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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Nigeria	Bahrain	Nigeria
1960	165,477	45,053,782	-	-
1961	172,346	45,989,310	4.15%	2.08%
1962	179,349	46,965,292	4.06%	2.12%
1963	186,501	47,973,575	3.99%	2.15%
1964	193,816	49,012,016	3.92%	2.16%
1965	200,866	50,086,764	3.64%	2.19%
1966	207,543	51,188,234	3.32%	2.2%
1967	214,189	52,293,065	3.2%	2.16%
1968	219,337	53,432,783	2.4%	2.18%
1969	222,469	54,631,914	1.43%	2.24%
1970	224,809	55,893,838	1.05%	2.31%
1971	230,733	57,214,684	2.64%	2.36%
1972	242,113	58,601,748	4.93%	2.42%
1973	255,320	60,082,139	5.45%	2.53%
1974	269,038	61,679,144	5.37%	2.66%
1975	283,243	63,410,815	5.28%	2.81%
1976	297,863	65,258,009	5.16%	2.91%
1977	312,823	67,234,590	5.02%	3.03%
1978	328,046	69,326,532	4.87%	3.11%
1979	343,457	71,498,242	4.7%	3.13%
1980	358,978	73,764,641	4.52%	3.17%
1981	373,524	76,068,103	4.05%	3.12%
1982	386,983	78,378,701	3.6%	3.04%
1983	400,707	80,438,260	3.55%	2.63%
1984	415,154	82,526,443	3.61%	2.6%
1985	430,358	84,897,973	3.66%	2.87%
1986	446,286	87,235,953	3.7%	2.75%
1987	462,854	89,591,716	3.71%	2.7%
1988	479,929	92,020,090	3.69%	2.71%
1989	497,327	94,531,014	3.63%	2.73%
1990	514,797	97,120,925	3.51%	2.74%
1991	503,052	99,720,162	-2.28%	2.68%
1992	516,458	102,372,770	2.66%	2.66%
1993	530,225	105,122,069	2.67%	2.69%
1994	544,366	107,935,714	2.67%	2.68%
1995	558,879	110,819,428	2.67%	2.67%
1996	573,792	113,754,779	2.67%	2.65%
1997	589,115	116,754,792	2.67%	2.64%
1998	604,842	119,846,254	2.67%	2.65%
1999	620,989	123,047,320	2.67%	2.67%
2000	637,582	126,382,494	2.67%	2.71%
2001	661,316	129,862,595	3.72%	2.75%
2002	710,553	133,471,989	7.45%	2.78%
2003	764,517	137,202,644	7.59%	2.8%
2004	823,741	141,057,045	7.75%	2.81%
2005	888,822	145,017,253	7.9%	2.81%
2006	960,424	149,077,334	8.06%	2.8%
2007	1,039,295	153,267,261	8.21%	2.81%
2008	1,103,496	157,595,014	6.18%	2.82%
2009	1,178,415	162,049,464	6.79%	2.83%
2010	1,228,543	166,642,886	4.25%	2.83%
2011	1,195,020	171,379,598	-2.73%	2.84%
2012	1,208,964	176,200,625	1.17%	2.81%
2013	1,253,191	181,049,443	3.66%	2.75%
2014	1,314,562	185,896,915	4.9%	2.68%
2015	1,370,322	190,671,878	4.24%	2.57%
2016	1,423,726	195,443,700	3.9%	2.5%
2017	1,501,116	200,254,579	5.44%	2.46%
2018	1,503,091	204,938,755	0.13%	2.34%
2019	1,483,756	209,485,641	-1.29%	2.22%
2020	1,472,204	213,996,181	-0.78%	2.15%
2021	1,504,365	218,529,286	2.18%	2.12%
2022	1,524,693	223,150,896	1.35%	2.11%
2023	1,577,059	227,882,945	3.43%	2.12%
2024	1,588,670	232,679,478	0.74%	2.1%
2025	1,624,531	237,527,783	2.26%	2.08%
2026	1,656,397	242,431,830	1.96%	2.06%
2027	1,683,692	247,374,258	1.65%	2.04%
2028	1,706,754	252,346,128	1.37%	2.01%
2029	1,726,868	257,352,638	1.18%	1.98%
2030	1,745,013	262,380,975	1.05%	1.95%
2031	1,762,760	267,421,079	1.02%	1.92%
2032	1,780,658	272,483,635	1.02%	1.89%
2033	1,798,708	277,555,116	1.01%	1.86%
2034	1,816,921	282,622,388	1.01%	1.83%
2035	1,835,293	287,685,757	1.01%	1.79%
2036	1,853,822	292,739,390	1.01%	1.76%
2037	1,872,468	297,773,236	1.01%	1.72%
2038	1,891,215	302,782,350	1%	1.68%
2039	1,910,026	307,764,754	0.99%	1.65%
2040	1,928,909	312,710,403	0.99%	1.61%
2041	1,947,825	317,607,237	0.98%	1.57%
2042	1,966,723	322,450,302	0.97%	1.52%
2043	1,985,577	327,243,941	0.96%	1.49%
2044	2,004,365	331,983,354	0.95%	1.45%
2045	2,023,058	336,662,502	0.93%	1.41%
2046	2,041,627	341,281,757	0.92%	1.37%
2047	2,060,095	345,844,004	0.9%	1.34%
2048	2,078,453	350,347,757	0.89%	1.3%
2049	2,096,741	354,792,418	0.88%	1.27%
2050	2,114,988	359,185,550	0.87%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bahrain increased by 463,302 people (a 48.2% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bahrain gained 232,969 (a 16.4% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 157th most populous country in 2006 and is 151st in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.