The latest officially reported population of Bahrain was 1,588,670 in 2024 vs 1,792,179 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bahrain's population is 1,650,128 people compared to 1,783,115 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- North Macedonia's population is 1.08 times bigger than Bahrain's.
- Bahrain is ranked the 151st most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.02% for Bahrain vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of +2.2% per year vs -0.64% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2005, the population of Bahrain has increased from 889K people to 1.65M (85.7% growth), while North Macedonia has declined from 2.01M to 1.78M (11.1% decline).
- Bahrain is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 3.05M people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 848K people by 2100.
Bahrain vs North Macedonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
1650128
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1783115
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| Population rank | 151/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
45.3 minutes
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14.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
26.7 minutes
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31.3 minutes
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| One death every |
2.66 hours
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26.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.2 minutes
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1.53 hours
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| Annual migration change | +22,699 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | +32 | -98 |
| Annual growth/decline | +11,611 | -35,637 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.74% | -1.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 120/197 | 195/197 |
Bahrain and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 165,477 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 172,346 | 1,455,171 | 4.15% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 179,349 | 1,471,745 | 4.06% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 186,501 | 1,488,737 | 3.99% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 193,816 | 1,510,900 | 3.92% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 200,866 | 1,533,466 | 3.64% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 207,543 | 1,557,349 | 3.32% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 214,189 | 1,582,492 | 3.2% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 219,337 | 1,608,930 | 2.4% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 222,469 | 1,636,345 | 1.43% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 224,809 | 1,664,208 | 1.05% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 230,733 | 1,691,216 | 2.64% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 242,113 | 1,717,395 | 4.93% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 255,320 | 1,743,816 | 5.45% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 269,038 | 1,770,545 | 5.37% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 283,243 | 1,797,972 | 5.28% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 297,863 | 1,825,830 | 5.16% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 312,823 | 1,853,138 | 5.02% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 328,046 | 1,879,847 | 4.87% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 343,457 | 1,906,523 | 4.7% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 358,978 | 1,933,038 | 4.52% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 373,524 | 1,959,065 | 4.05% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 386,983 | 1,978,956 | 3.6% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 400,707 | 1,991,901 | 3.55% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 415,154 | 2,003,399 | 3.61% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 430,358 | 2,014,331 | 3.66% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 446,286 | 2,024,732 | 3.7% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 462,854 | 2,035,157 | 3.71% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 479,929 | 2,045,737 | 3.69% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 497,327 | 2,055,649 | 3.63% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 514,797 | 2,063,689 | 3.51% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 503,052 | 2,055,994 | -2.28% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 516,458 | 2,032,523 | 2.66% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 530,225 | 2,006,854 | 2.67% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 544,366 | 1,992,666 | 2.67% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 558,879 | 1,998,534 | 2.67% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 573,792 | 2,012,553 | 2.67% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 589,115 | 1,996,869 | 2.67% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 604,842 | 2,007,523 | 2.67% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 620,989 | 2,017,142 | 2.67% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 637,582 | 2,026,350 | 2.67% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 661,316 | 2,034,882 | 3.72% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 710,553 | 2,020,157 | 7.45% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 764,517 | 2,022,725 | 7.59% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 823,741 | 2,016,186 | 7.75% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 888,822 | 2,005,330 | 7.9% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 960,424 | 1,994,287 | 8.06% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 1,039,295 | 1,982,933 | 8.21% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 1,103,496 | 1,971,493 | 6.18% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 1,178,415 | 1,958,782 | 6.79% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 1,228,543 | 1,946,298 | 4.25% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 1,195,020 | 1,937,398 | -2.73% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 1,208,964 | 1,929,821 | 1.17% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 1,253,191 | 1,922,716 | 3.66% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 1,314,562 | 1,917,557 | 4.9% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 1,370,322 | 1,912,430 | 4.24% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 1,423,726 | 1,906,313 | 3.9% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 1,501,116 | 1,898,657 | 5.44% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,503,091 | 1,889,051 | 0.13% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 1,483,756 | 1,876,262 | -1.29% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 1,472,204 | 1,856,124 | -0.78% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 1,504,365 | 1,837,114 | 2.18% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 1,524,693 | 1,831,712 | 1.35% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 1,577,059 | 1,827,816 | 3.43% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 1,588,670 | 1,792,179 | 0.74% | -1.95% |
| 2025 | 1,624,531 | 1,783,115 | 2.26% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 1,656,397 | 1,773,550 | 1.96% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 1,683,692 | 1,763,753 | 1.65% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 1,706,754 | 1,753,839 | 1.37% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 1,726,868 | 1,743,553 | 1.18% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 1,745,013 | 1,732,679 | 1.05% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 1,762,760 | 1,721,421 | 1.02% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 1,780,658 | 1,710,089 | 1.02% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 1,798,708 | 1,698,723 | 1.01% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 1,816,921 | 1,687,185 | 1.01% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 1,835,293 | 1,675,373 | 1.01% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 1,853,822 | 1,663,329 | 1.01% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 1,872,468 | 1,651,095 | 1.01% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 1,891,215 | 1,638,881 | 1% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 1,910,026 | 1,626,617 | 0.99% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 1,928,909 | 1,614,140 | 0.99% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 1,947,825 | 1,601,579 | 0.98% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 1,966,723 | 1,588,898 | 0.97% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 1,985,577 | 1,576,060 | 0.96% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 2,004,365 | 1,563,352 | 0.95% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 2,023,058 | 1,550,675 | 0.93% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 2,041,627 | 1,537,866 | 0.92% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 2,060,095 | 1,525,180 | 0.9% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 2,078,453 | 1,512,637 | 0.89% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 2,096,741 | 1,499,950 | 0.88% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 2,114,988 | 1,487,102 | 0.87% | -0.86% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while North Macedonia lost 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -129,315 (a 6.76% decline).
Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. North Macedonia was ranked 141st in 2005 and ranked 150th 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 Macedonia will decrease by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people and rank change from 150th to 155th.
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Population differences between Bahrain and North Macedonia
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| Life expectancy | 81.6 years | 77.7 years |
| Average age | 33.3 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 34.2 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 62:38 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 5,143 ppl/mi² | 184 ppl/mi² |
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