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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Iraq	Bahrain	Iraq
1960	165,477	7,022,052	-	-
1961	172,346	7,194,553	4.15%	2.46%
1962	179,349	7,413,875	4.06%	3.05%
1963	186,501	7,667,928	3.99%	3.43%
1964	193,816	7,929,566	3.92%	3.41%
1965	200,866	8,202,140	3.64%	3.44%
1966	207,543	8,485,104	3.32%	3.45%
1967	214,189	8,778,869	3.2%	3.46%
1968	219,337	9,085,016	2.4%	3.49%
1969	222,469	9,403,356	1.43%	3.5%
1970	224,809	9,735,611	1.05%	3.53%
1971	230,733	10,077,809	2.64%	3.51%
1972	242,113	10,430,164	4.93%	3.5%
1973	255,320	10,795,869	5.45%	3.51%
1974	269,038	11,167,761	5.37%	3.44%
1975	283,243	11,543,639	5.28%	3.37%
1976	297,863	11,927,651	5.16%	3.33%
1977	312,823	12,331,046	5.02%	3.38%
1978	328,046	12,753,355	4.87%	3.42%
1979	343,457	13,170,365	4.7%	3.27%
1980	358,978	13,591,992	4.52%	3.2%
1981	373,524	14,006,381	4.05%	3.05%
1982	386,983	14,406,083	3.6%	2.85%
1983	400,707	14,840,555	3.55%	3.02%
1984	415,154	15,310,733	3.61%	3.17%
1985	430,358	15,683,430	3.66%	2.43%
1986	446,286	16,074,145	3.7%	2.49%
1987	462,854	16,521,049	3.71%	2.78%
1988	479,929	16,908,819	3.69%	2.35%
1989	497,327	17,364,542	3.63%	2.7%
1990	514,797	17,581,206	3.51%	1.25%
1991	503,052	17,767,253	-2.28%	1.06%
1992	516,458	18,300,845	2.66%	3%
1993	530,225	19,201,195	2.67%	4.92%
1994	544,366	20,139,807	2.67%	4.89%
1995	558,879	20,825,860	2.67%	3.41%
1996	573,792	21,501,321	2.67%	3.24%
1997	589,115	22,176,593	2.67%	3.14%
1998	604,842	22,884,399	2.67%	3.19%
1999	620,989	23,636,527	2.67%	3.29%
2000	637,582	24,424,056	2.67%	3.33%
2001	661,316	25,197,840	3.72%	3.17%
2002	710,553	26,006,559	7.45%	3.21%
2003	764,517	26,802,659	7.59%	3.06%
2004	823,741	27,577,878	7.75%	2.89%
2005	888,822	28,407,448	7.9%	3.01%
2006	960,424	28,616,515	8.06%	0.74%
2007	1,039,295	28,391,607	8.21%	-0.79%
2008	1,103,496	28,971,036	6.18%	2.04%
2009	1,178,415	30,058,206	6.79%	3.75%
2010	1,228,543	31,045,366	4.25%	3.28%
2011	1,195,020	32,161,424	-2.73%	3.59%
2012	1,208,964	33,654,842	1.17%	4.64%
2013	1,253,191	35,281,989	3.66%	4.83%
2014	1,314,562	36,550,059	4.9%	3.59%
2015	1,370,322	37,560,535	4.24%	2.76%
2016	1,423,726	38,469,627	3.9%	2.42%
2017	1,501,116	39,337,353	5.44%	2.26%
2018	1,503,091	40,265,624	0.13%	2.36%
2019	1,483,756	41,192,171	-1.29%	2.3%
2020	1,472,204	42,116,605	-0.78%	2.24%
2021	1,504,365	43,071,211	2.18%	2.27%
2022	1,524,693	44,070,551	1.35%	2.32%
2023	1,577,059	45,074,049	3.43%	2.28%
2024	1,588,670	46,042,015	0.74%	2.15%
2025	1,624,531	47,020,778	2.26%	2.13%
2026	1,656,397	48,007,435	1.96%	2.1%
2027	1,683,692	48,987,424	1.65%	2.04%
2028	1,706,754	49,960,955	1.37%	1.99%
2029	1,726,868	50,943,339	1.18%	1.97%
2030	1,745,013	51,937,208	1.05%	1.95%
2031	1,762,760	52,934,373	1.02%	1.92%
2032	1,780,658	53,953,395	1.02%	1.93%
2033	1,798,708	54,985,129	1.01%	1.91%
2034	1,816,921	56,012,641	1.01%	1.87%
2035	1,835,293	57,035,917	1.01%	1.83%
2036	1,853,822	58,071,740	1.01%	1.82%
2037	1,872,468	59,109,258	1.01%	1.79%
2038	1,891,215	60,132,232	1%	1.73%
2039	1,910,026	61,174,679	0.99%	1.73%
2040	1,928,909	62,223,208	0.99%	1.71%
2041	1,947,825	63,249,167	0.98%	1.65%
2042	1,966,723	64,260,847	0.97%	1.6%
2043	1,985,577	65,257,000	0.96%	1.55%
2044	2,004,365	66,237,772	0.95%	1.5%
2045	2,023,058	67,204,176	0.93%	1.46%
2046	2,041,627	68,150,060	0.92%	1.41%
2047	2,060,095	69,098,087	0.9%	1.39%
2048	2,078,453	70,050,118	0.89%	1.38%
2049	2,096,741	70,999,566	0.88%	1.36%
2050	2,114,988	71,928,759	0.87%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.