# Net migration in Bahrain

Net migration in Bahrain was 20,002 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `bh`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/bahrain
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=bh

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 20,002 |
| 2022 | 18,975 |
| 2021 | 11,882 |
| 2020 | -5,048 |
| 2019 | -31,967 |
| 2018 | -25,978 |
| 2017 | 21,958 |
| 2016 | 46,833 |
| 2015 | 36,809 |
| 2014 | 40,815 |
| 2013 | 35,574 |
| 2012 | 12,801 |
| 2011 | -26,107 |
| 2010 | -19,329 |
| 2009 | 46,467 |
| 2008 | 47,674 |
| 2007 | 47,500 |
| 2006 | 46,615 |
| 2005 | 45,682 |
| 2004 | 45,413 |
| 2003 | 45,571 |
| 2002 | 45,952 |
| 2001 | 34,371 |
| 2000 | 2,886 |
| 1999 | 3,130 |
| 1998 | 3,733 |
| 1997 | 4,036 |
| 1996 | 4,162 |
| 1995 | 3,842 |
| 1994 | 3,387 |
| 1993 | 2,850 |
| 1992 | 2,768 |
| 1991 | 4,562 |
| 1990 | 5,090 |
| 1989 | 5,220 |
| 1988 | 5,294 |
| 1987 | 5,152 |
| 1986 | 4,822 |
| 1985 | 4,657 |
| 1984 | 4,557 |
| 1983 | 4,252 |
| 1982 | 3,980 |
| 1981 | 4,523 |
| 1980 | 6,741 |
| 1979 | 6,908 |
| 1978 | 6,974 |
| 1977 | 7,017 |
| 1976 | 6,993 |
| 1975 | 6,900 |
| 1974 | 6,711 |
| 1973 | 6,450 |
| 1972 | 6,190 |
| 1971 | 3,159 |
| 1970 | -4,939 |
| 1969 | -4,638 |
| 1968 | -3,952 |
| 1967 | -829 |
| 1966 | -718 |
| 1965 | -415 |
| 1964 | 491 |
| 1963 | 714 |
| 1962 | 810 |
| 1961 | 1,076 |
| 1960 | 1,266 |