Population in Bahrain compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bahrain and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Sri Lanka	Bahrain	Sri Lanka
1960	165,477	9,661,389	-	-
1961	172,346	9,899,372	4.15%	2.46%
1962	179,349	10,143,754	4.06%	2.47%
1963	186,501	10,395,040	3.99%	2.48%
1964	193,816	10,653,397	3.92%	2.49%
1965	200,866	10,916,965	3.64%	2.47%
1966	207,543	11,183,928	3.32%	2.45%
1967	214,189	11,457,328	3.2%	2.44%
1968	219,337	11,736,088	2.4%	2.43%
1969	222,469	12,013,858	1.43%	2.37%
1970	224,809	12,287,110	1.05%	2.27%
1971	230,733	12,551,910	2.64%	2.16%
1972	242,113	12,809,205	4.93%	2.05%
1973	255,320	13,060,916	5.45%	1.97%
1974	269,038	13,305,693	5.37%	1.87%
1975	283,243	13,548,984	5.28%	1.83%
1976	297,863	13,796,770	5.16%	1.83%
1977	312,823	14,049,371	5.02%	1.83%
1978	328,046	14,310,128	4.87%	1.86%
1979	343,457	14,579,614	4.7%	1.88%
1980	358,978	14,847,974	4.52%	1.84%
1981	373,524	15,099,414	4.05%	1.69%
1982	386,983	15,286,567	3.6%	1.24%
1983	400,707	15,388,794	3.55%	0.67%
1984	415,154	15,441,860	3.61%	0.34%
1985	430,358	15,544,154	3.66%	0.66%
1986	446,286	15,731,256	3.7%	1.2%
1987	462,854	15,916,576	3.71%	1.18%
1988	479,929	16,078,621	3.69%	1.02%
1989	497,327	16,248,557	3.63%	1.06%
1990	514,797	16,352,458	3.51%	0.64%
1991	503,052	16,475,354	-2.28%	0.75%
1992	516,458	16,739,284	2.66%	1.6%
1993	530,225	17,025,918	2.67%	1.71%
1994	544,366	17,275,773	2.67%	1.47%
1995	558,879	17,564,068	2.67%	1.67%
1996	573,792	17,905,018	2.67%	1.94%
1997	589,115	18,248,200	2.67%	1.92%
1998	604,842	18,596,003	2.67%	1.91%
1999	620,989	18,944,731	2.67%	1.88%
2000	637,582	19,293,054	2.67%	1.84%
2001	661,316	19,600,362	3.72%	1.59%
2002	710,553	19,805,752	7.45%	1.05%
2003	764,517	19,951,521	7.59%	0.74%
2004	823,741	20,087,605	7.75%	0.68%
2005	888,822	20,216,524	7.9%	0.64%
2006	960,424	20,352,411	8.06%	0.67%
2007	1,039,295	20,492,545	8.21%	0.69%
2008	1,103,496	20,629,378	6.18%	0.67%
2009	1,178,415	20,756,435	6.79%	0.62%
2010	1,228,543	20,879,089	4.25%	0.59%
2011	1,195,020	21,009,048	-2.73%	0.62%
2012	1,208,964	21,169,458	1.17%	0.76%
2013	1,253,191	20,585,000	3.66%	-2.76%
2014	1,314,562	20,778,000	4.9%	0.94%
2015	1,370,322	20,970,000	4.24%	0.92%
2016	1,423,726	21,209,000	3.9%	1.14%
2017	1,501,116	21,453,000	5.44%	1.15%
2018	1,503,091	21,670,000	0.13%	1.01%
2019	1,483,756	21,803,000	-1.29%	0.61%
2020	1,472,204	21,919,000	-0.78%	0.53%
2021	1,504,365	22,156,000	2.18%	1.08%
2022	1,524,693	22,181,000	1.35%	0.11%
2023	1,577,059	22,037,000	3.43%	-0.65%
2024	1,588,670	21,916,000	0.74%	-0.55%
2025	1,624,531	22,035,440	2.26%	0.54%
2026	1,656,397	22,148,172	1.96%	0.51%
2027	1,683,692	22,255,601	1.65%	0.49%
2028	1,706,754	22,357,682	1.37%	0.46%
2029	1,726,868	22,453,922	1.18%	0.43%
2030	1,745,013	22,546,245	1.05%	0.41%
2031	1,762,760	22,635,106	1.02%	0.39%
2032	1,780,658	22,720,118	1.02%	0.38%
2033	1,798,708	22,802,043	1.01%	0.36%
2034	1,816,921	22,879,527	1.01%	0.34%
2035	1,835,293	22,952,739	1.01%	0.32%
2036	1,853,822	23,022,027	1.01%	0.3%
2037	1,872,468	23,088,877	1.01%	0.29%
2038	1,891,215	23,152,480	1%	0.28%
2039	1,910,026	23,211,633	0.99%	0.26%
2040	1,928,909	23,265,986	0.99%	0.23%
2041	1,947,825	23,315,260	0.98%	0.21%
2042	1,966,723	23,359,578	0.97%	0.19%
2043	1,985,577	23,398,752	0.96%	0.17%
2044	2,004,365	23,433,096	0.95%	0.15%
2045	2,023,058	23,464,943	0.93%	0.14%
2046	2,041,627	23,492,738	0.92%	0.12%
2047	2,060,095	23,512,629	0.9%	0.08%
2048	2,078,453	23,525,953	0.89%	0.06%
2049	2,096,741	23,533,940	0.88%	0.03%
2050	2,114,988	23,538,230	0.87%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.