The latest officially reported population of Bahrain was 1,588,670 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bahrain's population is 1,656,695 people compared to 10,949,849 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- Papua New Guinea's population is 6.61 times bigger than Bahrain's.
- Bahrain is ranked the 151st most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 89th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.02% for Bahrain vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of +2.2% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2006, the population of Bahrain has increased from 960K people to 1.66M (72.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea has grown from 6.75M to 10.9M (62.3% growth).
- Bahrain is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 3.05M people compared to the peak of 18.6M people in 2100 for Papua New Guinea.
Bahrain vs Papua New Guinea: live population counter
Bahrain
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Papua New Guinea
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1656695
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10949849
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| Population rank | 151/197 | 89/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
45.3 minutes
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2.81 minutes
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| One birth every |
26.7 minutes
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2.06 minutes
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| One death every |
2.66 hours
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7.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
23.2 minutes
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12.4 hours
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| Annual migration change | +22,699 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | +32 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | +11,611 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.74% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 118/197 | 59/197 |
Bahrain and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bahrain
Population
Growth rate
Papua New Guinea
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bahrain
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Papua New Guinea
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Bahrain
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Papua New Guinea
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| 1960 | 165,477 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 172,346 | 2,046,127 | 4.15% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 179,349 | 2,093,919 | 4.06% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 186,501 | 2,141,376 | 3.99% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 193,816 | 2,188,325 | 3.92% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 200,866 | 2,235,820 | 3.64% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 207,543 | 2,285,774 | 3.32% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 214,189 | 2,337,532 | 3.2% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 219,337 | 2,390,803 | 2.4% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 222,469 | 2,446,927 | 1.43% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 224,809 | 2,505,628 | 1.05% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 230,733 | 2,566,421 | 2.64% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 242,113 | 2,628,432 | 4.93% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 255,320 | 2,690,629 | 5.45% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 269,038 | 2,752,671 | 5.37% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 283,243 | 2,814,820 | 5.28% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 297,863 | 2,877,327 | 5.16% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 312,823 | 2,940,327 | 5.02% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 328,046 | 3,003,714 | 4.87% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 343,457 | 3,067,341 | 4.7% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 358,978 | 3,131,512 | 4.52% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 373,524 | 3,197,019 | 4.05% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 386,983 | 3,264,291 | 3.6% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 400,707 | 3,333,633 | 3.55% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 415,154 | 3,405,198 | 3.61% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 430,358 | 3,478,936 | 3.66% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 446,286 | 3,554,793 | 3.7% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 462,854 | 3,632,543 | 3.71% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 479,929 | 3,711,880 | 3.69% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 497,327 | 3,796,078 | 3.63% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 514,797 | 3,896,481 | 3.51% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 503,052 | 4,021,837 | -2.28% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 516,458 | 4,166,699 | 2.66% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 530,225 | 4,320,872 | 2.67% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 544,366 | 4,480,208 | 2.67% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 558,879 | 4,644,278 | 2.67% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 573,792 | 4,813,361 | 2.67% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 589,115 | 4,987,883 | 2.67% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 604,842 | 5,166,390 | 2.67% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 620,989 | 5,349,333 | 2.67% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 637,582 | 5,537,064 | 2.67% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 661,316 | 5,728,435 | 3.72% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 710,553 | 5,924,003 | 7.45% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 764,517 | 6,123,997 | 7.59% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 823,741 | 6,328,041 | 7.75% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 888,822 | 6,535,905 | 7.9% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 960,424 | 6,747,720 | 8.06% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 1,039,295 | 6,963,345 | 8.21% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 1,103,496 | 7,183,002 | 6.18% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 1,178,415 | 7,406,438 | 6.79% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 1,228,543 | 7,633,523 | 4.25% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 1,195,020 | 7,859,346 | -2.73% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 1,208,964 | 8,081,390 | 1.17% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 1,253,191 | 8,302,698 | 3.66% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 1,314,562 | 8,523,441 | 4.9% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 1,370,322 | 8,743,246 | 4.24% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 1,423,726 | 8,961,718 | 3.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,501,116 | 9,178,714 | 5.44% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 1,503,091 | 9,394,513 | 0.13% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 1,483,756 | 9,609,010 | -1.29% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 1,472,204 | 9,815,746 | -0.78% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 1,504,365 | 10,012,896 | 2.18% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 1,524,693 | 10,203,169 | 1.35% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,577,059 | 10,389,635 | 3.43% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 1,588,670 | 10,576,502 | 0.74% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1,624,531 | 10,762,813 | 2.26% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 1,656,397 | 10,947,845 | 1.96% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 1,683,692 | 11,131,268 | 1.65% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 1,706,754 | 11,312,895 | 1.37% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 1,726,868 | 11,492,799 | 1.18% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 1,745,013 | 11,671,420 | 1.05% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 1,762,760 | 11,848,221 | 1.02% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 1,780,658 | 12,023,121 | 1.02% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 1,798,708 | 12,196,639 | 1.01% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 1,816,921 | 12,369,248 | 1.01% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 1,835,293 | 12,540,596 | 1.01% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 1,853,822 | 12,710,682 | 1.01% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 1,872,468 | 12,879,737 | 1.01% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 1,891,215 | 13,047,122 | 1% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 1,910,026 | 13,212,668 | 0.99% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 1,928,909 | 13,376,156 | 0.99% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 1,947,825 | 13,537,361 | 0.98% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 1,966,723 | 13,696,139 | 0.97% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 1,985,577 | 13,853,410 | 0.96% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 2,004,365 | 14,009,926 | 0.95% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 2,023,058 | 14,165,578 | 0.93% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 2,041,627 | 14,318,889 | 0.92% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 2,060,095 | 14,469,210 | 0.9% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 2,078,453 | 14,617,364 | 0.89% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 2,096,741 | 14,763,600 | 0.88% | 1% |
| 2050 | 2,114,988 | 14,906,584 | 0.87% | 0.97% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bahrain increased by 463,302 people (a 48.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bahrain gained 232,969 (a 16.4% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).
Bahrain was ranked 157th most populous country in 2006 and is 151st in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.
Biggest cities by population
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Papua New Guinea
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between Bahrain and Papua New Guinea
|
Bahrain
|
Papua New Guinea
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.7 years | 66.5 years |
| Average age | 33.3 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 34.2 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 62:38 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 5,143 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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