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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bahrain was 1,588,670 in 2024 vs 132,059,767 people in Ethiopia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bahrain's population is 1,650,128 people compared to 138,227,398 in Ethiopia.

Population statistics:

  • Ethiopia's population is 83.8 times bigger than Bahrain's.
  • Bahrain is ranked the 151st most populous country in the world, while Ethiopia is the 10th.
  • The countries together account for 1.69% of the world: 0.02% for Bahrain vs 1.67% for Ethiopia.
  • For the last 10 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of +2.2% per year vs +2.71% in Ethiopia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bahrain has increased from 889K people to 1.65M (85.7% growth), while Ethiopia has grown from 78.4M to 138M (76.4% growth).
  • Bahrain is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 3.05M people compared to the peak of 367M people in 2100 for Ethiopia.

Bahrain vs Ethiopia: live population counter

Bahrain Ethiopia
Current population
1650128
138227398
Population rank 151/197 10/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 1.67%
One net population change
45.3 minutes
9.36 seconds
One birth every
26.7 minutes
7.68 seconds
One death every
2.66 hours
41.1 seconds
One migration net change every
23.2 minutes
17.5 minutes
Annual migration change +22,699 +30,069
Daily growth/decline +32 +9,228
Annual growth/decline +11,611 +3,368,075
Annual growth/decline rate +0.74% +2.62%
Population growth rate rank 120/197 26/197

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

Bahrain
Population

Growth rate
Ethiopia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bahrain Ethiopia Bahrain Ethiopia
1960 165,477 21,376,693 - -
1961 172,346 21,906,102 4.15% 2.48%
1962 179,349 22,465,126 4.06% 2.55%
1963 186,501 23,051,637 3.99% 2.61%
1964 193,816 23,666,548 3.92% 2.67%
1965 200,866 24,310,612 3.64% 2.72%
1966 207,543 24,952,689 3.32% 2.64%
1967 214,189 25,620,276 3.2% 2.68%
1968 219,337 26,337,930 2.4% 2.8%
1969 222,469 27,072,571 1.43% 2.79%
1970 224,809 27,829,128 1.05% 2.79%
1971 230,733 28,600,106 2.64% 2.77%
1972 242,113 29,374,608 4.93% 2.71%
1973 255,320 30,166,785 5.45% 2.7%
1974 269,038 30,957,273 5.37% 2.62%
1975 283,243 31,723,252 5.28% 2.47%
1976 297,863 32,534,418 5.16% 2.56%
1977 312,823 33,167,272 5.02% 1.95%
1978 328,046 33,734,592 4.87% 1.71%
1979 343,457 34,238,652 4.7% 1.49%
1980 358,978 34,428,514 4.52% 0.55%
1981 373,524 35,304,012 4.05% 2.54%
1982 386,983 36,701,290 3.6% 3.96%
1983 400,707 37,740,817 3.55% 2.83%
1984 415,154 38,735,722 3.61% 2.64%
1985 430,358 39,842,136 3.66% 2.86%
1986 446,286 41,037,656 3.7% 3%
1987 462,854 42,460,039 3.71% 3.47%
1988 479,929 44,150,825 3.69% 3.98%
1989 497,327 45,879,690 3.63% 3.92%
1990 514,797 47,609,755 3.51% 3.77%
1991 503,052 49,717,198 -2.28% 4.43%
1992 516,458 51,853,747 2.66% 4.3%
1993 530,225 53,708,891 2.67% 3.58%
1994 544,366 55,611,508 2.67% 3.54%
1995 558,879 57,537,335 2.67% 3.46%
1996 573,792 59,467,635 2.67% 3.35%
1997 589,115 61,404,539 2.67% 3.26%
1998 604,842 63,363,524 2.67% 3.19%
1999 620,989 65,374,561 2.67% 3.17%
2000 637,582 67,411,494 2.67% 3.12%
2001 661,316 69,487,762 3.72% 3.08%
2002 710,553 71,635,517 7.45% 3.09%
2003 764,517 73,832,663 7.59% 3.07%
2004 823,741 76,077,206 7.75% 3.04%
2005 888,822 78,367,470 7.9% 3.01%
2006 960,424 80,703,490 8.06% 2.98%
2007 1,039,295 83,103,217 8.21% 2.97%
2008 1,103,496 85,543,668 6.18% 2.94%
2009 1,178,415 88,007,636 6.79% 2.88%
2010 1,228,543 90,538,514 4.25% 2.88%
2011 1,195,020 93,149,970 -2.73% 2.88%
2012 1,208,964 95,798,767 1.17% 2.84%
2013 1,253,191 98,438,751 3.66% 2.76%
2014 1,314,562 101,115,610 4.9% 2.72%
2015 1,370,322 103,867,135 4.24% 2.72%
2016 1,423,726 106,718,162 3.9% 2.74%
2017 1,501,116 109,666,481 5.44% 2.76%
2018 1,503,091 112,664,152 0.13% 2.73%
2019 1,483,756 115,737,383 -1.29% 2.73%
2020 1,472,204 118,917,671 -0.78% 2.75%
2021 1,504,365 122,138,588 2.18% 2.71%
2022 1,524,693 125,384,287 1.35% 2.66%
2023 1,577,059 128,691,692 3.43% 2.64%
2024 1,588,670 132,059,767 0.74% 2.62%
2025 1,624,531 135,472,043 2.26% 2.58%
2026 1,656,397 138,902,180 1.96% 2.53%
2027 1,683,692 142,364,798 1.65% 2.49%
2028 1,706,754 145,841,255 1.37% 2.44%
2029 1,726,868 149,336,056 1.18% 2.4%
2030 1,745,013 152,855,352 1.05% 2.36%
2031 1,762,760 156,382,425 1.02% 2.31%
2032 1,780,658 159,923,895 1.02% 2.26%
2033 1,798,708 163,453,311 1.01% 2.21%
2034 1,816,921 166,978,790 1.01% 2.16%
2035 1,835,293 170,532,952 1.01% 2.13%
2036 1,853,822 174,097,772 1.01% 2.09%
2037 1,872,468 177,661,132 1.01% 2.05%
2038 1,891,215 181,235,892 1% 2.01%
2039 1,910,026 184,835,102 0.99% 1.99%
2040 1,928,909 188,450,900 0.99% 1.96%
2041 1,947,825 192,068,629 0.98% 1.92%
2042 1,966,723 195,695,295 0.97% 1.89%
2043 1,985,577 199,347,978 0.96% 1.87%
2044 2,004,365 203,014,368 0.95% 1.84%
2045 2,023,058 206,673,625 0.93% 1.8%
2046 2,041,627 210,337,847 0.92% 1.77%
2047 2,060,095 214,023,504 0.9% 1.75%
2048 2,078,453 217,710,204 0.89% 1.72%
2049 2,096,741 221,377,329 0.88% 1.68%
2050 2,114,988 225,021,865 0.87% 1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2005 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.

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