Country or area · Western Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Bahrain population

Bahrain population now

1,683,027

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 1.5–1.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 1,569,666

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 1.67557 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 1.5–1.8 million
Median age: 34.4
Aged 65+: 4.2%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 1,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

BHR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Bahrain in numbers

1,569,666 people lived in Bahrain in mid-2023: 0.02% of the world's people, and the 154th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 13.4 times its 1950 population of 117 thousand.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 3.1 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 1.0 million to 6.4 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 18.9 in 1950 and 33.9 in 2023; the projection has 37.6 in 2100. 3.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 15.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

By size it is the 154th country in 2023; the projection puts it 150th in 2050 and 139th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Kosovo in 2026, North Macedonia in 2030 and Latvia in 2031.

Population, mid-2023: 1,569,666
Rank by population, 2023: 154 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.02%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.36% · +36,207 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 1,962
Land area, 2023: 800 km²
Births, 2023: 19,558
Deaths, 2023: 3,278
Net migration, 2023: +20,002
Children per woman, 2023: 1.82
Median age, 2023: 33.9 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 81.3 years
In a city, 2025: 94 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 117,263
Projected, mid-2050: 2,139,464
Projected, mid-2100: 3,090,322

BHR · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Bahrain, 1950–2100

Bahrain: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	115,571		5,766	2,985	7.29	38.6
1951	estimate	118,955		5,955	3,007	7.29	39.3
1952	estimate	122,545		6,160	3,038	7.29	39.9
1953	estimate	126,352		6,367	3,056	7.29	40.7
1954	estimate	130,394		6,581	3,057	7.29	41.6
1955	estimate	134,728		6,805	3,038	7.28	42.8
1956	estimate	139,412		7,047	2,994	7.27	44.1
1957	estimate	144,426		7,308	2,930	7.26	45.6
1958	estimate	149,867		7,625	2,860	7.29	47.3
1959	estimate	155,752		7,918	2,781	7.29	49.0
1960	estimate	162,089		8,208	2,694	7.26	50.6
1961	estimate	168,866		8,488	2,606	7.23	52.3
1962	estimate	175,827		8,742	2,510	7.18	53.9
1963	estimate	182,871		8,966	2,410	7.14	55.5
1964	estimate	190,131		9,183	2,310	7.09	57.0
1965	estimate	197,501		9,357	2,209	7.03	58.4
1966	estimate	204,231		9,444	2,103	6.94	59.7
1967	estimate	210,855		9,488	1,996	6.84	61.0
1968	estimate	217,522		9,479	1,895	6.71	62.3
1969	estimate	221,151		9,044	1,767	6.57	63.4
1970	estimate	223,786		8,622	1,649	6.43	64.4
1971	estimate	225,831		8,201	1,552	6.28	65.3
1972	estimate	235,636		8,267	1,503	6.14	66.1
1973	estimate	248,589		8,478	1,466	5.96	66.9
1974	estimate	262,051		8,706	1,441	5.79	67.6
1975	estimate	276,026		8,957	1,422	5.62	68.3
1976	estimate	290,460		9,226	1,409	5.45	68.9
1977	estimate	305,266		9,491	1,399	5.29	69.4
1978	estimate	320,380		9,752	1,394	5.12	69.8
1979	estimate	335,712		9,975	1,388	4.94	70.3
1980	estimate	351,203		10,190	1,388	4.76	70.7
