Population in Bahrain compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bahrain and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	United Kingdom	Bahrain	United Kingdom
1960	165,477	52,400,000	-	-
1961	172,346	52,800,000	4.15%	0.76%
1962	179,349	53,250,000	4.06%	0.85%
1963	186,501	53,650,000	3.99%	0.75%
1964	193,816	54,000,000	3.92%	0.65%
1965	200,866	54,348,050	3.64%	0.64%
1966	207,543	54,648,500	3.32%	0.55%
1967	214,189	54,943,600	3.2%	0.54%
1968	219,337	55,211,700	2.4%	0.49%
1969	222,469	55,441,750	1.43%	0.42%
1970	224,809	55,663,250	1.05%	0.4%
1971	230,733	55,896,223	2.64%	0.42%
1972	242,113	56,086,065	4.93%	0.34%
1973	255,320	56,194,527	5.45%	0.19%
1974	269,038	56,229,974	5.37%	0.06%
1975	283,243	56,225,800	5.28%	-0.007%
1976	297,863	56,211,968	5.16%	-0.02%
1977	312,823	56,193,492	5.02%	-0.03%
1978	328,046	56,196,504	4.87%	0.005%
1979	343,457	56,246,951	4.7%	0.09%
1980	358,978	56,314,216	4.52%	0.12%
1981	373,524	56,333,829	4.05%	0.03%
1982	386,983	56,313,641	3.6%	-0.04%
1983	400,707	56,332,848	3.55%	0.03%
1984	415,154	56,422,072	3.61%	0.16%
1985	430,358	56,550,268	3.66%	0.23%
1986	446,286	56,681,396	3.7%	0.23%
1987	462,854	56,802,050	3.71%	0.21%
1988	479,929	56,928,327	3.69%	0.22%
1989	497,327	57,076,711	3.63%	0.26%
1990	514,797	57,247,586	3.51%	0.3%
1991	503,052	57,424,897	-2.28%	0.31%
1992	516,458	57,580,402	2.66%	0.27%
1993	530,225	57,718,614	2.67%	0.24%
1994	544,366	57,865,745	2.67%	0.25%
1995	558,879	58,019,030	2.67%	0.26%
1996	573,792	58,166,950	2.67%	0.25%
1997	589,115	58,316,954	2.67%	0.26%
1998	604,842	58,487,141	2.67%	0.29%
1999	620,989	58,682,466	2.67%	0.33%
2000	637,582	58,892,514	2.67%	0.36%
2001	661,316	59,119,673	3.72%	0.39%
2002	710,553	59,370,479	7.45%	0.42%
2003	764,517	59,647,577	7.59%	0.47%
2004	823,741	59,987,905	7.75%	0.57%
2005	888,822	60,401,206	7.9%	0.69%
2006	960,424	60,846,820	8.06%	0.74%
2007	1,039,295	61,322,463	8.21%	0.78%
2008	1,103,496	61,806,995	6.18%	0.79%
2009	1,178,415	62,276,270	6.79%	0.76%
2010	1,228,543	62,766,365	4.25%	0.79%
2011	1,195,020	63,258,810	-2.73%	0.78%
2012	1,208,964	63,711,000	1.17%	0.71%
2013	1,253,191	64,139,000	3.66%	0.67%
2014	1,314,562	64,620,000	4.9%	0.75%
2015	1,370,322	65,088,000	4.24%	0.72%
2016	1,423,726	65,607,000	3.9%	0.8%
2017	1,501,116	65,966,000	5.44%	0.55%
2018	1,503,091	66,289,000	0.13%	0.49%
2019	1,483,756	66,631,000	-1.29%	0.52%
2020	1,472,204	66,744,000	-0.78%	0.17%
2021	1,504,365	66,984,000	2.18%	0.36%
2022	1,524,693	67,604,000	1.35%	0.93%
2023	1,577,059	68,492,000	3.43%	1.31%
2024	1,588,670	69,226,000	0.74%	1.07%
2025	1,624,531	69,639,673	2.26%	0.6%
2026	1,656,397	70,020,350	1.96%	0.55%
2027	1,683,692	70,382,853	1.65%	0.52%
2028	1,706,754	70,732,699	1.37%	0.5%
2029	1,726,868	71,061,482	1.18%	0.46%
2030	1,745,013	71,377,535	1.05%	0.44%
2031	1,762,760	71,678,351	1.02%	0.42%
2032	1,780,658	71,959,934	1.02%	0.39%
2033	1,798,708	72,234,509	1.01%	0.38%
2034	1,816,921	72,497,650	1.01%	0.36%
2035	1,835,293	72,749,096	1.01%	0.35%
2036	1,853,822	72,990,847	1.01%	0.33%
2037	1,872,468	73,218,850	1.01%	0.31%
2038	1,891,215	73,441,349	1%	0.3%
2039	1,910,026	73,658,392	0.99%	0.3%
2040	1,928,909	73,868,334	0.99%	0.29%
2041	1,947,825	74,074,316	0.98%	0.28%
2042	1,966,723	74,275,779	0.97%	0.27%
2043	1,985,577	74,475,035	0.96%	0.27%
2044	2,004,365	74,667,284	0.95%	0.26%
2045	2,023,058	74,848,605	0.93%	0.24%
2046	2,041,627	75,020,949	0.92%	0.23%
2047	2,060,095	75,184,478	0.9%	0.22%
2048	2,078,453	75,337,543	0.89%	0.2%
2049	2,096,741	75,476,141	0.88%	0.18%
2050	2,114,988	75,600,588	0.87%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.