Population in Bahrain compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bahrain and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	South Africa	Bahrain	South Africa
1960	165,477	16,440,172	-	-
1961	172,346	16,908,035	4.15%	2.85%
1962	179,349	17,418,522	4.06%	3.02%
1963	186,501	17,954,564	3.99%	3.08%
1964	193,816	18,511,361	3.92%	3.1%
1965	200,866	19,089,380	3.64%	3.12%
1966	207,543	19,690,087	3.32%	3.15%
1967	214,189	20,314,066	3.2%	3.17%
1968	219,337	20,957,287	2.4%	3.17%
1969	222,469	21,614,676	1.43%	3.14%
1970	224,809	22,279,984	1.05%	3.08%
1971	230,733	22,942,143	2.64%	2.97%
1972	242,113	23,609,456	4.93%	2.91%
1973	255,320	24,294,263	5.45%	2.9%
1974	269,038	24,989,108	5.37%	2.86%
1975	283,243	25,690,940	5.28%	2.81%
1976	297,863	26,395,450	5.16%	2.74%
1977	312,823	27,118,952	5.02%	2.74%
1978	328,046	27,869,507	4.87%	2.77%
1979	343,457	28,634,162	4.7%	2.74%
1980	358,978	29,518,857	4.52%	3.09%
1981	373,524	30,541,044	4.05%	3.46%
1982	386,983	31,615,339	3.6%	3.52%
1983	400,707	32,739,304	3.55%	3.56%
1984	415,154	33,892,788	3.61%	3.52%
1985	430,358	35,042,093	3.66%	3.39%
1986	446,286	36,180,515	3.7%	3.25%
1987	462,854	37,326,190	3.71%	3.17%
1988	479,929	38,480,649	3.69%	3.09%
1989	497,327	39,628,575	3.63%	2.98%
1990	514,797	40,746,268	3.51%	2.82%
1991	503,052	41,687,898	-2.28%	2.31%
1992	516,458	42,443,509	2.66%	1.81%
1993	530,225	43,297,156	2.67%	2.01%
1994	544,366	44,004,139	2.67%	1.63%
1995	558,879	44,541,554	2.67%	1.22%
1996	573,792	45,123,018	2.67%	1.31%
1997	589,115	45,666,838	2.67%	1.21%
1998	604,842	46,223,880	2.67%	1.22%
1999	620,989	46,730,335	2.67%	1.1%
2000	637,582	47,159,719	2.67%	0.92%
2001	661,316	47,566,800	3.72%	0.86%
2002	710,553	48,019,415	7.45%	0.95%
2003	764,517	48,500,348	7.59%	1%
2004	823,741	48,991,421	7.75%	1.01%
2005	888,822	49,490,033	7.9%	1.02%
2006	960,424	49,998,277	8.06%	1.03%
2007	1,039,295	50,528,584	8.21%	1.06%
2008	1,103,496	51,114,599	6.18%	1.16%
2009	1,178,415	51,728,516	6.79%	1.2%
2010	1,228,543	52,344,051	4.25%	1.19%
2011	1,195,020	52,995,205	-2.73%	1.24%
2012	1,208,964	53,782,567	1.17%	1.49%
2013	1,253,191	54,678,791	3.66%	1.67%
2014	1,314,562	55,594,838	4.9%	1.68%
2015	1,370,322	56,723,537	4.24%	2.03%
2016	1,423,726	57,259,551	3.9%	0.94%
2017	1,501,116	57,635,162	5.44%	0.66%
2018	1,503,091	58,613,001	0.13%	1.7%
2019	1,483,756	59,587,885	-1.29%	1.66%
2020	1,472,204	60,562,381	-0.78%	1.64%
2021	1,504,365	61,502,603	2.18%	1.55%
2022	1,524,693	62,378,410	1.35%	1.42%
2023	1,577,059	63,212,384	3.43%	1.34%
2024	1,588,670	64,007,187	0.74%	1.26%
2025	1,624,531	64,747,317	2.26%	1.16%
2026	1,656,397	65,453,086	1.96%	1.09%
2027	1,683,692	66,143,018	1.65%	1.05%
2028	1,706,754	66,830,384	1.37%	1.04%
2029	1,726,868	67,506,850	1.18%	1.01%
2030	1,745,013	68,161,357	1.05%	0.97%
2031	1,762,760	68,798,574	1.02%	0.93%
2032	1,780,658	69,426,441	1.02%	0.91%
2033	1,798,708	70,040,484	1.01%	0.88%
2034	1,816,921	70,641,572	1.01%	0.86%
2035	1,835,293	71,234,749	1.01%	0.84%
2036	1,853,822	71,816,372	1.01%	0.82%
2037	1,872,468	72,387,807	1.01%	0.8%
2038	1,891,215	72,949,611	1%	0.78%
2039	1,910,026	73,496,152	0.99%	0.75%
2040	1,928,909	74,035,615	0.99%	0.73%
2041	1,947,825	74,575,444	0.98%	0.73%
2042	1,966,723	75,111,899	0.97%	0.72%
2043	1,985,577	75,641,512	0.96%	0.71%
2044	2,004,365	76,164,461	0.95%	0.69%
2045	2,023,058	76,681,448	0.93%	0.68%
2046	2,041,627	77,199,542	0.92%	0.68%
2047	2,060,095	77,716,650	0.9%	0.67%
2048	2,078,453	78,215,323	0.89%	0.64%
2049	2,096,741	78,699,584	0.88%	0.62%
2050	2,114,988	79,177,329	0.87%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.