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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Yemen	Bahrain	Yemen
1960	165,477	5,532,301	-	-
1961	172,346	5,655,232	4.15%	2.22%
1962	179,349	5,782,221	4.06%	2.25%
1963	186,501	5,911,135	3.99%	2.23%
1964	193,816	6,048,006	3.92%	2.32%
1965	200,866	6,195,593	3.64%	2.44%
1966	207,543	6,351,494	3.32%	2.52%
1967	214,189	6,516,444	3.2%	2.6%
1968	219,337	6,690,524	2.4%	2.67%
1969	222,469	6,875,859	1.43%	2.77%
1970	224,809	7,065,279	1.05%	2.75%
1971	230,733	7,257,462	2.64%	2.72%
1972	242,113	7,460,068	4.93%	2.79%
1973	255,320	7,672,796	5.45%	2.85%
1974	269,038	7,896,783	5.37%	2.92%
1975	283,243	8,133,598	5.28%	3%
1976	297,863	8,384,113	5.16%	3.08%
1977	312,823	8,648,222	5.02%	3.15%
1978	328,046	8,926,586	4.87%	3.22%
1979	343,457	9,224,194	4.7%	3.33%
1980	358,978	9,543,358	4.52%	3.46%
1981	373,524	9,882,362	4.05%	3.55%
1982	386,983	10,241,006	3.6%	3.63%
1983	400,707	10,621,499	3.55%	3.72%
1984	415,154	11,025,597	3.61%	3.8%
1985	430,358	11,453,825	3.66%	3.88%
1986	446,286	11,901,040	3.7%	3.9%
1987	462,854	12,369,912	3.71%	3.94%
1988	479,929	12,859,708	3.69%	3.96%
1989	497,327	13,364,174	3.63%	3.92%
1990	514,797	13,887,862	3.51%	3.92%
1991	503,052	14,430,201	-2.28%	3.91%
1992	516,458	14,989,494	2.66%	3.88%
1993	530,225	15,563,914	2.67%	3.83%
1994	544,366	16,149,147	2.67%	3.76%
1995	558,879	16,740,058	2.67%	3.66%
1996	573,792	17,313,177	2.67%	3.42%
1997	589,115	17,873,936	2.67%	3.24%
1998	604,842	18,446,013	2.67%	3.2%
1999	620,989	19,029,420	2.67%	3.16%
2000	637,582	19,624,141	2.67%	3.13%
2001	661,316	20,226,147	3.72%	3.07%
2002	710,553	20,835,086	7.45%	3.01%
2003	764,517	21,456,379	7.59%	2.98%
2004	823,741	22,095,167	7.75%	2.98%
2005	888,822	22,790,085	7.9%	3.15%
2006	960,424	23,543,083	8.06%	3.3%
2007	1,039,295	24,318,082	8.21%	3.29%
2008	1,103,496	25,111,941	6.18%	3.26%
2009	1,178,415	25,927,724	6.79%	3.25%
2010	1,228,543	26,754,387	4.25%	3.19%
2011	1,195,020	27,582,897	-2.73%	3.1%
2012	1,208,964	28,433,647	1.17%	3.08%
2013	1,253,191	29,312,952	3.66%	3.09%
2014	1,314,562	30,226,309	4.9%	3.12%
2015	1,370,322	31,159,379	4.24%	3.09%
2016	1,423,726	32,109,010	3.9%	3.05%
2017	1,501,116	33,090,921	5.44%	3.06%
2018	1,503,091	34,085,182	0.13%	3%
2019	1,483,756	35,111,408	-1.29%	3.01%
2020	1,472,204	36,134,863	-0.78%	2.91%
2021	1,504,365	37,140,230	2.18%	2.78%
2022	1,524,693	38,222,876	1.35%	2.92%
2023	1,577,059	39,390,799	3.43%	3.06%
2024	1,588,670	40,583,164	0.74%	3.03%
2025	1,624,531	41,773,871	2.26%	2.93%
2026	1,656,397	42,961,650	1.96%	2.84%
2027	1,683,692	44,145,620	1.65%	2.76%
2028	1,706,754	45,323,685	1.37%	2.67%
2029	1,726,868	46,497,573	1.18%	2.59%
2030	1,745,013	47,667,649	1.05%	2.52%
2031	1,762,760	48,827,503	1.02%	2.43%
2032	1,780,658	49,979,089	1.02%	2.36%
2033	1,798,708	51,129,867	1.01%	2.3%
2034	1,816,921	52,279,989	1.01%	2.25%
2035	1,835,293	53,429,308	1.01%	2.2%
2036	1,853,822	54,578,046	1.01%	2.15%
2037	1,872,468	55,724,259	1.01%	2.1%
2038	1,891,215	56,872,152	1%	2.06%
2039	1,910,026	58,024,713	0.99%	2.03%
2040	1,928,909	59,181,514	0.99%	1.99%
2041	1,947,825	60,345,667	0.98%	1.97%
2042	1,966,723	61,517,965	0.97%	1.94%
2043	1,985,577	62,696,517	0.96%	1.92%
2044	2,004,365	63,880,172	0.95%	1.89%
2045	2,023,058	65,066,344	0.93%	1.86%
2046	2,041,627	66,253,578	0.92%	1.82%
2047	2,060,095	67,438,796	0.9%	1.79%
2048	2,078,453	68,620,844	0.89%	1.75%
2049	2,096,741	69,799,794	0.88%	1.72%
2050	2,114,988	70,976,389	0.87%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bahrain increased by 463,302 people (a 48.2% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bahrain gained 232,969 (a 16.4% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 157th most populous country in 2006 and is 151st in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.