Population in Bahrain compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bahrain and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	North Korea	Bahrain	North Korea
1960	165,477	11,722,953	-	-
1961	172,346	11,990,713	4.15%	2.28%
1962	179,349	12,262,882	4.06%	2.27%
1963	186,501	12,567,057	3.99%	2.48%
1964	193,816	12,889,770	3.92%	2.57%
1965	200,866	13,219,369	3.64%	2.56%
1966	207,543	13,569,094	3.32%	2.65%
1967	214,189	13,958,350	3.2%	2.87%
1968	219,337	14,365,596	2.4%	2.92%
1969	222,469	14,767,615	1.43%	2.8%
1970	224,809	15,172,775	1.05%	2.74%
1971	230,733	15,572,457	2.64%	2.63%
1972	242,113	15,975,069	4.93%	2.59%
1973	255,320	16,350,367	5.45%	2.35%
1974	269,038	16,673,121	5.37%	1.97%
1975	283,243	16,971,055	5.28%	1.79%
1976	297,863	17,243,450	5.16%	1.61%
1977	312,823	17,492,798	5.02%	1.45%
1978	328,046	17,735,995	4.87%	1.39%
1979	343,457	17,983,470	4.7%	1.4%
1980	358,978	18,236,786	4.52%	1.41%
1981	373,524	18,501,295	4.05%	1.45%
1982	386,983	18,776,357	3.6%	1.49%
1983	400,707	19,054,034	3.55%	1.48%
1984	415,154	19,335,043	3.61%	1.47%
1985	430,358	19,620,388	3.66%	1.48%
1986	446,286	19,910,855	3.7%	1.48%
1987	462,854	20,205,483	3.71%	1.48%
1988	479,929	20,503,161	3.69%	1.47%
1989	497,327	20,804,367	3.63%	1.47%
1990	514,797	21,112,137	3.51%	1.48%
1991	503,052	21,428,638	-2.28%	1.5%
1992	516,458	21,750,911	2.66%	1.5%
1993	530,225	22,073,352	2.67%	1.48%
1994	544,366	22,393,975	2.67%	1.45%
1995	558,879	22,669,304	2.67%	1.23%
1996	573,792	22,895,746	2.67%	1%
1997	589,115	23,110,830	2.67%	0.94%
1998	604,842	23,311,564	2.67%	0.87%
1999	620,989	23,497,599	2.67%	0.8%
2000	637,582	23,665,910	2.67%	0.72%
2001	661,316	23,815,358	3.72%	0.63%
2002	710,553	23,943,973	7.45%	0.54%
2003	764,517	24,090,380	7.59%	0.61%
2004	823,741	24,254,943	7.75%	0.68%
2005	888,822	24,396,433	7.9%	0.58%
2006	960,424	24,524,507	8.06%	0.52%
2007	1,039,295	24,646,383	8.21%	0.5%
2008	1,103,496	24,764,618	6.18%	0.48%
2009	1,178,415	24,878,332	6.79%	0.46%
2010	1,228,543	24,987,258	4.25%	0.44%
2011	1,195,020	25,097,874	-2.73%	0.44%
2012	1,208,964	25,211,728	1.17%	0.45%
2013	1,253,191	25,329,451	3.66%	0.47%
2014	1,314,562	25,451,262	4.9%	0.48%
2015	1,370,322	25,575,350	4.24%	0.49%
2016	1,423,726	25,698,326	3.9%	0.48%
2017	1,501,116	25,817,709	5.44%	0.46%
2018	1,503,091	25,931,147	0.13%	0.44%
2019	1,483,756	26,037,632	-1.29%	0.41%
2020	1,472,204	26,136,312	-0.78%	0.38%
2021	1,504,365	26,232,534	2.18%	0.37%
2022	1,524,693	26,328,845	1.35%	0.37%
2023	1,577,059	26,418,204	3.43%	0.34%
2024	1,588,670	26,498,823	0.74%	0.31%
2025	1,624,531	26,571,033	2.26%	0.27%
2026	1,656,397	26,633,682	1.96%	0.24%
2027	1,683,692	26,686,492	1.65%	0.2%
2028	1,706,754	26,729,261	1.37%	0.16%
2029	1,726,868	26,762,008	1.18%	0.12%
2030	1,745,013	26,784,894	1.05%	0.09%
2031	1,762,760	26,797,946	1.02%	0.05%
2032	1,780,658	26,801,071	1.02%	0.01%
2033	1,798,708	26,795,061	1.01%	-0.02%
2034	1,816,921	26,780,481	1.01%	-0.05%
2035	1,835,293	26,757,705	1.01%	-0.09%
2036	1,853,822	26,727,309	1.01%	-0.11%
2037	1,872,468	26,689,907	1.01%	-0.14%
2038	1,891,215	26,646,323	1%	-0.16%
2039	1,910,026	26,596,967	0.99%	-0.19%
2040	1,928,909	26,542,417	0.99%	-0.21%
2041	1,947,825	26,483,475	0.98%	-0.22%
2042	1,966,723	26,420,812	0.97%	-0.24%
2043	1,985,577	26,354,324	0.96%	-0.25%
2044	2,004,365	26,284,000	0.95%	-0.27%
2045	2,023,058	26,210,196	0.93%	-0.28%
2046	2,041,627	26,132,922	0.92%	-0.29%
2047	2,060,095	26,052,086	0.9%	-0.31%
2048	2,078,453	25,967,581	0.89%	-0.32%
2049	2,096,741	25,879,244	0.88%	-0.34%
2050	2,114,988	25,787,120	0.87%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.