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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Maldives	Bahrain	Maldives
1960	165,477	91,189	-	-
1961	172,346	93,450	4.15%	2.48%
1962	179,349	95,802	4.06%	2.52%
1963	186,501	98,222	3.99%	2.53%
1964	193,816	100,662	3.92%	2.48%
1965	200,866	104,102	3.64%	3.42%
1966	207,543	108,507	3.32%	4.23%
1967	214,189	112,528	3.2%	3.71%
1968	219,337	116,075	2.4%	3.15%
1969	222,469	119,564	1.43%	3.01%
1970	224,809	123,219	1.05%	3.06%
1971	230,733	127,035	2.64%	3.1%
1972	242,113	130,968	4.93%	3.1%
1973	255,320	134,952	5.45%	3.04%
1974	269,038	138,978	5.37%	2.98%
1975	283,243	143,158	5.28%	3.01%
1976	297,863	147,525	5.16%	3.05%
1977	312,823	151,930	5.02%	2.99%
1978	328,046	156,159	4.87%	2.78%
1979	343,457	160,360	4.7%	2.69%
1980	358,978	164,835	4.52%	2.79%
1981	373,524	169,532	4.05%	2.85%
1982	386,983	174,333	3.6%	2.83%
1983	400,707	179,128	3.55%	2.75%
1984	415,154	184,198	3.61%	2.83%
1985	430,358	190,169	3.66%	3.24%
1986	446,286	196,935	3.7%	3.56%
1987	462,854	203,944	3.71%	3.56%
1988	479,929	210,885	3.69%	3.4%
1989	497,327	217,738	3.63%	3.25%
1990	514,797	224,762	3.51%	3.23%
1991	503,052	231,802	-2.28%	3.13%
1992	516,458	238,543	2.66%	2.91%
1993	530,225	244,884	2.67%	2.66%
1994	544,366	250,822	2.67%	2.42%
1995	558,879	256,649	2.67%	2.32%
1996	573,792	262,347	2.67%	2.22%
1997	589,115	267,707	2.67%	2.04%
1998	604,842	272,723	2.67%	1.87%
1999	620,989	277,412	2.67%	1.72%
2000	637,582	282,019	2.67%	1.66%
2001	661,316	286,767	3.72%	1.68%
2002	710,553	291,616	7.45%	1.69%
2003	764,517	296,491	7.59%	1.67%
2004	823,741	301,413	7.75%	1.66%
2005	888,822	306,429	7.9%	1.66%
2006	960,424	313,851	8.06%	2.42%
2007	1,039,295	324,479	8.21%	3.39%
2008	1,103,496	336,170	6.18%	3.6%
2009	1,178,415	348,275	6.79%	3.6%
2010	1,228,543	360,792	4.25%	3.59%
2011	1,195,020	373,674	-2.73%	3.57%
2012	1,208,964	386,818	1.17%	3.52%
2013	1,253,191	400,070	3.66%	3.43%
2014	1,314,562	413,617	4.9%	3.39%
2015	1,370,322	428,154	4.24%	3.51%
2016	1,423,726	443,308	3.9%	3.54%
2017	1,501,116	458,287	5.44%	3.38%
2018	1,503,091	473,099	0.13%	3.23%
2019	1,483,756	487,731	-1.29%	3.09%
2020	1,472,204	502,118	-0.78%	2.95%
2021	1,504,365	516,154	2.18%	2.8%
2022	1,524,693	524,106	1.35%	1.54%
2023	1,577,059	525,994	3.43%	0.36%
2024	1,588,670	527,799	0.74%	0.34%
2025	1,624,531	529,677	2.26%	0.36%
2026	1,656,397	531,514	1.96%	0.35%
2027	1,683,692	533,433	1.65%	0.36%
2028	1,706,754	535,502	1.37%	0.39%
2029	1,726,868	537,574	1.18%	0.39%
2030	1,745,013	539,667	1.05%	0.39%
2031	1,762,760	541,929	1.02%	0.42%
2032	1,780,658	544,288	1.02%	0.44%
2033	1,798,708	546,723	1.01%	0.45%
2034	1,816,921	549,162	1.01%	0.45%
2035	1,835,293	551,599	1.01%	0.44%
2036	1,853,822	554,092	1.01%	0.45%
2037	1,872,468	556,637	1.01%	0.46%
2038	1,891,215	559,231	1%	0.47%
2039	1,910,026	561,958	0.99%	0.49%
2040	1,928,909	564,800	0.99%	0.51%
2041	1,947,825	567,606	0.98%	0.5%
2042	1,966,723	570,381	0.97%	0.49%
2043	1,985,577	573,138	0.96%	0.48%
2044	2,004,365	575,811	0.95%	0.47%
2045	2,023,058	578,459	0.93%	0.46%
2046	2,041,627	581,026	0.92%	0.44%
2047	2,060,095	583,393	0.9%	0.41%
2048	2,078,453	585,720	0.89%	0.4%
2049	2,096,741	587,988	0.88%	0.39%
2050	2,114,988	589,960	0.87%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.