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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Iran	Bahrain	Iran
1960	165,477	21,470,434	-	-
1961	172,346	22,125,726	4.15%	3.05%
1962	179,349	22,807,907	4.06%	3.08%
1963	186,501	23,519,005	3.99%	3.12%
1964	193,816	24,262,859	3.92%	3.16%
1965	200,866	25,036,978	3.64%	3.19%
1966	207,543	25,829,270	3.32%	3.16%
1967	214,189	26,628,432	3.2%	3.09%
1968	219,337	27,437,391	2.4%	3.04%
1969	222,469	28,273,482	1.43%	3.05%
1970	224,809	29,145,100	1.05%	3.08%
1971	230,733	30,029,071	2.64%	3.03%
1972	242,113	30,921,179	4.93%	2.97%
1973	255,320	31,839,838	5.45%	2.97%
1974	269,038	32,796,463	5.37%	3%
1975	283,243	33,802,973	5.28%	3.07%
1976	297,863	34,837,271	5.16%	3.06%
1977	312,823	35,933,181	5.02%	3.15%
1978	328,046	37,126,535	4.87%	3.32%
1979	343,457	38,424,952	4.7%	3.5%
1980	358,978	39,842,324	4.52%	3.69%
1981	373,524	41,989,312	4.05%	5.39%
1982	386,983	44,272,141	3.6%	5.44%
1983	400,707	46,029,535	3.55%	3.97%
1984	415,154	47,793,998	3.61%	3.83%
1985	430,358	49,582,289	3.66%	3.74%
1986	446,286	51,446,045	3.7%	3.76%
1987	462,854	53,323,493	3.71%	3.65%
1988	479,929	55,072,694	3.69%	3.28%
1989	497,327	56,704,914	3.63%	2.96%
1990	514,797	58,380,092	3.51%	2.95%
1991	503,052	59,986,931	-2.28%	2.75%
1992	516,458	61,184,983	2.66%	2%
1993	530,225	61,403,543	2.67%	0.36%
1994	544,366	61,520,598	2.67%	0.19%
1995	558,879	62,205,567	2.67%	1.11%
1996	573,792	62,881,300	2.67%	1.09%
1997	589,115	63,639,638	2.67%	1.21%
1998	604,842	64,519,859	2.67%	1.38%
1999	620,989	65,445,391	2.67%	1.43%
2000	637,582	66,418,659	2.67%	1.49%
2001	661,316	67,452,005	3.72%	1.56%
2002	710,553	68,011,317	7.45%	0.83%
2003	764,517	68,769,340	7.59%	1.11%
2004	823,741	70,256,316	7.75%	2.16%
2005	888,822	71,828,455	7.9%	2.24%
2006	960,424	73,392,747	8.06%	2.18%
2007	1,039,295	74,602,648	8.21%	1.65%
2008	1,103,496	75,514,204	6.18%	1.22%
2009	1,178,415	76,457,825	6.79%	1.25%
2010	1,228,543	77,420,842	4.25%	1.26%
2011	1,195,020	78,383,598	-2.73%	1.24%
2012	1,208,964	79,370,580	1.17%	1.26%
2013	1,253,191	80,414,686	3.66%	1.32%
2014	1,314,562	81,502,045	4.9%	1.35%
2015	1,370,322	82,619,362	4.24%	1.37%
2016	1,423,726	83,812,228	3.9%	1.44%
2017	1,501,116	85,026,754	5.44%	1.45%
2018	1,503,091	86,117,998	0.13%	1.28%
2019	1,483,756	87,051,648	-1.29%	1.08%
2020	1,472,204	87,723,443	-0.78%	0.77%
2021	1,504,365	88,455,488	2.18%	0.83%
2022	1,524,693	89,524,246	1.35%	1.21%
2023	1,577,059	90,608,707	3.43%	1.21%
2024	1,588,670	91,567,738	0.74%	1.06%
2025	1,624,531	92,417,685	2.26%	0.93%
2026	1,656,397	93,168,494	1.96%	0.81%
2027	1,683,692	93,838,646	1.65%	0.72%
2028	1,706,754	94,440,024	1.37%	0.64%
2029	1,726,868	94,985,102	1.18%	0.58%
2030	1,745,013	95,486,672	1.05%	0.53%
2031	1,762,760	95,960,723	1.02%	0.5%
2032	1,780,658	96,415,457	1.02%	0.47%
2033	1,798,708	96,850,659	1.01%	0.45%
2034	1,816,921	97,271,044	1.01%	0.43%
2035	1,835,293	97,679,258	1.01%	0.42%
2036	1,853,822	98,075,324	1.01%	0.41%
2037	1,872,468	98,458,805	1.01%	0.39%
2038	1,891,215	98,828,318	1%	0.38%
2039	1,910,026	99,182,806	0.99%	0.36%
2040	1,928,909	99,524,286	0.99%	0.34%
2041	1,947,825	99,853,719	0.98%	0.33%
2042	1,966,723	100,167,076	0.97%	0.31%
2043	1,985,577	100,462,092	0.96%	0.29%
2044	2,004,365	100,737,592	0.95%	0.27%
2045	2,023,058	100,990,622	0.93%	0.25%
2046	2,041,627	101,219,689	0.92%	0.23%
2047	2,060,095	101,424,009	0.9%	0.2%
2048	2,078,453	101,601,932	0.89%	0.18%
2049	2,096,741	101,748,544	0.88%	0.14%
2050	2,114,988	101,862,002	0.87%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.