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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Malaysia	Bahrain	Malaysia
1960	165,477	7,956,197	-	-
1961	172,346	8,164,443	4.15%	2.62%
1962	179,349	8,380,172	4.06%	2.64%
1963	186,501	8,602,160	3.99%	2.65%
1964	193,816	8,828,406	3.92%	2.63%
1965	200,866	9,056,408	3.64%	2.58%
1966	207,543	9,284,688	3.32%	2.52%
1967	214,189	9,507,099	3.2%	2.4%
1968	219,337	9,725,281	2.4%	2.29%
1969	222,469	9,947,597	1.43%	2.29%
1970	224,809	10,178,802	1.05%	2.32%
1971	230,733	10,423,453	2.64%	2.4%
1972	242,113	10,676,835	4.93%	2.43%
1973	255,320	10,935,621	5.45%	2.42%
1974	269,038	11,200,906	5.37%	2.43%
1975	283,243	11,471,914	5.28%	2.42%
1976	297,863	11,750,097	5.16%	2.42%
1977	312,823	12,035,713	5.02%	2.43%
1978	328,046	12,328,157	4.87%	2.43%
1979	343,457	12,627,862	4.7%	2.43%
1980	358,978	12,983,363	4.52%	2.82%
1981	373,524	13,399,203	4.05%	3.2%
1982	386,983	13,832,798	3.6%	3.24%
1983	400,707	14,285,907	3.55%	3.28%
1984	415,154	14,759,009	3.61%	3.31%
1985	430,358	15,252,258	3.66%	3.34%
1986	446,286	15,760,419	3.7%	3.33%
1987	462,854	16,276,737	3.71%	3.28%
1988	479,929	16,796,605	3.69%	3.19%
1989	497,327	17,314,997	3.63%	3.09%
1990	514,797	17,833,171	3.51%	2.99%
1991	503,052	18,342,464	-2.28%	2.86%
1992	516,458	18,834,572	2.66%	2.68%
1993	530,225	19,322,664	2.67%	2.59%
1994	544,366	19,820,446	2.67%	2.58%
1995	558,879	20,330,599	2.67%	2.57%
1996	573,792	20,850,087	2.67%	2.56%
1997	589,115	21,375,218	2.67%	2.52%
1998	604,842	21,906,713	2.67%	2.49%
1999	620,989	22,435,531	2.67%	2.41%
2000	637,582	22,967,816	2.67%	2.37%
2001	661,316	23,526,538	3.72%	2.43%
2002	710,553	24,102,477	7.45%	2.45%
2003	764,517	24,679,602	7.59%	2.39%
2004	823,741	25,256,772	7.75%	2.34%
2005	888,822	25,836,071	7.9%	2.29%
2006	960,424	26,417,909	8.06%	2.25%
2007	1,039,295	26,998,389	8.21%	2.2%
2008	1,103,496	27,570,059	6.18%	2.12%
2009	1,178,415	28,124,778	6.79%	2.01%
2010	1,228,543	28,655,776	4.25%	1.89%
2011	1,195,020	29,162,039	-2.73%	1.77%
2012	1,208,964	29,662,831	1.17%	1.72%
2013	1,253,191	30,174,265	3.66%	1.72%
2014	1,314,562	30,696,137	4.9%	1.73%
2015	1,370,322	31,232,798	4.24%	1.75%
2016	1,423,726	31,789,685	3.9%	1.78%
2017	1,501,116	32,355,644	5.44%	1.78%
2018	1,503,091	32,910,967	0.13%	1.72%
2019	1,483,756	33,440,596	-1.29%	1.61%
2020	1,472,204	33,889,558	-0.78%	1.34%
2021	1,504,365	34,282,399	2.18%	1.16%
2022	1,524,693	34,695,493	1.35%	1.2%
2023	1,577,059	35,126,298	3.43%	1.24%
2024	1,588,670	35,557,673	0.74%	1.23%
2025	1,624,531	35,977,838	2.26%	1.18%
2026	1,656,397	36,385,119	1.96%	1.13%
2027	1,683,692	36,785,089	1.65%	1.1%
2028	1,706,754	37,182,773	1.37%	1.08%
2029	1,726,868	37,574,292	1.18%	1.05%
2030	1,745,013	37,961,722	1.05%	1.03%
2031	1,762,760	38,347,786	1.02%	1.02%
2032	1,780,658	38,728,383	1.02%	0.99%
2033	1,798,708	39,097,871	1.01%	0.95%
2034	1,816,921	39,457,849	1.01%	0.92%
2035	1,835,293	39,814,834	1.01%	0.9%
2036	1,853,822	40,166,904	1.01%	0.88%
2037	1,872,468	40,512,289	1.01%	0.86%
2038	1,891,215	40,853,318	1%	0.84%
2039	1,910,026	41,185,892	0.99%	0.81%
2040	1,928,909	41,509,646	0.99%	0.79%
2041	1,947,825	41,828,594	0.98%	0.77%
2042	1,966,723	42,144,474	0.97%	0.76%
2043	1,985,577	42,455,952	0.96%	0.74%
2044	2,004,365	42,754,140	0.95%	0.7%
2045	2,023,058	43,038,205	0.93%	0.66%
2046	2,041,627	43,313,754	0.92%	0.64%
2047	2,060,095	43,580,459	0.9%	0.62%
2048	2,078,453	43,831,577	0.89%	0.58%
2049	2,096,741	44,065,538	0.88%	0.53%
2050	2,114,988	44,289,765	0.87%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bahrain increased by 463,302 people (a 48.2% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bahrain gained 232,969 (a 16.4% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 157th most populous country in 2006 and is 151st in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bahrain's population will grow by 27.7% to 2,114,988 people with a rank change from 151st to 146th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.