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Bahrain

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
1,600,366 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 1,569,666in 2023[4]
Land area
800 km²[5]
Total area
787 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names
  • Royaume de Bahreïn[11]
  • Kingdom of Bahrain[12]
  • Bahrajnské kráľovstvo[13]

Parts of Bahrain

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020251.6M

165,477 in 1960, 1,600,366 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
1960165,477
1961172,346
1962179,349
1963186,501
1964193,816
1965200,866
1966207,543
1967214,189
1968219,337
1969222,469
1970224,809
1971230,733
1972242,113
1973255,320
1974269,038
1975283,243
1976297,863
1977312,823
1978328,046
1979343,457
1980358,978
1981373,524
1982386,983
1983400,707
1984415,154
1985430,358
1986446,286
1987462,854
1988479,929
1989497,327
1990514,797
1991503,052
1992516,458
1993530,225
1994544,366
1995558,879
1996573,792
1997589,115
1998604,842
1999620,989
2000637,582
2001661,316
2002710,553
2003764,517
2004823,741
2005888,822
2006960,424
20071,039,295
20081,103,496
20091,178,415
20101,228,543
20111,195,020
20121,208,964
20131,253,191
20141,314,562
20151,370,322
20161,423,726
20171,501,116
20181,503,091
20191,483,756
20201,472,204
20211,504,365
20221,524,693
20231,577,059
20241,588,670
20251,600,366

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
BH[14]
ISO alpha-3
BHR[15]
ISO numeric
048[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), capital: Manama (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), population (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), area (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), official language: Arabic (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Bahrain
  8. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), currency: Bahraini dinar (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), continent: Asia (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), official name (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), official name (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  13. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), official name (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Bahrain (Q398), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562953614) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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