1981	estimate	366,754		10,410	1,390	4.60	71.0
1982	estimate	380,294		10,796	1,400	4.50	71.3
1983	estimate	393,671		11,236	1,416	4.41	71.6
1984	estimate	407,743		11,705	1,437	4.30	71.9
1985	estimate	422,566		12,391	1,467	4.28	72.1
1986	estimate	438,149		12,954	1,500	4.25	72.3
1987	estimate	454,422		13,241	1,532	4.13	72.4
1988	estimate	471,287		13,564	1,568	4.04	72.5
1989	estimate	488,571		13,898	1,605	3.96	72.5
1990	estimate	506,084		13,972	1,634	3.82	72.6
1991	estimate	523,509		13,803	1,653	3.63	72.7
1992	estimate	540,228		13,949	1,671	3.55	72.8
1993	estimate	555,269		13,925	1,696	3.46	72.9
1994	estimate	570,350		13,531	1,711	3.29	73.1
1995	estimate	585,554		13,211	1,723	3.13	73.4
1996	estimate	600,890		12,983	1,732	2.99	73.6
1997	estimate	616,296		13,120	1,745	2.92	73.9
1998	estimate	631,714		13,353	1,757	2.89	74.1
1999	estimate	647,042		13,782	1,768	2.90	74.4
2000	estimate	662,185		13,680	1,772	2.80	74.7
2001	estimate	676,976		13,356	1,769	2.65	74.9
2002	estimate	722,935		14,402	1,831	2.70	75.2
2003	estimate	781,460		15,976	1,923	2.78	75.5
2004	estimate	841,092		17,307	2,016	2.77	75.8
2005	estimate	901,792		18,050	2,106	2.67	76.1
2006	estimate	963,416		17,981	2,191	2.46	76.5
2007	estimate	1,025,820		17,936	2,275	2.28	77.0
2008	estimate	1,088,990		18,140	2,357	2.15	77.5
2009	estimate	1,152,437		18,301	2,436	2.05	78.0
2010	estimate	1,214,774		18,788	2,520	1.99	78.6
2011	estimate	1,211,714		18,633	2,487	2.02	79.1
2012	estimate	1,201,742		18,778	2,459	2.11	79.6
2013	estimate	1,230,864		19,594	2,494	2.17	80.0
2014	estimate	1,283,542		20,513	2,712	2.15	80.2
2015	estimate	1,342,154		21,038	2,854	2.11	80.3
2016	estimate	1,397,146		20,905	2,835	2.04	80.4
2017	estimate	1,462,062		20,853	2,945	1.98	80.4
2018	estimate	1,501,928		20,429	3,047	1.91	80.4
2019	estimate	1,493,323		19,786	3,126	1.84	80.5
2020	estimate	1,478,018		19,002	3,836	1.86	78.7
2021	estimate	1,488,136		19,586	4,211	1.85	78.1
2022	estimate	1,515,391		20,367	3,211	1.84	81.0
2023	estimate	1,551,527		19,558	3,278	1.82	81.3
2024	estimate	1,587,804		19,338	3,552	1.80	81.4
2025	projection	1,626,293	1.5–1.7 million	19,599	3,649	1.78	81.6
2026	projection	1,660,370	1.5–1.7 million	19,865	3,741	1.77	81.7
2027	projection	1,690,774	1.5–1.8 million	20,133	3,833	1.75	81.9
2028	projection	1,715,571	1.5–1.9 million	20,382	3,922	1.74	82.1
2029	projection	1,737,441	1.5–2.0 million	20,649	4,013	1.74	82.2
2030	projection	1,756,268	1.4–2.1 million	20,868	4,099	1.73	82.4
2031	projection	1,774,150	1.4–2.1 million	21,081	4,189	1.72	82.5
2032	projection	1,792,174	1.4–2.2 million	21,334	4,284	1.72	82.7
2033	projection	1,810,357	1.4–2.3 million	21,577	4,390	1.71	82.8
2034	projection	1,828,694	1.4–2.3 million	21,843	4,495	1.71	83.0
2035	projection	1,847,202	1.4–2.4 million	22,093	4,608	1.70	83.2
2036	projection	1,865,873	1.4–2.5 million	22,356	4,726	1.70	83.3
2037	projection	1,884,684	1.4–2.5 million	22,579	4,855	1.69	83.5
2038	projection	1,903,593	1.4–2.5 million	22,786	4,988	1.69	83.6
2039	projection	1,922,613	1.4–2.6 million	22,976	5,125	1.69	83.8
2040	projection	1,941,670	1.4–2.7 million	23,162	5,271	1.68	83.9
2041	projection	1,960,795	1.4–2.7 million	23,326	5,423	1.68	84.0
2042	projection	1,979,941	1.4–2.8 million	23,424	5,582	1.68	84.2
2043	projection	1,999,044	1.4–2.9 million	23,520	5,746	1.68	84.3
2044	projection	2,018,081	1.4–3.0 million	23,590	5,914	1.68	84.5
2045	projection	2,037,054	1.4–3.0 million	23,638	6,087	1.67	84.6
2046	projection	2,055,890	1.4–3.1 million	23,688	6,264	1.67	84.7
2047	projection	2,074,628	1.5–3.1 million	23,752	6,445	1.67	84.9
