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Population in Bahrain compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bahrain was 1,588,670 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bahrain's population is 1,650,128 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Bahrain's population is 45.5 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • Bahrain is ranked the 151st most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Bahrain vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of +2.2% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bahrain has increased from 889K people to 1.65M (85.7% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • Bahrain is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 3.05M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.

Bahrain vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

Bahrain Marshall Islands
Current population
1650128
36281
Population rank 151/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.0004%
One net population change
45.3 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
26.7 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
2.66 hours
1.35 days
One migration net change every
23.2 minutes
4.96 hours
Annual migration change +22,699 -1,765
Daily growth/decline +32 -4
Annual growth/decline +11,611 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate +0.74% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 120/197 197/197

Bahrain and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Bahrain
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bahrain Marshall Islands Bahrain Marshall Islands
1960 165,477 14,703 - -
1961 172,346 15,219 4.15% 3.51%
1962 179,349 15,755 4.06% 3.52%
1963 186,501 16,302 3.99% 3.47%
1964 193,816 16,852 3.92% 3.37%
1965 200,866 17,402 3.64% 3.26%
1966 207,543 17,927 3.32% 3.02%
1967 214,189 18,655 3.2% 4.06%
1968 219,337 19,862 2.4% 6.47%
1969 222,469 21,305 1.43% 7.27%
1970 224,809 22,530 1.05% 5.75%
1971 230,733 23,366 2.64% 3.71%
1972 242,113 23,992 4.93% 2.68%
1973 255,320 24,581 5.45% 2.45%
1974 269,038 25,296 5.37% 2.91%
1975 283,243 26,154 5.28% 3.39%
1976 297,863 27,021 5.16% 3.31%
1977 312,823 27,906 5.02% 3.28%
1978 328,046 28,809 4.87% 3.24%
1979 343,457 29,738 4.7% 3.22%
1980 358,978 30,774 4.52% 3.48%
1981 373,524 32,017 4.05% 4.04%
1982 386,983 33,397 3.6% 4.31%
1983 400,707 34,811 3.55% 4.23%
1984 415,154 36,264 3.61% 4.17%
1985 430,358 37,761 3.66% 4.13%
1986 446,286 39,286 3.7% 4.04%
1987 462,854 40,828 3.71% 3.93%
1988 479,929 42,321 3.69% 3.66%
1989 497,327 43,586 3.63% 2.99%
1990 514,797 44,629 3.51% 2.39%
1991 503,052 45,568 -2.28% 2.1%
1992 516,458 46,388 2.66% 1.8%
1993 530,225 47,093 2.67% 1.52%
1994 544,366 47,712 2.67% 1.31%
1995 558,879 48,266 2.67% 1.16%
1996 573,792 48,775 2.67% 1.05%
1997 589,115 49,259 2.67% 0.99%
1998 604,842 49,717 2.67% 0.93%
1999 620,989 50,202 2.67% 0.98%
2000 637,582 50,706 2.67% 1%
2001 661,316 51,123 3.72% 0.82%
2002 710,553 51,425 7.45% 0.59%
2003 764,517 51,639 7.59% 0.42%
2004 823,741 51,791 7.75% 0.29%
2005 888,822 51,906 7.9% 0.22%
2006 960,424 51,992 8.06% 0.17%
2007 1,039,295 52,035 8.21% 0.08%
2008 1,103,496 52,030 6.18% -0.01%
2009 1,178,415 52,019 6.79% -0.02%
2010 1,228,543 52,044 4.25% 0.05%
2011 1,195,020 51,907 -2.73% -0.26%
2012 1,208,964 51,419 1.17% -0.94%
2013 1,253,191 50,681 3.66% -1.44%
2014 1,314,562 49,796 4.9% -1.75%
2015 1,370,322 48,800 4.24% -2%
2016 1,423,726 47,709 3.9% -2.24%
2017 1,501,116 46,529 5.44% -2.47%
2018 1,503,091 45,285 0.13% -2.67%
2019 1,483,756 44,007 -1.29% -2.82%
2020 1,472,204 42,706 -0.78% -2.96%
2021 1,504,365 41,367 2.18% -3.14%
2022 1,524,693 40,077 1.35% -3.12%
2023 1,577,059 38,827 3.43% -3.12%
2024 1,588,670 37,548 0.74% -3.29%
2025 1,624,531 36,281 2.26% -3.37%
2026 1,656,397 35,078 1.96% -3.32%
2027 1,683,692 33,976 1.65% -3.14%
2028 1,706,754 32,977 1.37% -2.94%
2029 1,726,868 32,054 1.18% -2.8%
2030 1,745,013 31,191 1.05% -2.69%
2031 1,762,760 30,420 1.02% -2.47%
2032 1,780,658 29,740 1.02% -2.23%
2033 1,798,708 29,142 1.01% -2.01%
2034 1,816,921 28,608 1.01% -1.83%
2035 1,835,293 28,147 1.01% -1.61%
2036 1,853,822 27,751 1.01% -1.41%
2037 1,872,468 27,405 1.01% -1.25%
2038 1,891,215 27,092 1% -1.14%
2039 1,910,026 26,836 0.99% -0.94%
2040 1,928,909 26,598 0.99% -0.89%
2041 1,947,825 26,396 0.98% -0.76%
2042 1,966,723 26,217 0.97% -0.68%
2043 1,985,577 26,054 0.96% -0.62%
2044 2,004,365 25,913 0.95% -0.54%
2045 2,023,058 25,777 0.93% -0.52%
2046 2,041,627 25,653 0.92% -0.48%
2047 2,060,095 25,543 0.9% -0.43%
2048 2,078,453 25,429 0.89% -0.45%
2049 2,096,741 25,311 0.88% -0.46%
2050 2,114,988 25,195 0.87% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

Biggest cities by population

Bahrain
City Population
Manama 298K
Riffa 115K
Isa Town 61.3K

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