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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Libya	Bahrain	Libya
1960	165,477	1,492,890	-	-
1961	172,346	1,555,699	4.15%	4.21%
1962	179,349	1,621,960	4.06%	4.26%
1963	186,501	1,690,457	3.99%	4.22%
1964	193,816	1,753,691	3.92%	3.74%
1965	200,866	1,804,015	3.64%	2.87%
1966	207,543	1,849,063	3.32%	2.5%
1967	214,189	1,898,199	3.2%	2.66%
1968	219,337	1,952,781	2.4%	2.88%
1969	222,469	2,014,293	1.43%	3.15%
1970	224,809	2,082,589	1.05%	3.39%
1971	230,733	2,153,534	2.64%	3.41%
1972	242,113	2,226,091	4.93%	3.37%
1973	255,320	2,314,193	5.45%	3.96%
1974	269,038	2,432,211	5.37%	5.1%
1975	283,243	2,571,556	5.28%	5.73%
1976	297,863	2,721,237	5.16%	5.82%
1977	312,823	2,881,533	5.02%	5.89%
1978	328,046	3,052,526	4.87%	5.93%
1979	343,457	3,233,846	4.7%	5.94%
1980	358,978	3,424,378	4.52%	5.89%
1981	373,524	3,621,486	4.05%	5.76%
1982	386,983	3,724,765	3.6%	2.85%
1983	400,707	3,718,961	3.55%	-0.16%
1984	415,154	3,773,633	3.61%	1.47%
1985	430,358	3,898,745	3.66%	3.32%
1986	446,286	4,017,403	3.7%	3.04%
1987	462,854	4,129,739	3.71%	2.8%
1988	479,929	4,237,755	3.69%	2.62%
1989	497,327	4,342,920	3.63%	2.48%
1990	514,797	4,445,239	3.51%	2.36%
1991	503,052	4,544,400	-2.28%	2.23%
1992	516,458	4,640,352	2.66%	2.11%
1993	530,225	4,733,045	2.67%	2%
1994	544,366	4,822,037	2.67%	1.88%
1995	558,879	4,906,843	2.67%	1.76%
1996	573,792	4,987,393	2.67%	1.64%
1997	589,115	5,064,639	2.67%	1.55%
1998	604,842	5,140,704	2.67%	1.5%
1999	620,989	5,218,038	2.67%	1.5%
2000	637,582	5,305,021	2.67%	1.67%
2001	661,316	5,403,639	3.72%	1.86%
2002	710,553	5,508,410	7.45%	1.94%
2003	764,517	5,619,398	7.59%	2.01%
2004	823,741	5,736,693	7.75%	2.09%
2005	888,822	5,858,798	7.9%	2.13%
2006	960,424	5,980,211	8.06%	2.07%
2007	1,039,295	6,104,380	8.21%	2.08%
2008	1,103,496	6,235,430	6.18%	2.15%
2009	1,178,415	6,366,686	6.79%	2.11%
2010	1,228,543	6,497,839	4.25%	2.06%
2011	1,195,020	6,343,203	-2.73%	-2.38%
2012	1,208,964	6,179,328	1.17%	-2.58%
2013	1,253,191	6,304,628	3.66%	2.03%
2014	1,314,562	6,427,252	4.9%	1.94%
2015	1,370,322	6,531,819	4.24%	1.63%
2016	1,423,726	6,632,126	3.9%	1.54%
2017	1,501,116	6,738,770	5.44%	1.61%
2018	1,503,091	6,849,055	0.13%	1.64%
2019	1,483,756	6,951,033	-1.29%	1.49%
2020	1,472,204	7,045,399	-0.78%	1.36%
2021	1,504,365	7,135,175	2.18%	1.27%
2022	1,524,693	7,223,805	1.35%	1.24%
2023	1,577,059	7,305,659	3.43%	1.13%
2024	1,588,670	7,381,023	0.74%	1.03%
2025	1,624,531	7,458,547	2.26%	1.05%
2026	1,656,397	7,539,842	1.96%	1.09%
2027	1,683,692	7,627,487	1.65%	1.16%
2028	1,706,754	7,716,839	1.37%	1.17%
2029	1,726,868	7,802,209	1.18%	1.11%
2030	1,745,013	7,885,801	1.05%	1.07%
2031	1,762,760	7,969,103	1.02%	1.06%
2032	1,780,658	8,048,491	1.02%	1%
2033	1,798,708	8,126,634	1.01%	0.97%
2034	1,816,921	8,206,611	1.01%	0.98%
2035	1,835,293	8,283,950	1.01%	0.94%
2036	1,853,822	8,357,480	1.01%	0.89%
2037	1,872,468	8,431,722	1.01%	0.89%
2038	1,891,215	8,506,595	1%	0.89%
2039	1,910,026	8,579,849	0.99%	0.86%
2040	1,928,909	8,651,409	0.99%	0.83%
2041	1,947,825	8,719,609	0.98%	0.79%
2042	1,966,723	8,786,619	0.97%	0.77%
2043	1,985,577	8,854,384	0.96%	0.77%
2044	2,004,365	8,920,015	0.95%	0.74%
2045	2,023,058	8,983,943	0.93%	0.72%
2046	2,041,627	9,043,667	0.92%	0.66%
2047	2,060,095	9,098,399	0.9%	0.61%
2048	2,078,453	9,154,058	0.89%	0.61%
2049	2,096,741	9,208,602	0.88%	0.6%
2050	2,114,988	9,260,603	0.87%	0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th 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 Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.