🇧🇭Bahrain

Manama

Middle East & North Africa

High income

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Population

1.6M

0.7%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.81

births/woman

Life Expectancy

81.4y

GDP / capita

$30.6K

Pop. Growth

0.73%

Net Migration

18.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Bahrain by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇮🇳India327.7K(40.7%)

+31%

🇧🇩Bangladesh103.3K(12.8%)

+31%

🇵🇰

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male992.9KTotal 1.6M607.5KFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.2

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.84.9K(10.6%)

+31%

🇵🇭Philippines53.3K(6.6%)

+31%

🇮🇩Indonesia30.1K(3.7%)

+31%

🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.19.4K(2.4%)

+31%

🇯🇴Jordan15.9K(2.0%)

+31%

🇸🇩Sudan12.6K(1.6%)

+31%

🇱🇰Sri Lanka11.4K(1.4%)

+31%

🇰🇼Kuwait6.4K(0.8%)

+31%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Bahrain diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Bahrain who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇧🇩Bangladesh40.6K(71.1%)

+43%

🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza7.9K(13.8%)

−1%

🇦🇺Australia2.4K(4.2%)

+77%

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates1.9K(3.3%)

+50%

🇰🇼Kuwait1.5K(2.6%)

+77%

🇱🇾Libya1.1K(1.9%)

+27%

🇶🇦Qatar816(1.4%)

+28%

🇱🇰Sri Lanka406(0.7%)

+3%

🇩🇰Denmark128(0.2%)

+62%

🇨🇾Cyprus110(0.2%)

−2%

🇳🇦Namibia52(0.1%)

+6%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.45(0.1%)

−76%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024