2048	projection	2,093,245	1.5–3.2 million	23,834	6,622	1.67	85.0
2049	projection	2,111,779	1.5–3.2 million	23,941	6,801	1.66	85.1
2050	projection	2,130,243	1.5–3.3 million	24,071	6,981	1.66	85.2
2051	projection	2,148,686	1.4–3.3 million	24,211	7,160	1.66	85.3
2052	projection	2,167,064	1.4–3.4 million	24,360	7,333	1.66	85.5
2053	projection	2,185,436	1.4–3.4 million	24,505	7,502	1.66	85.6
2054	projection	2,203,800	1.4–3.5 million	24,657	7,666	1.66	85.7
2055	projection	2,222,126	1.4–3.5 million	24,823	7,830	1.66	85.8
2056	projection	2,240,458	1.4–3.6 million	24,973	7,990	1.66	85.9
2057	projection	2,258,782	1.4–3.6 million	25,165	8,151	1.66	86.0
2058	projection	2,277,154	1.4–3.7 million	25,403	8,312	1.66	86.2
2059	projection	2,295,631	1.4–3.7 million	25,629	8,464	1.65	86.3
2060	projection	2,314,161	1.4–3.8 million	25,858	8,620	1.65	86.4
2061	projection	2,332,741	1.4–3.9 million	26,096	8,776	1.65	86.5
2062	projection	2,351,423	1.4–4.0 million	26,377	8,938	1.65	86.6
2063	projection	2,370,209	1.4–4.0 million	26,620	9,099	1.65	86.7
2064	projection	2,389,089	1.4–4.0 million	26,882	9,261	1.65	86.8
2065	projection	2,408,034	1.4–4.1 million	27,104	9,435	1.65	87.0
2066	projection	2,427,013	1.4–4.2 million	27,336	9,616	1.65	87.1
2067	projection	2,446,078	1.4–4.2 million	27,598	9,793	1.65	87.2
2068	projection	2,465,210	1.3–4.3 million	27,792	9,977	1.65	87.3
2069	projection	2,484,342	1.3–4.3 million	27,996	10,165	1.65	87.4
2070	projection	2,503,464	1.3–4.4 million	28,180	10,359	1.65	87.5
2071	projection	2,522,562	1.3–4.5 million	28,405	10,556	1.65	87.6
2072	projection	2,541,711	1.3–4.5 million	28,562	10,752	1.65	87.7
2073	projection	2,560,797	1.3–4.6 million	28,774	10,950	1.65	87.8
2074	projection	2,579,882	1.3–4.6 million	28,969	11,142	1.65	87.9
2075	projection	2,598,947	1.3–4.7 million	29,111	11,343	1.64	88.0
2076	projection	2,617,945	1.3–4.8 million	29,256	11,536	1.64	88.1
2077	projection	2,636,886	1.3–4.9 million	29,450	11,720	1.64	88.2
2078	projection	2,655,830	1.3–4.9 million	29,655	11,901	1.64	88.3
2079	projection	2,674,771	1.3–5.1 million	29,833	12,076	1.64	88.4
2080	projection	2,693,706	1.2–5.1 million	30,042	12,245	1.64	88.5
2081	projection	2,712,652	1.2–5.2 million	30,248	12,406	1.65	88.6
2082	projection	2,731,640	1.3–5.3 million	30,469	12,570	1.65	88.7
2083	projection	2,750,672	1.2–5.3 million	30,649	12,727	1.65	88.8
2084	projection	2,769,730	1.2–5.3 million	30,834	12,885	1.64	88.9
2085	projection	2,788,787	1.2–5.4 million	31,053	13,033	1.64	89.0
2086	projection	2,807,898	1.2–5.5 million	31,190	13,177	1.64	89.1
2087	projection	2,826,996	1.2–5.5 million	31,414	13,327	1.64	89.3
2088	projection	2,846,140	1.2–5.6 million	31,654	13,481	1.64	89.3
2089	projection	2,865,389	1.2–5.7 million	31,864	13,649	1.64	89.5
2090	projection	2,884,644	1.1–5.7 million	32,140	13,803	1.64	89.5
2091	projection	2,903,997	1.1–5.8 million	32,393	13,973	1.64	89.7
2092	projection	2,923,446	1.1–5.9 million	32,621	14,160	1.64	89.7
2093	projection	2,942,919	1.1–6.0 million	32,856	14,346	1.63	89.8
2094	projection	2,962,433	1.1–6.0 million	33,129	14,541	1.63	89.9
2095	projection	2,982,007	1.1–6.1 million	33,355	14,739	1.63	90.0
2096	projection	3,001,612	1.0–6.1 million	33,622	14,953	1.63	90.1
2097	projection	3,021,260	1.0–6.2 million	33,911	15,172	1.63	90.2
2098	projection	3,040,968	1.0–6.3 million	34,157	15,367	1.63	90.3
2099	projection	3,060,712	1.0–6.4 million	34,374	15,586	1.63	90.4
2100	projection	3,080,447	1.0–6.4 million	34,614	15,793	1.63	90.5

