Bahrain's population rose from 573,792 in 1996 to 1.6M in 2025.
Bahrain · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Bahrain's population growth fell from 2.6 % in 1996 to 0.7 % in 2025.
Bahrain's population density rose from 766.7 in 1994 to 1,971 in 2023.
Bahrain's population, female (% of total) fell from 40.8 % in 1996 to 38.0 % in 2025.
Bahrain's urbanisation rose from 88.1 % in 1996 to 100.0 % in 2025.
Bahrain's urban population rose from 505,752 in 1996 to 1.6M in 2025.
Bahrain's rural population fell from 68,040 in 1996 to 0 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.0 %117th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −3.4 %120th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +5.8 %213th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.1 %49th of 217
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- Median ageup +1.2 yrs96th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts134th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts4th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts167th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.2 pts214th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts195th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −20.1 %33rd of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.7 pts13th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −1.6 %137th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs41st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs55th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs25th of 217