Demographics of Bahrain

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date04 May 2024

There are 925k males and 574k females in Bahrain. The percentage of the male population is 61.72%, compared to 38.28% of the female population. Bahrain has 351k more males than females. The sex ratio in Bahrain in 2024 will be 161.237 males per 100 females. Bahrain has the third-lowest female-to-male ratio in the world.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Bahrain population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950117,1492.69
1955134,8653.05
1960160,6913.86
1965193,0123.16
1970222,5552.61
1975285,1165.16
1980362,5954.39
1985434,3753.57
1990517,4183.30
1995612,9343.23
2000711,4422.69
2005901,9217.63
20101,213,6450.00
20151,362,1423.50
20201,477,469-2.24
20211,463,2650.32
20221,472,2330.90
20231,485,5090.90
20241,498,7120.87
  • Total
  • Crude

Bahrain death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19503,0245,56725.87047.628
19553,1916,37123.75147.423
19602,5737,50316.08446.900
19651,9398,46110.03243.772
19701,5408,4146.90437.712
19751,3929,2844.94432.968
19801,38110,6963.84229.768
19851,47612,7313.41529.450
19901,65114,0923.20627.362
19951,76313,8132.89622.691
20001,83814,6892.59520.739
20052,02117,4302.30819.911
20102,30219,3781.88315.845
20152,84221,2772.10915.791
20203,36218,9492.23912.621
20213,63817,5012.47911.926
20223,64516,8612.47611.454
20233,30516,6442.22511.205
20243,42216,4772.28310.995
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Bahrain

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195074,45341,15864.400
1955100,89532,69075.528
1960133,71028,71782.320
1965154,63032,80182.500
1970178,11134,49483.775
1975226,49540,04884.975
1980309,86850,02086.101
1985365,55453,87687.155
1990437,11558,81688.140
1995498,24565,45488.388
2000587,33677,27888.372
2005786,221102,94788.422
20101,099,822141,04088.634
20151,220,943150,91288.999
20201,519,595178,17089.506
20211,563,274181,02189.622
20221,597,511182,57789.743
20231,625,232183,21189.869
20241,651,135183,47589.999
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Bahrain population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 44,213 42,564 86,777 5.79 103.874
05-09 52,761 50,896 103,656 6.92 103.664
10-14 52,068 49,947 102,016 6.81 104.247
15-19 46,452 44,955 91,407 6.10 103.330
20-24 45,080 36,462 81,542 5.44 123.636
25-29 78,725 42,680 121,405 8.10 184.454
30-34 109,647 56,102 165,749 11.06 195.442
35-39 135,927 54,734 190,661 12.72 248.341
40-44 112,403 47,987 160,391 10.70 234.236
45-49 80,954 39,866 120,820 8.06 203.065
50-54 60,291 30,130 90,421 6.03 200.103
55-59 41,830 26,279 68,109 4.54 159.177
60-64 29,703 20,982 50,684 3.38 141.564
65-69 17,575 14,041 31,616 2.11 125.169
70-74 9,545 7,684 17,229 1.15 124.219
75-79 4,362 4,134 8,496 0.57 105.515
80-84 2,096 2,463 4,559 0.30 85.099
85-89 1,040 1,306 2,345 0.16 79.632
90-94 290 402 693 0.05 72.139
95-99 49 77 126 0.01 63.636
100+ 4 7 11 0.00 57.143
Total 925,015 573,698 1,498,713 161.237