Population in Bahrain compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bahrain and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Netherlands	Bahrain	Netherlands
1960	165,477	11,486,631	-	-
1961	172,346	11,638,712	4.15%	1.32%
1962	179,349	11,805,689	4.06%	1.43%
1963	186,501	11,965,966	3.99%	1.36%
1964	193,816	12,127,120	3.92%	1.35%
1965	200,866	12,294,732	3.64%	1.38%
1966	207,543	12,456,251	3.32%	1.31%
1967	214,189	12,598,201	3.2%	1.14%
1968	219,337	12,729,721	2.4%	1.04%
1969	222,469	12,877,984	1.43%	1.16%
1970	224,809	13,038,526	1.05%	1.25%
1971	230,733	13,194,497	2.64%	1.2%
1972	242,113	13,328,593	4.93%	1.02%
1973	255,320	13,439,322	5.45%	0.83%
1974	269,038	13,545,056	5.37%	0.79%
1975	283,243	13,666,335	5.28%	0.9%
1976	297,863	13,774,037	5.16%	0.79%
1977	312,823	13,856,185	5.02%	0.6%
1978	328,046	13,941,700	4.87%	0.62%
1979	343,457	14,038,270	4.7%	0.69%
1980	358,978	14,149,800	4.52%	0.79%
1981	373,524	14,247,208	4.05%	0.69%
1982	386,983	14,312,690	3.6%	0.46%
1983	400,707	14,367,070	3.55%	0.38%
1984	415,154	14,424,211	3.61%	0.4%
1985	430,358	14,491,632	3.66%	0.47%
1986	446,286	14,572,278	3.7%	0.56%
1987	462,854	14,665,037	3.71%	0.64%
1988	479,929	14,760,094	3.69%	0.65%
1989	497,327	14,848,907	3.63%	0.6%
1990	514,797	14,951,510	3.51%	0.69%
1991	503,052	15,069,798	-2.28%	0.79%
1992	516,458	15,184,166	2.66%	0.76%
1993	530,225	15,290,368	2.67%	0.7%
1994	544,366	15,382,838	2.67%	0.6%
1995	558,879	15,459,006	2.67%	0.5%
1996	573,792	15,530,498	2.67%	0.46%
1997	589,115	15,610,650	2.67%	0.52%
1998	604,842	15,707,209	2.67%	0.62%
1999	620,989	15,812,088	2.67%	0.67%
2000	637,582	15,925,513	2.67%	0.72%
2001	661,316	16,046,180	3.72%	0.76%
2002	710,553	16,148,929	7.45%	0.64%
2003	764,517	16,225,302	7.59%	0.47%
2004	823,741	16,281,779	7.75%	0.35%
2005	888,822	16,319,868	7.9%	0.23%
2006	960,424	16,346,101	8.06%	0.16%
2007	1,039,295	16,381,696	8.21%	0.22%
2008	1,103,496	16,445,593	6.18%	0.39%
2009	1,178,415	16,530,388	6.79%	0.52%
2010	1,228,543	16,615,394	4.25%	0.51%
2011	1,195,020	16,693,074	-2.73%	0.47%
2012	1,208,964	16,754,962	1.17%	0.37%
2013	1,253,191	16,804,432	3.66%	0.3%
2014	1,314,562	16,865,008	4.9%	0.36%
2015	1,370,322	16,939,923	4.24%	0.44%
2016	1,423,726	17,030,314	3.9%	0.53%
2017	1,501,116	17,131,296	5.44%	0.59%
2018	1,503,091	17,231,624	0.13%	0.59%
2019	1,483,756	17,344,874	-1.29%	0.66%
2020	1,472,204	17,441,500	-0.78%	0.56%
2021	1,504,365	17,533,044	2.18%	0.52%
2022	1,524,693	17,700,982	1.35%	0.96%
2023	1,577,059	17,877,117	3.43%	1%
2024	1,588,670	17,994,237	0.74%	0.66%
2025	1,624,531	18,110,800	2.26%	0.65%
2026	1,656,397	18,211,436	1.96%	0.56%
2027	1,683,692	18,299,531	1.65%	0.48%
2028	1,706,754	18,379,573	1.37%	0.44%
2029	1,726,868	18,452,044	1.18%	0.39%
2030	1,745,013	18,515,913	1.05%	0.35%
2031	1,762,760	18,571,934	1.02%	0.3%
2032	1,780,658	18,621,087	1.02%	0.26%
2033	1,798,708	18,664,975	1.01%	0.24%
2034	1,816,921	18,702,456	1.01%	0.2%
2035	1,835,293	18,733,223	1.01%	0.16%
2036	1,853,822	18,760,054	1.01%	0.14%
2037	1,872,468	18,781,793	1.01%	0.12%
2038	1,891,215	18,798,283	1%	0.09%
2039	1,910,026	18,810,276	0.99%	0.06%
2040	1,928,909	18,817,745	0.99%	0.04%
2041	1,947,825	18,820,870	0.98%	0.02%
2042	1,966,723	18,819,607	0.97%	-0.007%
2043	1,985,577	18,815,261	0.96%	-0.02%
2044	2,004,365	18,807,564	0.95%	-0.04%
2045	2,023,058	18,797,005	0.93%	-0.06%
2046	2,041,627	18,785,724	0.92%	-0.06%
2047	2,060,095	18,771,651	0.9%	-0.07%
2048	2,078,453	18,754,325	0.89%	-0.09%
2049	2,096,741	18,735,299	0.88%	-0.1%
2050	2,114,988	18,714,579	0.87%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.