Demographics of Bahrain
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 04 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.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 117,149 | 2.69 |
| 1955 | 134,865 | 3.05 |
| 1960 | 160,691 | 3.86 |
| 1965 | 193,012 | 3.16 |
| 1970 | 222,555 | 2.61 |
| 1975 | 285,116 | 5.16 |
| 1980 | 362,595 | 4.39 |
| 1985 | 434,375 | 3.57 |
| 1990 | 517,418 | 3.30 |
| 1995 | 612,934 | 3.23 |
| 2000 | 711,442 | 2.69 |
| 2005 | 901,921 | 7.63 |
| 2010 | 1,213,645 | 0.00 |
| 2015 | 1,362,142 | 3.50 |
| 2020 | 1,477,469 | -2.24 |
| 2021 | 1,463,265 | 0.32 |
| 2022 | 1,472,233 | 0.90 |
| 2023 | 1,485,509 | 0.90 |
| 2024 | 1,498,712 | 0.87 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 3,024 | 5,567 | 25.870 | 47.628 |
| 1955 | 3,191 | 6,371 | 23.751 | 47.423 |
| 1960 | 2,573 | 7,503 | 16.084 | 46.900 |
| 1965 | 1,939 | 8,461 | 10.032 | 43.772 |
| 1970 | 1,540 | 8,414 | 6.904 | 37.712 |
| 1975 | 1,392 | 9,284 | 4.944 | 32.968 |
| 1980 | 1,381 | 10,696 | 3.842 | 29.768 |
| 1985 | 1,476 | 12,731 | 3.415 | 29.450 |
| 1990 | 1,651 | 14,092 | 3.206 | 27.362 |
| 1995 | 1,763 | 13,813 | 2.896 | 22.691 |
| 2000 | 1,838 | 14,689 | 2.595 | 20.739 |
| 2005 | 2,021 | 17,430 | 2.308 | 19.911 |
| 2010 | 2,302 | 19,378 | 1.883 | 15.845 |
| 2015 | 2,842 | 21,277 | 2.109 | 15.791 |
| 2020 | 3,362 | 18,949 | 2.239 | 12.621 |
| 2021 | 3,638 | 17,501 | 2.479 | 11.926 |
| 2022 | 3,645 | 16,861 | 2.476 | 11.454 |
| 2023 | 3,305 | 16,644 | 2.225 | 11.205 |
| 2024 | 3,422 | 16,477 | 2.283 | 10.995 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 74,453 | 41,158 | 64.400 |
| 1955 | 100,895 | 32,690 | 75.528 |
| 1960 | 133,710 | 28,717 | 82.320 |
| 1965 | 154,630 | 32,801 | 82.500 |
| 1970 | 178,111 | 34,494 | 83.775 |
| 1975 | 226,495 | 40,048 | 84.975 |
| 1980 | 309,868 | 50,020 | 86.101 |
| 1985 | 365,554 | 53,876 | 87.155 |
| 1990 | 437,115 | 58,816 | 88.140 |
| 1995 | 498,245 | 65,454 | 88.388 |
| 2000 | 587,336 | 77,278 | 88.372 |
| 2005 | 786,221 | 102,947 | 88.422 |
| 2010 | 1,099,822 | 141,040 | 88.634 |
| 2015 | 1,220,943 | 150,912 | 88.999 |
| 2020 | 1,519,595 | 178,170 | 89.506 |
| 2021 | 1,563,274 | 181,021 | 89.622 |
| 2022 | 1,597,511 | 182,577 | 89.743 |
| 2023 | 1,625,232 | 183,211 | 89.869 |
| 2024 | 1,651,135 | 183,475 | 89.999 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 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 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio