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Bahrain: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
1.6 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.7%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.6%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20311.76Forecast
20301.73Forecast
20291.71Forecast
20281.69Forecast
20271.66Forecast
20261.64Forecast
20251.60
20241.59
20231.58
20221.52
20211.50
20201.47
20191.48
20181.50
20171.50
20161.42

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Penn World Table1970–2019
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Bahrain documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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