Show the numbers: Bahrain, mid-2026, by single year of age

Bahrain: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	10,215	9,856
1	10,302	10,001
2	10,435	10,185
3	10,044	9,830
4	9,580	9,370
5	9,794	9,574
6	10,163	9,911
7	10,466	10,160
8	10,700	10,322
9	10,858	10,393
10	10,921	10,371
11	10,817	10,274
12	10,535	10,103
13	10,114	9,860
14	9,588	9,564
15	9,066	9,257
16	8,968	9,003
17	9,368	8,808
18	10,100	8,654
19	11,097	8,520
20	12,358	8,427
21	13,443	8,470
22	14,270	8,665
23	15,044	8,988
24	15,852	9,464
25	16,624	10,104
26	17,596	10,718
27	18,811	11,269
28	20,140	11,830
29	21,562	12,388
30	23,170	12,841
31	24,840	13,170
32	26,554	13,372
33	28,379	13,433
34	30,247	13,354
35	31,834	13,186
36	32,615	12,981
37	32,498	12,748
38	31,650	12,471
39	30,216	12,142
40	28,342	11,782
41	26,571	11,414
42	24,995	11,038
43	23,407	10,651
44	21,726	10,250
45	20,101	9,838
46	18,643	9,401
47	17,368	8,939
48	16,252	8,454
49	15,278	7,945
50	14,385	7,424
51	13,440	6,934
52	12,422	6,487
53	11,392	6,076
54	10,394	5,723
55	9,448	5,446
56	8,631	5,224
57	7,950	5,052
58	7,358	4,925
59	6,806	4,806
60	6,290	4,662
61	5,788	4,480
62	5,296	4,262
63	4,834	4,017
64	4,422	3,754
65	4,058	3,493
66	3,722	3,242
67	3,412	2,996
68	3,125	2,755
69	2,845	2,510
70	2,556	2,263
71	2,256	2,009
72	1,943	1,747
73	1,630	1,491
74	1,353	1,264
75	1,137	1,079
76	978	938
77	869	846
78	804	792
79	764	750
80	725	709
81	676	661
82	616	603
83	548	542
84	481	485
85	375	374
86	314	320
87	276	292
88	243	265
89	204	224
90	167	189
91	136	157
92	109	128
93	85	103
94	66	80
95	50	62
96	37	48
97	27	35
98	20	26
99	15	19
100+	24	34

BHR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Bahrain, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

BHR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Bahrain

In Bahrain the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 1,214,450 of them.

100 aged 15–64

25 children

5 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 103 years: 1998–2100.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

BHR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Bahrain, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Bahrain gains 16,020 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 7,032 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 47,674 (2008), and a loss of 31,967 (2019).

In 2024, 840,202 people living in Bahrain had been born in another country, 52 of every 100 people there, against 34 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

BHR · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Bahrain

Of every 100 babies born in Bahrain in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 76 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 22 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 21 under 20 and 13 aged 35 or older.

1950
21 · 66 · 13

2023
2 · 76 · 22

2050 · projected
1 · 75 · 24

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 19,558
Average age when women have a baby: 30.0 years; 28.0 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 8; 203 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Bahrain by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	131	32	2	3	2	2
15–19	1,071	1,231	274	308	159	168
20–24	1,540	2,605	2,631	2,966	3,143	3,329
25–29	1,388	2,138	3,876	6,079	7,710	10,951
30–34	873	1,480	3,682	5,797	7,346	12,008
35–39	539	982	2,400	3,345	4,522	6,681
40–44	181	391	732	980	1,128	1,404
45–49	41	94	81	78	58	69
50–54	2	4	2	2	3	2
All babies	5,766	8,957	13,680	19,558	24,071	34,614

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

BHR · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Bahrain

Of the 74.4 years a baby born in Bahrain in 2021 could expect, about 64.2 would be lived in full health (95% range 63.5–65.1). That leaves 10.2 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

63.0 in full health, 12.1 not: 75.1 years

Men

64.8 in full health, 9.0 not: 73.8 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 63.0 healthy years of 75.1. Men: 64.8 of 73.8. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 65.8.

BHR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Bahrain

At the end of 2025, Bahrain was hosting 362 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.2 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad362
Bahrain nationals abroad397

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 10 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Bahrain living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 85 people from Bahrain asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Bahrain whose claims were decided that year, 15 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

BHR · of every 100 people

How people live in Bahrain

Of every 100 people in Bahrain in 2025, 94 lived in a city, 4 in a town or suburb and 2 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). Nearly everyone uses the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

BHR · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Bahrain went in school

Of every 100 adults in Bahrain in 2020, 4 never went to school and 49 finished upper secondary or went further.

4 never went to school 21 some primary 12 finished primary 14 finished lower secondary 25 finished upper secondary 24 studied after school

Among women, 0.5 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 12 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 0.3 against 3.3.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2040; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2075.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

BHR · cities · 2025

Cities in Bahrain

Bahrain had 1 city in 2025, home to 1.5 million people. The largest, Manama, holds 94 of every 100 people in Bahrain.

Manama1,538,872

How to read this: the one city here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Bahrain are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.