	8,709,719	1%	2.17%
2039	1,910,026	8,896,164	0.99%	2.14%
2040	1,928,909	9,083,959	0.99%	2.11%
2041	1,947,825	9,274,654	0.98%	2.1%
2042	1,966,723	9,466,745	0.97%	2.07%
2043	1,985,577	9,658,834	0.96%	2.03%
2044	2,004,365	9,850,493	0.95%	1.98%
2045	2,023,058	10,041,891	0.93%	1.94%
2046	2,041,627	10,234,360	0.92%	1.92%
2047	2,060,095	10,427,899	0.9%	1.89%
2048	2,078,453	10,621,379	0.89%	1.86%
2049	2,096,741	10,813,639	0.88%	1.81%
2050	2,114,988	11,006,454	0.87%	1.78%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bahrain increased by 463,302 people (a 48.2% growth), while the Congo gained 1,385,127 people (a 36.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bahrain gained 232,969 (a 16.4% growth), while the Congo's population increased by 1,416,951 (a 27.1% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 157th most populous country in 2006 and is 151st in 2026. The Congo was ranked 125th in 2006 and ranked 109th 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 the Congo will increase by 65.8% to 11,006,454 people and rank change from 109th to 95th.