COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Bahrain Population
Bahrain population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,60 m | 11.696 |
| 2024 | 1,59 m | 11.611 |
| 2023 | 1,58 m | 52.366 |
| 2022 | 1,52 m | 20.328 |
| 2021 | 1,50 m | 32.161 |
| 2020 | 1,47 m | -11.552 |
| 2019 | 1,48 m | -19.335 |
| 2018 | 1,50 m | 1.975 |
| 2017 | 1,50 m | 77.390 |
| 2016 | 1,42 m | 53.726 |
| 2015 | 1,37 m | 55.000 |
| 2014 | 1,32 m | 62.000 |
| 2013 | 1,25 m | 44.000 |
| 2012 | 1,21 m | 14.000 |
| 2011 | 1,20 m | -34.000 |
| 2010 | 1,23 m | 51.000 |
| 2009 | 1,18 m | 75.000 |
| 2008 | 1,10 m | 64.000 |
| 2007 | 1,04 m | 79.000 |
| 2006 | 960.000 | 71.000 |
| 2005 | 889.000 | 65.000 |
| 2004 | 824.000 | 59.000 |
| 2003 | 765.000 | 54.000 |
| 2002 | 711.000 | 50.000 |
| 2001 | 661.000 | 23.000 |
| 2000 | 638.000 | 17.000 |
| 1999 | 621.000 | 16.000 |
| 1998 | 605.000 | 16.000 |
| 1997 | 589.000 | 15.000 |
| 1996 | 574.000 | 15.000 |
| 1995 | 559.000 | 15.000 |
| 1994 | 544.000 | 14.000 |
| 1993 | 530.000 | 14.000 |
| 1992 | 516.000 | 8.000 |
| 1991 | 508.000 | 20.000 |
| 1990 | 488.000 | 4.000 |
| 1989 | 484.000 | 17.000 |
| 1988 | 467.000 | 17.000 |
| 1987 | 450.000 | 15.000 |
| 1986 | 435.000 | 15.000 |
| 1985 | 420.000 | 14.000 |
| 1984 | 406.000 | 13.000 |
| 1983 | 393.000 | 13.000 |
| 1982 | 380.000 | 13.000 |
| 1981 | 367.000 | 14.000 |
| 1980 | 353.000 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 04:53:33. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
1 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 19:14:22 | 2007 | 1,04 m | 1,04 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesBahrain recorded 1,60 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 11.696.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 895.805; the minimum was 353.000 in 1980 and the maximum was 1,60 m in 2025.
Bahrain ranks 152 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Demographic scale and market size.