Demographics of Bahrain

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Bahrain is projected at 1.75 million, up by 2.75% compared with 1.7 million in 2020. Bahrain is ranked 152th in terms of population and 17th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 22.1 thousand births in Bahrain in 2021. That is 61 per day, which is ranked 152th. The crude birth rate is 12.94 per 1000 people. There are 4.2 thousand deaths in Bahrain in 2021. That is 12 per day, which is ranked 167th. The crude death rate is 2.48 per 1000 people.

1.6 million people are living in urban areas, which is 89.62% of Bahrain population. Bahrain is ranked 34th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Bahrain in 2021 is 184.5 males per 100 females. There are 1.13 million males and 0.61 million females in Bahrain. The percentage of female population is 35.14% compare to 64.86% male population. Bahrain has 0.52 million more females than males. Bahrain is at 198th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Bahrain population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950115,612-
1955133,5804.16
1960162,4293.60
1965187,4322.48
1970212,6073.19
1975266,5405.81
1980359,8974.99
1985419,4282.99
1990495,9273.09
1995563,6982.57
2000664,6104.41
2005889,1577.15
20101,240,8644.71
20151,371,8532.68
20161,425,7933.93
20171,494,0774.79
20181,569,4405.04
20191,641,1644.57
20201,701,5833.68
20211,748,2952.75
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  • Crude

Bahrain death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19502,5765,20622.3244.74
19552,6446,15819.3645.38
19602,3697,42114.6945.93
19651,8858,21910.0544.03
19701,5418,2587.0838.26
19751,4489,2145.3033.66
19801,51411,6194.2832.93
19851,61713,8093.8032.51
19901,66814,3753.3929.22
19951,75814,0313.1024.77
20001,92914,8372.8321.72
20052,26317,1082.4818.78
20102,77519,7812.3316.55
20153,33221,4832.3515.10
20204,06022,0962.4413.27
20214,24322,1732.4812.94
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Bahrain

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195041,19237,893-52.086
195549,56639,0517.0355.933
196065,40144,1273.6359.712
196588,71551,3392.6263.343
1970113,06856,2863.4966.764
1975132,25056,6326.1070.017
1980153,99856,6635.2573.102
1985179,94354,7443.2476.674
1990204,65451,6823.3179.838
1995226,81253,3382.5680.961
2000244,29153,5994.4182.007
2005270,70158,5487.1882.218
2010297,42263,4104.7882.427
2015320,09466,7442.7582.746
2020338,67468,1653.7883.245
2021342,26168,2952.8783.365
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Bahrain population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 52,419 53,680 106,099 6.07 97.651
05-09 60,759 52,385 113,144 6.47 115.985
10-14 48,067 48,016 96,083 5.50 100.106
15-19 54,957 43,353 98,310 5.62 126.766
20-24 62,386 40,581 102,967 5.89 153.732
25-29 133,324 64,832 198,156 11.33 205.645
30-34 211,290 73,095 284,385 16.27 289.062
35-39 173,608 56,544 230,152 13.16 307.032
40-44 110,336 48,013 158,349 9.06 229.804
45-49 77,256 36,843 114,099 6.53 209.690
50-54 55,502 29,957 85,459 4.89 185.272
55-59 36,432 25,864 62,296 3.56 140.860
60-64 29,290 18,979 48,269 2.76 154.328
65-69 15,009 10,195 25,204 1.44 147.219
70-74 6,772 5,171 11,943 0.68 130.961
75-79 3,620 3,458 7,078 0.40 104.685
80-84 1,906 2,250 4,156 0.24 84.711
85-89 660 863 1,523 0.09 76.477
90-94 243 291 534 0.03 83.505
95-99 37 45 82 0.00 82.222
100+ 2 5 7 0.00 40.000
Total 1,133,875 614,420 1,748,295 184.544