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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bahrain was 1,588,670 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bahrain's population is 1,650,128 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • Bahrain's population is 12 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • Bahrain is ranked the 151st most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Bahrain vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of +2.2% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bahrain has increased from 889K people to 1.65M (85.7% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • Bahrain is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 3.05M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Bahrain vs Kiribati: live population counter

Bahrain Kiribati
Current population
1650128
138067
Population rank 151/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.002%
One net population change
45.3 minutes
4.41 hours
One birth every
26.7 minutes
2.56 hours
One death every
2.66 hours
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
23.2 minutes
18.6 hours
Annual migration change +22,699 -471
Daily growth/decline +32 +5
Annual growth/decline +11,611 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +0.74% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 120/197 74/197

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

Bahrain
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bahrain Kiribati Bahrain Kiribati
1960 165,477 47,157 - -
1961 172,346 48,323 4.15% 2.47%
1962 179,349 49,538 4.06% 2.51%
1963 186,501 50,791 3.99% 2.53%
1964 193,816 52,088 3.92% 2.55%
1965 200,866 53,439 3.64% 2.59%
1966 207,543 54,425 3.32% 1.85%
1967 214,189 54,996 3.2% 1.05%
1968 219,337 55,529 2.4% 0.97%
1969 222,469 56,360 1.43% 1.5%
1970 224,809 57,510 1.05% 2.04%
1971 230,733 58,652 2.64% 1.99%
1972 242,113 59,778 4.93% 1.92%
1973 255,320 60,824 5.45% 1.75%
1974 269,038 61,219 5.37% 0.65%
1975 283,243 60,987 5.28% -0.38%
1976 297,863 60,661 5.16% -0.53%
1977 312,823 60,267 5.02% -0.65%
1978 328,046 59,864 4.87% -0.67%
1979 343,457 60,172 4.7% 0.51%
1980 358,978 61,148 4.52% 1.62%
1981 373,524 62,121 4.05% 1.59%
1982 386,983 63,134 3.6% 1.63%
1983 400,707 64,169 3.55% 1.64%
1984 415,154 65,228 3.61% 1.65%
1985 430,358 66,496 3.66% 1.94%
1986 446,286 68,059 3.7% 2.35%
1987 462,854 69,733 3.71% 2.46%
1988 479,929 71,427 3.69% 2.43%
1989 497,327 73,147 3.63% 2.41%
1990 514,797 74,855 3.51% 2.34%
1991 503,052 76,367 -2.28% 2.02%
1992 516,458 77,641 2.66% 1.67%
1993 530,225 78,841 2.67% 1.55%
1994 544,366 80,021 2.67% 1.5%
1995 558,879 81,234 2.67% 1.52%
1996 573,792 82,623 2.67% 1.71%
1997 589,115 84,147 2.67% 1.84%
1998 604,842 85,657 2.67% 1.79%
1999 620,989 87,126 2.67% 1.71%
2000 637,582 88,613 2.67% 1.71%
2001 661,316 90,335 3.72% 1.94%
2002 710,553 92,264 7.45% 2.14%
2003 764,517 94,175 7.59% 2.07%
2004 823,741 96,085 7.75% 2.03%
2005 888,822 98,035 7.9% 2.03%
2006 960,424 100,017 8.06% 2.02%
2007 1,039,295 102,068 8.21% 2.05%
2008 1,103,496 104,222 6.18% 2.11%
2009 1,178,415 106,467 6.79% 2.15%
2010 1,228,543 108,704 4.25% 2.1%
2011 1,195,020 110,647 -2.73% 1.79%
2012 1,208,964 112,284 1.17% 1.48%
2013 1,253,191 113,838 3.66% 1.38%
2014 1,314,562 115,326 4.9% 1.31%
2015 1,370,322 116,815 4.24% 1.29%
2016 1,423,726 118,478 3.9% 1.42%
2017 1,501,116 120,275 5.44% 1.52%
2018 1,503,091 122,084 0.13% 1.5%
2019 1,483,756 123,921 -1.29% 1.5%
2020 1,472,204 126,099 -0.78% 1.76%
2021 1,504,365 128,377 2.18% 1.81%
2022 1,524,693 130,469 1.35% 1.63%
2023 1,577,059 132,530 3.43% 1.58%
2024 1,588,670 134,518 0.74% 1.5%
2025 1,624,531 136,501 2.26% 1.47%
2026 1,656,397 138,451 1.96% 1.43%
2027 1,683,692 140,405 1.65% 1.41%
2028 1,706,754 142,335 1.37% 1.37%
2029 1,726,868 144,231 1.18% 1.33%
2030 1,745,013 146,130 1.05% 1.32%
2031 1,762,760 148,028 1.02% 1.3%
2032 1,780,658 149,915 1.02% 1.27%
2033 1,798,708 151,768 1.01% 1.24%
2034 1,816,921 153,602 1.01% 1.21%
2035 1,835,293 155,447 1.01% 1.2%
2036 1,853,822 157,316 1.01% 1.2%
2037 1,872,468 159,188 1.01% 1.19%
2038 1,891,215 161,050 1% 1.17%
2039 1,910,026 162,895 0.99% 1.15%
2040 1,928,909 164,711 0.99% 1.11%
2041 1,947,825 166,508 0.98% 1.09%
2042 1,966,723 168,325 0.97% 1.09%
2043 1,985,577 170,182 0.96% 1.1%
2044 2,004,365 172,012 0.95% 1.08%
2045 2,023,058 173,818 0.93% 1.05%
2046 2,041,627 175,629 0.92% 1.04%
2047 2,060,095 177,392 0.9% 1%
2048 2,078,453 179,152 0.89% 0.99%
2049 2,096,741 180,915 0.88% 0.98%
2050 2,114,988 182,629 0.87% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

Bahrain
City Population
Manama 298K
Riffa 115K
Isa Town 61.3K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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