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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bahrain was 1,588,670 in 2024 vs 19,069,340 people in Romania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bahrain's population is 1,650,128 people compared to 18,962,595 in Romania.

Population statistics:

  • Romania's population is 11.5 times bigger than Bahrain's.
  • Bahrain is ranked the 151st most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 69th.
  • The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.02% for Bahrain vs 0.23% for Romania.
  • For the last 10 years, Bahrain has had an average growth rate of +2.2% per year vs -0.42% in Romania.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bahrain has increased from 889K people to 1.65M (85.7% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.3M to 19M (11.1% decline).
  • Bahrain is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 3.05M people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.

Bahrain vs Romania: live population counter

Bahrain Romania
Current population
1650128
18962595
Population rank 151/197 69/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.23%
One net population change
45.3 minutes
53.3 minutes
One birth every
26.7 minutes
3.45 minutes
One death every
2.66 hours
2.17 minutes
One migration net change every
23.2 minutes
18.5 minutes
Annual migration change +22,699 -28,466
Daily growth/decline +32 +27
Annual growth/decline +11,611 +9,861
Annual growth/decline rate +0.74% +0.05%
Population growth rate rank 120/197 162/197

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

Bahrain
Population

Growth rate
Romania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bahrain Romania Bahrain Romania
1960 165,477 18,406,905 - -
1961 172,346 18,555,250 4.15% 0.81%
1962 179,349 18,676,550 4.06% 0.65%
1963 186,501 18,797,850 3.99% 0.65%
1964 193,816 18,919,126 3.92% 0.65%
1965 200,866 19,031,576 3.64% 0.59%
1966 207,543 19,215,450 3.32% 0.97%
1967 214,189 19,534,242 3.2% 1.66%
1968 219,337 19,799,831 2.4% 1.36%
1969 222,469 20,009,141 1.43% 1.06%
1970 224,809 20,250,398 1.05% 1.21%
1971 230,733 20,461,567 2.64% 1.04%
1972 242,113 20,657,957 4.93% 0.96%
1973 255,320 20,835,681 5.45% 0.86%
1974 269,038 21,029,429 5.37% 0.93%
1975 283,243 21,293,583 5.28% 1.26%
1976 297,863 21,551,634 5.16% 1.21%
1977 312,823 21,756,096 5.02% 0.95%
1978 328,046 21,951,464 4.87% 0.9%
1979 343,457 22,090,488 4.7% 0.63%
1980 358,978 22,207,282 4.52% 0.53%
1981 373,524 22,353,070 4.05% 0.66%
1982 386,983 22,475,741 3.6% 0.55%
1983 400,707 22,560,478 3.55% 0.38%
1984 415,154 22,640,547 3.61% 0.35%
1985 430,358 22,732,999 3.66% 0.41%
1986 446,286 22,836,841 3.7% 0.46%
1987 462,854 22,949,430 3.71% 0.49%
1988 479,929 23,057,662 3.69% 0.47%
1989 497,327 23,161,458 3.63% 0.45%
1990 514,797 23,201,835 3.51% 0.17%
1991 503,052 23,001,155 -2.28% -0.86%
1992 516,458 22,794,284 2.66% -0.9%
1993 530,225 22,763,280 2.67% -0.14%
1994 544,366 22,730,211 2.67% -0.15%
1995 558,879 22,684,270 2.67% -0.2%
1996 573,792 22,619,004 2.67% -0.29%
1997 589,115 22,553,978 2.67% -0.29%
1998 604,842 22,507,344 2.67% -0.21%
1999 620,989 22,472,040 2.67% -0.16%
2000 637,582 22,442,971 2.67% -0.13%
2001 661,316 22,131,970 3.72% -1.39%
2002 710,553 21,730,496 7.45% -1.81%
2003 764,517 21,574,326 7.59% -0.72%
2004 823,741 21,451,748 7.75% -0.57%
2005 888,822 21,319,685 7.9% -0.62%
2006 960,424 21,193,760 8.06% -0.59%
2007 1,039,295 20,882,982 8.21% -1.47%
2008 1,103,496 20,537,875 6.18% -1.65%
2009 1,178,415 20,367,487 6.79% -0.83%
2010 1,228,543 20,246,871 4.25% -0.59%
2011 1,195,020 20,147,528 -2.73% -0.49%
2012 1,208,964 20,058,035 1.17% -0.44%
2013 1,253,191 19,983,693 3.66% -0.37%
2014 1,314,562 19,908,979 4.9% -0.37%
2015 1,370,322 19,815,616 4.24% -0.47%
2016 1,423,726 19,702,267 3.9% -0.57%
2017 1,501,116 19,588,715 5.44% -0.58%
2018 1,503,091 19,473,970 0.13% -0.59%
2019 1,483,756 19,371,648 -1.29% -0.53%
2020 1,472,204 19,265,250 -0.78% -0.55%
2021 1,504,365 19,122,059 2.18% -0.74%
2022 1,524,693 19,048,502 1.35% -0.38%
2023 1,577,059 19,059,479 3.43% 0.06%
2024 1,588,670 19,069,340 0.74% 0.05%
2025 1,624,531 18,962,595 2.26% -0.56%
2026 1,656,397 18,854,232 1.96% -0.57%
2027 1,683,692 18,744,883 1.65% -0.58%
2028 1,706,754 18,634,894 1.37% -0.59%
2029 1,726,868 18,523,736 1.18% -0.6%
2030 1,745,013 18,411,878 1.05% -0.6%
2031 1,762,760 18,299,820 1.02% -0.61%
2032 1,780,658 18,187,406 1.02% -0.61%
2033 1,798,708 18,074,282 1.01% -0.62%
2034 1,816,921 17,960,330 1.01% -0.63%
2035 1,835,293 17,845,182 1.01% -0.64%
2036 1,853,822 17,728,480 1.01% -0.65%
2037 1,872,468 17,611,384 1.01% -0.66%
2038 1,891,215 17,493,684 1% -0.67%
2039 1,910,026 17,375,991 0.99% -0.67%
2040 1,928,909 17,258,810 0.99% -0.67%
2041 1,947,825 17,140,535 0.98% -0.69%
2042 1,966,723 17,022,168 0.97% -0.69%
2043 1,985,577 16,904,427 0.96% -0.69%
2044 2,004,365 16,786,029 0.95% -0.7%
2045 2,023,058 16,667,734 0.93% -0.7%
2046 2,041,627 16,550,066 0.92% -0.71%
2047 2,060,095 16,431,566 0.9% -0.72%
2048 2,078,453 16,312,099 0.89% -0.73%
2049 2,096,741 16,192,424 0.88% -0.73%
2050 2,114,988 16,072,989 0.87% -0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.

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